Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/24/16 – 7/30/16.

Articles & Blogs

• A Personal Model of Testing and Checking – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-personal-model-of-testing-and-checking.html
• A Tester Invades Philmont: Lessons from the Trail – Micheal Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2016/07/a-tester-invades-philmont-lessons-from.html
• Agile, DevOps, and What They Mean for Testers: An Interview with Jeff Payne – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/agile-devops-and-what-they-mean-testers-interview-jeff-payne
• As a software tester, do I need to learn about automation? – Kim Engel – https://isitgoodenoughyet.com/2016/07/24/as-a-software-tester-do-i-need-to-learn-about-automation/
• Being the “one man army tester” – mentoring question – Viktor Slavchev – http://mrslavchev.com/2016/07/27/being-the-one-man-army-tester-mentoring-question/
• DevOps: Changing the Software Testing Game – Matthew Heusser – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/devops-changing-software-testing-game
• Ever noticed what do you do between finding and reporting a bug? – Erik Hörömpöli – https://promptest.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/ever-noticed-what-do-you-do-between-finding-and-reporting-a-bug/

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/17/16 – 7/23/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 4 Software Quality Lessons from Pokemon Go’s Wild First Week – Priyanka Tiwari – http://blog.smartbear.com/performance-monitoring/pokemon-go-software-quality-lessons/
• An approach to test your user interface more efficiently – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/an-approach-to-test-your-user-interface-more-efficiently/
• Calling automators good testers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/07/calling-automators-good-testers.html
• D is for Dauntless (My A to Z of Software Testing, Part 11) – Colin Cherry – https://itesting.com.au/2016/07/18/d-is-for-dauntless-my-a-to-z-of-software-testing-part-11/
• Developing and Testing Games with the Internet of Things: An Interview with Jane Fraser – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/developing-and-testing-games-internet-things-interview-jane-fraser
• Do Testers Need to Code – Justin Rohrman – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/testers-need-code/
• Get Smart about Your Regression Tests’ Value – Leanne Howard – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/get-smart-about-your-regression-tests-value

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/10/16 – 7/16/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 8 Security Considerations for API Testing – Cameron Laird – http://blog.smartbear.com/api-testing/security-considerations-for-api-testing/
• A community discussion – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-community-discussion.html
• Dear Software Development Manager: A Letter from Your Testers – Marcus Blankenship – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/dear-software-development-manager-letter-your-testers
• Finding Dory – The Nature of Usability – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2016/07/finding-dory-nature-of-usability.html
• For those of you thinking about moving into the test automation field – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/for-those-of-you-thinking-about-moving-into-the-test-automation-field/
• How to Highlight Required Fields on Mobile Forms – Parimala Hariprasad – http://curioustester.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-to-highlight-required-fields-on.html
• Learning, evaluating and testing with usability heuristics – Dolly Pente – http://altom.ro/blog/learning-evaluating-testing-usability-heuristics

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/3/16 – 7/9/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 4 Things to Remember to Ensure Good Test Coverage – Terry Wiegmann – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/4-things-remember-ensure-good-test-coverage?page=0%2C0
• A Healthier Relationship With Code – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/a-healthier-relationship-with-code/
• A Snapshot of Software Testers in 2016 – Rosie Hamilton – http://testingfuntime.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-snapshot-of-software-testers-in-2016.html
• An analogy to understand web APIs – Annapoorani Gurusamy – https://qxf2.com/blog/an-analogy-to-understand-web-apis/
• Context Driven Clichés – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2445
• How the Software Tester Evolves: An Interview with Dawn Haynes – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/how-software-tester-evolves-interview-dawn-haynes
• How to Perform Backend Testing – Swati Seela – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/how-to-perform-backend-testing/
• It’s On My List – One Piece of the Quality Jigsaw – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/its-on-my-list-one-piece-of-the-quality-jigsaw-2/
• Let the Environment To Drive You – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/07/05/let-the-environment-to-drive-you/
• Management and trust – So simple, so complex, so important – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/management-and-trust-so-simple-so-complex-so-important/
• Modern Testing and Resilient Strategy – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/07/modern-testing-and-resilient-strategy/
• Should Developers Own Acceptance Tests? – Amy Phillips – https://testingthemind.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/should-developers-own-acceptance-tests/
• Stress and work – Strategies that keep you moving forwards – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/stress-and-work-strategies-that-keep-you-moving-forwards/
• Testers FAQ on certifications – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/testers-faq-on-certifications/
• Testing Manifesto – Connor Roberts – http://pixelgrill.com/testing-manifesto/
• Transforming a Test Manager into a Test Leader – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/transforming-a-test-manager-into-a-test-leader/
• We Are Not Gatekeepers – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/we-are-not-gatekeepers/

Tools

• Create Hybrid Test Framework – Selenium Driver Controls – Anton Angelov – http://automatetheplanet.com/hybrid-test-framework-selenium-driver-controls/
• Handling JavaScript alerts when leaving a page with WebDriver – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.com/2016/07/05/handling-javascript-alerts-when-leaving-a-page-with-webdriver/
• How To….Use Explicit Waits In Selenium WebDriver – Alex Siminuic – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/use-explicit-waits-selenium-webdriver/
• Protractor : Implementing different options for HTML reporter – Nadim Saker – http://nadimsaker.blogspot.com/2016/07/protractor-implementing-different.html
• Setting Up Selenium Grid with Chrome and Firefox browser nodes from Docker-Selenium – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/07/setting-up-selenium-grid-with-chrome.html
• Setup of Selenium Grid for Beginners: Brace yourself! We’re Using the Command Line – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/07/setup-of-selenium-grid-for-beginners.html
• Trying out Postman – KC – https://testkeis.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/trying-out-postman/
• Using Serenity with Cucumber, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/07/using-serenity-with-cucumber-part-1/
• Using Serenity with Cucumber, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/07/using-serenity-with-cucumber-part-2/
• Using Serenity with Cucumber, Part 3 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/07/using-serenity-with-cucumber-part-3/
• Why we’re switching to Selenium Grid – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/07/why-were-switching-to-selenium-grid.html

Attention Ohio Testers

7/26 – Dublin, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Topic: TBD –  http://www.meetup.com/Software-QA-Testing-Meetup/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Agile Requirements Exploration: How Testers Add Value – ExpoQA 2016 – Lisa Crispin – http://lisacrispin.com/2016/07/04/agile-requirements-exploration-testers-add-value-expoqa-2016/
• Selenium Conf India 2016 Talks: Placing Selenium Grid in a Docker Container – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/07/selenium-conf-india-2016-talks-placing.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: Avoiding the Commodity Trap – Michael Larsen, Justin Rohrman, Andy Tinkham, Matt Heusser – http://www.qualitestgroup.com/The-Testing-Show/avoiding-commodity-trap/

30 Day Testing Challenge

• #30DaysOfTesting update! Day 4 – Share a Testing Blog! – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2016/07/30daysoftesting-update-day-4-share.html
• #30DaysofTesting – Day 8 Reporting – Eran Kinsbruner – https://mobiletestingblog.com/2016/07/08/30daysoftesting-day-8-reporting/
• 30 Days of Testing – Jokin Aspiazu – http://jokinaspiazu.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-ministry-of-testing-has-come-up.html
• 30 Days Of Testing – My progress so far… – Danny Dainton – https://dannydainton.com/2016/07/09/30-days-of-testing-my-progress-so-far/
• From podcast to mob testing ideas – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/07/from-podcast-to-mob-testing-ideas.html

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 6/26/16 – 7/2/16.

Articles & Blogs

• AUTOMATION 12 – Help! I’m not technical! – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/06/automation-12-help-im-not-technical.html
• Behavior-Based Test Automation and the Future of Software Engineering – Martin Ivison – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/behavior-based-test-automation-and-future-software-engineering
• Being Context Driven Tester and defining Testing Community. – Jokin Aspiazu – http://jokinaspiazu.blogspot.com/2016/06/being-context-driven-tester-and.html
• Being Honest – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2016/06/being-honest.html
• Context-driven testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/06/context-driven-testing.html
• First days as an automation developer? Take my advice on balancing dev, QA – T.J. Maher – http://techbeacon.com/first-days-automation-developer-take-my-advice-balancing-dev-qa
• Giving (and getting) hard feedback – Justin Rohrman – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/giving-getting-hard-feedback/