Testing Bits – 7/30/17 – 8/5/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 7/30/17 – 8/5/17.

Articles & Blogs

• A big procession of Echternach – Bart Vanherck – http://www.bartvanherck.be/2017/08/04/a-big-procession-of-echternach/
• Agile Methodology: The Complete Guide to Understanding Agile Testing – Elise Carmichael – https://www.qasymphony.com/blog/agile-methodology-guide-agile-testing/
• All the kids in the marketplace say… – Chris Armstrong – https://christestarmstrong.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/all-the-kids-in-the-marketplace-say/
• Are you using queuing theory to accelerate performance test analysis? – Ramya Moorthy – https://techbeacon.com/are-you-using-queuing-theory-accelerate-performance-test-analysis
• Automation Quick Wins: Who’s Really Winning? – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2017/07/31/automation-quick-wins-whos-really-winning/
• Broken Authentication and Session Management – part Ⅰ – Hari Charan – https://seleniumbycharan.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/broken-authentication-and-session-management-part-i/
• Broken Authentication and Session Management – part Ⅱ – Hari Charan – https://seleniumbycharan.wordpress.com/2017/07/31/broken-authentication-and-session-management-part-%E2%85%A1/

• Consistency and Testability – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/08/03/consistency-and-testability/
• Crafting a Browser Matrix – James Sheasby Thomas – http://rightsaidjames.com/2017/08/building-browser-matrix/
• Cynefin and Software Testing – The Complex Domain – Ben Kelly – http://testjutsu.com/2017/08/cynefin-and-software-testing-the-complex-domain/
• Handling Test Data in BDD – Andy Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/08/05/handling-test-data-in-bdd/
• How do I identify fake Selenium testers? – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2017/08/how-do-i-identify-fake-selenium-testers.html
• How I continuously hone my skills and why you should too – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/how-i-continuously-hone-my-skills-and-why-you-should-too/
• How to create highly effective performance tests – Amber Race – https://techbeacon.com/how-create-highly-effective-performance-tests
• How We Improved Performance Reviews – What We Did – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/management/how-we-improved-performance-reviews/
• I’m not in the Butt Covering Business – Dave Westerfeld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/08/01/im-not-in-the-butt-covering-business/
• Keep Technical Debt from Undermining Your Performance Testing – Andrei Sandu, Don Prather – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/keep-technical-debt-undermining-your-performance-testing
• Keep your mind open when you are testing! – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/keep-your-mind-open-when-testing/
• Limitations Of Selenium – Hari Charan – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/limitations-of-selenium-frameworks/
• Make software testing fun again – Rebecca Hogg – https://www.spritecloud.com/2017/08/make-software-testing-fun-again/
• More on Freelance Myths: Your Rate – Justin Rohrman – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/freelance-myths-rate/
• On Mapping Non-testable Papers – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2017/08/on-mapping-non-testable-papers.html
• Owning Your Mistakes – Steve Bennett – https://www.steve.codes/blog/2017/7/30/owning-your-mistakes
• Programmer/Tester Pair Programming – Matt Heusser – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/pair-programming/
• Quality and the Toyota Production Model – Anne-Marie Charrett- http://mavericktester.com/archive/quality-and-the-toyota-production-model/
• Retrospective – it matters the most – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/retrospective-it-matters-the-most/
• Test Talk About Trash Walks – James Bach – http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/1695
• Testing Algorithmic Searching, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/08/testing-algorithmic-searching-part-1/
• Testing Algorithmic Searching, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/08/testing-algorithmic-searching-part-2/
• Test Coverage Parallels in Trash Walking – James Bach – http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/1711
• Testing Learning Systems – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/07/testing-learning-systems/
• Testing Maturity – Dealing with grown up Kid – Shrini Kulkarni – http://shrinik.blogspot.com/2017/08/testing-maturity-dealing-with-grown-up.html
• TestOps #5 – Engineering Productivity – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://www.awesome-testing.com/2017/07/testops-5-engineering-productivity.html
• The Freelance Portfolio – Matt Heusser – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/freelance/
• The Power of Collective Experience: An Interview with Dawn Haynes – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/power-collective-experience-interview-dawn-haynes
• The Team Test for Testability – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-team-test-for-testability.html
• What is the Difference Between Agile Testing and Continuous Testing? – Amir Ghahrai – https://www.testingexcellence.com/what-is-the-difference-between-agile-testing-and-continuous-testing/

Tools/Programming

• Are you getting the most from your testing tools? – Greg Paskal – https://techbeacon.com/are-you-getting-most-your-testing-tools
• Plutora Test Tutorial: Test Management Tool Hands-On Review – Vijay Shinde – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/plutora-test-review-tutorial/
• Selenium WebDriver – How to Identify Web Elements Using Selenium XPath Axes – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/07/selenium-webdriver-how-to-identify-web.html
• The Unnecessary Tool – James Bach – http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/1691
• Why are Selenium automation jobs decreasing? – Alex Siminuic – http://test-able.blogspot.com/2017/08/why-are-selenium-automation-jobs-decreasing.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• TestBash Brighton and the Evolution of Testing – James Sheasby Thomas – http://rightsaidjames.com/2017/07/testbash-brighton-evolution-testing/

Miscellaneous

• Magazines: Women Testers – July 2017 Edition – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://www.womentesters.com/women-testers-july-2017-edition/pass/
• Podcast: 30: Legacy Code – M. Scott Ford – Brian Okken – http://testandcode.com/30
• Podcast: 163: Sauce Labs Test Analytics with Lubos Parobek – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/163-sauce-labs-test-analytics-lubos-parobek/
• Podcast: Continuous Delivery, Part 1 – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/continuous-delivery-part-1
• Podcast: Ep 11: The Circle – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-11-the-circle
• Podcast: Episode #37: Rule over the shells with Sultan – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/37/rule-over-the-shells-with-sultan
• Podcast: Testing in the Pub Episode 43 – What Makes a Good Manager – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/management/testing-pub-episode-43-makes-good-manager/
• Survey: “Take my Testing Survey today!” – Mike Lyles – https://mikelyles.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/testing-survey/  —-> Let’s try and help him out, it only takes a few short moments!

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