Testing Bits – 5/22/16 – 5/28/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 5/22/16 – 5/28/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 Approaches to Reporting Test Status to The Business – Justin Rohrman – http://blog.smartbear.com/automated-testing/reporting-test-status-to-the-business/
• AMA: gaining confidence without integration tests – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.com/2016/05/26/ama-gaining-confidence-without-integration-tests/
• AMA: the future of QA roles – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.com/2016/05/24/ama-the-future-of-qa-roles/
• An evolution of the testing industry and testers – Brett Hinton – http://technophiletester.hintonweb.com/2016/05/22/an-evolution-of-the-testing-industry-and-testers/
• Applying software design patterns to your test automation code – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/applying-software-design-patterns-to-your-test-automation-code/
• Building a Team With Complementary Testing Skills – Sanjay Zalavadia – https://www.infoq.com/articles/building-team-testing-skills
• Definitive Guide to Writing Good Agile User Stories – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/definitive-guide-writing-good-agile-user-stories/

• Flaky Tests at Google and How We Mitigate Them – John Micco – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2016/05/flaky-tests-at-google-and-how-we.html
• How Testers Can Become Better Leaders: An Interview with Selena Delesie – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/how-testers-can-become-better-leaders-interview-selena-delesie
• Interview with Sahi Pro – The Tester’s Web Automation Tool – Ajay Balamurugadas – http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/2016/05/interview-with-sahi-pro-testers-web.html
• Keith Klain Criticizing Context-Driven Bullies – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/05/24/keith-klain-criticizing-context-driven-bullies/
• Know a Leader – 14 Questions with Neeraj Tripathi, VP of Global QA at Infor [Interview] – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/transforming-qa-professionals-interview-neeraj-tripathi/
• Lessons Learned Navigating the Conflicting Schools of Software Testing – Antonio Gutierrez – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/lessons-learned-navigating-conflicting-schools-software-testing
• Microsoft Turns On Automation To Improve Accessibility Testing For Developers – David Bolton – https://arc.applause.com/2016/05/27/microsoft-edge-accessibility-testing/
• Post #6 of 6: For Effective Quality Automation, Know the Limits – Matt Griscom – http://metaautomation.blogspot.com/2016/05/post-6-of-6-for-effective-quality.html
• Rivers and Streams – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2016/05/rivers-and-streams.html
• Some Communication Patterns – Simon Morley – http://testers-headache.blogspot.com/2016/05/some-communication-patterns.html
• Tester in Development – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2016/05/tester-in-development.html
• Test automation as an orchard – Dorothy Graham – http://dorothygraham.blogspot.com/2016/05/test-automation-as-orchard.html
• The A**hats of Testing – Dan Woodward – http://woodybrood.github.io//articles/2016/05/24/the-ahats-of-testing.html
• The importance of testability, or how to avoid the nastiest xpath selector known to mankind – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.com/2016/05/26/the-importance-of-testability-or-how-to-avoid-the-nastiest-xpath-selector-known-to-mankind/
• What is the market demand for manual testers compared to automation testers? – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-is-market-demand-for-automation.html
• Who Should be Afraid of Agile Testing? – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/2016/05/afraid-agile-testing/

Tools

• Advanced Behaviours Design Pattern in Automated Testing Part 2 – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/advanced-behaviours-design-pattern-part-2/
• API Testing – Getting Started with SoapUI – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/api-testing-getting-started-with-soapui/
• Appium From Scratch – Preparing for Automation – Part 1: Interrogating Your App – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/05/appium-from-scratch-preparing-for-automation-part-1-interrogating-your-app/
• How to Clone a Repository in IntelliJ – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/05/how-to-clone-repository-in-intellij.html
• How to Take Screenshots if The Selenium Script Fails – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2016/05/22/how-to-take-screenshots-if-the-selenium-script-fails/
• Protractor : How to implement suites in protractor – Nadim Sakar – http://nadimsaker.blogspot.com/2016/05/protractor-how-to-implement-suites-in.html
• Start the Chrome Browser with Extensions – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2016/05/22/start-the-chrome-browser-with-extensions/

Attention Ohio Testers

– Watch for events coming soon –

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• ATD2016 a Solid Success – Oliver Erlewein – https://hellotestworld.com/2016/05/27/atd2016-a-solid-success/
• Australian Testing Days – Day 2 – Nandagopal Rajagopal – https://testingmyway.wordpress.com/2016/05/23/australian-testing-days-day-2/
• Australian Testing Days 2016 – Lee Hawins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/australian-testing-days-2016/
• Cambridge Lean Coffee – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/05/cambridge-lean-coffee.html
• Experience Report: Giving a talk at Let’s Test as part of Speak Easy – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2016/05/experience-report-giving-talk-at-lets.html
• TEAM meetup number 11 – Michael Bolton! – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/team-meetup-number-11-michael-bolton/

Miscellaneous

• Contests: Win a Copy of Hands-On Mobile App Testing – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/05/23/win-a-copy-of-hands-on-mobile-app-testing-2/
• Podcasts: 5 Proven Secrets of Test Automation (#2 is a MUST) – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/05/26/5-secrets-test-automation/
• Podcasts: New Performance Techniques – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley, Howard Chorney – http://www.perfbytes.com/new_performance_techniques
• Podcasts: Switching And Converting – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley, Howard Chorney – http://www.perfbytes.com/switching-and-converting
• Podcasts: What’s Missing? – Mark Tomlinson, James Pulley, Howard Chorney – http://www.perfbytes.com/whats-missing