Testing Bits – 4/24/16 – 4/30/16

After a bit of a delay, here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 4/24/16 – 4/30/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Refining Tips for A Ninja Resume – 5 Minute Resume Makeover – Swati Seela – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/tips-for-a-ninja-resume/
• 7 Types of Software Errors That Every Tester Should Know – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/types-of-software-errors/
• AMA: junior QA professional development – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.com/2016/04/28/ama-junior-qa-professional-development/
• Are Testers Second-Class Citizens? – Justin Rohrman – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/testers-second-class-citizens/
• Automation – The story you dread to hear… – Ajay Balamurugadas – http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/2016/04/automation-story-you-dread-to-hear.html
• Blog: Is There a Simple Coverage Metric? – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2016/04/is-there-a-simple-coverage-metric/
• Context-Driven Resume: Patterns and Anti-Patterns – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/04/27/context-driven-resume-patterns-and-anti-patterns/

• Continuous Testing – sounds a bit like monitoring to me – Ben Kelly – http://testjutsu.com/2016/04/continuous-testing-sounds-a-bit-like-monitoring-to-me/
• Emotions and trigger words in exploring – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/04/emotions-and-trigger-words-in-exploring.html
• Goal & Objective Setting for a QA Performance Review / Appraisal – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/04/goal-objective-setting-for-a-qa-performance-review-appraisal/
• How We Learn – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/how-i-learn/
• How would you count bug reports you never get? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/04/how-would-you-count-bug-reports-you.html
• Maximum Safe Speed of QA – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/maximum-safe-speed-of-qa/
• Mobile App | Security Testing – Deepanshu Agarwal – http://blog.testproject.io/2016/04/26/mobile-app-security-testing/
• More on the “commoditisation of testing” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/more-on-the-commoditisation-of-testing/
• Need specialized QA testing? Hire a generalist – Michael Cooper – http://techbeacon.com/need-specialized-qa-testing-hire-generalist
• O is for Optimism (My A to Z of Software Testing, Part 5) – Colin Cherry – https://itesting.com.au/2016/04/26/o-is-for-optimism-part-5-of-my-a-to-z-of-software-testing/
• Playing the Pain Card – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2016/04/30/playing-the-pain-card/
• Roles and expected contributions – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/04/roles-and-expected-contributions.html
• Software testing is not … part 2. – Viktor Slavchev – http://mrslavchev.com/2016/04/25/software-testing-not-part-2/
• The abysmal state of ‘testing’ in 2016 – Maaike Brinkhof – http://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2016/04/the-abysmal-state-of-testing-in-2016/
• The Apocalypse Plan: What to Consider before Things Go Wrong – Brian Noggle – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/apocalypse-plan-what-consider-things-go-wrong?
• The craziest bug I have ever seen – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.com/2016/04/29/the-craziest-bug-i-have-ever-seen/
• The nine traits of highly successful performance teams – Dave Murphy – https://www.soasta.com/blog/9-traits-web-performance-teams/
• The tester I’ll strive to be – Andrei Contan – http://andrei.contan.ro/538-2/
• Thoughts around the label “Checking” –  Simon Morley – http://testers-headache.blogspot.com/2016/04/thoughts-around-label-checking.html
• We’re Not Paid to Code – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2016/04/30/were-not-paid-to-code/
• What problems do we have with our test automation? – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/04/what-problems-do-we-have-with-our-test.html
• Who Assures Quality? – Jim Holmes – http://frazzleddad.blogspot.com/2016/04/who-assures-quality.html
• Why do Manual Testers Still Exist? – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/04/why-do-manual-testers-still-exist.html
• Why is Manual QA Still So Prevalent? – Joe Nolan – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/04/why-is-manual-qa-still-so-prevalent/

Tools

• 6 top open-source testing automation frameworks: How to choose – Joe Colantonio – http://techbeacon.com/6-top-open-source-testing-automation-frameworks-how-choose
• Data driven JavaScript tests using Jasmine – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/data-driven-javascript-tests-using-jasmine/
• How to handle duplicate element locators? – Tarun Kumar – http://www.seleniumtests.com/2016/04/how-to-handle-duplicate-element-locators.html
• How to use the Firefox Marionette Driver – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2016/04/how-to-use-the-firefox-marionette-driver/
• Keyboard Maestro as a Test Tool Part 1 – Throw Away Emails – Dan Woodward – http://woodybrood.github.io//articles/2016/04/28/keyboard-maestro-as-a-test-tool-part-1-throw-away-emails.html
• Protractor : How to maximize browser window using protractor – Nadim Saker – http://nadimsaker.blogspot.com/2016/05/protractor-how-to-maximize-browser.html
• Spying on users – a new form of usability testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/04/spying-on-users-new-form-of-usability.html
• Testing a RESTful API using Supertest – Toby Sinclair – https://tobythetesterblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/30/testing-a-restful-api-using-supertest/

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

• Grading Proposals: My Experience – Beren Van Daele – https://enquiretst.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/grading-proposals-my-experience/
• Patterns of Test Automation in ATAGTR2016 – Anand Bagmar – http://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2016/04/patterns-of-test-automation-in.html
• Something is off with conference talk selection – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/04/something-is-off-with-conference-talk.html
• Weekend Testing Europe 67 Experience: Heuristics In Testing – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/weekend-testing-europe-67-experience-heuristics-in-testing/

Miscellaneous

• eBook: Your Testing is a Joke – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/04/your-testing-is-joke.html
• Infographic: The Icky and Good Words In Software Testing – Rosie Sherry – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2016/04/icky-good-words-software-testing/
• Podcasts: EPISODE 99: 4 Keys to Succeeding with Software Quality Management [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/04/29/episode-99-4-keys-succeed-software-quality-management-podcast/
• Webinar: 2016 State of Testing Discussion – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/2016-state-of-testing-discussion/
• Webinar: AST Webinar: How Ignorant are We? 5 Orders of Ignorance and Testing – Dan Ashby – https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2016/04/30/ast-webinar-how-ignorant-are-we-5-orders-of-ignorance-and-testing-with-dan-ashby/