Testing Bits – Feb 18th – Feb 24th, 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 18th – Feb 24th, 2018.

Articles & Blog

• Can You Have Too Many Tests? – Jeff Langr – https://blog.gurock.com/can-you-have-too-many-tests/
• Don’t Be Such a Tester – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/02/dont-be-such-a-tester/
• Considering a Career in Software Testing? – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/02/considering-software-testing-career.html
• How AI-Assisted Test Automation Can Transform the UI: An Interview with Gil Sever – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/how-ai-assisted-test-automation-can-transform-ui-interview-gil-sever
• How to Become a QA Problem Solver – Brian Hamilton – https://blog.testlodge.com/qa-problem-solver/
• Motivation MAP – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/02/22/motivation-map/
• On “Testing vs Checking” and other Oppositions – Dialectics and Deconstruction – Paul Maxwell-Walters – http://testingrants.blogspot.com/2018/02/on-testing-vs-checking-and-other_23.html

• Problem Solving as Software Development – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/02/problem-solving-as-software-development.html
• Regression Testing Manifesto – Behavior Over Bugs – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/regression-testing-manifesto-behavior-over-bugs/
• Tables, CSS Display Properties, and ARIA – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2018/02/tables-css-display-properties-and-aria.html
• Testing GET Requests – Kristin Jackvony – http://fearlessautomation.blogspot.com/2018/02/testing-get-requests.html
• The Defect Expiration Date – Melissa Eaden – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/defect-expiration-date/
• Transforming Theory and Practice – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/02/transforming-theory-and-practice.html
• The Meta-Game of Regression Testing Tooling – Matt Heusser – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/meta-game-regression-testing-tooling/
• Understanding Accessibility Testing: Think like a Dweller, Not a Builder – Albert Gareev – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/understanding-accessibility-testing-think-dweller-not-builder
• What to pack when you go bug hunting? – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/what-do-you-pack-when-you-go-for-a-bug-hunts/
• Why clean architecture is important for automation testing – Darjan Dzamto – http://blog.darjan-dzamto.com/why-clean-architecture-is-important-for-automation-testing/

Tools/Programming

• A Testers Role in the Machine Learning Process – Jithin Nair – https://blog.testlodge.com/testers-role-in-the-machine-learning-process/
• How to use the XLT Result Browser – Markus – https://blog.xceptance.com/2018/02/22/how-to-use-the-xlt-result-browser/
• Mabl – AI Machine Learning Test Automation – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/2018/02/22/mabl-ai-machine-learning-test-automation/
• Selenium 101: How To Take Screenshots During Automated Tests – Daniel Giordano – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/selenium/screenshot-in-selenium/
• Selenium 101: Navigating Waits and Sleeps – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/sleeps-waits-in-selenium/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Cambridge Lean Coffee – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/02/cambridge-lean-coffee.html
• ETC 2018, it was simply awesome  – Always Fearful – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2018/02/etc-2018-it-was-simply-awesome.html
• European Testing Conference 2018 #EuroTestConf – Ekaterina Budnikov – https://www.katjasays.com/european-testing-conference-2018-eurotestconf/
• Take-aways from European Testing Conference 2018 — Do try this at home! – Marit van Dijk – https://medium.com/@mlvandijk/take-aways-from-european-testing-conference-2018-do-try-this-at-home-dbcf8d030db5
• Test:Fest 2018 – the real pearl among #PL #testing #conferences – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2018/02/24/testfest-2018-the-real-pearl-among-pl-testing-conferences/
• What I learned on first day of European Testing Conference 2018 –  Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/what-i-learned-on-first-day-of-european-testing-conference-2018/
• What I learned on second day of European Testing Conference 2018 – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/what-i-learned-on-second-day-of-european-testing-conference-2018/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 191: Model-based Testing & DevOps with Michael “Fritz” Fritzius – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/191-model-based-testing-devops-michael-fritz-fritzius/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 76: Communing with Testers – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=333
• Podcast: Episode #66: Wait, NoSQl with ACID and transactions? – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/66/wait-nosql-with-acid-and-transactions
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Shifting Security Left with Jeffrey Wheat – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-shifting-security-left-with-jeffrey-wheat