Testing Bits – 7/10/16 – 7/16/16

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

• Modern Testing and Unpacking Truths – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/07/modern-testing-and-unpacking-truths/
• (Not) Lying about Writing Code – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.com/2016/07/12/not-lying-about-writing-code/
• Organic testing – Viktor Slavchev – http://mrslavchev.com/2016/07/14/organic-testing/
• Recruiting for testers – a hiring perspective – Brian Osman – https://hellotestworld.com/2016/07/12/recruiting-for-testers-a-hiring-perspective/
• Seek, Identify, Gather…A Model For Talking About Testing – David Greenless – https://martialtester.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/seek-identify-gather-a-model-for-talking-about-testing/
• Songkick from a Tester’s point of view – Kim Knup – http://devblog.songkick.com/2016/07/08/songkick-from-a-testers-point-of-view/
• Stealing from Science – David Greenless – https://hellotestworld.com/2016/07/15/stealing-from-science/
• Teaching developers to explore – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/07/teaching-developers-to-explore.html
• Test-Infected Developers – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/07/test-infected-developers.html
• Testing School Dropout – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/testing-school-dropout/
• Testing through Storytelling: An Interview with Isabel Evans – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/testing-through-storytelling-interview-isabel-evans
• TestOps – missing piece of puzzle – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://awesome-testing.blogspot.com/2016/07/testops-missing-piece-of-puzzle.html
• Time to Step Back… – David Greenless – https://martialtester.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/time-to-step-back/

Tools

• Appium Tip #25: How to Avoid the Most Common Test Zip Mistake – Lingkai Shao – http://testdroid.com/tech/appium-tip-25-how-to-avoid-the-most-common-test-zip-mistake
• AUTOMATION 14 – GUI 2, basic page manipulation with TamperMonkey – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/07/automation-14-gui-2-basic-page.html
• AUTOMATION 15 – GUI 3, introducing Selenium WebDriver – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/07/automation-15-gui-3-introducing.html
• Introduction to API Testing with Postman and Newman – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/07/introduction-to-api-testing-with.html
• Modify your Python GUI automation to use pytest – Shivahari P. – https://qxf2.com/blog/modify-python-gui-automation-use-pytest/
• Protractor : How to generate single report for test suites – Nadim Sakar – http://nadimsaker.blogspot.com/2016/07/protractor-how-to-generate-single.html
• Test The-Internet 2.0: Setting up Selenium Grid: RemoteDriver and DesiredCapabilities – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/07/test-internet-20-setting-up-selenium.html
• WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(); How does it work? – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2016/07/13/how-does-webdriver-driver-new-firefoxdriver-work/

Attention Ohio Testers

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Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

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Miscellaneous

• Podcast: Ep 54: Origin Stories – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/07/14/ep-54-origin-stories/
• Podcast: Take the Guessing Out of Your Mobile Testing Coverage – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/07/14/take-guessing-mobile-testing-coverage/

30 Day Testing Challenge

• 30 Day Testing Challenge – Day 16 – “Go to a Non-Testing Event” – Amanda Shankle-Knowlton – http://amandashankleknowlton.blogspot.com/2016/07/30-day-testing-challenge-day-16-go-to.html
• Challenge 11 and 12 ready – Bart Vanherck – http://www.bartvanherck.be/2016/07/12/challenge-11-and-12-ready/
• Day 11/30 of the Testing Challenge – Testophiliac – https://thetestophiliac.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/day-1130-of-the-testing-challenge/
• Day 12/30 of the Testing Challenge – Testophiliac – https://thetestophiliac.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/day-1230-of-the-testing-challenge/
• Day 13/30 of the Testing Challenge – Testophiliac – https://thetestophiliac.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/day-1330-of-the-testing-challenge/
• Day 14/30 of the Testing Challenge – Testophiliac – https://thetestophiliac.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/day-1430-of-the-testing-challenge/
• Day 15/30 of the Testing Challenge – Testophiliac – https://thetestophiliac.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/day-1530-of-the-testing-challenge/
• Day 16/30 of the Testing Challenge – Testophiliac – https://thetestophiliac.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/day-1630-of-the-testing-challenge/

Items of Interest

• Android 6.0 Marshmallow Distribution Continues Sedate Rollout – David Bolton – https://arc.applause.com/2016/07/13/android-distribution-july-2016/
• How to earn extra money as freelance tester on uTest – an uTest review – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/freelance-tester-on-utest-an-utest-review/