Testing Bits – September 2nd – September 8th, 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 September 2nd – September 8th, 2018.

Testing

• Behavior-Driven Blasphemy – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2018/09/04/behavior-driven-blasphemy/
• Code Refactoring: Why The Testers Need to Know About It – Kamila A – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/code-refactoring/
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/learning-about-machine-learning-part-1/
• Do you answer your own rhetorical questions? – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/09/answer-rhetorical-questions.html
• Evolve Your Mobile Usability Testing Methods – James Hoshor – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/evolve-your-mobile-usability-testing-methods
• How to sketchnote – the story of Katjasays – Ekaterina Budnikov – https://www.katjasays.com/how-to-sketchnote-the-story-of-katjasays/
• Life after GDPR: Data protection for software tester – Neil Syrett – https://syrett.blog/life-after-gdpr-data-protection-for-software-testers/

• My Testing Principles – Christopher Lampert – https://nevertrustadeveloper.wordpress.com/2018/09/06/my-testing-principles/
• Q&A with Damian Synadinos – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2018/09/05/qa-with-damian-synadinos/
• Round Earth Test Strategy – James Bach – http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/4947
• Tester’s Diary: A New Workflow for New Team Dynamics – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/new-workflow-team-dynamics/
• Testing Tour Stop #18: Mob Exploring with Amitai and codecentric – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/09/testing-tour-stop-18-mob-exploring-with-amitai-and-codecentric.html
• Testing Tour Stop #19: Session-Based Pair Testing with Guna – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/09/testing-tour-stop-19-session-based-pair-testing-with-guna.html
• Three Years of Working From Home – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.blog/2018/09/07/three-years-of-working-from-home/
• Usability and Accessibility Testing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/09/usability-and-accessibility-testing.html
• What does a tester do? – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/what-does-a-tester-do
• Whose fault is it? – Jean-Pierre Lambert – https://jp-lambert.me/whose-fault-is-it-697c21c3915f

Automated Testing/Programming/Tools

• Explore the Brand-New Katalon Studio’s Smart Xpath Generator – Katalon Studio Team – http://www.abodeqa.com/explore-the-brand-new-katalon-studios-smart-xpath-generator/
• Have It Your Way: Hamburger Automation Comes With A Price – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2018/09/03/have-it-your-way-hamburger-automation-comes-with-a-price/
• If Appium had a Brain – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/if-appium-had-a-brain-92ab9bed9e4d
• Selenium Interview Questions You Should be Prepared to Answer – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/selenium-interview-questions/

Miscellaneous

• Book Review: Lessons from Kent Beck and Martin Fowler’s “Planning Extreme Programming” – Jason Ogayon – https://onesoftwaretester.wordpress.com/2018/09/04/lessons-from-kent-beck-and-martin-fowlers-planning-extreme-programming/
• Book Review: The Phoenix Project & the value of anecdotes – Gregory Paciga – http://gregorytesting.ca/2018/09/the-phoenix-project-the-value-of-anecdotes/
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #9 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/09/03/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-9/
• Podcast: 46: Testing Hard To Test Applications – Anthony Shaw – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/46
• Podcast: 218: Driving Innovation in Testing at Mabl with Lisa Crispin – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/218-driving-innovation-in-testing-at-mabl-with-lisa-crispin/
• Podcast: Kyle Siemens – thebusinessoftesting.com – Johan Steyn – https://thebusinessoftesting.podbean.com/e/kyle-siemens-thebusinessoftestingcom/
• Podcast: The Workarounds Special – 006 – The Evil Tester Show – Alan Richardson – https://eviltester.podbean.com/e/the-workarounds-special-006-the-evil-tester-show/
• Podcast: Thomas Meißner – thebusinessoftesting.com – Johan Steyn – https://thebusinessoftesting.podbean.com/e/thomas-meisner-thebusinessoftestingcom/
• Video: Testing Your Metal: An Interview with Paul Grizzaffi – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/testing-your-metal-interview-paul-grizzaffi

Bugs In The Wild

• No Camera Found – Ben Simo – https://blog.isthereaproblemhere.com/2018/09/no-camera-found.html
• No Snacks! – Ben Simo – https://blog.isthereaproblemhere.com/2018/08/no-snacks.html
• This package will run a program – Ben Simo – https://blog.isthereaproblemhere.com/2018/08/this-package-will-run-program.html
• White on White – Ben Simo – https://blog.isthereaproblemhere.com/2018/08/white-on-white.html