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 21st, 2021 – February 27th, 2021.

Testing

• Building Culture for Remote Teams in Times of Crisis – Leandro Butteri – https://medium.com/globant/building-culture-for-remote-teams-in-times-of-crisis-50555761e64e
• Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) Testing Strategies – Marcelo Aristegui – https://medium.com/globant/conversational-user-interfaces-cui-testing-strategies-adb08b97fc50
• Creating the Space for People to Learn Together – Elisabeth Hocke Retweeted – https://www.lisihocke.com/2021/02/creating-the-space-for-people-to-learn.html
• Don’t stop me now –  Ileana Belfiore – https://www.ileanabelfiore.me/dont-stop-me-now/
• Do You Really Need a Test Plan? – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/do-you-really-need-a-test-plan/
• End to End Testing as a Test Strategist – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2021/02/end-to-end-testing-as-test-strategist.html
• Exploring Kafka – Steve – https://allthingstesting.com/exploring-kafka/

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 14th, 2021 – February 20th, 2021.

Testing

• Bug Scoring — a way to distinguish “same” bugs. – Chernikova Kateryna – https://medium.com/wix-engineering/bug-scoring-a-way-to-distinguish-same-bugs-2bb7647da535
• Challenges for Black Box Testing and how to solve them – Andreas Willich – https://specflow.org/blog/challenges-for-black-box-testing-and-how-to-solve-them/
• Defect Detection and Security Prevention: How does Shift-Left Adoption Helps? – Dzuy Tran – https://continuoustesting.dev/2021/02/16/defect-detection-and-security-prevention-how-does-shift-left-adoption-helps/
• Did you break your code today? – Kevin Hicks – https://kevinhicks.software/blog/9/did-you-break-your-code-today
• Doesn’t Everybody Know This? – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/doesnt-everybody-know-this/
• Ensemble Is the New Mob – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2021/02/ensemble-is-the-new-mob.html
• Free Feedback for #accessiBe – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2021/02/free-feedback-for-accessibe.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 7th, 2021 – February 13th, 2021.

Testing

• 20 Elements of Modern Web Design That You Need to Know – Harish Rajora – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/20-elements-of-modern-web-design/
• An improved test design method – Neil Jennings – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/02/11/an-improved-test-design-method/
• Are Your Developers As Good At Testing As They Think They Are? – Sushma Singh – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/testers-and-developers-codependency/
• Bog-Standard Testing – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/02/bog-standard-testing.html
• Common search engine questions about testing #10: “What will software testing look like in 2021?” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-10-what-will-software-testing-look-like-in-2021/
• Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies – Alex Birsan – https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610
• How to Make 100 Releases Per Day with Only 6 Quality Engineers – Evgeny Tkachenko – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/how-make-100-releases-day-only-6-quality-engineers

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 31st, 2021 – February 6th, 2021.

Testing

• A (short) answer on getting started with observability as a QA – Abby Bangser – https://testerbychoice.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/a-short-answer-on-getting-started-with-observability-as-a-qa/
• Be a Test-holic – Swati Sharma – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/02/01/be-a-test-holic/
• Common search engine questions about testing #8: “Can I learn software testing on my own?” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/01/31/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-8-can-i-learn-software-testing-on-my-own/
• Common search engine questions about testing #9: “Which software testing certification is the best – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/02/04/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-9-which-software-testing-certification-is-the-best/
• How to Review Your Software Testing Strategy – Federico Toledo – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/02/02/how-to-review-your-software-testing-strategy/
• Improving your test strategy analyzing the application architecture risks – Fernando Teixeira – https://medium.com/assertqualityassurance/improving-your-test-strategy-analyzing-the-application-architecture-risks-f83fad2d13b4

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 24th, 2021 – January 30th, 2021.

Testing

• 7 Steps to Find a Job in QA With No Previous Experience – Yoni Flenner – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/01/25/steps-to-find-a-job-in-qa-with-no-experience/
• 8 Of The Best Software Testing Newsletters You Should Subscribe To – Harish Rajora – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/latest-software-testing-newsletters/
• A guide to testing in DevOps and key strategies, practices – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/A-guide-to-testing-in-DevOps-and-key-strategies-practices
• An End-to-End Guide of API Testing – Johanna South – https://abstracta.us/blog/software-testing/api-testing-guide/
• Back to Basics – Test Bed  – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2021/01/back-to-basics-test-bed.html
• Back to Basics – Test Cases – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2021/01/back-to-basics-test-cases.html
• Common search engine questions about testing #7: “Is software testing a good career?” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/01/26/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-7-is-software-testing-a-good-career/

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 17th, 2021 – January 23rd, 2021.

Testing

• Avoid tedious test case documents through comprehensible living documentation – Part 1 – Sophie Willich – https://specflow.org/blog/avoid-tedious-test-case-documents-through-comprehensible-living-documentation-part-1/
• Bad Test Strategies and How You Can Avoid Them – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/bad-test-strategies-and-how-you-can-avoid-them/
• First Aid for the Mission Statement – Michael Bolton – https://www.developsense.com/blog/2021/01/first-aid-for-the-mission-statement/
• How To Test Mobile Websites On Different Network Conditions? – Ritesh Shetty – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/test-mobile-websites-on-different-network-conditions/
• Interview #6: Data Science from a Tester perspective – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2021/01/18/interview-6-data-science-testing/
• Mind, Matter, Testing and The Cargo Cult – Lalitkumar Bhamare – https://www.talesoftesting.com/blog/mind-matter-testing-and-the-cargo-cult
• Quick Recipes To Generate Test Ideas – Lingesh Suresh – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/01/22/quick-recipes-to-generate-test-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 January 10th, 2021 – January 16th, 2021.

Testing

• 6 Testing Trends to Follow (2021 Forecast) – Divya Gilhotra – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/01/14/6-testing-trends-to-follow-2021-forecast/
• Applying the Agile Testing Quadrants to Continuous Delivery and DevOps Culture – Part 2 of 2  – Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory – https://agiletester.ca/applying-the-agile-testing-quadrants-to-continuous-delivery-and-devops-culture-part-2-of-2/
• Bugs are about more than code – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/bugs-are-about-more-than-code/
• Checklist for mobile app testing: 15 gaps to look for – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Checklist-for-mobile-app-testing-12-gaps-to-look-out-for
• Common search engine questions about testing #6: “Is software testing easy?” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/01/13/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-6-is-software-testing-easy/
• Creating Schema for an API – Dave Westerfeld – https://offbeattesting.com/2021/01/14/creating-schema-for-an-api/
• Designing for the dark: The science behind dark mode – Will Saunders – https://blog.testlodge.com/designing-for-the-dark/

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 374 – Jan 3rd, 2021 – Jan 9th, 2021.

Testing

• 7+ Ways to Track User Stories – Bill Wake – https://xp123.com/articles/7-ways-to-track-user-stories
• A-Z of Testing Tips: A for Awareness – Ajay Balamurugadas – http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-z-of-testing-tips-for-awareness.html
• Bulletproofing Embedded Tweets – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2021/01/bulletproofing-embedded-tweets.html
• Business Intelligence Project (AwesomeApp OLTP, Python ETL & OLAP) – Parker Ferguson – https://parkcity-pf.medium.com/business-intelligence-project-awesomeapp-oltp-python-etl-olap-cce4379d2966
• Common search engine questions about testing #5: “Can you automate software testing?” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/01/05/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-5-can-you-automate-software-testing/
• Contemporary Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2021/01/contemporary-exploratory-testing.html
• Creating a Testing Porfolio (Non-Automation) – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2021/01/06/test-portfolio/