Testing Bits – May 27th – June 2nd, 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 27th – June 2nd, 2018

Testing

• On choosing both/and, not either/or – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/on-choosing-both-and-not-either-or/
• Software glitches highlight testing’s critical role in the automotive industry – Lanier Norville – https://www.qasymphony.com/blog/software-glitches-highlight-testings-critical-role-transportation-industry/
• System Design for Mobile Test Development – Jean Ann Harrison – http://www.womentesters.com/systems-design-for-mobile-test-development/
• Technical Debt Affects Testing, Too – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/technical-debt-affects-testing/
• Testing AI … Before Testing With AI – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/testing-ai-before-testing-with-ai/
• Testing to the Usability Standards Our Customers Expect – Nels Hoenig – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/testing-usability-standards-our-customers-expect
• Testing Tour Stop #11: Pair Exploring Test Ideas with Viki – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/06/testing-tour-stop-11-pair-exploring-test-ideas-with-viki.html

• The Question – Are there any Software Testing super heroes? – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/06/the-question-testing-superheroes.html
• Thoughts about #notesting – Thomas Crabtree – https://thomasjcrabtree.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/thoughts-about-notesting/
• Vulnerability Assessments vs. Pen Testing: Which Should You Choose? – Michael Solomon – https://blog.gurock.com/vulnerability-assessments-pen-testing/
• What is Cross-Site Scripting, and Why Should You Care? – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-is-cross-site-scripting-and-why.html
• What Mobile Users Expect from Mobile Apps – Daniel Knott – https://www.applause.com/blog/what-mobile-users-expect-from-mobile-apps/
• Why Choose BDD Over Other Test Frameworks? – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2018/05/30/why-choose-bdd-over-other-test-frameworks/
• Why Testers Should Take Control of the AI Narrative: An Interview with Tariq King and Jason Arbon [interview] – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/why-testers-should-take-control-ai-narrative-interview-tariq-king-and-jason-arbon

Automated Testing/Tools/Programming

• 6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Decide What Test Cases to Automate – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/decide-what-test-cases-to-automate/
• Getting Started in Automation – Writing CSV Files – The Rambling Tester – https://ramblingtester.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/getting-started-in-automation-writing-csv-files/
• Hindsight lessons about automation: Models of automation – Viktor Slavchev – https://mrslavchev.com/2018/05/31/hindsight-lessons-about-automation-models-of-automation/
• How to Capture Browser Network Traffic (XHR) with Cypress – Amir Ghahrai – https://www.testingexcellence.com/capture-network-traffic-xhr-cypress/
• Karate API Testing Tool Cheat Sheet – Amir Ghahrai – https://www.testingexcellence.com/karate-api-testing-tool-cheat-sheet/
• Selenium vs FluentLenium – Sławomir Radzymiński – https://www.awesome-testing.com/2018/05/selenium-vs-fluentlenium.html
• Testing with Naughty Strings in Postman – Amber – https://ambertests.com/2018/05/29/testing-with-naughty-strings-in-postman/
• TheWaiter: Waiting for a URL in the Browser to Equal or Contain a String, with Selenium – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/05/29/thewaiter-waiting-for-a-url-in-the-browser-to-equal-or-contain-a-string-with-selenium/
• Visualising test data with ElasticSearch & Kibana – Justin Holsgrove – http://automatedtester.science/visualising-test-data-elasticsearch-kibana/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• 31/5/18 MidsTest Meetup with Bill Matthews – Lee – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/05/31/31-5-18-midstest-meetup-with-bill-matthews/
• 31/5/18 #TestTheBBC – Lee – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/05/31/31-5-18-testthebbc/
• Rapid Software Testing – Kamila Mrozek – https://dragonqa.blog/2018/06/01/rapid-software-testing/
• Seaside adventures in test – Matt Parker – http://www.testingtackled.co.uk/seaside-adventures-in-test/

Miscellaneous

• Book Review: Takeaways from Rob Lambert’s “How To Thrive As A Web Tester” – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2018/05/29/takeaways-from-rob-lamberts-how-to-thrive-as-a-web-tester/
• Podcast: #4 – LoadRunner 12.57, Getting started with Performance Testing – QAInsights Podcast – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/4-loadrunner-12-57-getting-started-with-performance-testing-qainsights-podcast/
• Podcast: 204: Discover Katalon Studio for Test Automation with Raghav Pal – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/204-discover-katalon-studio-for-test-automation-with-raghav-pal/
• Podcast: A Conference Conversation with Ashley Hunsberger and Marcus Merrell – James Espie, Dan Barrow – https://ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/a-conference-conversation-with-ashley-hunsberger-and-marcus-merrell
• Podcast: Ep 24: Sully – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – http://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-24-sully
• Podcast: Episode #80: Dan Bader drops by and we found 30 new Python projects – Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/80/dan-bader-drops-by-and-we-found-30-new-python-projects
• Webinar: [Webinar Recording] Automated Exploratory Testing: Automation of Native Mobile Applications – Addie Ben-Yehuda – https://applitools.com/blog/webinar-recording-automated-exploratory-testing