Testing Bits – 6/5/16 – 6/11/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 6/5/16 – 6/11/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 4 Essential Test Data Strategies (It’s OK to Be Selfish) – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/06/09/4-test-data-strategies-automation/
• 9 metrics that can make a difference to today’s software development teams – Steven Lowe – http://techbeacon.com/9-metrics-can-make-difference-todays-software-development-teams
• Automation or manual testing – mentoring question. – Viktor Slavchev – http://mrslavchev.com/2016/06/07/automation-manual-testing-mentoring-question/
• Benefits of cross-team pair testing in agile – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/06/benefits-of-cross-team-pair-testing-in.html
• Beyond the Walls of Human Resourcing and Recruiting – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2016/06/beyond-walls-of-human-resourcing-and_61.html
• Communication channels – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/communication-channels/
• Communication, Paradigms and Interactional Expertise – Simon Morley – http://testers-headache.blogspot.com/2016/06/communication-paradigms-and.html

• Creating virtual assets in service virtualization: record and playback or behaviour modeling? – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/creating-virtual-assets-in-service-virtualization-record-and-playback-or-behaviour-modeling/
• DevOps is killing QA. Really? – Paul Gerrard – http://blog.gerrardconsulting.com/?q=node/666
• Dimensions of Testability – Ben Kelly – http://testjutsu.com/2016/06/dimensions-of-testability/
• How DevOps is Killing QA – Asaf Yigal – http://devops.com/2016/06/07/devops-killed-qa/
• How to Become More Offensive – Michael Kelly – http://michaeldkelly.com/blog/2016/6/11/how-to-become-more-offensive.html
• Is software quality really getting worse? – Patrick Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/is-software-quality-really-getting-worse/
• Motivate and Inspire Software Quality Goals: An Interview with Annette Ash – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/motivate-and-inspire-software-quality-goals-interview-annette-ash
• My Testing Journey – Connor Roberts – http://pixelgrill.com/my-testing-journey/
• Pen testing cloud-based apps: A step-by-step guide – David Linthicum – http://techbeacon.com/pen-testing-cloud-based-apps-step-step-guide
• Problems Acceptance Testing Can Cause – Toby Weston – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/problems-acceptance-testing-can-cause/
• Psychology Of Asking Questions – Iain Bright – https://testhuddle.com/psychology-asking-questions/
• Test Types – N, O, P – Jean–Paul Varwijk – https://arborosa.org/2016/06/08/test-types-n-o-p/
• The Inquiry Method for Test Planning – Anthony Vallone – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-inquiry-method-for-test-planning.html
• Time estimates in testing, part 2 – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2016/06/time-estimates-in-testing-part-2.html
• What’s the Cost of Shipping Bugs? – Amy Phillips – https://testingthemind.wordpress.com/2016/06/06/whats-the-cost-of-shipping-bugs/
• What tester are you? /s – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/what-tester-are-you-s/
• Why? Why? Why? The questions of a 2 year old AND Testers! – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2016/06/why-why-why-questions-of-2-year-old-and.html

Tools

• 5 Expert Tips and Tricks for Visual UI Automation Verification- Testing Framework – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/visual-ui-automation-verification-testing-framework/
• 7 Enhanced Browser Automation Tricks You Need to Know- Testing Framework – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/7-enhanced-browser-automation-tricks-need-know-testing-framework/
• A Quick Gradle Overview: Setting Dependencies and Running Tests – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/06/a-quick-gradle-overview-setting.html
• Appium From Scratch – Preparing for Automation – Part 3: Writing Your First Test – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/06/appium-from-scratch-preparing-for-automation-part-3-writing-your-first-test/
• Code Cooties: C# Basics for Testers – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/code-cooties-c-basics-for-testers/
• Have too Many Assertions in Test Scripts? Use Custom Assertions Instead – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/06/have-too-many-assertions-in-test-script.html
• How to Build Your Own Android Device Cloud – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/06/06/build-android-device-cloud/
• Protractor : How to implement HTML report in Protractor – Nadim Saker – http://nadimsaker.blogspot.com/2016/06/protractor-how-to-implement-html-report.html
• Selecting the Best Open-Source Test Automation Tool for You – Eran Kinsbruner – https://mobiletestingblog.com/2016/06/10/selecting-the-best-open-source-test-automation-tool-for-you/

Attention Ohio Testers

6/13 – Columbus, OH – Agile Testing and Test Automation Meetup (ATA Ohio Chapter) – Test Automation – Hands On Class Room Training – Cucumber-Java-Selenium – Ashish Mishra – http://www.meetup.com/Agile-Testing-and-Test-Automation-Meetup-ATA-Ohio-Chapter/events/231219058/

6/17 – Columbus, OH – Agile Testing and Test Automation Meetup (ATA Ohio Chapter) – Test Automation – Hands On Class Room Training – Cucumber-Java-Selenium – Ashish Mishra – http://www.meetup.com/Agile-Testing-and-Test-Automation-Meetup-ATA-Ohio-Chapter/events/231219174/

6/28 – Dublin, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Topic: TBD –  http://www.meetup.com/Software-QA-Testing-Meetup/events/230926213/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Report on Zagreb STC #25 Workshop: The Art of Taking Notes – Karlo Smid – http://blog.tentamen.eu/report-on-zagreb-stc-25-workshop-the-art-of-taking-notes/
• Roundtable on Behavior Driven Development – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/06/10/roundtable-on-behavior-driven-development/
• Starting a Testing Meet-up – the first few steps – Nicola Owens – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2016/06/starting-testing-meet-up-first-few-steps.html
• West London Lean Coffee – 9th June – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/experiences/west-london-lean-coffee-9th-june/

Miscellaneous

• Book: Takeaways from Alan Richardson’s “Dear Evil Tester” – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/takeaways-from-alan-richardsons-dear-evil-tester/
• Cartoon: The truth about agile development and scrum – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-truth-about-agile-development-and.html
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 40 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=127
• Video: Automated Testing: Beyond The Basics – Jim Holmes – Jim Holmes – https://youtu.be/jclBJQ-z83Q?list=PLaHMqLt8nxCwO-dzg63YWqhNRD00sJNF0
• Video: Lessons Learned in (Selling) Software Testing – Keith Klain Star East 2016  – Keith Klain – https://youtu.be/da7bbn4USxE

Items of Interest

• Android 6.0 Marshmallow Breaks Through 10% Distribution Mark – David Bolton – https://arc.applause.com/2016/06/08/android-distribution-june-2016/
• Standard platform, operating system and browser recommendations (June 16) – Martin Cunnington – http://www.spritecloud.com/2016/06/standard-platform-operating-system-and-browser-recommendations-june-16/