Testing Bits – December 16th – December 22nd, 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 December 16th – December 22nd, 2018.

Testing

• 5 Lessons for Agile Testers from 2018 – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/lessons-for-agile-testers/
• 5 Testing Trends Shaping QA in 2019 – Fahim Sachedina – https://www.globalapptesting.com/blog/5-testing-trends-that-will-shape-2019
• 7 Simple Tips for Better Performance Engineering – Franck Jabbari – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/7-simple-tips-better-performance-engineering
• 2019 Software Testing Trends: Our Top Predictions for the Year Ahead – Lanier Norville – https://www.qasymphony.com/blog/2019-software-testing-trends-top-predictions-year-ahead/
• Application load testing is critical for business success – Amy Reichert – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/Application-load-testing-is-critical-for-business-success
• Automation will slice you up – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/automation-will-slice-you-up-de2a4a9f6da5
• Be Serious – or Die – Anders Dinsen – https://asym.dk/2018/12/18/be-serious-or-die/

• Can We Ever Find All Bugs? – Ingo Philipp – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2018/12/can-we-ever-find-all-bugs
• How Good Testing Improves Security – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2018/12/17/how-good-testing-improves-security/
• How to test internal microservices in a kubernetes cluster – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.com/2018/12/18/how-to-test-internal-microservices-in-a-kubernetes-cluster/
• #NoTesting?? Here’s what it means to me. – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2018/12/17/notesting-heres-what-it-means-to-me/
• Pressing the Green Button – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/12/pressing-the-green-button/
• Reflections on my testing manifesto – Joep Schuurkes – https://testingcurve.wordpress.com/2018/12/22/reflections-on-my-testing-manifesto/
• Tester’s Diary: Reluctant Leadership, Part 1 – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/leadership-test-lead-1/
• Top 10 Guidelines for E-commerce Testing Guidelines – Priya Rani – https://blog.testlodge.com/e-commerce-testing-guidelines/
• Why Being A Game Tester Is Much Harder Than You Think – Nicola Gras – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/game-tester-much-harder-think/
• Why mobile testing is one of the most vital skills a tester can have – Rob Catton – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/why-mobile-testing-is-one-of-the-most-vital-skills-a-tester-can-have/

Automated Testing/Programming/Tools

• Automated cloud testing setup using Selenium grid and Docker Swarm – Indira Nellutla – https://qxf2.com/blog/automating-the-setup-for-cloud-based-testing-with-selenium-grid-and-docker-swarm/
• Basic Capybara-Gauge: Add Chrome and ChromeDriver logging capabilities – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/12/capybara-gauge-6.html
• Basic Capybara-Gauge: Review the Ruby code with Rubocop – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/12/capybara-gauge-7.html
• Basic Capybara-Gauge: Set Up Headless Chrome – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/12/capybara-gauge-4.html
• Basic Capybara-Gauge: Setup Ruby Environments for The-Internet – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/12/capybara-gauge-2.html
• Basic Capybara-Gauge: Setting Up Specs and Step Implementations – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/12/basic-capybara-gauge-setting-up-specs.html
• Basic Capybara-Gauge: Setting Up Capybara to Open a Chrome Browser – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2018/12/capybara-gauge-3.html
• Client-Side Vs. Server-Side Execution For Mobile Test Automation – Shashikant Jagtap – https://bitbar.com/client-side-vs-server-side-execution-for-mobile-test-automation/
• First time Appium configuration in Mac OS X – Gustavo Rivera – http://gustavorivera.com.mx/en/2018/12/19/first-time-appium-configuration-in-mac-os-x/
• How mabl is solving the problems of codeless test automation tools – Eric Tatar – https://www.mabl.com/blog/how-mabl-is-solving-the-problems-of-codeless-test-automation-tools
• RESTful API testing in C# with RestSharp – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/restful-api-testing-in-csharp-with-restsharp/
• Tool review: Katalon Studio – Steve De Clercq – https://www.thedefianttester.be/test-tools/tool-review-katalon-studio/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #24 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2018/12/17/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-24/
• Podcast: 233: A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps with Katrina Clokie – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/233-devops-katrina-clokie/
• Podcast: Niches in Testing – Finding the next step in your career development – Rob Lambert, Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/niches-in-testing/
• Podcast: One Key Idea: Audition Interviews for Testers – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/one-key-idea-audition-interviews-for-testers/
• Podcast: Testing without requirements – Rob Lambert, Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/testing-without-requirements/

30 Days of Testing

• 30 Days of Security Testing – Day Fourteen – Mike Clarke – https://mikethetesternz.wordpress.com/2018/12/21/30-days-of-security-testing-day-fourteen/
• 30 Days of Security Testing – Day Twenty-Four – Mike Clarke – https://mikethetesternz.wordpress.com/2018/12/17/30-days-of-security-testing-day-twenty-four/
• 30 Days of Security Testing – Day Twenty-Eight – Mike Clarke – https://mikethetesternz.wordpress.com/2018/12/18/30-days-of-security-testing-day-twenty-eight/
• 30 Days of Security Testing – Day Thirty! – Mike Clarke – https://mikethetesternz.wordpress.com/2018/12/18/30-days-of-security-testing-day-thirty/

Goals & Personal Reflections

• 2018 in review – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2018/12/21/2018-in-review/
• 2018 – A Crazy Year in Retrospect – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/12/2018-a-crazy-year-in-retrospect.html
• A reflection on 2018 – Steve Watson – https://stevethedoc.wordpress.com/2018/12/21/a-reflection-on-2018/