Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of Feb 9th – Feb 15th, 2020.

Testing

• A Pocket Guide to Beta Testing – Part 1 – Areti Panou – https://unremarkabletester.com/2020/02/11/a-pocket-guide-to-beta-testing-part-1/
• AI for Testing Games – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/ai-for-testing-games-c5bd90c3153
• As a tester i should not find THESE bugs in the system – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/02/12/as-a-tester-i-should-not-find-bugs-in-the-system/
• Adopt the 4 foundations of Agile collaboration – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Adopt-the-4-foundations-of-Agile-collaboration
• Bonding with The Art of War Chapter Thirteen – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2020/02/14-testing-spies-art-of-war/
• Breaking the Test Case Addiction (Part 9) – Michael Bolton – https://www.developsense.com/blog/2020/02/breaking-the-test-case-addiction-part-9/
• But What Does a QA, Tester Guy Know About… – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/02/but-what-does-qa-tester-guy-know-about.html

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of February 2nd – February 8th, 2020.

Testing

• 7 ways to be a rockstar at work – Raj Subrameyer – http://www.rajsubra.com/2020/02/06/rockstar/
• API Testing – Noemi Ferrera – https://noemiferrera.com/2020/02/06/api-testing/
• API Testing in Python: requests vs bravado – Yuliya – https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2020/02/07/api-testing-in-python-requests-vs-bravado/
• Blending Machine Learning and Hands-on Testing – James Farrier – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/blending-machine-learning-and-hands-testing
• Develop your Superpower at work with effective communication skills – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/develop-your-superpower-at-work-with-effective-communication-skills/
• Exploratory Testing Is Not Just ‘Clicking Around’ – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/exploratory-testing-is-not-just-clicking-around/
• Exploratory Testing Is Not Just ‘Clicking Around’ – Part 2 – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/exploratory-testing-is-not-just-clicking-around-part-2/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of Jan 26th – Feb 1st 2020.

Testing

• 5 Key Elements for Designing a Successful Dashboard – Nels Hoenig – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-key-elements-designing-successful-dashboard
• A (former) tester interview – Beren Van Daele – Lyon Testing – https://lyontesting.fr/en/a-former-tester-interview-beren-van-daele/
• A QA interview exercise – read code in different languages – Arunkumar Muralidharan – https://qxf2.com/blog/a-qa-interview-exercise-read-code-in-different-languages/
• Beginner’s Guide: How to Become a Software Tester? 2020 Update – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2020/01/30/beginners-guide-how-to-become-a-software-tester-2020-update/
• Building DevOps Ways of Working at a Large Enterprise – Jorge Castro – https://testingindevops.org/building-devops-ways-of-working-at-a-large-enterprise
• Can we change our perspectives? – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/can-we-change-our-perspectives/
• Failure, Am I? – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/01/failure-am-i.html
• Four Natural Personality Traits That Make a Great Tester – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/natural-traits-great-tester/
• “Less” is More, Part I: Serverless Architecture – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/02/less-is-more-part-i-serverless.html
• Pick user-centric software performance testing metrics – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Pick-user-centric-software-performance-testing-metrics
• Rapid Testing: Dev/Test handovers reinvented – Neil Syrett – https://syrett.blog/rapid-testing/
• Releasing Agility Foundations and Principles – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/releasing-agility-foundations-and-principles/
• Taking Pleasure – Paul Gilson – https://harnessedtester.wordpress.com/2020/01/29/taking-pleasure/
• Testing Microservices-Oriented Applications – Bob Reselman – https://blog.gurock.com/testing-microservices/
• The beginning of discovery – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2020/02/01/the-beginning-of-discovery/
• The Marketing of AI – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/the-marketing-of-ai-49254e24daea
• Traditional Performance Testing is now Obsolete – A Thought – Arun Kumar – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/traditional-performance-testing-is-now-obsolete-a-thought/
• Where Sleeping Bugs Lie – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/where-sleeping-bugs-lie/
• Why DevTestOps is going to peak in the coming decade – Chou Yang – https://www.mabl.com/blog/why-devtestops-is-going-to-peak-in-the-coming-decade
• Why negative testing matters: How to avoid your next fail – Joydip Kanjilal – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/why-negative-testing-matters-how-avoid-your-next-fail
• Why We Need To Get Rid Of Thought Leaders – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2020/01/why-we-need-to-get-rid-of-thought.html
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 13: The Observer – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/27/would-heu-risk-it-part-13-the-observer/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 14: Alethephobia – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/29/would-heu-risk-it-part-14-alethephobia/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 15: Opus Interruptus – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/31/would-heu-risk-it-part-15-opus-interruptus/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 5 ways to create faster, more reliable UI tests – Satyajit Malugu – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/5-ways-create-faster-more-reliable-ui-tests
• 14 Mistakes I Did That You Should Avoid As A Newbie Automation Tester – Ramit Dhamija – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/common-mistakes-of-an-automation-tester/
• Automated Monkey Testing with Selenium & WebDriverIO (Examples) – Harish Rajora – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/monkey-testing-with-webdriverio/
• Generic Repository Design Pattern- Test Data Preparation – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/generic-repository-design-pattern-test-data/
• Using Git for branching and merging – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/using-git-for-branching-and-merging
• Webdrivers With Culture – Testing Internationalisation – Alexander Oliveira Dunn – https://alexanderontesting.com/2020/01/29/webdrivers-with-culture-testing-internationalisation/
• What do test automation and cooking have in common? Recipes – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/what-do-test-automation-and-cooking-have-in-common-recipes-d6957778edf7
• Which programming language? – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/javafortesters/2020-01-31-which-language-to-learn/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Jan #MidsTest: Risk Storming – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/jan-midstest-risk-storming/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Book Review: Solitude – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/01/30/solitude/
• Cartoon: 404 caused by clumsy whales – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2020/01/404-caused-by-clumsy-whales.html
• Cartoon:The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #81 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/01/27/the-little-tester-81/
• Podcast: Sneak Peek Automation Guild 2020 Online Conference – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a289-automationguild/
• Podcast: Software Maintenance and Chess – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/99
• Podcast: The Testing Show: How to Identify Testing Talent – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-how-to-identify-testing-talent
• Podcast: Two Points of View at Two: Short High-impact Talks about Testing with Yalonda Haywood – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/two-points-of-view-at-two-short-high-impact-talks-about-testing-with-yalonda-haywood/
• Podcast: What’s the deal with regression testing and why are we still spending so much time on it? – Joel Monvelisky, Rob Lambert – https://qablog.practitest.com/podcast-whats-the-deal-regression-testing/
• Video: Cypress Tutorial for Beginners: Part 1 (Create Your First Test case) – Pramod Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/01/26/cypress-tutorial-for-beginners/
• Video: Cypress Tutorial For Beginners : Part 2 ( Upload a File ) – Pramod Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/01/31/cypress-upload-file/
• Video: From NPR to AI and Storytelling Startup – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/npr-ai-and-storytelling-startup

Goals/Personal Reflections/Blogging

• 2019 Review and 2020 plan – Noemi Ferrera – https://noemiferrera.com/2020/01/29/2019-review-and-2020-plan/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of January 19th – January 25th, 2020.

Testing

• 6 ways to stay motivated and accomplish goals – Raj Subrameyer – http://www.rajsubra.com/2020/01/22/motivation/
• Dive into functional testing and non-functional testing approaches – Amy Reichert – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Dive-into-functional-testing-and-non-functional-testing-approaches
• Does It Work? – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/does-it-work/
• How continuous testing supercharges your development process – Ronald Cummings-John – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/use-continuous-testing-supercharge-your-development-process
• I Don’t Think That Means What You Think it Means (Enterprise Software Testing Metrics) – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/i-dont-think-that-means-what-you-think-it-means-enterprise-software-testing-metrics/
• Learning From Production Use – Lisa Crispin – https://www.mabl.com/blog/learning-from-production-use
• New Managers: Creating Culture – Angela Riggs – https://angelariggs.github.io/articles/new-managers-culture
• Question The Purpose Of Your Tests – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/question-the-purpose-of-your-tests/
• Risk Coverage: A New Currency for Testing – Wolfgang Platz – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/risk-coverage-new-currency-testing
• Testing and feedback loops – Nelson Elhage – https://blog.nelhage.com/post/testing-and-feedback-loops/
• Testing in the Galaxy- Chapter 9: Optimisation of Corruption, Theft of Public Funds and Winning Galactic Project Contracts – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/optimisation-corruption/
• The Partnership of Testing and Checking – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/partnership-testing-checking/
• Why your Project Needs UI/UX Testing – Igor – https://testfort.com/blog/why-your-project-needs-ui-ux-testing
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 10: Forever And Never – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/20/would-heu-risk-it-part-10-forever-and-never/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 11: The Shallows – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/22/would-heu-risk-it-part-11-the-shallows/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 12: The Twins – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/24/would-heu-risk-it-part-12-the-twins/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 9 Top Automation Testing Trends for 2020 – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/trends-2020/
• An introduction to REST API testing in Go with Resty – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/an-introduction-to-rest-api-testing-in-go-with-resty/
• Automating Declarative Gherkin with Gwen – Branko Juric – https://gweninterpreter.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/automating-declarative-gherkin-with-gwen/
• Azure DevOps: Not Just for Devs and Ops – Dusty Juhl – https://dustyjuhl.com/2020/01/22/azure-devops-not-just-for-devs-and-ops/
• FAQ – “New Microsoft Edge” and Test Automation – Alexander Oliveira Dunn – https://alexanderontesting.com/2020/01/21/faq-new-microsoft-edge-and-test-automation/
• How to Stamp Out Intermittent Testing Issues With Periodic Automation – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/how-to-stamp-out-intermittent-testing-issues-with-periodic-automation/
• Increasing Test Efficiency with Simulations & Service Virtualization (Part 1) – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/01/20/increasing-test-efficiency-with-simulations-service-virtualization/
• Mocha JavaScript Tutorial With Examples For Selenium Testing – Aditya Dwivedi – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/mocha-javascript-tutorial-with-examples-for-selenium-testing/
• PractiTest- A Solid Test Case Management Platform – Raj Subrameyer – http://www.rajsubra.com/2020/01/20/practitest/
• TestNG Reporting and Logging Built-in Features – Gaurab Singh – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/01/23/testng-reporting-and-logging-built-in-features/
• Top 7 Programming Languages For Test Automation In 2020 – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/top-7-programming-languages-for-test-automation-in-2020/
• Why the Sorbet typechecker is fast – Nelson Elhage – https://blog.nelhage.com/post/why-sorbet-is-fast/
• Why using branches is good for your tests – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/01/22/why-using-branches-is-good-for-your-tests/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Liverpool Tester Gathering – James Whittaker – Ben Cross – https://thesiteofbencross.wordpress.com/2020/01/26/liverpool-tester-gathering-james-whittaker/
• Meetup And Learn, Antipatterns, Loads and Tester Salaries – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-antipatterns-loads-and-tester-salaries/
• Visual AI Rockstar Hackathon Winners Announced! – Raja Rao – https://applitools.com/blog/hackathon-winners

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Book Review: Metric or Treat – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/01/metric-or-treat.html
• Book Review: Agile Testing Condensed – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/01/book-review-agile-testing-condensed.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #80 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/01/20/the-little-tester-80/
• Podcast: ABT 343 – Conor Fitzgerald: The Sequel – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/abt-343-conor-fitzgerald-the-sequel
• Podcast: Automation Testing Infrastructure with Adam Goucher – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a288-adam/
• Podcast: Development should include testing. So why do we have test ops? – Joel Montvelisky, Rob Lambert – https://qablog.practitest.com/podcast-we-have-test-ops/
• Podcast: pytest-testmon – selects tests affected by changed files and methods – Tibor Arpas – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/98
• Video: A Testing Culture in DevOps: An Interview with Adam Auerbach – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/testing-culture-devops-interview-adam-auerbach

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of January 12th – January 18th, 2020.

Testing

• 5 software testing books QA professionals should dig into – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/opinion/5-software-testing-books-QA-professionals-should-dig-into
• Advice for New Managers – Angela Riggs – https://angelariggs.github.io/articles/advice-for-new-managers
• Defining ‘Toast’ Messages – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/01/defining-toast-messages.html
• Emotion and software development – Bob – https://randomtechthoughts.blog/2020/01/15/emotion-and-software-development/
• How To Get Your First Software Testing Job – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/how-to-get-your-first-software-testing-job/
• How to mitigate 5 persistent application security threats – Katie Donegan – https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/feature/How-to-mitigate-5-persistent-application-security-threats
• I was wrong – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/i-was-wrong/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of January 5th – January 11th, 2020.

Testing

• 7 Agile Testing Trends to Watch for in 2020 – Nick Karlsson – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/7-agile-testing-trends-watch-2020
• Adaptability Is The New Capability – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/adaptability-the-new-capability/
• Defining Platform Engineering vs SRE from a testers vocabulary – Abby Bangser – https://testerbychoice.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/definining-platform-engineering-vs-sre-from-a-testers-vocabulary/
• DevOps….You’re Doing It Wrong – Darryn Downey – https://thoughtsontest.wordpress.com/2020/01/08/devops-youre-doing-it-wrong/
• Do Testers Need to Be Technical? – Raj Subrameyer – https://blog.gurock.com/do-testers-need-to-be-technical/
• Fixed Table Headers – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/01/fixed-table-headers.html
• Hoarding Content: How Long to Keep Ideas in Any Form Around – Johanna Rothman – https://blog.gurock.com/hoarding-content-keep-ideas/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of December 29th – January 4th, 2020.

Testing

• 2020: The year of dumping old heuristics – Anne-Marie Charret – https://mavericktester.com/2019/12/31/heuristics-sfdipot/
• Our take on the “Principles for the Modern Agile Tester” – Janet Gregory, Lisa Crispin – https://agiletester.ca/our-take-on-the-principles-for-the-modern-agile-tester/
• Tester Superpowers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/01/tester-superpowers.html
• Testers Are Not Quality Gatekeepers – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/testers-are-not-quality-gatekeepers/
• Testing in Stealth Mode – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2020/01/01/testing-in-stealth-mode/
• Testing in the 2020’s: Postmodern – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/testing-in-the-2020s-postmodern-cd1bc16edbf1
• The complexity of test data – Grace Barnott – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/the-complexity-of-test-data/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of December 22nd – December 28th, 2019.

Testing

• AI Testing for Video Streaming – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/ai-testing-for-video-streaming-c93cd9f2b1b0
• Improving Test Data Collection and Management – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/improving-test-data-collection-and-management
• They’re Not Mistakes; They’re Oppertunities To Learn – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/theyre-not-mistakes-theyre-oppertunities-to-learn/
• The Future Tester – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/the-future-tester-89adcc825b69
• Two kinds of testing – Nelson Elhage – https://blog.nelhage.com/post/two-kinds-of-testing/
• Why Do We Test? What Do Testers Really Do? – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/what-testers-do
• Why is Shift-Left Security Testing Important? – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/shift-left-security/

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of December 15th – December 21st, 2019.

Testing

• 2020 software testing industry predictions – Grace Barnott – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/2020-software-testing-industry-predictions/
• A Question of Time – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-question-of-time.html
• Agile History: Revisited – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/agile-history/
• Code Coverage vs Test Coverage; Which Is Better? – Hilmanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/code-coverage-vs-test-coverage/
• Email Testing – Why It’s Important & What Should You Test? – Jithin Nair – https://blog.testlodge.com/email-testing/
• Faster Feedback with Parallel Tests – Lisa Crispin – https://www.mabl.com/blog/faster-feedback-with-parallel-tests
• How I Test – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019/12/17-dev-fest-talk-2109/