Testing Bits – 10/2/16 – 10/8/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/2/16 – 10/8/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Easy steps for Testers to Influence Developers – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/5-easy-steps-for-testers-to-influence-developers/
• 5 Major Problems with Large QA Testing Teams and How to Handle Them – Mahesh C – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/problems-with-large-qa-testing-teams-and-remedies/
• Bad-Tester Stamps, The Why and Lingual Bias – Nathalie Rooseboom de Vries – van Delft – http://funtestic.blogspot.com/2016/10/bad-tester-stamps-why-and-lingual-bias.html
• Code review for Testers – Łukasz Rosłonek – http://testdetective.com/code-reviews-for-testers/
• Finding Happy Choices – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/finding-happy-choices/
• Finding the Balance Between Unit & Functional Tests – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/10/finding-the-balance-between-unit-functional-tests/
• Heresy! Automation Does Not Require Test Cases – Paul Grizzaffi – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/heresy-automation-does-not-require-test-cases

• How Netflix Embraces Complexity without Sacrificing Speed: An Interview with Casey Rosenthal – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/how-netflix-embraces-complexity-without-sacrificing-speed-interview-casey-rosenthal
• Landslide – Unknown – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2016/10/landslide.html
• More “Strong Style Pairing” Experiences – Lisa Crispin – http://lisacrispin.com/2016/10/05/strong-style-pairing-experiences/
• My brother, the Tester – Jon Bach – https://jonbox.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/my-brother-the-tester/
• My experiences as a Remote Worker – Danny Dainton – https://dannydainton.com/2016/10/02/my-experiences-as-a-remote-worker/
• Observation in Testing – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/10/observation-in-testing.html
• Providing value beyond bugs – Matthew Bretten – http://bestofthetest.blogspot.com/2016/10/providing-value-beyond-bugs.html
• Reframing Test Interviews with Gamification – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/10/reframing-test-interviews-with-gamification/
• Session Based Test – Analysis Session – Simon Schrijver – https://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/session-based-test-analysis-session/
• Telling your stories using some concepts of BDD – Simon Schrijver – https://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/telling-your-stories-using-some-concepts-of-bdd/
• The most vital skill for a software tester to have is? – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-most-vital-skill-for-software-testers.html
• You’ve heard of full-stack developers. Now meet the full-stack QA tester – Junying Zhang – http://techbeacon.com/youve-heard-full-stack-developers-now-meet-full-stack-qa-tester

Tools/Programming

• BrowserMob Proxy Selenium network performance extension – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://awesome-testing.blogspot.com/2016/10/browsermob-proxy-selenium-network.html
• (De)serializing POJOs in REST Assured – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/deserializing-pojos-in-rest-assured/
• Introduction to Allure ,a test reporter, with Junit-maven – Shantonu Sarker – http://shantonusarker.blogspot.com/2016/10/allure-maven-test-junit.html
• Learning JavaScript – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/10/learning-javascript.html
• Open Source Test Data Generators – Software Testing Magazine – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/tools/open-source-test-data-generators/
• Selenium 3 is Coming – shs96c – https://seleniumhq.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/selenium-3-is-coming/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 122: WalmartLabs Test Armada with David Cadwallader – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/122-walmartlabs-test-armada-david-cadwallader/
• Podcast: Ep 61: It Takes Two – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/10/06/ep-61-takes-two/
• Podcast: Watir Podcast Episode 60 – Dave McNulla – https://dmcnulla.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/watir-podcast-episode-60/