Testing Bits – 12/17/17 – 12/23/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 12/17/17 – 12/23/17.

Articles & Blogs

• API Testing Tutorial – Part 2! Frequently Used API Code Snippets – Prashant Hegde – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/api-testing-api-code-snippets/
• Fear Factor – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/fear-factor/
• Go Encourage! Lessons Learnt From Encouraging People – Simon Tomes – https://www.qeek.co/blog/go-encourage-lessons-learnt-from-encouraging-people
• How to make the transition from test automation engineer to craftsman – Greg Paskal – https://techbeacon.com/how-make-transition-test-automation-engineer-craftsman
• How to run Amazing Meetings – A Blazing Simple Guide – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/run-amazing-meetings-blazingly-simple-guide/
• Impersonal Development – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2017/12/impersonal-development.html
• Kaizen on Test Strategies – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2017/12/kaizen-on-test-strategies.html

• Lessons Learned Testing Angular Applications – Albert Gareev – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/lessons-learned-testing-angular-applications
• Mapping Biases to Testing – The Framing Effect – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2017/12/mapping-biases-to-testing-the-framing-effect/
• Q&A with Mike Lyles – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2017/12/21/qa-with-mike-lyles/
• Shift Left Testing: A Secret Mantra for Software Success – Gayathri Subrahmanyam – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/shift-left-testing-approach/
• The Lessons I Learned This Year In Software Testing – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2017/12/19/the-lessons-i-learned-this-year-in-software-testing/
• What CIA teaches us about productivity – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://www.awesome-testing.com/2017/12/what-cia-teaches-us-about-productivity.html
• What I learned about testing from Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Andy Zaltsman – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/learned-testing-stoicism-epicureanism-andy-zaltsman/

Tools/Programming

• 10 Most Popular Automation Tools and Libraries on GitHub – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2017/12/21/10-popular-automation-tools-libraries-github
• Automating Storify and Twitter Using JavaScript From the Dev Tools – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2017/12/automating-javascript-storify-twitter.html
• Inheriting WebDriver Throughout Your Page Classes – Angie Jones – http://angiejones.tech/inheriting-webdriver?refreshed=y
• REST Assured Schema Validation for JSON and XML – James Willett – http://james-willett.com/2017/12/rest-assured-schema-validation-json-xml/
• You dont need static driver or static methods – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2017/12/23/you-dont-need-static-driver-or-static-methods/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• A Journey to 99 Seconds and Beyond……Final Chapter – Matt Parker – http://www.testingtackled.co.uk/a-journey-to-99-seconds-and-beyond-final-chapter/
• The best software testing conferences of 2018 – Paul Mello Jr – https://techbeacon.com/best-software-testing-conferences-2018
• The Countdown – Matt Parker – http://www.testingtackled.co.uk/a-journey-to-99-seconds-and-beyond-part-3/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 183: Why Test Automation is Fun with Corina Pip – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/183-test-automation-fun-corina-pip/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 73 – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=289
• Podcast: Ep 93: 2017 in review – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2017/12/21/ep-93-2017-in-review/
• Podcast: Episode #57: Our take on Excel and Python – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/57/our-take-on-excel-and-python
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Hiring and Getting Hired – Matt Heusser – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-hiring-and-getting-hired

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!