Testing Bits – 6/4/17 – 6/10/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 6/4/17 – 6/10/17.

Articles & Blogs

• “Ahh, Just One More Thing…” – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/ahh-just-one-more-thing/
• Dictum – Factum – Kristīne Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2017/06/06/dictum-factum/
• How To Survive as a QA in a Software Development Team – Alexander Rayskiy – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/how-to-survive-as-a-qa-in-a-software-development-team/
• Life as a Technology Contractor – Justin Rohrman – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/life-technology-contractor/
• This place is so, your face is so….. – Chris Armstrong – https://christestarmstrong.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/this-place-is-so-your-face-is-so/
• Performance Testing for the Sake of Your Users: An Interview with Andreas Grab – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/performance-testing-sake-your-users-interview-andreas-grabner
• Should Automation Find Bugs? – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/06/08/should-automation-find-bugs/

• The Software Quality Engineering Leader – John Ruberto – http://blog.ruberto.com/2017/06/the-software-quality-engineering-leader/
• Using SPIN for persuasive communication – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2017/06/using-spin-for-persuasive-communication.html
• What is Equivalence Partitioning Technique? – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/06/what-is-equivalence-partitioning.html
• “Why so Granular?” – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/why-so-granular/
• Wrapping It Up: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/06/wrapping-it-up-30-days-of-accessibility.html

Tools/Programming

• Easier Debugging with XCTActivity and XCTAttachment – Oletha Lai – http://qualitytesting.tumblr.com/post/161515906184/easier-debugging-with-xctactivity-and
• How to create page objects with Selenium WebDriver – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2017/06/05/how-to-create-page-objects-with-selenium-webdriver/
• Javascript Testing with Selenium Webdriver and Mocha – Dimos Koromilas – https://blog.testproject.io/2017/06/07/javascript-testing-with-selenium-webdriver-mocha/
• Selenium WebDriver – How to Identify Web Elements Using Selenium XPath (Text Method) – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/06/selenium-webdriver-how-to-identify-web.html
• WebDriver Implicit, Explicit and Fluent Wait Examples – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/webdriver-implicit-explicit-and-fluent-wait-examples/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Nordic testing days – day 1 – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2017/06/nordic-testing-days-day-1.html
• Nordic testing days – tutorials day – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2017/06/nordic-testing-days-tutorials-day.html
• Notes: Automation, Selenium WebDriver, and PageObjects with AndrewBoyer (5/31/2017) – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/06/notes-automation-selenium-webdriver-and.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 155: TestArchitect Team – Freemium Awesomeness with Hung Q. Nguyen – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/155-testarchitect-freemium-hung-q-nguyen/
• Podcast: Adventures with Selenium – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/adventures-with-selenium
• Podcast: Episode 2: Interview with Trish Khoo – Keith Klain – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg5W0IpY_u0&feature=youtu.be
• Podcast: Episode #29: Responsive Bar Charts with Bokeh, Flask, and Python 3 – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/29/responsive-bar-charts-with-bokeh-flask-and-python-3

Items of Interest

• LogiGear’s new scriptless test automation tool targets small businesses – Valerie Silverthorne –  http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/news/450420462/LogiGears-new-scriptless-test-automation-tool-targets-small-businesses

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