Testing Bits – March 4th – March 10th, 2018

Here is this week’s curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of March 4th – March 10th, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• All Roads Lead to Exploratory Testing – Alex Schladebeck – http://www.womentesters.com/all_roads_lead_to_et/
• Ethics in Software Testing – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/ethics-software-testing
• How to Increase Test Coverage Over Time with Automation – Federico Toledo – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/test-coverage-software-testing-automation/
• How to Use Tours to Ensure Complete and Thorough Exploratory Testing – Anastasiia Piatak – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/exploratory-testing-tours/
• Interview with Kristel Kruustük – Founder and CEO of Testlio, an All-In-One QA platform – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/interview-with-kristel-testlio/
• Renewal of Skill for Testers – Isabel Evans – http://www.womentesters.com/renewalofskills_isabel_evans/
• Selenium 101: Automating User Actions – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/automate-browser-actions/

• Speaking pays off – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/03/08/speaking-pays-off/
• Testing All 5 Aspects of a System’s Performance – Bob Reselman – https://blog.gurock.com/testing-systems-performance/
• Testing PUT Requests – Kristin Jackvony – https://fearlessautomation.blogspot.com/2018/03/testing-put-requests.html
• The Tester and the Code Review – Corina Pip – https://iamalittletester.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/the-tester-and-the-code-review/
• What is Globalization Testing (A Complete Guide) – Prathiba – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/globalization-testing/

Tools/Programming

• How To Selenium: Page Objects- App Design Pattern – Anton Angelov – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/how-to-selenium-page-objects-webdriver-initialisation/
• Taking an AXe To It: Starting Accessibility Tooling (#CNC2018 #BLOGMORE) – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/03/taking-axe-to-it-starting-accessibility.html
• TDD – Test Driven Development – Java JUnit FizzBuzz – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/03/tdd-test-driven-development-java-junit.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Better Averse? – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/03/better-averse.html
• CASTx18, context-driven testing fun in Melbourne – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/castx18-context-driven-testing-fun-in-melbourne/
• MAD-LAB – Capabilities & Features – Agile India 2018 – Anand Bagmar – https://essenceoftesting.blogspot.com/2018/03/mad-lab-capabilities-features-agileindia2018.html
• Ministry of Testing – Boston: An Origin Story  – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/03/motb-origin-1.html
• What I learned on Testival #36 meetup – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/what-i-learned-on-testival-36-meetup/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 37: What tests to write first  – Brian Okken – http://testandcode.com/37
• Podcast: 193: Biscuit Testing a Scientific Approach with Mike Talks – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/193-biscuit-testing-scientific-approach-mike-talks/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 77: The Conception of the Modern Testing Principles – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=340
• Podcast: Ep 98: Let’s Get Uncomfy – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2018/03/08/ep-98-lets-get-uncomfy/
• Podcast: Episode #68: Python notebooks galore! – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/68/python-notebooks-galore

Items of Interest

• The Must-Test Global Devices for Mobile Device Testing – Q4/2017 – Lingkai Shao – https://bitbar.com/the-must-test-global-devices-for-mobile-device-testing-q4-2017/