Testing Bits – 3/26/17 – 4/1/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 3/26/17 – 4/1/17.

Articles & Blogs

• Automated testing vs manual testing – security perspective – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://www.awesome-testing.com/2017/03/automated-testing-vs-manual-testing.html
• Enable Testers with a Better User Acceptance Testing Process: An Interview with Jim Trentadue – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/enable-testers-better-user-acceptance-testing-process-interview-jim-trentadue
• How do you interview testers? – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2017/03/how-do-you-interview-testers.html
• How I would approach creating automated user interface-driven tests – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/how-i-would-approach-creating-automated-user-interface-driven-tests/
• Let the ‘Agile Manifesto’ guide your testing efforts! – Nishi Grover Garg – https://testwithnishi.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/let-the-agile-manifesto-guide-your-testing-efforts/
• You Shouldn’t be a Tester If … – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2017/04/you-shouldnt-be-tester-if.html

Tools/Programming

• Assessment System for Tests’ Architecture Design- Behaviour Based Tests – Anton Angelov – https://automatetheplanet.com/assessment-system-tests-architecture-design-behaviour-based-tests/

• Katalon Studio Tutorial: A Free Test Automation Tool You Have Been Waiting For – Swati Seela – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/katalon-studio-tutorial/
• Learning Serenity: Scaffolding a new project with Maven Archetypes – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/03/learning-serenity-scaffolding-new.html
• Learning Serenity: Studying BDD using The Cucumber Book and BDD in Action – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/03/learning-serenity-studying-bdd-using.html
• New automation framework released to test APIs: Introducing Karate, by Intuit India’s Peter Thomas – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/03/new-automation-framework-released-to.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• March 29, 2017: Talks on Performance Testing and REST Assured at the Ministry of Testing – Boston Meetup – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/03/march-29-2017-talks-on-performance.html
• Surviving my first Testbash – Lee – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/surviving-my-first-testbash/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 146: Top 12 Takeaways – Automation Guild Conference Recap – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/146-automation-guild/
• Podcast: Conferences and Conferring – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/conferences-and-conferring
• Podcast: Episode #19: Put your Python dictionaries in a box and apparently Python is really wanted – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/19/put-your-python-dictionaries-in-a-box-and-apparently-python-is-really-wanted
• Podcast: Ep 75: What is the plural of syllabus? – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2017/03/29/ep-75-what-is-the-plural-of-syllabus/

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