Testing Bits – 9/4/16 – 9/10/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 9/4/16 – 9/10/16.

Articles & Blogs

• A Model of Automating – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/a-model-of-automating.html
• Agile Tester, ISTQB and more – What I gained v/s what I didn’t from all these certifications – Nishi Grover – https://testwithnishi.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/agile-tester-istqb-and-more-what-i-gained-vs-what-i-didnt-from-all-these-certifications/
• Breaking into testing: 2016 edition – Neil Studd – http://neilstudd.ghost.io/2016/09/10/breaking-into-testing-2016-edition/
• Dear Evil Tester: “I think that if I ‘learn automation’ I can get this specific type of job” – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/dear-evil-tester-i-think-that-if-i_6.html
• Dear Evil Tester: “I think that if I ‘learn automation’ I can get a new job FAST” – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/dear-evil-tester-i-think-that-if-i.html
• Dear Evil Tester “I want to keep my testing skills up to date otherwise I might not get another job” – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/dear-evil-tester-i-want-to-keep-my.html
• Driving Design with Code as Specification – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/09/driving-design-with-code-as-specification/

• Is Test Automation A Silver Bullet? – Prashant Hegde – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/test-automation-silver-bullet/
• Monitoring the quality of your test automation code – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/monitoring-the-quality-of-your-test-automation-code/
• On Ego and False Dichotomy – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2016/09/on-ego-and-false-dichotomy.html
• Quality Index : Fooled by Measurement – Rajesh Mathur – http://www.dogmatictesting.com/2016/09/quality-index-fooled-by-measurement.html
• TestOps #2 – Testing in Production – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://awesome-testing.blogspot.com/2016/09/testops-2-testing-in-production.html
• The Challenge of Testing – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/09/the-challenge-of-testing/
• The Real Skill Recruiters look for in Software Testers – Uridah Sami Ahmed – https://qafrenzy.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/the-real-skill-recruiters-look-for-in-software-testers/
• When the whole team owns testing: Building testing skills – Lisa Crispin – http://lisacrispin.com/2016/09/07/whole-team-owns-testing-building-testing-skills/
• Your Load Test Model Is Broken: How to Understand and Correct the Data – Jeremy Carey-Dressler – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/your-load-test-model-broken-how-understand-and-correct-data

Tools/Programming

• How to execute JavaScript code in Selenium WebDriver – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2016/09/05/how-to-execute-javascript-code-in-selenium-webdriver/
• JAVA 16 – Classes … within classes. – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java-16-classes-within-classes.html
• JAVA 17 – Unique username example – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java-17-unique-username-example.html
• JAVA 18 – Conway’s Game Of Life example – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java-18-conways-game-of-life-example.html
• JAVA 19 – RPG Character Class – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java-19-rpg-character-class.html
• JAVA 20 – Customer Account – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java-20-customer-account.html
• JAVA 21 – Get coding! – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/java21-get-coding.html
• Test Automation in Selenium Using Page Object Model and Page Factory – Dejan Zivanovic – http://blog.testproject.io/2016/09/06/test-automation-selenium-page-object-model-page-factory/
• Unit Testing Randomness – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.blog/2016/09/07/unit-testing-randomness/

Attention Ohio Testers

9/15/16    – Columbus, OH – COQAA – Presentation: Introduction to Mobile Test Automation w/ Dinu Mathew – http://coqaa.org/id1.html
9/27/16 – Dublin, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup facilitated – Topic TBD – Matt Hutchison – https://www.meetup.com/Software-QA-Testing-Meetup/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 118: Testing and Tacos: What’s Your Yum Factor with Gregory Schmidt – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/118-testing-tacos-whats-yum-factor-gregory-schmidt/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 45 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=146
• Podcast: Ep 59: Hit Record (and play) – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/09/08/ep-59-hit-record

Items of Interest

• 71% Of People Are Using An iPhone That Is At Least Two Years Old – Dan Rowinski – https://arc.applause.com/2016/09/07/10466/
• The Mercedes Of Smartphones: What You Need To Know About The iPhone 7 – Dan Rowinski – https://arc.applause.com/2016/09/07/apple-iphone-7-specs-faq/