Here is this week’s Memorial Day weekend edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of May 20th – May 26th, 2018.
Testing
- 5 Tips on How to Make Yourself Respected as a Tester in a Company – Lina Zubyte – https://letmetrysoftwaretesting.wordpress.com/2018/05/22/5-tips-on-how-to-make-yourself-respected-as-a-tester-in-a-company/
- 9 quick ideas for flexible testing – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2018/05/9-quick-ideas-for-flexible-testing.html
- 10 Things To Consider When Testing Artificial Intelligence – Adam Smith – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/10-things-to-think-about-when-you-test-artificial-intelligence/
- A h̶i̶t̶c̶h̶h̶i̶k̶e̶r̶’s̶ software tester’s guide to randomised testing – Part 2 – Pete Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2018/05/a-hitchhikers-software-testers-guide-to.html
- Coaching & Mentoring: Sometimes It’s About The Pebbles – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2018/05/coaching-mentoring-sometimes-its-about.html
- Discussing Tester’s Value, Beyond the Echo Chamber – Graeme Harvey – http://www.iteststuff.ca/2018/05/discussing-testers-value-beyond-echo.html
- Getting Started with Business Intelligence Testing – Albert Gareev – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/getting-started-business-intelligence-testing
- Going beyond “how are we going to test this?” – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2018/05/going-beyond-how-are-we-going-to-test.html
- Mob Testing A Mobile App – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2018/05/mob-testing-mobile-app.html
- My Personal Source Code: Books to Learn Analysis – James Bach – http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/1918
- Reducing Stress from Work – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/reducing-stress-from-work/
- Testing for IDOR Vulnerabilities – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/05/testing-for-idor-vulnerabilities.html
- Testing outside the Vacuum: An Interview with Julie Gardiner – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/testing-outside-vacuum-interview-julie-gardiner
- Testing Tour Stop #10: Pair Exploring Kitchen Planning with Alex – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/05/testing-tour-stop-10-pair-exploring-kitchen-planning-with-alex.html
- The Rabbit Poop Approach to Learning – Cassandra H. Leung – http://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/the-rabbit-poop-approach-to-learning/
- The (Testing) Prison of Representation – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/the-testing-prison-of-representation/
- Time to Make an Employment Change: An Interview with Adam Auerbach – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/time-make-employment-change-interview-adam-auerbach
- Using Kanban in the Scrum Team – Ali Hill – https://edinburghtester.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/using-kanban-in-the-scrum-team/
- We don’t need more automation engineers! – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-dont-need-more-automation-engineers-bas-dijkstra/
- Working Outside of the Process – Justin Rohrman – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/working-outside-of-the-process/
Automated Testing/Tools/Programming
- Getting Started in Automation – Reading CSV Files – Rambling Tester – https://ramblingtester.wordpress.com/2018/05/25/getting-started-in-automation-reading-csv-files/
- Hold on, wait a moment… – Danny Dainton – https://dannydainton.com/2018/05/21/hold-on-wait-a-moment/
- Kobiton Hands-on Review Tutorial: Mobile Device Cloud Testing Platform – Prathiba – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/kobiton-tutorial/
- Proxying UI Automation to OWASP ZAP – Justin Holsgrove – http://automatedtester.science/proxying-ui-automation-owasp-zap/
- Steps to Maturing Test Automation within a Deployment Pipeline – Drew Horn – https://www.applause.com/blog/steps-to-maturing-test-automation-within-a-deployment-pipeline/
- Test Automation – What now? – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/test-automation
- TheWaiter: Clicking on a Element by Using Waits With Selenium – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/05/22/thewaiter-clicking-on-an-element-by-using-waits-with-selenium/
Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- Cambridge Lean Coffee – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/05/cambridge-lean-coffee.html
- How to Deliver a Five-Star Testing Conference Presentation – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/events/deliver-testing-conference-presentation/
- Testbash Dublin – Bob Marshall – https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/testbash-dublin/
- Testbash Dublin and Organisational Psychotherapy – Bob Marshall – https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/testbash-dublin-and-organisational-psychotherapy/
- WeAreDevelopers – Automating Visual Regression Testing Q&A from SLI.DO – Viv Richards – http://vivrichards.co.uk/automation/wearedevelopers-2018-qanda-from-slido
Miscellaneous
- Book Review: Agile Testing book club: Courage – Gregory Paciga – http://gregorytesting.ca/2018/05/agile-testing-book-club-courage/
- Podcast: 203: Performance Advisory Council with Henrik Rexed – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/203-performance-advisory-council-with-henrik-rexed/
- Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 82: Brent Talks to Alan About Data – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – http://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-82-brent-talks-to-alan-about-data/
- Podcast: Episode 47 – AI and Ethics and Quality – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/podcast/episode-47-ai-and-ethics-and-quality/
- Podcast: Episode #79: 15 Tips to Enhance your Github Flow – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/79/15-tips-to-enhance-your-github-flow
- Podcast: Testers’ Island Discs Ep15 – Dan Billing – Neil Studd – https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/testers-island-discs-ep15-dan-billing
Items of Interest
- GDPR Awareness – Kristine Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2018/05/24/gdpr-awareness/