Testing Bits – 10/8/17 – 10/14/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/8/17 – 10/14/17.

Articles & Blogs

• BDD 101: Manual Testing – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/10/08/bdd-101-manual-testing/
• BDD 101: Unit, Integration, and End-to-End Tests – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/10/14/bdd-101-unit-integration-and-end-to-end-tests/
• Choose the right approach: 4 competing testing techniques compared – Matt Heusser – https://techbeacon.com/choose-right-approach-4-competing-testing-techniques-compared
• Debunking 6 Automated Testing Myths – Alex McPeak – https://blog.smartbear.com/cross-browser-testing/debunking-6-automated-testing-myths/
• Evaluation and Testing: Accessibility for Everyone: Long Form Book Review – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/evaluation-and-testing-accessibility.html
• For Great Performance, Rethink Your Load Testing – Tim Koopmans – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/great-performance-rethink-your-load-testing
• How Leaders Can Help Software Teams Thrive: An Interview with Isabel Evans – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/how-leaders-can-help-software-teams-thrive-interview-isabel-evans

• Identifying and influencing how people in your team contribute to test automation – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2017/10/identifying-and-influencing-how-people.html
• Introducing people to Exploratory Testing Part I – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2017/10/introducing-people-to-exploratory.html
• Laws and Guidelines: Accessibility for Everyone: Long Form Book Review – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/laws-and-guidelines-accessibility-for.html
• On Testing Technocrats – Paul Maxwell-Walters – http://testingrants.blogspot.com/2017/10/on-testing-technocrats.html
• On where I think the test automation industry is going – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/on-where-i-think-the-test-automation-industry-is-going/
• Test Plans are Useless. Test Planning is Not. – Richard Paterson – http://rcpaterson.co.uk/blog/test/test-plans-are-useless-test-planning-is-not/
• Testers Diary – Changing Locations and Strategies – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/testers-diary-changing-locations-and-strategies/
• Testing vs Checking – A Flawed Argument? – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/10/testing-vs-checking-a-flawed-argument/
• The future of testing is… Testing – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/the-future-of-testing/
• The Tester’s Daily Dilemma: My Automated Tests Fail Because of My Environment.  What Can I Do? – Corina Pip – https://iamalittletester.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/the-testers-daily-dilemma-my-automated-tests-fail-because-of-the-test-environment-what-can-i-do/
• Tinkering with Twitter: Twitter and the Search API – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/10/tinkering-with-twitter-1.html
• What Hume Can Teach us About Automation. – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/10/10/what-hume-can-teach-us-about-automation/
• Winning at Strategic Automation with the CRAWL Mnemonic – Jon Robinson – https://blog.gurock.com/winning-at-strategic-automation-with-the-crawl-mnemonic/
• Writing Test Cases – High Level Test Cases Vs Low Level Test Cases – Conor Fitzgerald – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/writing-test-cases-high-level-test-cases-vs-low-level-test-cases/

Tools/Programming

• Automation tests for Mobile Web with Appium – Darjan Djamtovski – http://blog.darjan-dzamto.com/automation-tests-for-mobile-web-with-appium/
• How To Setup Appium On A Mac – Using Java And Appium Cheatsheet – Leonidas Kanellopoulos – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/how-to-set-up-appium-on-a-mac-fast-java/
• Introducing Appraise – Gojko Adzic – https://gojko.net/2017/10/09/introducing-appraise.html
• Katalon Studio – A Robust Alternative to Open Source Automation Frameworks – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – http://www.abodeqa.com/2017/10/08/katalon-studio-robust-alternative-open-source-automation-frameworks/
• Setting up Mobile Automation Project in MacOS – Saket Kumar – http://automated-360.com/katalon-studio/setting-up-mobile-automation-project-in-macos/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Heads Up- James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2017/10/heads-up.html
• Selenium Conference Berlin 2017 Recap – #SeConfBerlin – Ekaterina Budnikov – https://www.katjasays.com/selenium-conference-berlin-2017-recap/
• TestBash Germany – My First But Certainly Not Last – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2017/10/testbash-germany-my-first-but-certainly-not-last.html

#PSNC

• Scaling Quality: Live Blogging from #PNSQC – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/scaling-quality-live-blogging-from-pnsqc.html
• The Good, The Bad and the Ho-Hum: #PNSQC Live Blog Continues – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/the-good-bad-and-ho-hum-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• Keep Your Project off the Autopsy Slab: #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/keep-your-project-off-autopsy-slab.html
• Customer Quality Dashboard: #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/customer-quality-dashboard-pnsqc-live.html
• Gettin’ Covey With It: #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/gettin-covey-with-it-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• Lean Startup Lessons: #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/lean-startup-lessons-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• Owning Quality in Agile: #PNSQC Live Blog Day 2 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/owning-quality-in-agile-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• Product Ecology and Context Analysis: #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/product-ecology-and-context-analysis.html
• Off the Cuff Accessibility and Inclusive Design: #PNSQC Live Blog – Micheal Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/off-cuff-accessibility-and-inclusive.html
• Seek JOY: #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/10/seek-joy-pnsqc-live-blog.html

#30Daysoftesting

• 30 Days Of Agile Testing! Day Twenty-Nine. – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2017/10/9/30-days-of-agile-testing-day-twenty-nine
• 30 Days Of Agile Testing! Day Thirty. – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2017/10/9/30-days-of-agile-testing-day-thirty

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 173: Making Automaton Work for Every Build with Danny McKeown – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/173-automaton-build-danny-mckeown/
• Podcast: Episode #47: PyPy now works with way more C-extensions and parking your package safely – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/47/pypy-now-works-with-way-more-c-extensions-and-parking-your-package-safely
• Podcast: One Key Idea: Measuring the Value of Testing Using Cost of Quality – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/one-key-idea-measuring-the-value-of-testing-using-cost-of-quality/
• Podcast: QR Podcast – Rob Lambert – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/qr-podcast-rob-lambert/
• Podcast: The More Things Change (Location), the More They Stay the Same – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/the-more-things-change-location-the-more-they-stay-the-same/
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Episode 45: Machine Learning, Part 2 – Matthew Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://www.qualitestgroup.com/The-Testing-Show/testing-show-episode-45-machine-learning-part-2/

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