Testing Bits – 7/16/17 – 7/22/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/16/17 – 7/22/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 ways to ensure a great UX for progressive web apps – Poli Dey – https://techbeacon.com/5-ways-ensure-great-ux-progressive-web-apps
• Cynefin and Software Testing – Chaos – Ben Kelly – http://testjutsu.com/2017/07/cynefin-and-software-testing-chaos/
• Do I really have to test on all those browser configurations? (Part 2) – Rebecca Hogg – https://www.spritecloud.com/2017/07/do-i-really-have-to-test-on-all-those-browser-configurations-part-2/
• Hiring problems emerging from not knowing what a testers responsibilities are. – Jyothi Rangaiah – https://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2017/07/hiring-problems-emerging-from-not.html
• How modular regression helps QA teams hit moving targets – Amy Reichert – https://techbeacon.com/how-modular-regression-helps-qa-teams-hit-moving-targets
• How To Prepare For Your Next Test Automation Interview – Tim Ebie – http://testdemy.com/how-to-prepare-for-your-next-test-automation-interview/
• How to write and an effective Test summary report? – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/07/how-to-write-and-effective-test-summary.html

• In Two Minds – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2017/07/in-two-minds.html
• ‘INVEST’ing in good User Stories – Nishi Grover Garg – https://testwithnishi.com/2017/07/19/investing-in-good-user-stories/
• Security and Penetration test checklist for Web-Applications – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/07/security-and-penetration-test-checklist.html
• Tester Interviews: Techniques and Tasks – Cassandra Leung – http://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/tester-interviews-techniques-and-tasks/
• Testing and AI – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/07/testing-and-ai/
• The Illusion of Quality Assurance – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/the-illusion-of-quality-assurance/
• The Unspoken Requirement: Testing for Consistency – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/unspoken-requirement-testing-consistency
• Unpacking the Suitcase Words – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/07/unpacking-the-suitcase-words/
• Use your malevolent powers for good – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2017/07/use-your-malevolent-powers-for-good.html

Tools/Programming

• 11 Performance Testing Tools Open Source for Testers Developers – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2017/07/18/open-source-performance-testing-tools/
• Automating PDF’s through Adobe API In Ruby – Joseph Miller – https://ideqa.blogspot.com/2017/07/automating-pdfs-through-adobe-api.html
• Creating executable specifications with Spectrum – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/creating-executable-specifications-with-spectrum/
• Data Generation using Mockaroo – Indira Nellutla – https://qxf2.com/blog/data-generation-using-mockaroo/
• Execute UI Tests in the Cloud- SauceLabs – Anton Angelov – https://automatetheplanet.com/execute-ui-tests-cloud-saucelabs/
• How to retry automatically Selenium tests – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2017/07/22/how-to-retry-automatically-selenium-tests/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• My personal performance #30daysoftesting challenge days 10 to 19 – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/my-personal-performance-30daysoftesting-challenge-days-10-to-19/
• Survey: “Take my Testing Survey today!” – Mike Lyles – https://mikelyles.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/testing-survey/
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Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 161: The Complete Software Developer’s Career Guide with John Sonmez – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/161-software-developers-career-guide/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 63 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=235
• Podcast: Ep 9b: Doctor Who – Jodie Whittaker reveal – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-9b-doctor-who-jodie-whittaker-reveal
• Podcast: Ep 10: Whiplash – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-10-whiplash
• Podcast: Episode #35: How developers change programming languages over time – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/35/how-developers-change-programming-languages-over-time
• Podcast: Testing Retail Software – Matt Heusser, Justin Rohrman, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/testing-retail-software

Items of Interest

• Takeaways from Elisabeth Hendrickson’s “There’s Always A Duck” – Jason B. Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/takeaways-from-elisabeth-hendricksons-theres-always-a-duck/

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