Here is this week’s curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of Jan 14th – Jan 20th, 2018.
Articles & Blogs
- A Triple Mob Achievement – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2018/01/a-triple-mob-achievement.html
- Automation’s Role in the Fall of Software Testing – John Tyson – https://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/automation-s-role-fall-software-testing
- Building a Test Automation Strategy: Why are we Automating? | Whiteboard Friday – Ryan Yackel – https://www.qasymphony.com/blog/building-test-automation-strategy-automating-whiteboard-friday/
- Clarifying Scope with Scenarios in Behavior-Driven Development – Jeff Langr – https://blog.gurock.com/clarifying-scope-with-scenarios-in-behavior-driven-development/
- Hawaii False Missile Alarm – was it entirely a Human Error? – Nishi Grover Garg – https://testwithnishi.com/2018/01/15/hawaii-false-missile-alarm-was-it-entirely-a-human-error/
- Integration Test – Martin Folwer – https://martinfowler.com/bliki/IntegrationTest.html
- QA story: Barrel of fun – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/01/18/qa-story-barrel-of-fun/
- Succeeding With Test-Driven Development at a Distributed Start-up – Jeff Langr – https://blog.gurock.com/succeeding-with-test-driven-development-at-a-distributed-start-up/
- Testers and the Bug Hunting Focus – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/01/testers-and-the-bug-hunting-focus/
- Test management is a residue of the industrial complex. – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/test-management-is-a-residue-of-the-industrial-complex-8e0eb6b2d29b
- Testers and Data Science, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/01/testers-and-data-science-part-1/
- Testing an NLG application – Indira Nellutla – https://qxf2.com/blog/testing-simple-nlg-application/
- “Testing is slowing us down” , moving from blame to involvement and engagement – Sunjeet Khokhar – https://thereluctanttester.com/2018/01/17/testing-is-slowing-us-down-moving-from-blame-to-involvement-and-engagement/
- Testing Tour Stop #1: Pair Exploring with Maaret – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2018/01/testing-tour-stop-1-pair-exploring-with-Maaret.html
- The gamification of Software Testing – Pete Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2018/01/the-gamification-of-software-testing.html
- Three types of coding dojo for test automation – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2018/01/three-types-of-coding-dojo-for-test.html
- Tripwire Automation – Michael Fritzius – http://archdevops.com/2018/01/19/tripwire-automation/
- Using Scripting to Explore – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2018/01/19/using-scripting-to-explore/
- Walk Like an Egyptian Agile Tester – Steve Cross – https://stevencrossblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/walk-like-an-egyptian-agile-tester/
- When Testers Should Consider a Bug a Duplicate – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/when-testers-should-consider-bug-duplicate
- Why You Need to Test Your Production Environment – Corina Pip – https://iamalittletester.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/why-you-need-to-test-your-production-environment/
Tools/Programming
- Ranorex Test Suite, Test Module Creation, UserCode File, Xpath, and Data Binding – Prathiba – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/ranorex-tutorial-2/
- Ranorex Tutorial: A Powerful Desktop, Web, and Mobile Automation Testing Tool – Prathiba – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/ranorex-tutorial-1/
Miscellaneous
- Book: How To Thrive As A Web Tester – a new book – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/thrive-web-tester-new-book/
- Podcast: 186: Automation Guild 2018 Key Takeaways with Joe Colantonio – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/186-automation-guild-2018-key-takeaways-joe-colantonio/
- Podcast: Ep 95: “You don’t need client approval. You just need self approval.” – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2018/01/18/ep-95-you-dont-need-client-approval-you-just-need-self-approval/
- Podcast: Episode #61: On Being a Senior Engineer – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/61/on-being-a-senior-engineer
- Podcast: Testers’ Island Discs Ep 8 – Gem Hill – Neil Studd – https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/lessons/testers-island-discs-ep-8-gem-hill
- Podcast: The Most Dangerous Fallacies of Risk-based Testing – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/the-most-dangerous-fallacies-of-risk-based-testing/
- Podcast: The Testing Show: CodeNewbie With Saron Yitbarek, Part 2 – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-codenewbie-with-saron-yitbarek-part-2
- Video: How Would You Test A Chair? A Warm Up Question To Give Candidate Software Testers – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/01/how-would-you-test-chair-warm-up.html
Personal Reflections & Goals
- 2 Years in Testing: Then and Now – Cassandra H. Leung – http://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/2-years-in-testing-then-and-now/
- Happy Birthday, Adventures in Automation: Three Years and Counting! – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/01/happy-birthday-adventures-in-automation.html
- Looking back on 2017 and ahead to 2018 – Lee – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/looking-back-on-2017-and-ahead-to-2018/
- Software Testing – A Journey of discovery – Christopher Lampert – https://nevertrustadeveloper.wordpress.com/2018/01/18/why-am-i-blogging/
Items of Interest
- A Communication Plan for Managers – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/communication-plan-managers/
- Some thoughts on starting a blog – Rob Lambert – http://cultivatedmanagement.com/thoughts-starting-blog/
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