Testing Bits – March 11th – March 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 March 11th – March 17th, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• A Case for Test-First Development – Steve Poling – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/case-test-first-development
• Building a relationship with developers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/03/building-relationship-with-developers.html
• Can You Unit Test Your Database? You Bet – Erik Dietrich – https://blog.gurock.com/unit-test-database/
• Four (and More) Questions for Testers to Ask – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/03/four-and-more-questions/
• How to Begin your Career in QA Testing – Brian Hamilton – https://blog.testlodge.com/how-to-begin-your-career-in-qa-testing/
• Putting Pressure on Testers (and why it is wrong) – Christopher Lampert – https://nevertrustadeveloper.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/putting-pressure-on-testers-and-why-it-is-wrong/
• Quality is a journey – but do you know your destination? – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://www.mavericktester.com/blog/quality-engineering

• System Testing Vs End-To-End Testing: Which One is Better to Opt? – Kamila – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/system-vs-end-to-end-testing/
• Testers and Future Angst – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/03/testers-and-future-angst/
• Testing PATCH Requests – Kristin Jackvony – https://fearlessautomation.blogspot.com/2018/03/testing-patch-requests.html
• Testing Tour Stop #3: Pair Debugging with Thiago – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2018/03/testing-tour-stop-3-pair-debugging-with-thiago.html
• Top 5 pitfalls when writing Integration tests – James Penning – https://get-testy.com/top-5-pitfalls-writing-integration-tests/
• Vincent Van Gogh learning path – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/vincent-van-gogh-learning-path/
• Why You Need to Take Security and DevOps Seriously: An Interview with Jeff Payne – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/why-you-need-take-security-and-devops-seriously-interview-jeff-payne

Tools/Programming

• AltUnityTester – Testing Unity games and apps using Appium – Ru Cindrea – http://altom.ro/blog/altunitytester-unity-using-appium
• Selenium 101: Generating Test Reports – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/selenium/selenium-report-generation/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• 15/3/18 TestBash Brighton: The night before and pre-workshop presentation – The Growing Tester – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/15-3-18-testbash-brighton-the-night-before-and-pre-workshop-presentation/
• 15/3/18 TestBash Brighton: Morning Workshop – How to Interview Like a Tester – The Growing Tester – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/15-3-18-testbash-brighton-morning-workshop-how-to-interview-like-a-tester/
• 15/3/18 TestBash Brighton: Afternoon Workshop – Communication & Reporting – The Growing Tester – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/03/16/15-3-18-testbash-brighton-afternoon-workshop-communication-reporting/
• 15/3/18 TestBash Brighton: Closing Presentation and Meetup – The Growing Tester – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/03/16/15-3-18-testbash-brighton-closing-presentation-and-meetup/
• BREWT & Diversity – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/03/15/brewt-diversity/
• Continuous Delivery using Crowdsourced Testing – Maja Schreiner – https://testmotion.wordpress.com/2018/03/16/continuous-delivery-using-crowdsourced-testing/
• Testing For Me – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/03/testing-for-me.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 38: Prioritize software tests with RCRCRC  – Brian Okken – http://testandcode.com/38
• Podcast: 194: The Reality of Testing in an Artificial World with Angie Jones – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/194-reality-testing-artificial-world-angie-jones/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 78: Digging in on Modern Testing Principles – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/?p=346
• Podcast: The Testing Show: The Future of Telecom Testing With Jason McIvor – Matt Heusser – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-the-future-of-telecom-testing-with-jason-mcivor

Items of Interest

• Using the Best of Agile and Lean for Your Project – Johanna Rothman – https://blog.gurock.com/best-agile-and-lean-project/