Testing Bits – May 13th – May 19th, 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 May 13th – May 19th, 2018.

Testing

• 16/5/18 Bloggers Club: Critique a widely known/accepted concept in the testing community – Lee – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/16-5-18-bloggers-club-critique-a-widely-known-accepted-concept-in-the-testing-community/
• All Roads Lead To Exploratory Testing – Munish Garg – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/roads-lead-exploratory-testing/
• Alone in battle – How to survive being the only tester in a startup – Daniel Gold – http://danielgold85.blogspot.com/2018/05/alone-in-battle-how-to-survive-being.html
• Clear The Clutter – Darryn Downey – https://thoughtsontest.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/clear-the-clutter/
• Communities of Practice: lessons learned – Thomas Crabtree – https://thomasjcrabtree.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/communities-of-practice-lessons-learned/
• Fore! How to score better with your testing approach – TestingMuse – https://medium.com/@testingmuse/fore-how-to-score-better-with-your-testing-approach-69c3ca033067
• How Does the Product Make You Feel: Usability, Testing & Airports – Lina Zubyte – https://letmetrysoftwaretesting.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/how-does-the-product-make-you-feel-usability-testing-airports/

• I for one welcome our new robot overlords – Robert Day – https://probetesting700171536.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-robot-overlords/
• Introduction to Security Testing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/05/introduction-to-security-testing.html
• Is it a Bug, a Feature Request or a Missed Requirement? – Amir Ghahrai – https://www.testingexcellence.com/bug-or-feature-request/
• Managing Mobile Testing Projects – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/mobile-testing-projects/
• Quality Quotient of a Tester: 22 Core Strengths to Be a Good Tester – Gayathri S. – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/quality-quotient-of-tester/
• Success and Failure – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2018/05/15/success-and-failure/
• Testability – Requirements, Systems, Processes – Thomas Crabtree – https://thomasjcrabtree.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/testability-requirements-systems-processes/
• Tester, why are you not worried about AI? – Maciej Wyrodek – http://thebrokentest.com/tester-why-are-you-not-worried-about-ai/
• Tester’s Diary: Testing Stories with Developers – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/testing-stories-with-developers/
• Testers are not the “Quality” officers in a Agile teams | Supreme Agile – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2018/05/testers-are-not-quality-officers-in.html
• Test Community Spotlight: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring Automation Engineers – Niraj Ranjan Rout – https://blog.smartbear.com/testing/test-community-spotlight-5-mistakes-to-avoid-when-hiring-automation-engineers/
• Test environments are obsolete – Christopher Lampert – https://nevertrustadeveloper.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/test-environments-are-obsolete/
• Testing Tour Stop #9: Pair Experiencing the User Perspective with Cassandra – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/05/testing-tour-stop-9-pair-experiencing-the-user-perspective-with-cassandra.html
• The Constraints of (Testing) History – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/the-constraints-of-testing-history/
• What are Quicktests and when are they used? – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2018/05/what-are-quicktests-and-when-are-they-used/
• What does it mean to be an Agile tester? | Supreme Agile – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2018/05/what-does-it-mean-to-be-agile-tester.html
• Why learning how to automate tests DOES NOT make you a better tester – Christopher Lampert – https://nevertrustadeveloper.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/why-learning-how-to-automate-tests-does-not-make-you-a-better-tester/

Automated Testing/Tools/Programming

• Sometimes UI Automation Is Perfectly OK – Josh Grant – http://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/173897538240/sometimes-ui-automation-is-perfectly-ok
• Top Tips for DevOps Friendly XCTest in iOS Pipeline – Shashikant Jagtap – http://shashikantjagtap.net/top-tips-for-devops-friendly-xctest-in-ios-pipeline/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• On the 2018 Romanian Testing Conference – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/on-the-2018-romanian-testing-conference/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: Ready to take off – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2018/05/ready-to-take-off.html
• Podcast: 202: AI for User Flow Verification with Jason Arbon – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/202-ai-for-user-flow-verification-with-jason-arbon/
• Podcast: Episode #78: Setting Expectations for Open Source Participation – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/78/setting-expectations-for-open-source-participation
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Usability with Smita Mishra – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-usability-with-smita-mishra