Testing Bits – 3/19/17 – 3/25/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/19/17 – 3/25/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Ways to Overcome Your Hatred of Test Documentation – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-ways-overcome-your-hatred-test-documentation
• Better Test Reporting – Data-Driven Storytelling – Trevor Atkins – http://thinktesting.com/articles/better-test-reporting/
• Creativity and testing – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/creativity-and-testing/
• Fact checking: “Is testing certification worth it for getting a job?” – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2017/03/22/fact-checking-is-testing-certification-worth-it-for-getting-a-job/
• Implication of emphasis on automation in CI – Martin Jansson – http://thetesteye.com/blog/2017/03/implication-of-emphasis-on-automation-in-ci/
• Performance Testing Tutorial – starting point – Łukasz Rosłonek – http://testdetective.com/performance-testing-tutorial/
• Regression Tests: A Double Edged Sword – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/03/22/regression-tests-a-double-edged-sword/

• Sharing the duty – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/sharing-the-duty/
• Shifting Left on Your Journey to Continuous Testing: An Interview with Adam Auerbach – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/shifting-left-your-journey-continuous-testing-interview-adam-auerbach
• Stop Telling Testers to Prevent Issues – Cassandra Leung – http://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/stop-telling-testers-to-prevent-issues/
• The Definition Game – Matt Heusser – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/the-definition-game/
• The other side of the interview table – Matthew Bretten – http://bestofthetest.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-other-side-of-interview-table.html
• Want to Lead by example ? …. be “emotionally nimble” – Sunjeet Khokhar – https://thereluctanttester.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/want-to-lead-by-example-be-emotionally-nimble/

Tools/Programming

• Appium Tutorial for Testing Andoid and iOS Mobile Apps – Neeraj – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/appium-tutorial-for-beginners/
• Are you sure the bus line is still listed?: Interacting with the MBTA’s API using REST Assured  – TJ. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/03/are-you-sure-bus-line-is-still-listed.html
• Assessment System for Tests’ Architecture Design- Facade Based Tests – Anton Angelov – https://automatetheplanet.com/assessment-system-tests-architecture-design-facade-based-tests/
• Do not store element locators in property files – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2017/03/19/do-not-store-element-locators-in-property-files/
• Selenium WebDriver – Locating Web elements using CSS selectors – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/03/selenium-webdriver-locating-web.html
• Selenium WebDriver – Taking screenshot for a specific element (C#) – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/03/selenium-webdriver-taking-screenshot.html
• Selenium WebDriver – Using the Text Field and Button elements (C#) – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/03/selenium-webdriver-using-text-field-and.html
• Testers Toolkit – Michal Zima – http://www.houseoftest.net/en/2017/03/testers-toolkit/
• Using Charles from the command line – Darrell Grainger – http://darrellgrainger.blogspot.com/2017/03/using-charles-from-command-line.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• NWEWT #2 Growing Testers – Matthew Bretten – http://bestofthetest.blogspot.com/2017/03/nwewt-2-growing-testers.html
• Improving your craftsmanship through conferences – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/improving-your-craftsmanship-through-conferences/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 145: Automation Testing Maturity Curve with Danny McKeown – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/145-automation-testing-maturity-curve-danny-mckeown/
• Podcast: Ep 2: Father Ted – Speed 3 – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-2-father-ted-speed-3
• Podcast: Episode #18: Python 3 has some amazing types and you can now constructively insult your shell! – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/18/python-3-has-some-amazing-types-and-you-can-now-constructively-insult-your-shell

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