Testing Bits – 5/15/16 – 5/21/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 5/15/16 – 5/21/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 6 Tips for Testers to Help an API Refactoring Succeed – Cameron Laird – http://blog.smartbear.com/api-testing/api-refractoring-for-testers/
• A day in the life of an agile tester – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-day-in-life-of-agile-tester.html
• A Thought Experiment on Definitions – Simon Morley – http://testers-headache.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-thought-experiment-on-definitions.html
• Automated Driving Vs. Testing – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/automated-driving-vs-testing/
• Changing culture through testing transformation – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/05/changing-culture-through-testing.html
• Experimenting and the agile world – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/05/experimenting-and-agile-world.html
• Explore a world without roles – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/05/explore-world-without-roles.html

• Guest View: If your metrics don’t add business value, stop collecting them – Noel Wurst – http://sdtimes.com/guest-view-metrics-dont-add-business-value-stop-collecting/
• How Testing Teams Can Achieve End-to-End Traceability – Justin Rohrman – http://blog.smartbear.com/automated-testing/improve-requirements-traceability/
• How to Become an Excellent Communicator as a Tester – A 4-Step Process – Renuka K. – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/effective-communication-skills-for-testers/
• Lessons learned from delivering a test automation workshop – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/lessons-learned-from-delivering-a-test-automation-workshop/
• Make Testing Great … Again? – Matt Heusser – http://xndev.com/2016/05/make-testing-great-again/
• Need to reinvent testers? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/05/need-to-reinvent-testers.html
• On Quality Engineering and Testing and Defect Prevention – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2016/05/on-quality-engineering-and-testing-and.html
• Post #2 of 6: Basic Check Design – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2016/05/post-2-of-6-basic-check-design.html
• Post #3 of 6: Make your check fails self-documenting – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2016/05/make-your-check-fails-self-documenting.html
• Post #4 of 6: Make Your Checks Simple – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2016/05/post-4-of-6-make-your-checks-simple.html
• Post #5 of 6: Good Code Practices for Quality Automation – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2016/05/post-5-of-6-good-code-practices-for.html
• Recreate Building Quality in With Distributed Teams – Bhagya Mudiyanselage – https://bhagyagdm.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/recreate-building-quality-in-with-distributed-teams/
• Security and Testing – Michael Churchman – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/05/security-and-testing/
• Software testing is not… finding bugs part 4. – Viktor Slavchev – http://mrslavchev.com/2016/05/16/software-testing-not-finding-bugs-part-4/
• Switching from Manual Testing to an Automated Testing Career in Five Difficult Steps – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/05/five-difficult-steps-switching-from.html
• Testers: Be more like a Super-Villain! – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2016/05/testers-be-more-like-super-villain.html
• Thoughts: Encouraging change when you are the only tester – Kim Knup – https://punkmiktests.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/thoughts-encouraging-change-when-you-are-the-only-tester/
• Using the Principles of the CIA Triad to Implement Software Security – Sylvia Killinen – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/using-principles-cia-triad-implement-software-security
• Why you should be Gray Box Tester – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2016/05/18/why-you-should-be-gray-box-tester/

Tools

• Advanced Behaviours Design Pattern in Automated Testing Part 1 – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/advanced-behaviours-design-pattern-part-1/
• Appium from Scratch – Installing on Windows – Part 1: The Prerequisites – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/05/appium-from-scratch-installing-on-windows-part-1-the-prerequisites/
• Appium from Scratch – Installing on Windows – Part 2: The Android SDK and AVDs – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/05/appium-from-scratch-installing-on-windows-part-2-the-android-sdk-and-avds/
• Appium from Scratch – Installing on Windows – Part 3: Install Appium – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/05/appium-from-scratch-installing-on-windows-part-3-install-appium/
• Dashboard or Automated Test? – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/dashboard-or-automated-test/
• How to Collect iOS Device Crash Logs Using iTools – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/collect-ios-device-crash-logs-itools/

Attention Ohio Testers

– Watch for events coming soon –

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Australian Testing Days – Day 1 – Nandagopal Rajagopal – https://testingmyway.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/australian-testing-days-day-1/
• My Slides for Inclusive Design 24 for Global Accessibility Awareness Day – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2016/05/my-slides-for-inclusive-design-24-for-global-accessibility-awareness-day.html
• National Software Testing Conference 2016 – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/05/national-software-testing-conference.html
• Reflections on BBST Foundations Workbook – Chapter/Lesson 1 – Brett Hinton – http://technophiletester.hintonweb.com/2016/05/18/reflections-on-bbst-foundations-workbook-chapterlesson-1/
• Speak Easy at CAST 2016 – Part 1 – Claire Moss – https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2016/05/21/speak-easy-at-cast-2016-part-1/
• STAREAST Notes: David Dang, “Open Source Test Automation: Riding the Second Wave” – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/05/stareast-notes-david-dang-open-source.html
• STAREAST Notes: Dorothy Graham detailing how planting a test automation framework is like caring for an orchard – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/05/stareast-notes-dorothy-graham-detailing.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcasts: AB Testing – Episode 39 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=124
• Podcasts: Ep 50: Vocab or What *do* you do? – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/05/19/ep-50-vocab/
• Podcasts: EPISODE 102: Test Automation with Ranorex [PODCAST] – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/05/19/episode-102-test-automation-ranorex-podcast/
• Podcasts: Testing in the Pub Episode 30 – An Intro to Cynefin – Stephen Janaway – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/testing-pub-episode-30-intro-cynefin/
• Videos: Quality Jam 2016 Making the Transition from Tester to Leader – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/quality-jam-2016-making-the-transition-from-tester-to-leader/
• Webinar Review: Tips for Writing Better Charters for Exploratory Testing Sessions – Brett Hinton – http://technophiletester.hintonweb.com/2016/05/16/webinar-review-tips-for-writing-better-charters-for-exploratory-testing-sessions/
• Webinars: Selenium 3.0 will be out soon! – Aditya Kalra – http://go-gaga-over-testing.blogspot.com/2016/05/selenium-30-will-be-out-soon.html