Testing Bits – April 8th – April 14th, 2018

Here is this week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of April 8th – April 14th, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 ways to improve your testing group – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/3-ways-to-improve-your-testing-group
• A 10-Step Guide To Making Your Best Technical Talk Yet – Matthew Jones – https://exceptionnotfound.net/a-10-step-guide-to-making-your-best-technical-talk-yet/
• A Simplified Agile Test Strategy for Cross-Environment Testing – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/agile-cross-environment-testing/
• Are Some of Us Doing it Wrong? – Simon Prior – https://priorsworld.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/are-some-of-us-doing-it-wrong/
• Continuous Delivery Using Crowdsourced Testing – Maja Schreiner – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/continuous-delivery-using-crowdsourced-testing/
• How To Overcome Challenges Encountered While Doing Automation Testing – Claire Mackerras – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/how-to-overcome-challenges-encountered-while-doing-automation-testing/
• I want promotion! – Andy Carrington-Chappell – http://www.carrington-chappell.co.uk/blog/testing/i-want-promotion/

• Is QA Dead or Alive – Nikolay Advolodkin – https://www.ultimateqa.com/qa-dead-or-alive/
• It’s Time for Testers to Own the Shift-Left Narrative: An Interview with Angie Jones – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/it-s-time-testers-own-shift-left-narrative-interview-angie-jones
• Personal responsibility for your development – Andy Carrington-Chappell – http://www.carrington-chappell.co.uk/blog/testing/personal-responsibility-for-your-development/
• Quality Metrics 101: Process Quality – Andy Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2018/04/09/quality-metrics-101-process-quality/
• Quality Metrics 101: Process Quality – Andy Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2018/04/11/quality-metrics-101-product-quality/
• Reflections on the Scripted Test Case – Paul Maxwell-Walters – http://testingrants.blogspot.com/2018/04/reflections-on-scripted-test-case.html
• Setting strategy in a Test Practice – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2018/04/setting-strategy-in-test-practice.html
• Six barriers to test automation – David Geer – https://www.qasymphony.com/blog/six-barriers-test-automation/
• So You Want to Be an Automation Developer – T.J. Maher – https://blog.smartbear.com/testing/so-you-want-to-be-an-automation-developer/
• Software Testing Interview Questions and Answers – Ultimate List – Amir Ghahrai – https://www.testingexcellence.com/software-testing-interview-questions-answers/
• Solving Production Issues Using Testing Tools – Nels Hoenig – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/solving-production-issues-using-testing-tools
• Test-Driven Service Virtualization – Alexander Mohr – https://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/test-driven-service-virtualization
• Tester skill: Responding to change – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/04/12/tester-skill-responding-to-change/
• Testing in the Abstract, Again – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/04/testing-in-abstract-again.html
• Testing Tour Stop #4: Pair Setting Up Automation with Dianë – Elisabeth Hocke – http://www.lisihocke.com/2018/04/testing-tour-stop-4-pair-setting-up-automation-with-diane.html
• The Value of Risk-Based Testing From an Agile Viewpoint – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/agile-risk-based-testing/
• Work of the future, what do you do? – Kieran O’Callaghan – https://whereiskieran.com/2018/04/11/work-of-the-future-what-do-you-do/

Tools/Programming

• How to learn Java with Exploratory Programming – Alan Richardson – http://blog.javafortesters.com/2018/04/how-to-learn-java-with-exploratory-programming.html
• Thewaiter: Opening a Page and Waiting For it to Load With Selenium – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/04/10/thewaiter-opening-a-page-and-waiting-for-it-to-load-with-selenium/
• Two missing ingredients of our reports. – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/two-missing-ingredients-of-our-reports-885e987471c2

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Do Testers Need Bugs? – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/04/do-testers-need-bugs.html
• Pakistan Software Quality Conference 2018 –  Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2018/04/09/pakistan-software-quality-conference-2018/

STPCon

• Shifting to Quality Engineering – STP-CON 1 1/2 Handed #LiveBlog – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/04/shifting-to-quality-engineering-stp-con.html
• Tester or Data Scientist – a 1 1/2 armed #LiveBlog from #STPCON – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/04/tester-or-data-scientist-1-12-armed.html
• Performance Test Analysis & Reporting – a 1 1/2 armed #LiveBlog from #STPCON Spring 2018 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/04/performance-test-analysis-reporting-1.html
• More than That – a 1 1/2 armed #LiveBlog from #STPCON Spring 2018 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/04/more-than-that-1-12-armed-liveblog-from.html
• Modern Testing Teams and Strategies – a 1 1/2 armed #LiveBlog from #STPCON Spring 2018 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/04/modern-testing-teams-and-strategies-1.html
• The Use and Abuse of Selenium – a 1 1/2 armed #LiveBlog from #STPCON Spring 2018 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/04/the-use-and-abuse-of-selenium-1-12.html
• Release is a Risky Business – a 1 1/2 armed #LiveBlog from #STPCON Spring 2018 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/04/release-is-risky-business-1-12-armed.html
• Talking About Talking – a 1 1/2 armed #LiveBlog from #STPCON Spring 2018 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/04/talking-about-talking-1-12-armed.html
• Docker and the Path to a Better Staging Environment – a 1 1/2 armed #LiveBlog from #STPCON Spring 2018 – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/04/docker-and-path-to-better-staging.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: #2 QAInsights Podcast – 1.1.1.1 and many more – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/qainsights-podcast-1-1-1-1-and-many-more/
• Podcast: 197: Discovery Explore Behavior Using Examples with Gaspar Nagy – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/197-bdd-gaspar-nagy/
• Podcast: Ep 100: Part Two: The OpenSpace edition – Gem Hill – http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2018/04/12/ep-100-part-two-the-openspace-edition/
• Podcast: Episode #73: This podcast comes in any color you want, as long as it’s black – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/73/this-podcast-comes-in-any-color-you-want-as-long-as-it-s-black
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Continuous Testing with Gerie Owen – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-continuous-testing-with-gerie-owen

Personal Reflections & Goals

• On success, confidence and overcoming doubts – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2018/04/10/on-success-confidence-and-overcoming-doubts/

Items of Interest

• Standard platform, operating system and browser recommendations (April 18) – Martin Cunnington – https://www.spritecloud.com/2018/04/standard-platform-operating-system-and-browser-recommendations-april-18/