Testing Bits – 10/15/17 – 10/21/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/15/17 – 10/21/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 Ways to Plan Testing – Jess Ingrassellino – https://blog.gurock.com/3-ways-to-plan-testing/
• (At Least) Four Things for Testers To Do in Planning Meetings – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2017/10/at-least-four-things-for-testers-to-do-in-planning-meetings/
• Benefits using Behavior Driven Development (BDD) in automation testing – Darjan Djamtovski – http://blog.darjan-dzamto.com/benefits-using-behavior-driven-development-bdd-in-automation-testing/
• DevOps Misconceptions and Testing Confidence: An Interview with Hans Buwalda – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/devops-misconceptions-and-testing-confidence-interview-hans-buwalda
• On why and how I became a freelancer – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/on-why-and-how-i-became-a-freelancer/
• Providing valuable information as Testers – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2017/10/19/providing-valuable-information-as-testers/
• Q&A with Jean Ann Harrison – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2017/10/19/qa-with-jean-ann-harrison/

• Testing Thinking, Anyone? – James Thomas – http://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2017/10/testing-thinking-anyone.html
• The Need for Creativity – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/10/17/the-need-for-creativity/
• The Third Way – Josh Grant – http://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/166573913200/the-third-way
• Using Automation to Assist –Not Replace – Manual Testing – Jeffrey Martin – https://blog.smartbear.com/software-quality/using-automation-to-assist-not-replace-manual-testing/
• What to do When Testing gets Boring – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/what-to-do-when-testing-gets-boring/
• With a wider awareness you will be surprised less often – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/with-a-wider-awareness-you-will-be-surprised-less-often/

Tools/Programming

• A Month in Selenium – September – Simon Stewart – http://blog.rocketpoweredjetpants.com/2017/10/a-month-in-selenium-september.html
• Avoid Emoji as Class Names – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2017/10/avoid-emoji-as-class-names.html
• Finish Him- Kill All the WebDrivers C# Code – Anton Angelov – https://automatetheplanet.com/kill-all-webdrivers/
• Scripting 06: Doing The Reps (Iterations) – Senor Performo – https://www.srperf.com/scripting-reps-iterations/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Recapping STAR West 2017 – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/recapping-star-west-2017/
• Testbash Germany 2017 – wurst practices and trolls – Viktor Slavchev – http://mrslavchev.com/2017/10/16/testbash-germany-2017-wurst-practices-and-trolls/
• WeTest 2017 – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2017/10/17/wetest-2

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 174: Machine Learning in Test Automation with Oren Rubin – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/174-machine-learning-test-automation-oren-rubin/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 69 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=264
• Podcast: Ep 16: GoldenEye – Neild Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-16-goldeneye
• Podcast: Ep 89: Tubular bells and whistles – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2017/10/19/ep-89-tubular-bells-and-whistles/
• Podcast: Episode #48: Garbage collection and memory management in Python – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/48/garbage-collection-and-memory-management-in-python
• Podcast: Getting the Best out of Your Penetration Test(ers) – James Espie, Dan Barrow – https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/lessons/getting-the-best-out-of-your-penetration-test-ers

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