Testing Bits – 4/30/17 – 5/6/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 4/30/17 – 5/6/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 Misconceptions about Testing Career – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2017/05/02/3-misconceptions-about-testing-career/
• Allegro: How production bugs killed small business. – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/allegro-how-production-bugs-killed-small-business/
• Alternative Facts. “Happy path” and “edge cases”. – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2017/05/02/alternative-facts-happy-path-and-edge-cases/
• Criteria for setting up a Mobile Test Automation LAB – Anand Bagmar – https://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2017/05/criteria-for-setting-up-mobile-test.html
• Design Patterns in Test Automation – Aditya Kalra – http://go-gaga-over-testing.blogspot.com/2017/05/design-pattern-in-test-automation.html
• Everyone Deserves Inclusive Design: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/everyone-deserves-inclusive-design-30.html
• Getting started on a testing project – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2017/05/getting-started-on-testing-project.html

• How to Ace Your Next QA Job Interview – Tim Ebie – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/how-ace-your-next-qa-job-interview
• Let your test automation talk to you – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/let-your-test-automation-talk-to-you/
• Making May 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/making-may-30-days-of-accessibility.html
• Mobbing – Take Two and Take Three – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2017/05/mobbing-take-two-and-take-three.html
• Phased vs Threaded Testing – Aaron Hodder – http://testerkiwi.blogspot.com/2017/05/phased-vs-threaded-testing.html
• Said you’re running out of time… – Chris Armstrong – https://christestarmstrong.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/said-youre-running-out-of-time/
• Test automation – from theory to reality – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2017/04/test-automation-from-theory-to-reality.html
• Testing Terminology – Connor Roberts – http://pixelgrill.com/testing-terminology/
• Testing Zombie – Are you becoming one? – Vipul Gupta – https://vipulgupta1.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/testing-zombie-are-you-becoming-one/
• Tests Getting Slower? – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/tests-getting-slower/
• The Challenge of QA during Culture Change – Ben Bourland – https://thequabal.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/the-challenge-of-qa-during-culture-change/
• The Fallacy of Now – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/the-fallacy-of-now/
• The Four Hour Tester – Modelling as a Team Exercise – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-four-hour-tester-modelling-as-team.html
• The Reality of Test Artifacts – Justin Rohrman – https://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/reality-test-artifacts
• Working with WCAG Guidelines: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/working-with-wcag-guidelines-30-days-of.html
• Yes, Write Frameworks From Scratch – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/05/01/yes-write-frameworks-from-scratch/

Tools/Programming

• A Comparison Of Automated Testing Tools – Rai Kou – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/a-comparison-of-automated-testing-tools/
• Give ’em the aXe: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/give-em-axe-30-days-of-accessibility.html
• Headless testing with Google Chrome – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://www.awesome-testing.com/2017/05/headless-testing-with-google-chrome.html
• How to deal with windows authentication popups – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2017/04/30/how-to-deal-with-windows-authentication-popups/
• How to Effectively use Groovy GPath in REST Assured – Part 1: Overview of Groovy – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2017/05/groovy-gpath-in-rest-assured-part1-overview/
• How to use implicit wait in selenium webdriver – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/05/how-to-use-implicit-wait-in-selenium.html
• New Headless Chrome With Selenium WebDriver – Richard Bradshaw – http://www.thefriendlytester.co.uk/2017/04/new-headless-chrome-with-selenium.html
• Recent Web Browser Quality Related Innovations – Eran Kinsbruner – https://mobiletestingblog.com/2017/05/01/recent-web-browser-quality-related-innovations/
• Wading into WAVE: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/wading-into-wave-30-days-of.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• A New “Limited Time” Project: The AST CASTCast – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/05/a-new-limited-time-project-ast-castcast.html
• Brian Jordan, Automated Testing for the Non (and FUTURE!) Coder: Notes from his talk with the Ministry of Testing – Boston – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/05/brian-jordan-automated-testing-for-non.html
• Diversity – How important is it to you? – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/diversity-how-important-is-it-to-you/
• Quality Jam 2017 Presentations – Jeff Perkins – https://www.qasymphony.com/blog/quality-jam-2017-presentations/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 150: Functional Programming Property Based Testing with Eric Normand – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/150-functional-programming-property-based-testing-eric-normand/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 57 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=198
• Podcast: Ep 5: Nerve – Neill Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-5-nerve
• Podcast: Ep 78: May the Testbash be with you – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2017/05/04/ep-78-may-the-testbash-be-with-you/
• Podcast: Episode #24: I have a local PyPI server and so do you! – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/24/i-have-a-local-pypi-server-and-so-do-you

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