Testing Bits – 6/18/17 – 6/24/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 6/18/17 – 6/24/17.

Articles & Blogs

• A Day in the Life of a Test Architect: An Interview with Lee Hawkins – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/day-life-test-architect-interview-lee-hawkins
• CDMET: a mnemonic for generating exploratory testing charters – Marcel Gehlen – http://thatsthebuffettable.blogspot.com/2017/06/cdmet-mnemonic-for-generating.html
• Confidence’s Role in Software Testing – Brad Thompson – http://thinktesting.com/articles/role-of-confidence-in-software-testing/
• Cynefin and Software Testing – The Complicated Domain – Ben Kelly – http://testjutsu.com/2017/06/cynefin-and-software-testing-the-complicated-domain/
• Don’t Test Everything on a Performance Test – Senor Performo – http://www.srperf.com/wise-load-performance-test-everything/
• How Testers Can Start Thinking like Users – Aleksis Tulonen – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/how-testers-can-start-thinking-users
• How to Make Testing and Quality Everyone’s Responsibility? – Amir Ghahrai – http://www.testingexcellence.com/make-testing-quality-everyones-responsibility/

• I’m A Tester & I’m A Rubber Duck – Kevin Cui – https://krazycavin.github.io/2017/06/20/i-am-a-rubber-duck/
• Q&A with Nicola Owen – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2017/06/21/qa-with-nicola-owen/
• Solution Development in Python, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/06/solution-development-in-python-part-1/
• The Interview Roadshow – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-interview-roadshow.html
• Who Should Lead BDD? – Andy Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/06/22/who-should-lead-bdd/
• Winning Support for BDD – Andy Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/06/19/winning-support-for-bdd/

Tools/Programming

• Functional testing an API – Deepak Bhaskaran – http://qapage.com/Testing-an-API-with-Python/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Online Test Conf 2017 Spring Edition – Ekaterina Budnikov – http://www.katjasays.com/online-test-conf-2017-spring-edition/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 157: Automation Delivery Channels with Maciek Konkolowicz – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/157-automation-delivery-channels-with-maciek-konkolowicz/
• Podcast: Episode #31: You should have a change log – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/31/you-should-have-a-change-log
• Podcast: In Search of Requirements – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/in-search-of-requirements

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