Testing Bits – April 22nd – April 28th, 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 22nd – April 28th, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• 4 Ideas for Growing Your Testing Skills – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/growing-testing-skills/
• 7 Signs That You Should Switch to Contracting – Kim Engel – http://www.womentesters.com/7-signs-that-you-should-switch-to-contracting/
• A Look at the Software Tester Career Path – Erik Dietrich – https://blog.gurock.com/software-tester-career-path/
• A Plea for Testability – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/04/a-plea-for-testability/
• An Emotional Journey – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2018/04/an-emotional-journey.html
• An Ode to Testability, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/04/an-ode-to-testability-part-1/
• An Ode to Testability, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/04/an-ode-to-testability-part-2/

• Automating Your API Tests – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/04/automating-your-api-tests.html
• Challenges I Face With Performance Testing – Part 2 – Ali Hill – https://edinburghtester.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/challenges-i-face-with-performance-testing-part-2/
• Could Modern Testing work in the enterprise – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/moderntestingintheenterprise/
• Creating a skills-matrix for t-shaped testers – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.blog/2018/04/27/creating-a-skills-matrix-for-t-shaped-testers/
• DISSCOH ~ Heuristic Approach To Bug Reporting – Jyothi Rangaiah – https://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2018/04/disscoh-heuristic-approach-to-bug.html
• Flunking tester candidates in masses – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/04/flunking-tester-candidates-in-masses.html
• How do you choose a test automation tool? – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2018/04/how-do-you-choose-test-automation-tool.html
• How Long Will the Testing Take? – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/04/how-long-will-the-testing-take/
• How to Retain Software Testers and Keep a Happy QA Team – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-management/retain-software-testers/
• Investing in testing – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2018/04/27/investing-in-testing/
• JavaScript Injection Tutorial: Test and Prevent JS Injection Attacks on Website – Prathibha – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/javascript-injection-tutorial/
• Learning on the Job – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2018/04/learning-on-the-job/
• Lessons Learned in Testing CRM Software – Viktar Sauchuk – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/lessons-learned-testing-crm-software
• Output, Results, and Things That Are Difficult to Measure – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/output-results-and-things-that-are-difficult-to-measure/
• Self assessment skills matrix for a Testing practice – Sunjeet Khokhar – https://thereluctanttester.com/2018/04/28/self-assessment-skills-matrix-for-a-testing-practice/
• Testing, Heavy Metal, and Unrealistic Automation Expectations: An Interview with Paul Grizzaffi – Josiah Renaudin – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/testing-heavy-metal-and-unrealistic-automation-expectations-interview-paul-grizzaffi
• The Role of the Test Manager in Agile – Jeffery Payne – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2018/04/role-test-manager-agile
• Understand continuous delivery and continuous deployment – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Understand-continuous-delivery-and-continuous-deployment
• Unthought Known – Simon Schrijver – https://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/unthought-known/
• We have no evidence to suggest we shouldn’t release – dragons for elevenses – https://dragonsforelevenses.com/2018/04/27/we-have-no-evidence-to-suggest-we-shouldnt-release/
• Web Accessibility: What? Why? How? – Christopher Lampert – https://nevertrustadeveloper.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/web-accessibility-what-why-how/
• What is Quality Assurance – Kristīne Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2018/04/26/quality-assurance/
• What is the cost of a bug? – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.wordpress.com/2018/04/27/what-is-the-cost-of-a-bug/
• Why is Story Slicing Meaningful? – Justin Rohrman – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/why-is-story-slicing-meaningful/

Tools/Programming

• Fiddling with Appium Desktop – initial learning and gotchas – Sunjeet Khokhar – https://thereluctanttester.com/2018/04/25/fiddling-with-the-appium-desktop-initial-learning-and-gotchas/
• Overview of Spark and HTTP Testing with JUnit – Alan Richardson – http://blog.javafortesters.com/2018/04/overview-of-spark-and-testing.html
• When would I choose basic HTTP libraries rather than using RestAssured? – Alan Richardson – http://blog.javafortesters.com/2018/04/when-basic-http-vs-restasssured.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• DevExperience 2018 – A Whole New World – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/04/devexperience-2018-a-whole-new-world.html
• Leeds Testing Atelier – April 2018 – Phil Hargreaves – http://www.nationofsoftwaretesters.co.uk/2018/04/leeds-testing-atelier-april-2018.html
• My road to public speaking + slides from Engineering Productivity talk – Sławomir Radzymiński – https://www.awesome-testing.com/2018/04/my-road-to-public-speaking-slides-from.html

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: #3 – LoadSter, Google Chrome, and Sonarwhal – QAInsights Podcast – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/3-loadster-google-chrome-and-sonarwhal-qainsights-podcast/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 80: The Mailbag returns: Modern Testing questions – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-80-the-modern-tester-as-a-transition-role/
• Podcast: Automating iOS Apps in The Apple Bubble with Shashikant Jagtap – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/199-automating-ios-apps-shashikant-jagtap/
• Podcast: Episode #75: pypi.org officially launches – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/75/pypi.org-officially-launches

Items of Interest

• Are we shifting left or in a continuous loop? – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2018/04/28/are-we-shifting-left-or-in-a-continuous-loop/
• Heuristics for Working: Leading – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/04/heuristics-for-working-leading.html
• Heuristics for Working: Self – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/04/heuristics-for-working-self.html
• Most Common Mistakes During the Transition to Agile (Part 1) | Supreme Agile – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2018/04/most-common-mistakes-during-transition.html
• Shift Left – Why I Don’t Like the Term – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/shift-left-why-i-dont-like-the-term/