Testing Bits – 8/28/16 – 9/3/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 8/28/16 – 9/3/16.

Articles & Blogs

• Analog Accessibility Analogues – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2016/09/analog-accessibility-analogues.html
• Be the Positive Tester! – Gareth Waterhouse – http://www.testingthewaterhouse.com/2016/09/be-positive-tester.html
• How do you do, Head of Testing? vol. 3 – Helena Jeret-Mäe – https://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/how-do-you-do-head-of-testing-vol-3/
• On “White Box” and “Black Box” Testing – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/08/30/on-white-box-and-black-box-testing/
• Six Performance Testing Mistakes Newbies Make – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/09/02/six-performance-testing-mistakes-newbies-make-avoid-slipping/
• Some thoughts on the future of test automation – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/some-thoughts-on-the-future-of-test-automation/

• Test Measurements, Metrics, and Automation: An Interview with Mike Sowers – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/test-measurements-metrics-and-automation-interview-mike-sowers
• The Cost of a Reject – Joe Nolan – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/09/the-cost-of-a-reject/
• When to Stop Testing (Exit Criteria in Software Testing) – Renuka K – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/when-to-stop-testing-exit-criteria-in-software-testing/

Tools/Programming

• Better pytest failure summaries – Smitha Rajesh – https://qxf2.com/blog/better-failure-summary-using-pytest/
• Charles Proxy To The Rescue of Adobe Bloodhound – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2016/08/charles-proxy-to-rescue-of-adobe.html
• Defining What Cucumber-Watir-Ruby Checks To Run by Passing Parameters – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/defining-what-cucumber-watir-ruby-checks-to-run-by-passing-parameters/
• How to Avoid Thread.Sleep in Test Automation – Sahas Subramanian – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/08/how-to-avoid-thread-sleep-in-test-automation/
• JAVA 7 – The conditional world of if’s – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/08/java-7-conditional-world-of-ifs.html
• JAVA 8 – Putting your code to the test. JUnit test. – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/08/java-8-putting-your-code-to-test-junit.html
• JAVA 9 – Repeating ourselves with loops … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/08/java-9-repeating-ourselves-with-loops.html
• JAVA 10 – Arrays – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/08/java-10-arrays.html
• JAVA 11 – Array … list. ArrayList! – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/08/java-11-array-list-arraylist.html
• JAVA 12 – Introducing classes – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java-12-introducing-classes.html
• JAVA 13 – Constructors and overloading – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java-13-constructors-and-overloading.html
• JAVA 14 – Encapsulation – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java-14-encapsulation.html
• JAVA 15 – Inheritance – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java-15-inheritance.html
• Mobile site element identification on emulator or device – Tarun Kumar – http://www.seleniumtests.com/2016/08/mobile-site-element-identification-on_29.html
• Tools: Take Your Pick Part 2 – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/08/tools-take-your-pick-part-2.html
• Tools: Take Your Pick Part 3 – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/08/tools-take-your-pick-part-3.html
• Tools: Take Your Pick Part 4 – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/08/tools-take-your-pick-part-4.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 117: How to Avoid Rookie Mistakes in Performance Testing with Rebecca Clinard – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/117-avoid-rookie-mistakes-performance-testing-rebecca-clinard/
• Podcast: Ep 58: Hot tub time machine – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/09/01/ep-58-hot-tub-time-machine/
• Podcast: Real Work vs. Bureaucratic Silliness – Matt Heusser – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/real-work-vs-bureaucratic-silliness
• Podcast: STP Radio: STPCon Fall 2016 Performance Gurus – Proegler, Pulley and Tomlinson – Smita Mishra – http://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/stp-radio-stpcon-fall-2016-perfomance-gu
• Podcast: Testing in the Pub – Episode 34 – Test Leadership with Anna Royzman – Dan Ashby, Stephen Janaway – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/conferences/testing-pub-episode-34-test-leadership-anna-royzman/
• Videos: Interview on TV for Testers – Daniel Knott – http://adventuresinqa.com/2016/08/29/interview-on-tv-for-testers/

Items of Interest

• Browser Trends September 2016: Are the Browser Wars Over? – Craig Buckler – https://www.sitepoint.com/browser-trends-september-2016-browser-wars/