Testing Bits – 9/24/17 – 9/30/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 9/24/17 – 9/30/17.

Articles & Blogs

• Accessibility for Everyone: A Long-Form, Multi Part Book Review – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/09/accessibility-for-everyone-long-form.html
• All you need to know about Regression testing – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2014/01/all-you-need-to-know-about-regression.html
• AMA: What sets exceptional QA testers apart? – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.blog/2017/09/28/what-sets-exceptional-qa-testers-apart/
• Artificial intelligence in software testing has arrived – Valeria Silverthorne – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/news/450427049/Artificial-intelligence-in-software-testing-has-arrived
• Automation Sync: Exploring Strategy and Results – Angie Jones – http://angiejones.tech/automation-strategy-results/
• Conducting Security Testing for Web Applications – Ketan Sirigiri – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/conducting-security-testing-web-applications
• Deeper Testing (3): Testability – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2017/09/deeper-testing-3-testability/

• Disabilities and Impairments: Accessibility for Everyone: Long Form Book Review – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/09/disabilities-and-impairments.html
• Eight Reasons Why No One’s Listening to You – Amy Phillips – https://testingthemind.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/eight-reasons-why-no-ones-listening-to-you/
• Essential Skills for Landing a Test Automation Job in 2018 – Karen Teboulle – https://blog.testproject.io/2017/09/26/test-automation-job/
• Heuristics for Mushroom Picking (and testing) – Helena Jeret-Mäe – https://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/heuristics-for-mushroom-picking-and-testing/
• Introducing BOB – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2017/09/introducing-bob.html
• Mobile Testing Coverage Strategy: OS Families vs. Minor OS Versions? – Eran Kinsbruner – https://mobiletestingblog.com/2017/09/24/mobile-testing-coverage-strategy-os-families-vs-minor-os-versions/
• Survive and Thrive as a Lone Tester – Jess Ingrassellino – https://blog.gurock.com/survive-and-thrive-as-a-lone-tester/
• Testing Fundamentalism? – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/09/testing-fundamentalism/
• The Art of Exploratory Testing – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2013/12/the-art-of-exploratory-testing-david.html
• Why there’s no such thing as codeless automation – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/why-theres-no-such-thing-as-codeless-automation/
• You’ve Got To See This – James Thomas – https://blog.gurock.com/youve-got-to-see-this/

Tools/Programming

• Automation tests for iOS app using Appium (Part 2) – Darjan Djamtovski – http://blog.darjan-dzamto.com/automation-tests-for-ios-app-using-appium-part-2/
• Debug API checks quickly with proxy tools – Mark Winteringham – http://www.mwtestconsultancy.co.uk/debug-api-check-proxy-tools/
• Headless Execution of WebDriver Tests- Chrome Browser – Anton Angelov – https://automatetheplanet.com/headless-execution-webdriver-tests-chrome/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Cambridge Lean Coffee – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2017/09/cambridge-lean-coffee.html
• On Conferences, Again – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2017/09/on-conferences-again.html
• Slides from A11yTOConf – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2017/09/slides-from-a11ytoconf.html
• SwanseaCon and My First Conference Talk Ever – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2017/09/swanseacon-and-my-first-conference-talk-ever.html

#30Daysoftesting

• 30 Days Of Agile Testing! Day Twenty-One. – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2017/9/24/30-days-of-agile-testing-day-twenty-one
• 30 Days of Agile Testing – What Can’t be Automated? – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/09/25/30-days-of-agile-testing-what-cant-be-automated/
• 30 Days Of Agile Testing! Day Twenty-Two – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2017/9/26/30-days-of-agile-testing-day-twenty-two
• 30 Days Of Agile Testing! Day Twenty-Three. – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2017/9/26/30-days-of-agile-testing-day-twenty-three
• 30 Days of Testing – Test Plan – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/09/26/30-days-of-testing-test-plan/
• 30 Days Of Agile Testing! Day Twenty-Four. – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2017/9/27/30-days-of-agile-testing-day-twenty-four
• 30 Days of Agile Testing – Zero Bug Tolerance – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/09/27/30-days-of-agile-testing-zero-bug-tolerance/
• 30 Days of Agile Testing – Learning Culture – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/09/28/30-days-of-agile-testing-learning-culture/
• 30 Days Of Agile Testing! Day Twenty-Five. – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2017/9/29/30-days-of-agile-testing-day-twenty-five
• 30 Days of Agile Testing – Work Tracking – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/09/29/30-days-of-agile-testing-work-tracking/
• 30 Days of Agile Testing – RED BUILD! – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/09/30/30-days-of-agile-testing-red-build/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 31: I’m so sick of the testing pyramid – Brian Okken – http://testandcode.com/31
• Podcast: 171: CI Awesomeness With Test Automation with Greg Sypolt – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/171-ci-test-automation-greg-sypolt/
• Podcast: Episode #45: A really small web API and OS-level machine learning – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/45/a-really-small-web-api-and-os-level-machine-learning
• Podcast: Twenty Years of Qualitest with Ayal Zylberman – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/twenty-years-of-qualitest-with-ayal-zylberman

Items of Interest

• Agile Application Security book – Jim Bird – http://swreflections.blogspot.com/2017/09/agile-application-security-book.html
• “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” (Carol S. Dweck) – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/mindset-the-new-psychology-of-success-carol-s-dweck/

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