Testing Bits – October 7th – October 13th, 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 October 7th – October 13th, 2018.

Testing

• 4 Ways to Stay Relevant in Testing – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/stay-relevant-in-testing/
• Are mini-waterfalls to be counted as Agile? –  Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/are-mini-waterfalls-agile/
• Creating a Test Strategy – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2726
• Evaluating and Empowering Testers in Agile Teams – Lalitkumar Bhamare – http://www.talesoftesting.com/blog/evaluating-and-empowering-testers-in-agile-teams
• Finding the work that needs doing in a multi-team testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/finding-work-that-needs-doing-in-multi.html
• First Month As QA Lead In A Startup – 6 Pieces Of Advice – Dawid Dylowicz – https://morethantesting.com/first-month-as-qa-lead-in-a-startup/
• Heuristics for Hiring Specialist Testers – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/10/heuristics-for-hiring-specialist-testers/

• How to Survive in a Fast Paced World Without Being Shallow – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/how-to-survive-in-fast-paced-world.html
• Last Minute Web Testing Checklist for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the Holiday Season – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/web-testing-checklist/
• Testing Blockchain Apps: This Isn’t Your Father’s Unit Test – Michael Solomon – https://blog.gurock.com/testing-blockchain-apps/
• Testing Tour Stop #22: Pair Exploring an Online Drawing Application with Rachel – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/10/testing-tour-stop-22-pair-exploring-an-online-drawing-application-with-rachel.html
• Testing With Fun – Memes (Series 1) – Yog Vaish – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2018/10/testing-with-fun-memes-series-1.html
• The dragons of the unknown; part 1 – corporate bureaucracies – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2018/10/12/facing-the-dragons/
• The Power of Pretesting – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-power-of-pretesting.html
• The Sacrifices of the Servant Leader – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2018/10/the-sacrifices-of-servant-leader.html
• The Way of the Tester: 4. Know the Ways of all professions. – Robert Day – https://probetesting700171536.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/the-way-of-the-tester-4-know-the-ways-of-all-professions/
• The Way of the Tester: 5. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. – Robert Day – https://probetesting700171536.wordpress.com/2018/10/09/the-way-of-the-tester-5-distinguish-between-gain-and-loss-in-worldly-matters/
• The Way of the Tester: 6. Develop an intuitive judgement and understanding for everything. – Robert Day – https://probetesting700171536.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/the-way-of-the-tester-6-develop-an-intuitive-judgement-and-understanding-for-everything/
• What is Grey Box Testing? – Jake Bartlett – https://blog.testlodge.com/what-is-grey-box-testing/
• When DevOps Gets Lost in Translation – Matthew Heussser – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/when-devops-gets-lost-translation
• Why You Need Continuous Testing in DevOps – Tom Alexander – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/why-you-need-continuous-testing-devops

Automated Testing/Programming/Tools

• All your automated tests should fail – Greg Paciga – http://gregorytesting.ca/2018/10/all-your-automated-tests-should-fail/
• Applitools Match Levels: Exact, Strict, Content, and Layout – Nikolay Advolodkin – https://www.ultimateqa.com/applitools-match-levels/
• Contributing code to GitHub projects – Indira Nellutla – https://qxf2.com/blog/github-workflow-contributing-code-using-fork/
• Getting Started with Appium for Android C# in 10 Minutes – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/getting-started-appium-android-csharp/
• Getting Started With Cucumber BDD For Automation Testing – Samanatha Brown – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/getting-started-with-cucumber-bdd-for-automation-testing/
• How To Run Your Tests with Headless Chrome – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2018/10/how-to-run-your-tests-with-headless-chrome-ruby-version/
• Making API Testing Simple with Katalon Studio – Remya R – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/katalon-studio/
• The Automated Regression Suite. Part 1 of 3. When to Create the Tests for Regression – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/10/11/the-automated-regression-suite-part-1-of-3-when-to-create-the-tests-for-regression/
• Xpath in automation testing – Darjan Djamtovski – http://blog.darjan-dzamto.com/xpath-in-automation-testing/
• Your automation testing strategy: pyramids, triangles and beyond – Lisa Crispin – https://www.mabl.com/blog/your-automation-testing-strategy

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• My Goodness – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-goodness.html
• Testival 2018, Vukovar, Croatia – Željko Filipin – https://filipin.eu//testival-2018

PNSQC Live Blogging Coverage Day 1

• Automating Next-Generation Interfaces – a #pnsqc Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/automating-next-generation-interfaces.html
• Effective CI – a #pnsqc live blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/efffective-ci-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• Follow the Road to Quality – a #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/follow-road-to-quality-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• How Do We Fix Test Automation? – a #pnsqc Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/how-do-we-fix-test-automation-pnsqc.html
• Mobile Testing Beyond Physical Reach – a #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/mobile-testing-beyond-physical-reach.html

PNSQC Live Blogging Coverage Day 2

• Adventures in Modern Testing – a #PNSQC Live Blog From #OneOfTheThree – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/adventures-in-modern-testing-pnsqc-live.html
• Rise of the Machines – a #pnsqc live blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/rise-of-machines-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• Risk Based Testing – a #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/risk-based-testing-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• Talking About Quality – a #PNSQC Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/talking-about-quality-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• Testing all the World’s Apps – a #pnsqc Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/testing-all-worlds-apps-pnsqc-live-blog.html
• The Do Nots of Software Testing – a #pnsqc Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/the-do-nots-of-software-testing-pnsqc.html
• The Lost Art of Live Communication – a #pnsqc Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2018/10/the-lost-art-of-live-communication.html

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #14 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/10/08/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-14/
• Podcast: 48: A GUI for pytest – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/48
• Podcast: 223: Testing Dream Journaling (Smashing Sand Castles) with Noemi Ferrera – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/223-testing-dream-journaling-smashing-sand-castles-with-noemi-ferrera
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 91: Stories and Models and Things – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-91-stories-and-models-and-things/
• Podcast: Two Case Studies in Non-GUI Test Automation – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/two-case-studies-in-non-gui-test-automation/