Testing Bits – 11/26/17 – 12/2/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 11/26/17 – 12/2/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 6 new books every software testing engineer should read – Meaghan Lewis – https://techbeacon.com/6-software-testing-books-every-engineer-should-read
• A Search for Clear Assignments – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-search-for-clear-assignments.html
• Black Friday – the best performance live testing ever – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2017/11/26/black-friday-the-best-performance-live-testing-ever/
• Camps of testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2017/11/camps-of-testing.html
• Circles – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/11/27/circles/
• Do Tools Matter? – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2017/11/29/do-tools-matter/
• Hindsight lessons about automation: Start automating – Viktor Slavchev – https://mrslavchev.com/2017/11/29/hindsight-lessons-about-automation-start-automating/

• How do you manage Millennials? – Robert Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/how-do-you-manage-millenials/
• Keep calm and carry on—manual testing is not dying – Michael Fritzius – https://techbeacon.com/keep-calm-carry-manual-testing-not-dying
• Language is Still Hindering Testing and The Hiring of Testers – Rosie Hamilton – http://testingfuntime.blogspot.com/2017/11/language-is-still-hindering-testing-and.html
• Test cases are a great tool. But not for finding bugs. – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/test-cases-are-a-great-tool-but-not-for-finding-bugs-a7d05b88e506
• Testing does it backwards. – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/testing-does-it-backwards-c5d092ba300b
• The Airing of Grievances: Test Automation Code – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/11/30/the-airing-of-grievances-test-automation-code/
• The Airing of Grievances: Test Automation Process – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/11/29/the-airing-of-grievances-test-automation-process/
• The Tester Role in Machine Learning, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/12/the-tester-role-in-machine-learning-part-1/
• The Tester Role in Machine Learning, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/12/the-tester-role-in-machine-learning-part-2/
• Top 5 Software Testing Traps and How to Overcome Them – Debasis Pradhan – http://www.abodeqa.com/2017/11/28/top-5-software-testing-traps-overcome/

Tools/Programming

• Automated Testing of Emails – Amir Ghahrai – https://www.testingexcellence.com/automated-testing-emails/
• I Taught Myself to Code and You Can Too! – Jess Ingrassellino – https://blog.gurock.com/i-taught-myself-to-code-and-you-can-too/
• Inside Selenium WebDriver – Yoni Flenner – https://blog.testproject.io/2017/11/28/inside-selenium-webdriver/
• Rerun Flaky Tests – Spock Retry – Łukasz Rosłonek – https://testdetective.com/rerun-flaky-tests-spock-retry/
• Test Automation Heuristic: No Conditionals – Chris McMahon – http://chrismcmahonsblog.blogspot.com/2017/11/test-automation-heuristic-no.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• 6th Islamabad Testers Meetup – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2017/11/27/6th-islamabad-testers-meetup/
• Agile Testing Days #9 – Once Upon a Time in Unicorn Land – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2017/11/agile-testing-days-9-once-upon-a-time-in-unicorn-land.html
• Rambling notes from Agile Testing Days 2017 (part 1) – Lisa Crispin – http://lisacrispin.com/2017/11/27/rambling-notes-agile-testing-days-2017-part-1/
• Sustainability and Causes of Conferences – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2017/12/sustainability-and-causes-of-conferences.html
• The Brightest Software Witch of Her Age – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-brightest-software-witch-of-her-age.html
• Why I Don’t Pay to Speak – Cassandra Leung – http://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/why-i-dont-pay-to-speak/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 33: Katharine Jarmul – Testing in Data Science – Brian Okken – http://testandcode.com/33
• Podcast: 180: Ten Years of Cucumber BDD with Aslak Hellesøy – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/180-ten-years-cucumber-bdd-aslak-hellesoy/
• Podcast: Episode #54: PyAnnotate your way to the future – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/54/pyannotate-your-way-to-the-future
• Podcast: QR Podcast – Test Automation Panel – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/qr-podcast-test-automation-panel/
• Podcast: Testers’ Island Discs #5 – Alan Page – Neil Studd – https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/lessons/testers-island-discs-ep-5-alan-page

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