Testing Bits – 3/13/16 – 3/19/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/13/16 – 3/19/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 7 Things Awesome Testers do That Don’t Look Like Testing – Adam Knight – http://sjpknight.com/7-things-awesome-testers-do-that-dont-look-like-testing/
• AMA: How do you teach someone exploratory testing?  – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2016/03/15/ama-how-do-you-teach-someone-exploratory-testing/
• AMA: Page Object Best Practices – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2016/03/15/ama-page-object-best-practices/
• AMA: ranking automated testing attributes, in order of importance – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2016/03/16/ama-ranking-automated-testing-attributes-in-order-of-importance/
• Blog: Oracles from the Inside Out, Part 9: Conference as Oracle and as Destination – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2016/03/oracles-from-the-inside-out-part-9-conference-as-oracle-and-as-destination/
• Designing for Smart Fabrics: Wear It’s At – Part 1 – Jonathan Kohl – http://www.kohl.ca/2016/designing-for-smart-fabrics-wear-its-at-part-1/

• Designing for Smart Fabrics: Wear It’s At – Part 2 – Jonathan Kohl – http://www.kohl.ca/2016/designing-for-smart-fabrics-wear-its-at-part-2/
• Designing for Smart Fabrics: Wear It’s At – Part 3 – Jonathan Kohl – http://www.kohl.ca/2016/designing-for-smart-fabrics-wear-its-at-part-3/
• Do I Need UX Testing? – Smita Mishra – https://smitamishrablog.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/do-i-need-ux-testing/
• Fear of technical and unknown – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/03/fear-of-technical-and-unknown.html
• How Developers and Testers Can Work Together to Overcome the Challenge of Object Recognition – Justin Rohrman – http://blog.smartbear.com/automated-testing/object-recogntion-gui-testing/
• Minimum Viable Automation – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2016/03/minimum-viable-automation.html
• Mob Testing: Definition and Clarifications – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/03/mob-testing-definition-and.html
• Not sure about something? Ask questions… – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2016/03/not-sure-about-something-ask-questions.html
• Our Experiment in Exploratory Testing: A Case Study – Doron Bar – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/our-experiment-exploratory-testing-case-study
• Smartwatch App Testing Ideas – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/03/14/smartwatch-app-testing-ideas/
• Solving a Ten Thousand Piece Puzzle – Joris Meerts – https://patternsofproof.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/solving-a-ten-thousand-piece-puzzle/
• The future of software testing: How to adapt and remain relevant – Matthew Heusser – http://techbeacon.com/future-software-testing-how-adapt-remain-relevant
• The Gartner 2016 Test Automation Magic Quadrant Report is Wrong – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/03/15/gartner-2016-test-automation-magic-quadrant-report-wrong/
• The Viability of Context-Driven Testing: An Interview with Keith Klain – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/viability-context-driven-testing-interview-keith-klain
• Use your stand up to make testing visible – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/03/use-your-stand-up-to-make-testing.html
• Z is for ZERO – Colin Cherry – https://itesting.com.au/2016/03/14/z-is-for-zero/

Tools

• 58 Best Mobile Testing Tools You Can’t Live Without – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/best-mobile-testing-tools/
• Along Came a Symbiont, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/03/along-came-a-symbiont-part-1/
• Along Came a Symbiont, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/03/along-came-a-symbiont-part-2/
• AMA: JavaScript & Mobile App Automation Tools – Alister Scott –http://watirmelon.com/2016/03/17/ama-javascript-mobile-app-automation-tools/
• The Evolution of Cucumber UI Test Steps – Stan Taylor – http://www.stantaylor.us/agiletesting/2016/03/the-evolution-of-cucumber-ui-test-steps/
• Write Great Cucumber Tests – Greg Sypolt – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/03/write-great-cucumber-tests/

Attention Ohio Testers

3/29 – Dublin, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Commutication – An Exploration of Idea Transfer With Words w/ Damian Synadinos – http://bit.ly/21zdMvI

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• ETC 2016 seen by Altoms: Notes on talks and workshops – Altom Team – http://altom.ro/blog/etc-2016-seen-altoms-notes-talks-workshops
• Preparing For My First Ever Conference Talk – Nicola Owen – http://www.houseoftest.se/2016/03/1075/
• TestBash in the USA Is Back! – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2016/03/testbash-in-the-usa-is-back/
• Weekend Testing Experience: Exploring Rest and API’s – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/weekend-testing-experience-exploring-rest-and-apis/
• Zero Bugs: TEAM meetup # 9 – Rajesh Mathur – http://www.dogmatictesting.com/2016/03/zero-bugs-team-meetup-9.html

TestBash 2016

• A Hot Pink, Feathery, Blistering TestBash – Helena Jeret-Mäe – https://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/a-hot-pink-feathery-blistering-testbash/
• A list of games taken to Testbash – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-list-of-games-taken-to-testbash.html
• Mad as a March Hare – Musings on Rapid Software Testing and TestBash Brighton 2016 – Dan Billing – https://thetestdoctor.wordpress.com/2016/03/19/mad-as-a-march-hare-musings-on-rapid-software-testing-and-testbash-brighton-2016/
• My TestBash 2016 experience – Patrick Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/my-testbash-2016-experience/
• My Testbash Experience – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/03/13/testbash/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 35 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=113
• Podcast: Ep 43 – Under the (Brighton) Dome – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/03/17/ep-43-brighton-dome/
• Podcast: EPISODE 94: Model Based Testing [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/03/17/model-based-testing/
• Podcast: Introducing… The Testing Show!!! – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2016/03/introducing-testing-show.html