Testing Bits – 10/29/17 – 11/4/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 10/29/17 – 11/4/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 Scarily Easy Testing Tips – Michael Mak – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/3-scarily-easy-testing-tips
• 8 ways to rev up your app testing – Matthew Heusser – https://techbeacon.com/8-ways-rev-your-app-testing
• 21 Questions to Ask When Being Interviewed – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/21-questions-to-ask-when-being-interviewed/
• A Responsive Accessible Table – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2017/11/a-responsive-accessible-table.html
• Applied heuristics – Beren Van Daele – https://enquiretst.wordpress.com/2017/11/03/applied-heuristics/
• Development in rapid-delivery era. – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/development-in-rapid-delivery-era/
• Ghost in the Shell – A Testing Horror Story – Kevin Cui – https://krazycavin.github.io/2017/10/29/ghost-in-the-shell/

• Hey, It’s Still OK to Use Tables – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2017/11/hey-its-still-ok-to-use-tables.html
• Interviewing Programmers for Quality Mindset – Lalitkumar Bhamare – http://www.talesoftesting.com/blog/interviewing-programmers-for-quality-mindset
• Introducing STPA – a new Test Analysis Technique – Anders Dinsen – https://asym.dk/2017/10/29/introducing-stpa-a-new-test-analysis-technique/
• Is Software Test Automation for You? – Jim Hazen – https://blog.testproject.io/2017/11/01/software-test-automation/
• Journey to become Full Stack QA – Hoa Le – http://howtesting.blogspot.com/2017/10/journey-to-become-full-stack-qa.html
• Life’s a Team Game – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/lifes-a-team-game/
• Moving from maker to manager – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/moving-from-maker-to-manager/
• So you can test an API, what to learn next? – Matthew Bretten – http://bestofthetest.blogspot.com/2017/11/so-you-can-test-api-what-next.html
• Speak the same language – Simon Schrijver – https://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/speak-the-same-language/
• Test Automation in the Real World: An Interview with Greg Paskal – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/test-automation-real-world-interview-greg-paskal
• Testers Diary – There are Bugs in this Testing Strategy – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/there-are-bugs-in-this-testing-strategy/
• Testing and Machine Learning, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/11/testing-and-machine-learning-part-1/
• Testing and Machine Learning, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/11/testing-and-machine-learning-part-2/
• Testing as a career – Stuart Ashman – http://qa-matters.com/2017/10/28/testing-as-a-career/
• The Mindset Change of An Agile Tester: Aligning with the Agile Manifesto – Shilpa – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/agile-tester-with-agile-manifesto/
• The New Normal for Software Development and Testing – Michael Sowers – https://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/new-normal-software-development-and-testing
• The “Starfish Method” for Useful Retrospectives – Supreme Agile – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/10/the-starfish-method-for-useful.html
• Vocabulary and Perceptions – Lalitkumar Bhamare – http://www.talesoftesting.com/blog/vocabulary-and-perceptions
• Yes, I am a manual tester and … – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2017/10/yes-i-am-manual-tester-and.html

Tools/Programming

• How to Parse JSON Response with REST-Assured – Amir Ghahrai – https://www.testingexcellence.com/parse-json-response-rest-assured/
• Introducing Katalon Analytics for Test Automation Analysis & Quality Visualization – Hari Charan – https://seleniumbycharan.wordpress.com/2017/11/01/introducing-katalon-analytics-for-test-automation-analysis-quality-visualization/
• Organize and edit your test data with Quilt – Indira Nellutla – https://qxf2.com/blog/understanding-quilt-with-a-example/
• Page Objects- Partial Classes Singleton Design Pattern- WebDriver C# – Anton Angelov – https://automatetheplanet.com/page-objects-partial-classes-singleton/
• Pioneering Appium with Ruby for Mobile Test Automation, Part 3: Building the Environment – Martin de Haan – https://www.spritecloud.com/2017/10/pioneering-appium-with-ruby-for-mobile-test-automation-part-3-building-the-environment/
• Tinkering with Twitter: Getting credentials, consumerKey, accessToken – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/10/tinkering-with-twitter-2_29.html
• Tinkering with Twitter: Post a Tweet Using Twitter4J to interact the Twitter REST API endpoint – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/11/tinkering-with-twitter-4.html
• Tinkering with Twitter: Setting up an API Testing environment with Twitter4J – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/11/tinkering-with-twitter-3.html
• Weekly Automation #1: Check That the Value You Think You Typed Into a Field Has Actually Been Typed Correctly – Corina Pip – https://iamalittletester.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/weekly-automation-1-check-that-the-value-you-think-you-typed-into-a-field-has-actually-been-typed-correctly/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• On TestBash Manchester – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/on-testbash-manchester/
• Quest for Quality 2017: Best conference experience of the year – Lina Zubyte – https://letmetrysoftwaretesting.wordpress.com/2017/11/01/quest-for-quality-2017-best-conference-experience-of-the-year/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 176: How to Decompose Tests for Automation with Paul Grossman – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/176-how-to-decompose-tests-automation-paul-grossman/
• Podcast: Ep 17: Shaun of the Dead – Neil Studd – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-17-shaun-of-the-dead
• Podcast: Episode #50: Bundling , shipping, and protecting Python applications – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/50/bundling-shipping-and-protecting-python-applications
• Podcast: QR Podcast – Michael Bolton (Part II) – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/qr-podcast-michael-bolton-part-ii/
• Videos: 13 Scary Test Automation Practices – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2017/10/31/13-scary-test-automation-practices/

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