Testing Bits – 3/20/16 – 3/26/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/20/16 – 3/26/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 best practices for container performance testing – David Linthicum – http://techbeacon.com/3-best-practices-container-performance-testing
• 3 Simple Strategies to Get Started With Automation – Joe Nolan – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/03/3-simple-strategies-to-get-started-with-automation/
• 4 Important Things I Learned in My Journey as a QA Test Manager – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/qa-test-manager-challenges/
• AMA: testing business logic in the UI – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2016/03/21/ama-testing-business-logic-in-the-ui/
• An Efficient Tester – Amy Phillips – https://testingthemind.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/an-efficient-tester/
• Automation – The Saviour? – Matt Parker – http://www.testingtackled.co.uk/automation-the-saviour/
• B & W is for Black and White (My A to Z of Software Testing, Part 3) – Colin Cherry – https://itesting.com.au/2016/03/21/b-w-is-for-black-and-white-my-a-to-z-of-software-testing-part-3/
• Design Grid Control Automated Tests Part 1 – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/design-grid-control-automated-tests-part-1/
• Design Grid Control Automated Tests Part 2 – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/design-grid-control-automated-tests-part-2/
• Downstream Bugs as a Quality Measure – Justin Rohrman – http://justinrohrman.com/blog/downstream-bugs-as-a-quality-measure/
• Encouraging Teams to Work Together – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2016/03/team-collaboration-and-working-together.html
• From QA to Engineering Productivity – Ari Shamash – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2016/03/from-qa-to-engineering-productivity.html
• Frozen in time – grammar and testing standards – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/frozen-in-time-the-grammar-of-testing-standards/
• Heuristic Testing Dice – Adam Howard – https://solavirtusinvicta.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/heuristic-testing-dice/
• How to hack an app: 8 best practices for pen testing mobile apps – Johanna Curiel – http://techbeacon.com/how-hack-app-8-best-practices-pen-testing-mobile-apps
• Image Comparison Testing: Are selfies taken, sent and received correctly? – Martin Poschenrieder – https://blog.testmunk.com/image-comparison-testing-are-selfies-taken-sent-and-received-correctly/
• Introducing a new web performance metric for media sites: Activity Impact Score – Tammy Everts – http://www.soasta.com/blog/introducing-a-new-web-performance-metric-for-media-sites-activity-impact-score/
• Learning pathways for testers – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://awesome-testing.blogspot.com/2016/03/learning-pathways-for-testers.html
• Minimize Errors in Mobile App Forms Using Interaction Design Patterns – Parimala Hariprasad – http://curioustester.blogspot.com/2016/03/minimize-errors-in-mobile-app-forms.html
• Software testing – when we’re preaching to the choir … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/03/software-testing-when-were-preaching-to.html
• Testing is all that and more: A project retrospective – Part 1 – Sandra Ilcus – http://altom.ro/blog/testing-is-all-that-and-more-a-project-retrospective-part-1
• Testing the Arbitrary: Mind Mapping a Mug – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/testing-the-arbitrary-mind-mapping-a-mug/
• The Intersections of Testing – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/03/the-intersections-of-testing/
• Top 10 audit topics for test cases – Mikkel Korsgaard – http://testing4tw.blogspot.com/2016/03/top-10-audit-topics-for-test-cases.html
• Three reasons to start improving your API test automation skills – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/three-reasons-to-start-improving-your-api-test-automation-skills/
• Valid Measures for Mere Humans – Matt Heusser – http://xndev.com/2016/03/construct-validity-for-mere-humans/
• What Mobile Can Teach Us About the Internet of Things: An Interview with Steven Winter – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/what-mobile-can-teach-us-about-internet-things-interview-steven-winter
• Why Organizations Need to Bridge the Gap Between Dev and QA – Dan Karlin – http://blog.smartbear.com/automated-testing/development-quality-assurance-collaboration/

Tools

• A Checklist for Selecting the Right App Testing Environment – Lingkai Shao – http://testdroid.com/news/a-checklist-for-selecting-the-right-app-testing-environment
• AMA: intention vs implementation cucumber scenarios – Alister Scott – http://watirmelon.com/2016/03/21/ama-intention-vs-implementation-cucumber-scenarios/
• Coding for workarounds so you know when they are fixed – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2016/03/coding-for-workarounds-so-you-know-when-they-are-fixed/
• Design Grid Control Automated Tests Part 1 – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/design-grid-control-automated-tests-part-1/
• Quality standards for test tools – Kelli Searfos – https://www.scriptscribe.org/testing/quality-standards-for-test-tools/

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

• How do you create a friendly conference? – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/03/how-do-you-create-friendly-conference.html

Miscellaneous

• Oblique Testing – it’s a resource … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/03/oblique-testing-its-resource.html
• Books: Read: Leading the Transformation – KC – https://testkeis.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/read-leading-the-transformation/
• Books: Smartwatch App Testing eBook – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/03/21/smartwatch-app-testing-ebook/
• Podcast: At TestBash 2016 – Part 1 – Dan Ashby, Stephen Janaway – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/at-testbash-2016-part-1/
• Podcast: Ep 44 – Now for the Science bit – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/03/24/ep-44-now-science-bit/
• Podcast: EPISODE 95: It’s Automation, Not Automagic. Avoiding Testing Potholes [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/03/24/automation-not-automagic/

Additional Items of Interest

• 33% Of All iPhone Owners Are Still Using 4-inch iPhones – Dan Rowinski – http://arc.applause.com/2016/03/21/iphone-se-4-inch-iphone-distribution/
• Going Freelance – One Year Later – Justin Rohrman – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/going-freelance-one-year-later/
• What You Need To Know About Apple’s New iOS 9.3 – Dan Rowinski – http://arc.applause.com/2016/03/22/ios-9-3-faq/