Testing Bits – 11/13/16 – 11/26/16

This week, I am bringing a “double edition” of Testing Bits for your reading pleasure.  Due to a recent surgery, Testing Bits for 11/13/16-11/19/16 has been combined with the list for this week.  If you want to know more about my absence, I have included a few more details at the end of this long post.  There were a lot of great posts to catch-up on while I was out over the last two weeks!

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Common Reasons for a Penetration Test – Martijn de Vrieze – https://martijndevrieze.net/2016/11/15/5-common-reasons-for-a-penetration-test/
• A Lone Tester at a DevOps Conference – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-lone-tester-at-devops-conference.html
• a11y = Accessibility – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2016/11/a11y-accessibility.html
• Are you the Signal or the Noise? – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/signal-or-noise/
• Black-box vs White-box Testing – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2013/10/black-box-vs-white-box-testing-david.html
• Cambridge Lean Coffee – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/11/cambridge-lean-coffee.html
• Compatibility Testing – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2013/10/compatibility-testing-david-tzemach.html

• Difference between severity and priority in defect report – finally revealed – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/severity-vs-priority/
• Exit Criteria, Software Quality, and Gut Feelings – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/exit-criteria-software-quality-and-gut-feelings
• Finding the vibe of a dispersed team – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/11/finding-vibe-of-dispersed-team.html
• Get ready software test professionals — big changes are coming soon – Valerie Silverthorne – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/news/450403079/Get-ready-software-test-professionals-big-changes-are-coming-soon
• IoT testing: How to overcome 5 big challenges – Israel Rogoza – http://techbeacon.com/iot-testing-how-overcome-5-big-challenges
• Learn the skills to become a more technical tester – Matt Heusser – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Learn-the-skills-to-become-a-more-technical-tester
• Lullabies To Paralyze – Nathalie Rooseboom de Vries – van Delft – http://funtestic.blogspot.com/2016/11/lullabies-to-paralyze.html
• Managing test data in end-to-end test automation – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/managing-test-data-in-end-to-end-test-automation/
• Must I trust the contract? – Simon Schrijver – https://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/must-i-trust-the-contract/
• MVP: When V is for Valuable – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2016/11/24/mvp-when-v-is-for-valuable/
• People Must Feel the Job Develops Them – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/people-must-feel-the-job-develops-them/
• Question: Can selenium be used for real world testing? & Does it take longer than manual? – Alan Richardson – http://seleniumsimplified.com/2016/11/question-can-selenium-be-used-for-real-world-testing-does-it-take-longer-than-manual/
• Rewrites and Underestimation – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2016/11/rewrites-and-underestimation.html
• SDLC vs STLC – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2016/11/sdlc-vs-stlc-david-tzemach.html
• Shift X – Why are testers not happy where they are (put)? – Patrick Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2016/11/13/shift-x-why-are-testers-not-happy-where-they-are-put/
• Simplify Risk Based Testing: Keep it RIL – Brooke Bohlken – http://blog.smartbear.com/testing/test-management-testing/simplify-risk-based-testing-approach-test-management/
• Speeding Up a Suite of Web Application Automated End-to-End Checks – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/ideas-for-speeding-up-a-suite-of-automated-end-to-end-checks-for-web-applications/
• Testing and Life Collide – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.wordpress.com/2016/11/24/testing-and-life-collide/
• Testing from pseudoscience to science – Andrei Contan – http://andrei.contan.ro/testing-pseudoscience/
• Testing Is Like Cartography – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/11/testing-is-like-cartography/
• The Anatomy of a Definition of Testing – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-anatomy-of-definition-of-testing.html
• The Character of Projects – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/11/the-character-of-projects/
• The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Responsive Web Design Testing – Laxmi – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/responsive-web-design-testing-guide/
• The Domain Is The Thing! – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-domain-is-thing.html
• The Power of Doubt – Becoming a Software Skeptic (Paper) – Zeger Van Hese – https://testsidestory.com/2016/11/16/the-power-of-doubt-becoming-a-software-skeptic-paper/
• The Shifting Polarities of Testing – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/11/the-shifting-polarities-of-testing/
• The Thing with Quality at Speed – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2016/11/the-thing-with-quality-at-speed/
• Unexpected Consequences of becoming a “Technical Tester” – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2016/11/unexpected-consequences-of-becoming-a-technical-tester/
• Value of UI Automation Tests – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/value-of-ui-automation-tests/
• What Test Engineers do at Google: Building Test Infrastructure – Jochen Wuttke – https://testing.googleblog.com/2016/11/what-test-engineers-do-at-google.html

Tools/Programming

• Announcing A New Test Tool – TestToolHub – Counterstrings, and more… – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/11/announcing-new-test-tool-testtoolhub.html
• Choosing a Test Management Tool that Will Scale with You – Joel Montvelisky – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/choosing-test-management-tool-will-scale-you
• How to Make Your Selenium Tests Cross-Browser Ready – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/11/17/make-selenium-tests-cross-browser-ready/
• How To… SoapUI: Using Dynamic Properties – Brendan Connolly – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/soapui-using-dynamic-properties/
• Let’s Build A Framework – Day 1 – Knick Rosevear – https://qubedapples.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/lets-build-a-framework-day-1/
• Let’s Build A Framework – Day 2 – Knick Rosevear – https://qubedapples.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/lets-build-a-framework-day-2/
• Robot Framework Introduction – Yoni Flenner – http://blog.testproject.io/2016/11/22/robot-framework-introduction/
• What else should page object test? – Tarun Kumar – http://www.seleniumtests.com/2016/11/what-else-should-page-object-test.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Eurostar 2016 – A Newbie’s Experience: Down the Rabbit Hole We Go – Marianne Duijst – http://marianneduijst.nl/2016/11/18/eurostar-2016/
• Eurostar 2016 sketchnotes – Zeger Van Hese – https://testsidestory.com/2016/11/16/eurostar-2016-sketchnotes/
• Peer conference awesomeness at SWETish – Johan Jonasson – http://blog.johanjonasson.com/?p=968
• Remind me again, why do I speak at conferences? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/11/remind-me-again-why-do-i-speak-at.html
• Romanian Testing Conference – 2017 – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/romanian-testing-conference-2017/
• SeleniumConf UK 2016 – Day 1 summary – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://awesome-testing.blogspot.com/2016/11/seleniumconf-uk-2016-day-1-summary.html
• SeleniumConf UK 2016 – Day 2 summary – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://awesome-testing.blogspot.com/2016/11/seleniumconf-uk-2016-day-2-summary.html
• SIGIST Sweden Conference 2016 – Hannes Lindblom – https://testinpeace.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/sigist-sweden-conference-2016/
• Something of Note – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2016/11/something-of-note.html
• SWETish – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2016/11/swetish.html
• Tconf – Testing Insights – in the Fast Paced Technology World of apps – Aditya Kalra – http://go-gaga-over-testing.blogspot.com/2016/11/tconf-testing-insights-in-fast-paced.html
• Testers Meetup Activity reaches Karachi – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2016/11/14/testers-meetup-activity-reaches-karachi/
• The Top 5 Reasons You Need to Attend the 2017 Automation Guild Conference – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2016/11/24/top-5-reasons-need-attend-2017-automation-guild-conference/
• TinyTestBash Is Coming To Belfast – Heather Reid – http://www.ministryoftesting.com/2016/11/tinytestbash-belfast/
• West London Lean Coffee – November – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/agile/west-london-lean-coffee-november/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 128: How to Automate Embedded, SaaS and ERP Systems, with Ali Khalid – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/128-automate-embedded-saas-erp-systems-ali-khalid/
• Podcast: 129: End-to-End Mobile DevOps with Guy Arieli – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/129-end-end-mobile-devops-guy-arieli/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 48 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=155
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 49 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=165
• Podcast: Accessibility –  Matt Heusser, Justin Rohrman, Michal Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/access
• Podcast: Ep 65: A Gordian Knot of Numbers – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2016/11/17/ep-65-gordian-knot-numbers/
• Podcast: Episode #2: PyCon, awesome python, python developer job prospects, and more – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/2/pycon-awesome-python-python-developer-job-prospects-and-more
• Podcast: Episode #3: Python 3.6 is coming, and it’s awesome plus superior text processing with Pynini – Michael Kennedy –
  https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/3/python-3.6-is-coming-and-it-s-awesome-plus-superior-text-processing-with-pynini
• Podcast: Learning More About Apica System – Mike Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/learning-more-about-apica-system
• Podcast: PerfBytes Live STPCON Fall 2016 – Mike Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/perfbytes-live-stpcon-fall-2016
• Podcast: PerfBytes Thanksgiving 2016 – Mike Tomlinson, James Pulley – http://www.perfbytes.com/perfbytes-thanksgiving-2016
• Video: Ask Steve Anything: Accessibility Testing – Alan Richardson, James Lyndsay, Steve Green, Tony Bruce – http://blackopstesting.com/video/20161118_accessibility_ask_steve_01/
• Video: A live exploratory testing session recorded – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/11/a-live-exploratory-testing-session.html

Items of Interest

• Android Nougat: Cool features every mobile app should support – Aritra Roy – http://techbeacon.com/android-nougat-cool-new-features-every-app-should-support

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Some of you have asked, “What happened to the Testing Curator?”

Over the past year, I have been having issues with my Achilles tendon of my right ankle/heel area.  From October 2015 through March 2016, I had tried everything possible to relieve the pain with an orthopedic surgeon…rest, walking boots, physical therapy, and shoe inserts.  Unfortunately none of those solutions worked for my Achilles pain.  I was then sidelined with a torn perennial brevis tendon in my right ankle and had to have surgery for it in April 2016 (surgery #1). After spending 7 weeks non weight-bearing in post op splints or walking boots, 3 more weeks in a boot, and 6 weeks of physical therapy I was finally finished (April-late July).  Unfortunately, after physical therapy was completed for the torn tendon, the pain returned in my right Achilles in August.  I sought out a new orthopedic surgeon and after some more physical therapy and more walking boot time, it was discovered through an MRI that I had a bone spur impacting my Achilles tendon.  It was missed from my first surgery MRI or not deemed important.  On November 15, I went under the knife (surgery #2) to have the bone spur removed and the Achilles tendon repaired.  I am happy to report that the surgery went well and am now into the recovery process of splints, casts, walking boots, and physical therapy over the next couple of months with full recovery in 6-12 months.  A special thanks goes out to my wife, family, and friends for their thoughts, prayers, and help while I get better.  This last year has been challenging and there is more work ahead for me, but I have been able to gain a greater appreciation for the area of Accessibility and have enjoyed the extra time reading over testing blogs and reading over Twitter from my favorite testers.

Day of Surgery

Post Opt Splint – “Big Foot”

Cast – That’s Progress

Back to Curating! – More Progress