Testing Bits – 12/10/17 – 12/16/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 12/10/17 – 12/16/17.

Articles & Blogs

• A new model for test strategies… (An update to the Heuristic Test Strategy Model). – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2017/12/13/a-new-model-for-test-strategies/
• Automated UI Test Heuristic: Sleep and Wait – Chris McMahon – http://chrismcmahonsblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/automated-ui-test-heuristic-sleep-and.html
• Dear tester! Others care about quality, too. – Lina Zubyte – https://letmetrysoftwaretesting.wordpress.com/2017/12/14/dear-tester-others-care-about-quality-too/
• Develop Your Communication Skills – Boost Your Career – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/5-reasons-developing-communication-skills-can-boost-career/
• Experts’ Insight: Why Testing Matters – Alex McPeak – https://blog.smartbear.com/testing/experts-insight-why-testing-matters/
• How to define the right workload model for your performance tests – Lior Avni – https://techbeacon.com/how-define-right-workload-model-your-performance-tests
• How To Do Performance Testing: Part 5 – Power To The Teams! – Bart Withaar – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/performance-testing-part-5-integrate-performance-testing/

• Manual testing has no future, manual testing has no past. It never existed! – Viktor Slavchev – https://mrslavchev.com/2017/12/11/manual-testing-never-existed/
• Mobile, Cross Browser Testing, DevOps and Continuous Testing Trends and Projections for 2018 – Eran Kinsbruner – https://mobiletestingblog.com/2017/12/12/mobile-cross-browser-testing-devops-and-continuous-testing-trends-and-projections-for-2018/
• Modeling Testing – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2017/12/modeling-testing/
• Notes: How to Become an Automation Engineer, by Angie Jones – T.J. Majer – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/12/notes-how-to-become-automation-engineer.html
• On preventing your test suite from becoming too user interface-heavy – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/on-preventing-your-test-suite-from-becoming-too-user-interface-heavy/
• Software Testing 101: 8 Practices Successful App Testers Embrace – Laurence Bradford – https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurencebradford/2017/12/14/software-testing-101-8-practices-successful-app-testers-embrace/#360ad4745b13
• The Pact – Not a Remake, but a Sequel – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2017/12/the-pact-not-a-remake-but-a-sequel.html
• The Tester’s Mindset – Paul Merrill – http://beaufortfairmont.com/2017/12/13/the-testers-mindset/
• Why Testing Is Like Writing: It Takes Years Of Practice – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2017/12/why-testing-is-like-writing-it-takes.html
• YAML Comments in Gherkin – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2017/12/10/yaml-comments-in-gherkin-feature-files/

Tools/Programming

• Decrease boilerplate code for API automation using Rest Assured and BDD – Darjan Djamtovski – http://blog.darjan-dzamto.com/decrease-boilerplate-code-for-api-automation-using-rest-assured-and-bdd/
• REST Assured ObjectMapper Serialization with JSON and XML – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2017/12/rest-assured-serialization-with-json-and-xml/
• The Leading Test Automation Methods Are Revealed! – Karen Teboulle – https://blog.testproject.io/2017/12/13/leading-test-automation-methods/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Agile Testing Days – More Unicorns! – Lisa Crispin – http://lisacrispin.com/2017/12/16/agile-testing-days-unicorns/
• Cambridge Lean Coffee – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2017/12/cambridge-lean-coffee.html
• Considering Conferences: A Reflection – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2017/12/considering-conferences-reflection.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 182: Mabl: Sneak Peak at New AI Test Tool with Dan Belcher – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/182-mabl-sneak-peak-new-ai-test-tool-dan-belcher/
• Podcast: Ep 20: Best/Worst of 2017 – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-20-bestworst-of-2017
• Podcast: Episode #56: The pendulum of time swings beautifully in PyPI – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/56/the-pendulum-of-time-swings-beautifully-in-pypi
• Slides: How to Become an Automation Engineer – Angie Jones – http://angiejones.tech/guide-to-become-automation-engineer/

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