Testing Bits – Jan 7th – Jan 13th, 2018

Here is this week’s curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and testing news from the software testing community covering the days of Jan 7th – Jan 13th, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Tips for Humans in Tech from “The Confidence Code” – Lina Zubyte – https://letmetrysoftwaretesting.wordpress.com/2018/01/08/5-tips-for-humans-in-tech-from-the-confidence-code/
• 6 levels of AI-based testing: Have no fear, QA pros – Gil Tayar – https://techbeacon.com/6-levels-ai-based-testing-have-no-fear-qa-pros
• 6 reasons to co-locate your app and automation code – Angie Jones – https://techbeacon.com/6-reasons-co-locate-your-app-automation-code
• Android & BDD tests. Part 1 – Challenge definition – Viktoriano – http://overtest.me/android-bdd-tests-part-1-challenge-definition/
• Code Coverage Dos and Don’ts – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2018/01/08/code-coverage-dos-and-donts/
• How to turn your Bug Report into a Quality Offer – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/turn-bug-report-quality-offer
• Learn More from Tests That Stray off the Happy Path – Steve Poling – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/learn-more-tests-stray-happy-path

• Listening is the greatest compliment – Active Listening for Managers – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/listening-greatest-compliment-active-listening-managers/
• Pointing to Pyramids – Joris Meerts – https://patternsofproof.wordpress.com/2018/01/08/pointing-to-pyramids/
• Revisiting Testing vs Checking – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/01/revisiting-testing-vs-checking/
• Show Your Humanity By Making iOS Apps Accessible – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/show-humanity-making-ios-apps-accessibile/
• Test Developers Aren’t Testers – Josh Grant – http://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/169623787610/test-developers-arent-testers
• Testability vs Automatability – in theory (Free Bonus Video Inside) – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/01/testability-vs-automatability-in-theory.html
• What My Dogs Taught Me About The Tech Industry – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2018/01/what-my-dogs-taught-me-about-tech.html

Tools/Programming

• 6 Curious New Tools to Try for Writing Automated Checks for Browser Apps – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/6-curious-new-tools-to-try-for-writing-automated-checks-for-browser-apps/
• Curated list of all possible Testing tools via the Test Pyramid – Aditya Kalra – http://go-gaga-over-testing.blogspot.com/2018/01/curated-list-of-all-possible-testing.html
• Practicing Ruby Through Exercism! – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/01/practicing-ruby-through-exercism.html
• Python & Selenium Webdriver :: working with dropdown options inside a select tag – Sunjeet Khokar – https://thereluctanttester.com/2018/01/09/python-selenium-webdriver-working-with-dropdown-options-inside-a-select-tag/
• Use streams for lists of web elements – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2018/01/07/use-streams-for-lists-of-web-elements/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Call for papers unboxing – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/01/11/call-for-papers-unboxing/
• Ministry of Testing Meetups in Cambridge 2017 – Karo Stoltzenburg – https://putzerfisch.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/ministry-of-testing-meetups-in-cambridge-2017/
• Q&A: Automation Guild Conference XCUITest Session – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/qa-automation-guild-conference-xcuitest-session/

Miscellaneous

• Magazine: Women Testers – January 2018 Edition – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://www.womentesters.com/women-testers-january-2018-edition/
• Podcast: 185: Automation Trends for 2018 with Angie Jones, Gil Tayar, Richard Bradshaw – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/185-automation-trends-for-2018/
• Podcast: Episode #60: Don’t dismiss SQLite as just a starter DB – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/60/don-t-dismiss-sqlite-as-just-a-starter-db
• Podcast: Ep 21: La La Land – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-21-la-la-land
• Video: The Secret to My Success as a Software Tester? Dungeons and Dragons!: New Video Blog Entry – T.J Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/01/the-secret-to-my-success-as-software.html
• Video: What is Testability vs Automatability? How to improve your Software Testing – Alan Richardson – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL8hmAH4ZGM