Testing Bits – 4/17/16 – 4/23/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 4/17/16 – 4/23/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Ways To Be a Bold and Confident Software Tester – Bhumika Mehta – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/bold-and-confident-software-tester/
• Are Test Cases Dead (Yet)? – Rosie Sherry – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2016/04/test-cases-dead-yet/
• Are You an Independent Tester? – Amy Phillips – https://testingthemind.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/are-you-an-independent-tester/
• ‘Chapeau’ to a testing community – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/chapeau-to-a-testing-community/
• Excellent Resources on Test Automation and My Learning Points – Bernice Niel Ruhland – https://thetestersedge.com/2016/04/20/excellent-resources-on-test-automation-and-my-learning-points/
• Hidden Parts of the Performance Equation – Albert Gareev – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/hidden-parts-performance-equation
• How to hire a tester – Lukasz Roslonek – http://testdetective.com/how-to-hire-a-tester/

• How to interpret and report your performance test results (so people actually read them) – Eric Proegler – https://www.soasta.com/blog/how-to-interpret-report-performance-test-results/
• How to WOW Your Customers with TDD & BDD – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/04/19/wow-customers-tdd-bdd/
• Mobile vs. Web: Which is Harder to Test? – Joe Nolan – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/04/mobile-vs-web-which-is-harder-to-test/
• Smoke Testing is boring, Help!!! – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2016/04/18/smoke-testing-is-boring-help/
• Team bonding – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/team-bonding/
• The Benefits of Early Performance Testing – Baljeet Bilkhu – https://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/benefits-early-performance-testing-0
• The Mobile Analytics Playbook: 4 proven ways to boost app testing – Julian Harty – http://techbeacon.com/mobile-analytics-playbook-4-proven-ways-boost-app-testing
• The New Pattern for Quality Automation – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-new-pattern-for-quality-automation.html
• Tips to Apply Root Cause Analysis for Software Quality – Mush Honda – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/tips-to-apply-root-cause-analysis-for-software-quality/
• What modern test manager responsibilities entail – Matt Heusser – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/What-modern-test-manager-responsibilities-entail
• “What Should I Learn?” – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/what-should-i-learn/

Tools

• Appium Tip #23: Parallel Test Runs on Android and iOS – Ville-Veikko Helppi – http://testdroid.com/news/appium-tip-23-parallel-test-runs-on-android-and-ios
• CSS Selectors Cheat Sheet – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/04/css-selectors-cheat-sheet.html
• Getting started with JavaScript testing using Jasmine – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/getting-started-with-javascript-testing-using-jasmine/
• Protractor : How to run protractor script in different browsers – Nadim Saker – http://nadimsaker.blogspot.com/2016/04/protractor-how-to-run-protractor-script.html
• Null Object Design Pattern in Automated Testing – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/null-object-design-pattern/
• Powerful ADB commands for Android Tester – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/04/19/powerful-adb-commands/
• Tester’s toolbox – an alternative guide – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://awesome-testing.blogspot.com/2016/04/testers-toolbox-alternative-guide.html
• XPATH Selectors Cheat Sheet – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/04/xpath-selectors-cheat-sheet.html
• Why Use a Builder Pattern? Examples of Telescoping Constructors when storing Address data – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/04/why-use-builder-pattern-examples-of.html

Attention Ohio Testers

4/26/2016 – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Cucumber as a Collaboration Tool w/ Matthew Eakin – http://www.meetup.com/Software-QA-Testing-Meetup/events/230253885/

4/28/2016 – COQAA –  Bringing the Hacker Mindset into Requirements and Testing w/ Jason Petry & Eapen Thomas – http://coqaa.org/id1.html

5/5/2016 – Columbus ATDD Developers Group – http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/229665814/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Cambridge Lean Coffee – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/04/cambridge-lean-coffee.html
• GTR 2016 – Speaker Series – Featuring Dipanjan Haldar – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2016/04/19/gtr-2016-speaker-series-featuring-dipanjan-haldar/
• GTR 2016 – Speaker Series – Featuring Mukesh Jain – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2016/04/18/gtr-2016-speaker-series-featuring-mukesh-jain/
• How to get more women presenters for conferences, and, why there are so few. – Lisa Crispin – http://lisacrispin.com/2016/04/17/get-women-presenters-conferences/
• It is Possible to be Professional Without Being in a Profession – Abby Bangser – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/04/it-is-possible-to-be-professional.html
• MEWT 5 Conference Day Roundup – Simon Knight – https://mewtblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/mewt-5-conference-day-roundup/
• Weekend Testing 71 Experience: LightBot – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/weekend-testing-71-experience-lightbot/

Miscellaneous

• Podcasts: AB Testing – Episode 37 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=118
• Podcasts: Ep 48 – (Tron) Legacy – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/04/21/ep-48-tron-legacy/
• Podcasts:  EPISODE 98: Don’t Panic – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Test Automation [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/04/21/episode-98-dont-panic-hitchhikers-guide-test-automation-podcast/
• Podcasts: Testing in the Pub Episode 28 – Testing the Requirements – Dan Ashby, Stephen Janaway – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/podcast/testing-pub-episode-28-testing-requirements/