Testing Bits – Feb 25th – March 3rd, 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 25th – March 3rd, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• A practice exploratory testing session – javascript button game  – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/03/practice-test-session-javascript-button-game.html
• Collaborating with Developers – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/collaborating-with-developers
• Don’t Be An Agile Beatnick – Darryn Downey – https://thoughtsontest.wordpress.com/2018/02/27/dont-be-an-agile-beatnick/
• Experimenters Regress – Simon Knight – http://sjpknight.com/experimenters-regress/
• Interviewing a Tester as Developer – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/03/interviewing-a-tester-as-developer/
• Flight Array Iteration – Tom Margrave – http://eyeonquality.com/flight-array-iteration/
• Musings on Pairing – Justin Rohrman – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/musings-on-pairing/

• Regression Testing Manifesto – Conformity Over Complexity – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/regression-testing-manifesto-conformity-over-complexity/
• Signing Off – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/03/signing-off/
• Testing POST Requests – Kristin Jackvony – https://fearlessautomation.blogspot.com/2018/03/testing-post-requests.html
• Testing Without a User Interface – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/testing-without-a-user-interface/
• The Tester’s Mindset versus the Developer’s Mindset: An Interview with Hans Buwalda – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/tester-s-mindset-versus-developer-s-mindset-interview-hans-buwalda
• Top 10 Web Software Testing Tool Categories to improve your testing – Alan Richardson – http://testerhq.com/post/blogs/lists/2018-02-26-top-ten-web-testing-categories/
• Uncovering Hidden Boundary Values in Testing – John Ruberto – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/uncovering-hidden-boundary-values-testing
• Writing Abstracts: Non-Advice from a Speaker and Reviewer – Cassandra Leung – http://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/writing-abstracts-non-advice-from-a-speaker-and-reviewer/

Tools/Programming

• Creating a cascading resource import structure for Robot Framework: Pt. 1/3 – Introduction to resource sharing – Michael Hallik – http://blog.xebia.com/creating-cascading-resource-import-structure-robot-framework-pt-13-introduction-resource-sharing/
• Getting started with Cucumber in Java — A 10 minute tutorial – Marit van Dijk – https://medium.com/@mlvandijk/getting-started-with-cucumber-in-java-a-10-minute-tutorial-586652d2c82
• How to use TestSphere for retrospectives – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/how-to-use-testsphere-for-retrospectives/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Codemash 2018 Recap – Hilary Weaver – https://g33klady.com/2018/03/02/codemash-2018-recap/
• ETC 2018, did I say it was awesome? – Always Fearful – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2018/02/etc-2018-did-i-say-it-was-awesome.html
• European Testing Conference 2018 – Coming Home – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2018/02/european-testing-conference-2018-coming-home.html
• Test:Fest 2018 short summary – Maciej Wyrodek – http://thebrokentest.com/testfest-2018-short-summary/
• Test:Fest 2018 – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/03/01/testfest-2018/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 192: Performance Testing in DevOps with Paola Rossaro – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/192-performance-testing-devops-paola-rossaro/
• Podcast: Episode #67: Result of moving Python to Github – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/67/result-of-moving-python-to-github
• Podcast: Two Points of View at Two: Short High Impact Talks about Testing, with Maaret Pyhäjärvi – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/two-points-of-view-at-two-short-high-impact-talks-about-testing-with-maaret-pyhajarvi/
• Videos: Webinar – The Future of Test Automation: How to prepare for it? – Alan Page – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym56LjJDiwo