Testing Bits – April 29th – May 5th, 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 29th – May 5th, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Things That Will Impact the Future of Software Testing – Raj Subramanian – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-things-will-impact-future-software-testing
• A Better Testing Pyramid – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2018/05/03/a-better-testing-pyramid/
• A h̶i̶t̶c̶h̶h̶i̶k̶e̶r̶’s̶ software tester’s guide to randomised testing – Pete Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2018/04/a-hitchhikers-software-testers-guide-to.html
• An Ode to Testability, Part 3 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/04/an-ode-to-testability-part-3/
• An Ode to Testability, Part 4 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/an-ode-to-testability-part-4/
• An Ode to Testability, Part 5 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/an-ode-to-testability-part-5/
• HTML Injection Tutorial: Types & Prevention with Examples – Prathibha – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/html-injection-tutorial/

• Key QA and testing takeaways from the Agile manifesto – Nishi Grover Garg – https://www.globalapptesting.com/blog/key-qa-and-testing-takeaways-from-the-agile-manifesto
• Power dynamics in pairs and mobs – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/05/power-dynamics-in-pairs-and-mobs.html
• Revolutionizing API testing with artificial intelligence – Chris Colosimo – https://sdtimes.com/test/revolutionizing-api-testing-with-artificial-intelligence/
• SBTM in Practice with PQIP – Cassandra H. Leung – http://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/sbtm-in-practice-with-pqip/
• Test Driven Testing – Red Green Refactor – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/test-driven-testing-red-green-refactor/
• Testing and Checklists – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/05/testing-and-checklists.html
• Testing Tour Stop #6: Pair Formulating Scenarios with Pranav – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/04/testing-tour-stop-6-pair-formulating-scenarios-with-pranav.html
• The Care and Feeding of Continuous Learning – Anders Dinsen – https://asym.dk/2018/05/03/the-care-and-feeding-of-continuous-learning/
• Three kinds of memory leaks – Nelson Elhage – https://blog.nelhage.com/post/three-kinds-of-leaks/
• What API Tests to Automate, and When to Automate Them – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/05/what-api-tests-to-automate-and-when-to.html
• When Management Systems Restrict Testing – Crowdsourced Functional and Security Testing Mismatch – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/05/management-restricts-testing.html
• When Should you Automate? – Kevin Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2018/05/01/when-should-you-automate/
• Why Testers, Developers, and Managers Need Better Communication: An Interview with Marcia Buzzella – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/why-testers-developers-and-managers-need-better-communication-interview-marcia-buzzella

Miscellaneous

• Podcast: 200: Two Hundred Episodes Powered by Sauce Labs with Lubos Parobek – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/200-two-hundred-episodes-powered-by-sauce-labs-with-lubos-parobek/
• Podcast: Episode #76: Goodbye zero-versioning – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/76/goodbye-zero-versioning
• Podcast: Testing, DevOps, and Other Stuff with Katrina Clokie – James Espie, Dan Barrow – https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/testing-devops-and-other-stuff-with-katrina-clokie
• Podcast: The Rejection Special – 005 – The Evil Tester Show – Alan Richardson – http://eviltester.podbean.com/e/the-rejection-special-005-the-evil-tester-show/
• Podcast: Two Points of View at Two: Short High Impact Talks about Testing, with Philip Lew – Rex Back – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/two-points-of-view-at-two-short-high-impact-talks-about-testing-with-philip-lew/

30 Days of Testing

• 30 Days Of E-Commerce Testing – Day One! – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2018/5/4/30-days-of-e-commerce-testing-day-one
• 30 Days Of E-Commerce Testing – Day Two! – James Espie – https://www.supertestingbros.com/blog/2018/5/4/30-days-of-e-commerce-testing-day-two

Items of Interest

• Heuristics for Working: Exploration – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/04/heuristics-for-working-exploration.html
• Heuristics for Working: Doing – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/05/heuristics-for-working-doing.html

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