Testing Bits – 10/16/16 – 10/22/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/16/16 – 10/22/16.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Ways Agile Testing Is Different from Traditional Testing – Nishi Grover Garg – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-ways-agile-testing-different-traditional-testing
• API Testing Definition – Alexey Grinevich – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/api-testing-definition/
• Continuous Testing in DevOps… – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2016/10/19/continuous-testing-in-devops/
• Debating and challenging – John Stevenson – http://steveo1967.blogspot.com/2016/10/debating-and-challenging.html
• Deliver Your Applications with Speed, Quality, and Scale: An Interview with Silvia Siqueira – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/deliver-your-applications-speed-quality-and-scale-interview-silvia-siqueira
• How a highway car wreck can help us improve collaboration – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/how-a-highway-car-wreck-can-help-us-improve-collaboration/
• Interview with Olof Svedström, QA Chapter Lead at Spotify – Olof Svedström – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2016/10/interview-with-olof-svedstrom-qa.html

• Mutation Testing – Learn This Interesting Testing Technique Quickly with a Simple Example – Swati Seela – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/what-is-mutation-testing/
• REACT to Bugs – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/react-to-bugs/
• Reinventing Performance Testing: Continuous Integration – Alex Podelko – http://alexanderpodelko.com/blog/2016/10/18/reinventing-performance-testing-continuous-integration/
• Reinventing Performance Testing: New Architectures – Alex Podelko – http://alexanderpodelko.com/blog/2016/10/20/reinventing-performance-testing-new-architectures/
• Testing in the DevOpsian World – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/10/testing-in-devopsian-world.html
• Testing Is Like … – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/10/testing-is-like/
• The Shift-Coach Testing Trend – Jesper Lottossen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/shift-coach/
• The words “Testing” and “QA” – Matthew Bretten – http://bestofthetest.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-words-testing-and-qa.html
• Ultimate Guide to Reducing the Amount of Defects and other Waste in your Product – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/ultimate-guide-to-reducing-the-amount-of-defects-and-other-waste-in-your-product/
• User experience testing: How to provide feedback that matters? – Brian Hamilton – http://www.asktester.com/user-experience-testing-feedback/
• You don’t always need a justification for a test … – Mike Talks – http://testsheepnz.blogspot.com/2016/10/you-dont-always-need-justification-for.html

Tools/Programming

• Android Espresso Tutorial For Mobile App Testing – Ville-Veikko Helppi – http://bitbar.com/android-espresso-tutorial-for-mobile-app-testing/
• Create Better Selenium Tests with WebdriverIO – Tim Perry – http://blog.testproject.io/2016/10/16/better-selenium-tests-webdriverio/
• Q: Should you use Selenium 3? A: Probably. I have. – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2016/10/q-should-you-use-selenium-3-a-probably-i-have/
• Sauce Labs Donates Appium Copyright to JS Foundation – Jonathan Lipps – https://saucelabs.com/blog/sauce-labs-donates-appium-copyright-to-js-foundation
• Sometimes a headless browser might meet your needs – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2016/10/sometimes-a-headless-browser-might-meet-your-needs/
• Testing The-Internet with Geb + Groovy + Spock: About Yeoman, scaffolding, and other build tools – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/10/testing-internet-with-geb-groovy-spock.html
• Testing The-Internet with Geb + Groovy + Spock: Installing Yeoman and the Geb Generator – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/10/testing-internet-with-geb-groovy-spock_19.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• How I Get Technical Workshops Up and Running – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2016/10/how-i-get-technical-workshops-up-and.html
• Neat ideas from some recent meetups – Matthew Bretten – http://bestofthetest.blogspot.com/2016/10/neat-ideas-from-some-recent-meetups.html
• Takeaways from Alan Richardson’s “Technical Web Testing 101” online course – Jason B. Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/takeaways-from-alan-richardsons-technical-web-testing-101-online-course/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 124: Selenium 3.0 and Beyond : What You Need To Know – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/124-selenium-3-beyond-need-know/
• Podcast: Ep 62: Banishing the Permanently Exhausted Pigeon – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/10/20/ep-62-banishing-permenantly-exhausted-pigeon/
• Podcast: Testing in the Pub Episode 38 – Making Better Testers With Keith  Klain – Part 2 – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/testing-in-the-pub-episode-38-making-better-testers-with-keith-klain-part-2/

Items of Interest

• Apple Takes A Small Bite Into Android’s Presence In The United States – David Bolton – https://arc.applause.com/2016/10/17/android-apple-market-share-us-q3-2016/
• Four years of blogging – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2016/10/17/four-years-of-blogging/
• Making Fünf Myself – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/10/making-funf-of-myself.html