Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/9/16 – 10/15/16.
Articles & Blogs
- Caring for conference speakers – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/10/caring-for-conference-speakers.html
- Dealing With Test Log Data – Michael Churchman – http://sauceio.com/index.php/2016/10/dealing-with-test-log-data/
- Details into Mob Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/10/details-into-mob-exploratory-testing.html
- Hackable Projects – Pillar 2: Debuggability – Patrik Höglund – https://testing.googleblog.com/2016/10/hackable-projects-pillar-2-debuggability.html
- Horrible horrible metrics – Matt Parker – http://ec2-52-30-11-228.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com/what-is-quality-really/
- How do you choose which test cases to automate? – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/10/10/how-do-you-choose-which-test-cases-to-automate/
- Overcoming the Challenges of Test Management: An Interview with Mike Wasielczyk – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/overcoming-challenges-test-management-interview-mike-wasielczyk
- Programmers & Testers, two roles divided by a common skill-set – Pete Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2016/10/programmers-testers-two-roles-divided.html
- Reinventing Performance Testing: Agile – Alex Podelko – http://alexanderpodelko.com/blog/2016/10/13/reinventing-performance-testing-agile/
- Reinventing Performance Testing: Cloud – Alex Podelko – http://alexanderpodelko.com/blog/2016/10/11/reinventing-performance-testing-cloud/
- Retest Vs Regression Testing – How Much Regression Testers Should Be Doing? – Swati Seela – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/retest-vs-regression-testing/
- Testing Helps Us Understand Physics – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/10/testing-helps-us-understand-physics/
- The Why and The How – Colin Cherry – https://itesting.com.au/2016/10/14/the-why-and-the-how/
- Ultimate guide to use metrics to distract your teams and destroy your company – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/ultimate-guide-to-use-metrics-to-distract-your-teams-and-destroy-your-company/
- Why You Need to be a Testing Evangelist! – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/why-you-need-to-be-a-testing-evangelist/
Tools/Programming
- How to convert test classes from JUNIT to TESTNG – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/10/how-to-convert-test-classes-from-junit-to-testng.html
- Introducing…Ticket Magpie – Dan Billing – https://thetestdoctor.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/introducing-ticket-magpie/
- Selenium 3 is Now Officially Available – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/10/13/selenium-3-now-officially-available/
- REST-Assured 3.0 – Łukasz Rosłonek – http://testdetective.com/rest-assured-3-0/
- What is a Page Object? – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/10/what-is-a-page-object.html
Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- Review: TestWorksConf 2016 – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/review-testworksconf-2016/
Miscellaneous
- Podcast: 123: Building Testing Efficiency Awesomeness with Melissa Tondi – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/123-building-testing-efficiency-efficiency-melissa-tondi/
- Podcast: Sensemaking with Cynefin – Matt Heusser – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/sensemaking-with-cynefin
- Podcast: Testing in the Pub Episode 37 – Making Better Testers With Keith Klain – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/conferences/testing-pub-episode-37-making-better-testers-keith-klain-part-1/
- Podcast: Watir Podcast Episode 61 – David McNulla – https://dmcnulla.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/watir-podcast-episode-61/