Testing Bits – Feb 11th – Feb 17th, 2018

Here is this week’s curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of Feb 11th – Feb 17th, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• About Conference Moberators and Beneficial Mobs – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2018/02/about-conference-moberators-and-beneficial-mobs.html
• Designing a Valuable Stress Test – Nels Hoenig – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/designing-valuable-stress-test
• Developers Can Test, Too – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/developers-can-test-too/
• Expect Crashes – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2018/02/15/expect-crashes/
• How do you decide what to automate? – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2018/02/how-do-you-decide-what-to-automate.html
• How Testing Can Be Just Like Yoga: An Interview with Dawn Haynes – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/how-testing-can-be-just-yoga-interview-dawn-haynes
• Learning Pairing – Karo Stoltzenburg – https://putzerfisch.wordpress.com/2018/02/17/learning-pairing/

• Only test changes –  Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2018/02/13/only-test-changes/
• Regression Testing Manifesto – Common Over Complete – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/regression-testing-manifesto-common-over-complete/
• Reprioritizing Testing – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/reprioritizing-testing/
• TestOps – the most antifragile testing role – Sławomir Radzymiński – http://www.awesome-testing.com/2018/02/testops-most-antifragile-testing-role.html
• The Practical Test Pyramid – Ham Vocke – https://martinfowler.com/articles/practical-test-pyramid.html
• The Three Commitments to what you do – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/the-three-commitments
• Things the Frog Did Not Notice Before It Was Late – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/02/things-frog-did-not-notice-before-it.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Talking the Fork – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/02/talking-fork.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 36: Stephanie Hurlburt – Mentoring and Open Office Hours – Brian Okken – http://testandcode.com/36
• Podcast: 190: Integration Automation Using Citrus Testing Framework with Christoph Deppisch – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/190-integration-automation-using-citrus-testing-framework-christoph-deppisch/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 75: From Spider to Starfish – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=330
• Podcast: Ep 22: The Silence of The Lambs – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-22-the-silence-of-the-lambs
• Podcast: Ep 97: Against Energy and the Caring Angry Friend – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2018/02/15/ep-97-against-energy-and-the-caring-angry-friend/
• Podcast: Episode #65: Speed of your import statements affecting performance? – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/65/speed-of-your-import-statements-affecting-performance

Personal Reflections & Goals

• QA story: How I became a tester – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/02/15/qa-story-how-i-became-tester/