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/

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 1st – December 7th, 2019.

Testing

• Backward Compatibility – What and who drives the compatibility? – Ravisuriya Eshwara – https://testinggarage.blogspot.com/2019/12/how-and-who-decides-on-backward-compatibility-of-software-products.html
• Bugs and reproducing them – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/12/04/bugs-and-reproducing-them/
• Can tests cause bugs? – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2019/12/can-tests-cause-bugs/
• Changing the Perception – Working towards a Culture of Quality – Simon Prior – https://priorsworld.wordpress.com/2019/12/04/changing-the-perception-working-towards-a-culture-of-quality/
• Measuring Quality – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/12/measuring-quality.html
• Responsive Type and Zoom – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2019/12/responsive-type-and-zoom.html
• Reviewing “Reimagine The Future of Quality Assurance” – (yet) another corporate report on the state of QA/testing – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2019/12/06/reviewing-reimagine-the-future-of-quality-assurance-yet-another-corporate-report-on-the-state-of-qa-testing/

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 November 24th – November 30th, 2019.

Testing

• 3 Uncommon Metrics Your Agile Team Should Be Tracking – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/uncommon-metrics-agile-team-tracking/
• 5 vital QA skills for software testers – Ryan Black – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/5-vital-QA-skills-for-software-testers
• 13 Ways For Your Functional Testers To Do More Than Just ‘Testing’ – Ramit Dhamija – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/13-ways-for-your-functional-testers-to-do-more-than-just-testing/
• An Introduction to Web Optimization Testing – Gimhani Upekshika – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/introduction-web-optimization-testing
• Being Lucky — A Keynote at the Agile Testing Days 2019 – Stephan Kämper – https://seasidetesting.com/2019/11/25/being-lucky-a-keynote-at-the-agile-testing-days-2019/
• Cross Browser Testing Is Not Only About Browsers – Rahul Jain – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/cross-browser-testing-is-not-only-about-browsers/
• Cunning Strategies for Staying Focused – Simon Knight – http://sjpknight.com/cunning-strategies-for-staying-focused/

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 November 17th – November 23rd, 2019.

Testing

• …but TEST like a QA Engineer! – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/11/but-test-like-qa-engineer.html
• 35 Years of Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2019/11/35-years-of-exploratory-testing.html
• A matrix for when a bug only reproduces in one environment – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/11/22/a-matrix-for-when-a-bug-only-reproduces-in-one-environment/
• Bug Priorities: 5 Tips for Balancing the Urgent and the Important – Rachel Kibler – https://blog.gurock.com/bug-priorities-5-tips-balancing-urgent-and-important/
• Creative Destruction – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/creative-destruction/
• Developer versus QA Productivity – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/developer-vs-qa-productivity
• Exploratory Testing – Martin Fowler – https://martinfowler.com/bliki/ExploratoryTesting.html