Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 9/18/16 – 9/24/16.
Articles & Blogs
- A sample exit report. With no numbers! – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/a-sample-exit-report-with-no-numbers.html
- Accessibility testing crash course – James Sheasby Thomas – http://rightsaidjames.com/2016/09/accessibility-testing-crash-course/
- Advocating for the User in Accessibility Testing – Albert Gareev – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/advocating-user-accessibility-testing
- Batch Size Reduction and Software Testing – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.duncannisbet.co.uk/batch-size-reduction-and-software-testing
- Can’t You Stay Focussed? – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/09/20/cant-you-stay-focused/
- Checklist for Database testing – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2014/12/checklist-for-database-testing.html
- Giving ‘Back – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/09/giving-back.html
- How to pass a coding interview as an automation developer – T.J. Maher – http://techbeacon.com/how-pass-coding-interview-automation-developer
- I was summoned to explain my test results. What happened next will surprise you … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/09/i-was-summoned-to-explain-my-test.html
- Jumping Back and Forth – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/09/23/jumping-back-and-forth/
- My own personal Testability experiment! – Danny Dainton – https://dannydainton.com/2016/09/24/my-own-personal-testability-experiment/
- Team Building and Quality Assurance – Chris Riley – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/09/team-building-and-quality-assurance/
- Testers: what’s your strategy in a continuous delivery context? – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/testers-whats-your-strategy-in-a-continuous-delivery-context/
- Testing on the Toilet: What Makes a Good End-to-End Test? – Adam Bender – https://testing.googleblog.com/2016/09/testing-on-toilet-what-makes-good-end.html
- The Nameplay around Testers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-nameplay-around-testers.html
- What Can Politics Teach Us About Testing? – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/09/what-can-politics-teach-us-about-testing/
Tools/Programming
- Dance of the Automation Marionette – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/09/dance-of-the-automation-marionette/
- How to use the JavaScript Console for Technical Web Testing – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/how-to-use-javascript-console-for.html
Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- Conferences against the structural problems – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/09/conferences-against-structural-problems.html
Miscellaneous
- Podcast: 22: Converting Manual Tests to Automated Tests – Brian Okken – http://pythontesting.net/podcast/22-manual-to-automated-tests/
- Podcast: 120: Penetration Testing Using Metasploit with Keith Watson – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/120-penetration-testing-using-metasploit-keith-watson/
- Podcast: Ep 60: Go Soft or Go Home – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/09/22/ep-60/
- Podcast: Watir Podcast Episode 59 – David McNulla – https://dmcnulla.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/watir-podcast-episode-59/
Items of Interest
- A Blazingly Simple Guide to Turning Around a Team – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/blazingly-simple-guide-turning-around-team/
- Anniversary post – Five benefits of blogging – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://awesome-testing.blogspot.com/2016/09/anniversary-post-five-benefits-of.html
- Standard platform, operating system and browser recommendations (Sept 16) – Martin Cunnington – http://www.spritecloud.com/2016/09/standard-platform-operating-system-and-browser-recommendations-sept-16/