Testing Bits – 10/30/16 – 11/5/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/30/16 – 11/5/16.

Articles & Blogs

• Branding risks as personal impact, lessons in coaching # 2 – Sunjeet Khokhar – https://thereluctanttester.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/branding-risks-as-personal-impact-lessons-in-coaching-2/
• Can we remove a tester from our agile team? – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/11/can-we-remove-tester-from-our-agile-team.html
• Can we train ourselves to be more empathetic? – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/can-we-train-ourselves-to-be-more-empathetic/
• Cyber UL certification: A time-saver for application security testers? – Anita D’Amico – http://techbeacon.com/cyber-ul-certification-time-saver-application-security-testers
• Evolution Is Hard – Testing Is Evolving – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2016/10/evolution-is-hard-testing-is-evolving.html
• Here’s what you need to know — and do — to be a more technical tester – Matt Heusser – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Heres-what-you-need-to-know-and-do-to-be-a-more-technical-tester
• Interview with Rosie Sherry – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2016/11/interview-with-rosie-sherry.html
• On becoming a test automation craftsman – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/on-becoming-a-test-automation-craftsman/

• Q&A with Katrina Clokie – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2016/10/31/qa-with-katrina-clokie/
• Removing a Tester… – David Greenless – https://martialtester.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/removing-a-tester/
• Software Testing – “It’s just so DULL” – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/11/software-testing-its-just-so-dull/
• Software testing is.. part 1 – exploratory. – Viktor Slavchev – http://mrslavchev.com/2016/11/04/software-testing-is-part-1/
• Stay Interviews for Testers – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/11/stay-interviews-for-testers.html
• Test plan questions – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2016/11/test-plan-questions.html
• Testing and the Human Element of History – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/11/testing-and-the-human-element-of-history/
• Testing in Production: A Double-Edged Sword – Rajini Padmanaban – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/testing-production-double-edged-sword
• Testing IoT Devices: Key Areas – Software Testing Magazine – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/testing-iot-devices-key-areas
• TestOps #3 – Continuous Testing – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://awesome-testing.blogspot.com/2016/10/testops-3-continuous-testing.html
• The 7 soft skills every QA tester needs – Michael Cooper – http://techbeacon.com/7-soft-skills-every-qa-tester-needs
• What is a Good Way to Estimate the Number of Test Cases? – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/10/31/what-is-a-good-way-to-estimate-the-number-of-test-cases/
• Why you should NOT be a tester! – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/you-should-not-be-tester/

Tools/Programming

• How to interact with sliders in Selenium WebDriver – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2016/11/04/how-to-interact-with-sliders-in-selenium-webdriver/
• Learn Python or Java as your first language? – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2016/11/learn-python-or-java.html
• Protractor Tutorial: Jasmine test logging – Łukasz Rosłonek – http://testdetective.com/protractor-tutorial-jasmine-test-logging

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Automation Guild Conference Registration Now Open – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/11/02/automation-guild-conference-registration-now-open/
• Living up to my handle: rocking and testing in Belfast – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/living-up-to-my-handle-rocking-and-testing-in-belfast/
• TestBash Manchester – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/testbash-manchester/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 126: Making Cross-Browser Tests Beautiful with Meaghan Lewis – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/126-making-cross-browser-tests-beautiful-meaghan-lewis/
• Podcast: Ep 63: Testbash bonus! – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/10/31/ep-63-testbash-bonus/
• Podcast: Ep 64: This Modern Testing – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/11/03/ep-64-modern-testing/
• Videos: (Video: 10/17/2016) “How to Pass a Coding Interview as an Automation Developer” @ Greater Boston QA and Testing Meetup – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2016/11/video-10172016-how-to-pass-coding.html