Testing Bits – August 26th – September 1st, 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 August 26th – September 1st, 2018.

Testing

• 7 Ways Monitoring Can Help You Be a Better Tester – Lina Zubyte – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/7-ways-monitoring-can-help-you-be-better-tester
• A BDD worked example – login page – Stuart Ashman – http://qa-matters.com/2018/08/27/a-bdd-worked-example-login-page/
• Assembly Line vs. Release Pipeline – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2018/08/27/release-pipeline/
• Challenges of Being the Team’s Sole Tester – Mike Talks – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/uncategorized/challenges-lone-software-tester/
• Do You Need a Test Column?…. Let’s Talk. – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/do-you-need-a-test-column-lets-talk/
• Hire a software testing team that fits your startup culture – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Hire-a-software-testing-team-that-fits-your-startup-culture
• How to Design a Load Test – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/09/how-to-design-load-test.html

• How to switch career to software testing even if you’re old or from non-IT background – Thanh Huynh – http://www.asktester.com/switch-career-to-software-testing-old-non-it/
• Humility: The Lost Value in Agile Development – Jeff Langr – https://blog.gurock.com/humility-in-agile-development/
• Monolith to Microservices: A Tester’s Perspective – Conor Fitzgerald – http://conorfi.com/software-testing/monolith-to-microservices-a-testers-perspective/
• New York City MTA Subway alternative flows – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/new-york-city-mta-subway-alternative-flows/
• Positive Testing: Meaning and Merits Explained with Real Test Scenarios – Kamila A – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/positive-testing/
• Problem Solving – A hands-on Workshop – Jyothi Rangaiah – https://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2018/08/problem-solving-hands-on-workshop.html
• The Driver-Navigator in Strong-Style Pairing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://medium.com/@maaret.pyhajarvi/the-driver-navigator-in-strong-style-pairing-2df0ecb4f657
• The Testing Strategy – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/the-testing-strategy
• Unconventional Wisdom V14: We Don’t Need No Stinking Requirements, Either – Robin Goldsmith – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/unconventional-wisdom-v14-dont-need-no-stinking-requirements-either/
• What do testers in agile teams do when there is nothing to test? – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2018/08/what-do-testers-in-agile-teams-do-when.html
• What is Functional Testing? Process, Challenges and Best – Hardik Shah – https://www.simform.com/functional-testing/
• Will this bug still be critical 6 months from now? – Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/will-this-bug-still-be-critical-6-months-from-now/

Automated Testing/Programming/Tools

• Postman and Lodash – The perfect partnership – Danny Dainton – https://dannydainton.com/2018/09/01/postman-and-lodash-the-perfect-partnership/
• Simplifying Automation with Visual Validation – Angie Jones – http://angiejones.tech/simplifying-test-automation-with-visual-validation/
• Test Automation ROI Exercises – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/08/test-automation-roi-exercises.html
• Working with Rest Assured Matchers – Darjan Djamtovski – http://blog.darjan-dzamto.com/working-with-rest-assured-matchers/

Miscellaneous

• Book Review: Boxing Clever – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/08/boxing-clever.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #8 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/08/27/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-8/
• Podcast: 217: Selenium Above and Beyond with Andrew Krug – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/217-selenium-above-and-beyond-with-andrew-krug/
• Podcast: Ash Winter – thebusinessoftesting.com – Johan Steyn – https://thebusinessoftesting.podbean.com/e/ash-winter-thebusinessoftestingcom/
• Podcast: Rik Marselis – thebusinessoftesting.com – Johan Steyn – https://thebusinessoftesting.podbean.com/e/rik-marselis-thebusinessoftestingcom/
• Podcast: The Guilty Tester Episode 4 – Maaret Pyhajarvi – Working Together Is Hard – Guilty Tester – http://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/the-guilty-tester-episode-3-maaret-pyhajarvi-working-together-is-hard
• Video: Experiences at STAREAST 2018: An Interview with Michael Sowers – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/experiences-stareast-2018-interview-michael-sowers

Bugs In The Wild

• Votes not found – Ben Simo – http://blog.isthereaproblemhere.com/2018/08/vote-not-found.html