Testing Bits – 1/29/17 – 2/4/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 1/29/17 – 2/4/17.

Articles & Blogs

• All our tests should always pass – Will Yates – http://outspokenhobbit.blogspot.com/2017/02/all-our-tests-should-always-pass.html
• Are you sure the bus line is still listed? Problems with gathering data by scraping a web page with Selenium WebDriver. Use a RESTful API endpoint instead! – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/02/are-you-sure-bus-line-still-listed.html
• Beware tests that don’t test what you think they do – Will Yates – http://outspokenhobbit.blogspot.com/2017/02/beware-tests-that-dont-test-what-you.html
• Bigger and Better Test Design through Automation: An Interview with Hans Buwalda – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/bigger-and-better-test-design-through-automation-interview-hans-buwalda
• Continuous Security with OWASP Dependency Check – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://www.awesome-testing.com/2017/02/continuous-security-with-owasp.html
• How to test a text adventure game – some notes on Testing RestMud – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2017/01/how-to-test-text-adventure-game-some.html
• Getting started with testability – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2017/01/getting-started-with-testability.html

• Many Bits under the Bridge – Jesper Lottossen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/bits-under-the-bridge/
• Negative testing Checklist – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/02/negative-testing-checklist-david-tzemach.html
• non coders and unit tests – Always Fearful – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2017/02/non-coders-and-unit-tests.html
• Saying No to More Work – Justin Rohrman – https://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/saying-no-more-work
• Teach DevOps Software Development with a Game – Matthew Heusser – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/teach-devops-software-development-game-0
• Testing is not a career – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/testing-not-a-career/
• There Is An Increasing Rate Of Lawsuits Over Digital Accessibility  – David Bolton –  https://arc.applause.com/2017/02/03/digital-accessibility-lawsuits/
• Trust automation – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/trust-automation/
• What are Hybrid Apps and list of Top Hybrid App Frameworks – Mobile Application Development – Raj Subramanian – http://www.rajsubra.com/2017/02/04/what-are-hybrid-apps-and-list-of-top-hybrid-app-frameworks-mobile-application-development/

Tools/Programming

• Appium Tutorials 2: Desired Capabilities & Android Capabilities – Anurag Khode – http://www.mobileappstesting.com/appium-tutorials-2-desired-capabilities/
• How to Create Mock Service and Dynamic Response in SoapUI – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/soapui-mock-service-and-dynamic-response/
• MySQL and Liquibase – Indira Nellutla – https://qxf2.com/blog/mysql-and-liquibase/
• MySQL Database Modeling – Indira Nellutla – https://qxf2.com/blog/mysql-database-modeling/
• Supercharging Your Step Definitions – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/supercharging-your-step-definitions/
• The Top 21 FREE Visual Validation Tools for Testers – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2017/02/02/top-21-free-visual-validation-tools-testers/
• Where can I find a full test automation project with Selenium WebDriver? – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2017/01/where-can-i-find-full-test-automation.html

BDD

• BDD and the real primary purpose of feature files – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2017/02/03/bdd-and-the-real-primary-purpose-of-feature-files/
• BDD 101: Writing Good Gherkin – Andy Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/01/30/bdd-101-writing-good-gherkin/
• BDD 101: BDD and Agile – Andy Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/02/01/bdd-101-bdd-and-agile/
• BDD 101: Automation – Andy Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/02/03/bdd-101-automation/
• BDD 101: Frameworks – Andy Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/02/04/bdd-101-frameworks/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• DEWT7: driven to find new perspectives – Joris Meerts – https://dewt.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/dewt7-driven-to-find-new-perspectives/
• QA or the Highway 2017 – Speaker Spotlight – Dmitry Sharkov – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2017/01/31/qa-or-the-highway-2017-speaker-spotlight-dmitry-sharkov/
• QA or the Highway 2017 – Speaker Spotlight – Joe Beale – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2017/01/30/qa-or-the-highway-2017-speaker-spotlight-joe-beale/
• QA or the Highway 2017 – Speaker Spotlight – Matt Eakin – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2017/02/04/qa-or-the-highway-2017-speaker-spotlight-matt-eakin/
• QA or the Highway 2017 – Speaker Spotlight – Pradeepa Narayanaswamy – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2017/02/01/qa-or-the-highway-2017-speaker-spotlight-pradeepa-narayanaswamy/
• QASymphony Webinar Q&A Follow Up – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/qasymphony-webinar-qa-follow-up/

Attention Ohio Testers:

2/7/2017 – Columbus, OH – Atlassian User Group – https://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/237181734/

2/7/2017 – Columbus, OH – QA or the Highway 2017 – https://qaorthehighway.com/

2/28/2017 – Dublin, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Experiences at QA or the Highway 2017 – https://www.meetup.com/Software-QA-Testing-Meetup/events/237371954/

Miscellaneous

• Book Review: Automating & Testing a REST API by Alan Richardson – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2017/02/book-review-automating-testing-a-rest-api-by-alan-richardson/
• Podcast: 138: Is the Screenplay Pattern Better Than Page Objects with John Smart – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/138-screenplay-pattern-better-page-objects-john-smart/
• Podcast: Automation and Defining “Done” (Part 2) – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen, Justin Rohrman, Perze Ababa – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/automation-and-defining-done-part-2
• Podcast: Episode #11: Django 2.0 is dropping Python 2 entirely, pipenv for profile functionality, and Pythonic home automation – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/11/django-2.0-is-dropping-python-2-entirely-pipenv-for-profile-functionality-and-pythonic-home-automation
• Podcast: Ep 71: The Epilogue of Testing – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2017/02/02/ep-71-epilogue-testing/
• Podcast: Testing in the Pub Episode 40 – At the Software Testing Clinic – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/podcast/testing-in-the-pub-episode-40-at-the-software-testing-clinic/