Testing Bits – 11/6/16 – 11/12/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 11/6/16 – 11/12/16.

Articles & Blogs

• A real-world guide to continuous testing – Mike Perrow – http://techbeacon.com/real-world-guide-continuous-testing
• A Road to Awesomeness – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2466
• Communication Skills For Testers: Why it’s important – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/11/10/communication-skills-testers/
• Demystifying Mobile Testing: Critical Thinking Prevails – Raj Subramanian – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/demystifying-mobile-testing-critical-thinking-prevails
• Hackable Projects – Pillar 3: Infrastructure – Patrik Höglund – https://testing.googleblog.com/2016/11/hackable-projects-pillar-3.html
• Hitting the mark with test reporting – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2016/11/11/hitting-the-mark-with-test-reporting/
• How To Adapt to Mobile Testing Complexity Increase Due to External App Context Features? – Eran Kinsbruner – https://mobiletestingblog.com/2016/11/08/how-to-adapt-to-mobile-testing-complexity-increase-due-to-external-app-context-features/

• Let’s talk about test automation – An interview with Anton – Owner of Automate The Planet – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/lets-talk-test-automation/
• Mel’s Rant: Non-technical Testing Is An Oxymoron – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2016/11/mels-rant-non-technical-testing-is.html
• Mob Testing at the New Work – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/11/mob-testing-at-new-work.html
• Testing All the Way Down, and Other Directions – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/11/testing-all-way-down-and-other.html
• Testing and Things That Matter – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/11/testing-and-things-that-matter/
• The one where emojis broke the site – Madeleine Schönemann – https://medium.com/allthingstesting/the-one-where-emojis-broke-the-site-a7f2e63bba88#.469sstji8
• The Reporting Target – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2016/11/11/the-reporting-target/
• Uncovering High Value Defects – Brad Thompson – http://thinktesting.com/articles/uncovering-high-value-defects/
• What is Beta Testing – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2016/11/what-is-beta-testing-david-tzemach.html
• What is Domain Testing – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/11/07/what-is-domain-testing/
• What is Software Risk Management (SRM)? – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2014/11/what-is-software-risk-management-srm.html

Tools/Programming

• Selenium WebDriver 3 – Yoni Flenner – http://blog.testproject.io/2016/11/07/selenium-webdriver-3/
• Structure of test automation project – Tarun Kumar – http://www.seleniumtests.com/2016/11/structure-of-test-automation-project.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• CEWT 3 – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/11/cewt-3.html
• Deconstructing #TestBash with R – Twitter Mining and Sentiment Analysis – Rosie Hamilton – http://testingfuntime.blogspot.com/2016/11/deconstructing-testbash-with-r-twitter.html
• DEWT 7 announced – Huib Schoots – https://dewt.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/dewt-7-announced/
• ER: Attending the Cambridge Exploratory Workshop on Testing (CEWT) – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/er-attending-the-cambridge-exploratory-workshop-on-testing-cewt/

Attention: Ohio Testers

• 11/14/16 – Columbus, OH – COSQAM Presents – Panel Discussion – Biggest Testing Challenge – https://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/235415733/
• 11/17/16 – Columbus, OH – COQAA – Business Process Assurance (BPA) w/ Jim Apicella – http://coqaa.org/id1.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 24: pytest with Raphael Pierzina – Brian Okken – http://pythontesting.net/podcast/24-pytest-raphael-pierzina/
• Podcast: Episode #1: Intro to the show and pip 9 is out! – Brian Okken, Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/1/intro-to-the-show-and-pip-9-is-out
• Podcast: Automation Guild 2017 Conference – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/127-automation-guild-2017-conference/
• Podcast: Making the “Full Stack” Tester – Matt Heusser – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/making-the-full-stack-tester

Items of Interest

• Android 6.0 Marshmallow Hits 24% Distribution As Nougat Continues Glacial Rollout – David Bolton – https://arc.applause.com/2016/11/08/android-distribution-november-2016/