Testing Bits – 12/4/16 – 12/10/16

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 12/4/16 – 12/10/16.

Articles & Blogs

• Augmenting Testing in your Agile Team: A Success Story – Mike Hrycyk – http://thinktesting.com/articles/augmenting-testing-in-agile-team/
• Bugs should be stories too! – Bart Vanherck – http://www.bartvanherck.be/2016/12/05/bugs-should-be-stories-too/
• Career Path of a Tester! – Anand Bagmar – https://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2016/12/career-path-of-tester.html
• How I setup our test documentation – Bart Vanherck – http://www.bartvanherck.be/2016/12/08/how-i-setup-our-test-documentation/
• How to improve your CV and improve your chances of finding your next software testing job – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/12/how-to-improve-your-cv-and-improve-your.html
• Hyper-fine user story splitting: Why devs need it, how to do it – Mark Balbes – http://techbeacon.com/hyper-fine-user-story-splitting-why-devs-need-it-how-do-it
• In a Pickle over Gherkin? – Jean Suplick – http://eyeonquality.com/in-a-pickle-over-gherkin/

• “Is Manual Testing Dying?” – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2016/12/06/is-manual-testing-dying/
• Lessons learned and tips for testing from public bug bash events – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/12/lessons-learned-and-tips-for-testing.html
• Localization Testing Cheat Sheet – Getting quick feedback – Raj Subramanian – http://www.rajsubra.com/2016/12/10/localization-testing-cheat-sheet-getting-quick-feedback/
• On asking ‘why?’ in test automation – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/on-asking-why-in-test-automation/
• Performance Testing Terminologies – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/performance-testing-terminologies/
• Stop fighting. Start participating. – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/12/stop-fighting-start-participating.html
• Taking Software Testing More Seriously By Using Humour – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/12/taking-software-testing-more-seriously.html
• Tales of Test Automation Failure (and How to Find Success) – Ajay Balamurugadas – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/tales-test-automation-failure-and-how-find-success
• Tester as a Catalyst – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2016/12/tester-as-catalyst.html
• Testing the Fitbit heart rate monitoring system: Part 1 – Rohan Dudam – https://qxf2.com/blog/testing-the-fitbit-heart-rate-monitoring-system-part-1/
• Testing the Fitbit heart rate monitoring system: Part 2 – Rohan Dudam – https://qxf2.com/blog/testing-the-fitbit-heart-rate-monitoring-system-part-2/
• Ten Ways to Build Your Software Testing Skills – Randy Rice – http://randallrice.blogspot.com/2016/12/ten-ways-to-build-your-software-testing.html
• The Dimensionality of Testing – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2016/12/the-dimensionality-of-testing/
• Top 10 challenges of maintaining the mobile device lab – Testing Geek – http://testinggeek.com/2016/12/05/top-10-challenges-of-maintaining-the-mobile-device-lab/
• Understanding The Difference Between Unit, Integration and Functional Testing – Sushma S. – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/the-difference-between-unit-integration-and-functional-testing/
• What is Component Testing? – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2016/12/what-is-component-testing-david-tzemach.html

Tools/Programming

• How to Perform ETL Testing Using Informatica PowerCenter Tool – Priya K. – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/etl-testing-using-informatica-powercenter-tool/
• Let’s Build A Framework – Day 2.5 – Knick Rosevear – https://qubedapples.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/lets-build-a-framework-day-2-5/
• Using Selenium with Python Tutorial (Part 2) – Yoni Flenner – http://blog.testproject.io/2016/12/08/using-selenium-with-python-p2/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Agile Testing Days 2016, Day 1 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2016/12/agile-testing-days-2016-day-1/
• Agile Testing Days 2016, Day 2 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2016/12/agile-testing-days-2016-day-2/
• Agile Testing Days 2016 – Beer, brats, and brains… – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/agile-testing-days-2016-beer-brats-and-brains/
• Agile Testing Days 2016 — Part 3: Tutorial Day 1 – Stephan Kamper – https://seasidetesting.com/2016/12/10/agile-testing-days-2016-part-3-tutorial-day-1/
• Live! From Agile Testing Days 2016 – STWC – Day 0 – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2016/12/live-from-agile-testing-days-2016-stwc.html
• Live! From Agile Testing Days 2016! Day 1 – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2016/12/live-from-agile-testing-days-2016-day-1.html
• Live! From Agile Testing Days 2016! Day 2! – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2016/12/live-from-agile-testing-days-2016-day-2.html
• Live! From Agile Testing Days! Day 3! – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2016/12/live-from-agile-testing-days-day-3.html
• Liverpool Tester Gathering – best tester meetup ever? – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2016/12/05/liverpool-tester-gathering-best-tester-meetup-ever/
• The Software Testing World Cup Chronicles, Part II: Ready, set, TEST! – Nick Bitzer – http://sdtimes.com/software-testing-world-cup-chronicles-part-ii-ready-set-test/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 131: PowerShell BDD with Pester with Adam Bertram – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/131-powershell-bdd-pester-adam-bertram/
• Podcast: Episode #5: Legacy Python vs Python and why words matter and Request’s 5 Whys retrospective – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/5/legacy-python-vs-python-and-why-words-matter-and-request-s-5-whys-retrospective
• Podcast: The Renaissance Tester – Matt Heusser – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-renaissance-tester
• Podcast: The Watir Podcast Episode 65 – Cheezy’s Return – David McNulla – https://dmcnulla.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/the-watir-podcast-episode-65-cheezys-return/

Items of Interest

• Android 6.0 Marshmallow Now Installed On Over 26% Of Devices – David Bolton – https://arc.applause.com/2016/12/06/android-distribution-december-2016/