Testing Bits – April 15th – April 21st, 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 15th – April 21st, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 Reasons Automated QA Is A Pox On Our House – Jonathan Ross – http://warptest.com/2018/04/automated-qa-pox-house/
• 5 Test Tools I Use Every Day – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/test-tools-every-day-use/
• AI in software testing has arrived. Here’s why robots rule. – Valerie Silverthorne – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/AI-in-software-testing-has-arrived-Heres-why-robots-rule
• Guidelines For Running a Bug Bash – Conor Fitzgerald – http://conorfi.com/software-testing/guidelines-for-running-a-bug-bash/
• Manual Testing – Finally dead – Happy Is the man who Fears – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2018/04/manual-testing-finally-dead.html
• Organizing Your API Tests – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/04/organizing-your-api-tests.html
• Risk-driven Testing vs. Risk-based Testing – It’s the Thought that Counts – Trevor Atkins – http://thinktesting.com/articles/risk-driven-testing-vs-risk-based/

• Scrum: Back to Basics – Brian Rabon – https://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/scrum-back-basics
• Test Driven Testing – No Activities Outside the Objective – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/test-driven-no-activities-outside-the-objective/
• Tester skill: Translating between business & development – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/04/21/tester-skill-translating-between-business-development/
• Tester’s Diary – Testing Defects with Developers – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/testing-defects-with-developers/
• Testers and Received Wisdom – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/04/testers-and-received-wisdom/
• Testers Don’t Test Anymore – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/testers-dont-test-anymore-71448ab87965
• Testing Tour Stop #5: Pair Exploring with Lisa – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/04/testing-tour-stop-5-pair-exploring-with-lisa.html
• Time modeling – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/time-modeling/

Tools/Programming

• Hello pytest-play! – Davide Moro – http://davidemoro.blogspot.com/2018/04/hello-pytest-play.html
• QA-Selectors, What Are They and Why Should You Care? – Viv Richards – http://vivrichards.co.uk/automation/qa-selectors-what-are-they-why-should-I-care

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Leeds Testing Atelier – Agile Learning Summary – Thomas Crabtree – https://thomasjcrabtree.wordpress.com/2018/04/20/leeds-testing-atelier-agile-learning-summary/
• On creating reasonable expectations in test automation – A TestBash Netherlands workshop – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/on-creating-reasonable-expectations-in-test-automation-a-testbash-netherlands-workshop/
• Recap Cukenfest 2018, London – Ekaterina Budnikov – https://www.katjasays.com/cukenfest-2018-london-recap/

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 41: Testing in DevOps and Agile – Anthony Shaw – Brian Okken – http://testandcode.com/41
• Podcast: 198: Testing and Planning For The Unknown with Kinga Witko – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/198-testing-and-planning-for-the-unknown-with-kinga-witko/
• Podcast: Episode #74: Contributing to Open Source effectively – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/74/contributing-to-open-source-effectively
• Podcast: Testers’ Island Discs Ep13 – Andrew Morton – Neil Studd – https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/testers-island-discs-ep13-andrew-morton