This week we are back on schedule and what a busy week it was from the blogging community. 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 July 29th – August 4th, 2018.
Testing
- 7 Ways Testers Contribute to Quality – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/testers-contribute-to-quality/
- 2018/07/30 Bloggers Club: What do you know about your job that the general public don’t? – The Growing Tester – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/2018-07-30-bloggers-club-what-do-you-know-about-your-job-that-the-general-public-dont/
- A Vigilante For Quality vs Bridging The Us VS Them Gap – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-vigilante-for-quality-vs-bridging-us.html
- API Testing is Exploratory Testing – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2018/07/30/api-testing-is-exploratory-testing/
- Can an AI Become a Tester? – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/08/can-an-ai-become-a-tester/
- Coping With The Crunch – Justin Rohrman – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/coping-with-the-crunch/
- Exercise – how many ways to count the values in a json array returned from a REST API call? – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/07/exercise-json-array-length.html
- Exploratory Testing on an API? (Part 3) – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/07/exploratory-testing-on-an-api-part-3/
- How I Can Help You Today? – Darryn Downey – https://thoughtsontest.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/how-i-can-help-you-today/
- How to Test Insurance Domain Application – Prathibha – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/test-insurance-domain-application/
- In defence of time over story points – Greg Paciga – http://gregorytesting.ca/2018/07/in-defence-of-time-over-story-points/
- Inadequate Software Testing Jeopardized Elections in Pakistan, Why? – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2018/07/30/inadequate-software-testing-jeopardized-elections-in-pakistan-why/
- Interviewing for new testers – advice from the community – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2018/08/interviewing-for-new-testers-advice-from-the-community/
- Learning without Asking: Breaking into a New Testing Field – Laura Oniga – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/learning-without-asking-breaking-new-testing-field
- Mobile Testing Part II: Manual Mobile Testing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/08/mobile-testing-part-ii-manual-mobile.html
- Modelling for Testers – Stu Croker – https://dragonsforelevenses.com/2018/07/31/modelling-for-testers/
- Observability meet Qualtability – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2018/08/02/observability-meet-qualtability/
- Q&A with Rosie Sherry – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2018/07/31/qa-with-rosie-sherry/
- QA Is More Than Being a Tester – Amanda Perkins – https://www.stickyminds.com/better-software-magazine-article/qa-more-being-tester
- Robust test data management strategies – Jane Karger – http://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/robust-test-data-management-strategies/
- Seeing what is Right when Everyone Seems Happy with Wrong – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/08/seeing-what-is-right-when-everyone.html
- Stop thinking like a tester – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/07/stop-thinking-like-tester.html
- Testing is Like Fishing – Michael Fritzius – http://archdevops.com/2018/08/01/testing-is-like-fishing-2/
- The line between Exploratory Testing and Managing It – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-line-between-exploratory-testing.html
- The “No Desk” Experiment – Working Closer With My Team – Simon Prior – https://priorsworld.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/the-no-desk-experiment-working-closer-with-my-team/
- The Testing Pyramid – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2018/08/01/the-testing-pyramid/
- Understanding The Context – Jyothi Rangaiah – https://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2018/08/understanding-context.html
- What is Exploratory Testing? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://medium.com/@maaret.pyhajarvi/what-is-exploratory-testing-88d967060145
- What is Exploratory Testing — the Programmer Edition – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://blog.usejournal.com/what-is-exploratory-testing-the-programmer-edition-881765411f2c
Automated Testing/Programming/Tools
- Better Test Code, Principles: #6 Dont Create a New Variable For a Value You Will Only Use Once – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/08/02/better-test-code-principles-6-dont-create-a-new-variable-for-a-value-you-will-only-use-once/
- Being Sidetracked – Part 4 – Han Toan Lim – https://www.mindfultester.com/being-sidetracked-part-4/
- Hindsight lessons about automation: Test isolation principle – Viktor Slavchev – https://mrslavchev.com/2018/08/03/hindsight-lessons-about-automation-test-isolation-principle/
- Prune Your Automation! – Michael Fritzius – http://archdevops.com/2018/07/31/prune-your-automation-2/
- TestProject – Sharing Reusable Automation Via Addons – Angie Jones – http://angiejones.tech/testproject-addons/
Miscellaneous
- Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #4 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/07/30/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-4/
- Podcast: 213: Automation in Testing Superfriends with Richard Bradshaw & Mark Winteringham – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/213-automation-testing-richard-bradshaw-mark-winteringham/
- Podcast: Neurodiversity Within Software Testing with Paul Seaman and Lee Hawkins – James Espie, Dan Barrrow – https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/neurodiversity-within-software-testing-with-paul-seaman-and-lee-hawkins
- Podcast: Testers’ Island Discs Ep20 – Mark Winteringham – Neil Studd – https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/testers-island-discs-ep20-mark-winteringham
- Podcast: The Guilty Tester Episode 3 – Christopher Lampert – Not Signing Stuff Off – http://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/the-guilty-tester-episode-3-christopher-lampert-not-signing-stuff-off
- Video: Improving Communication and Social Skills: An Interview with Marcia Buzzella – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/improving-communication-and-social-skills-interview-marcia-buzzella
- Video: Egad! How Do We Start Writing (Better) Tests? – Andrew Knight – https://youtu.be/1eCRJijv1nA
Personal Reflections & Goals
- My first job and what has changed since – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/08/my-first-job-and-what-has-changed-since.html