Testing Bits – January 6th – January 12th, 2019

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 January 6th – January 12th, 2019.

Testing

• Eff the user – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2019/01/eff-user.html
• Hire Your Test Specialists First – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2019/01/hire-your-test-specialists-first/
• How My Testers Help Me – Beren Van Daele – https://isleoftesting.com/2019/01/06/how-my-testers-help-me/
• How Testers Can Be Truly Agile – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/truly-agile-testing/
• Instead of shifting testing to the left – move it there completely! – John Andrews – https://testingfromthehip.wordpress.com/2019/01/07/instead-of-shifting-testing-to-the-left-move-it-there-completely/
• Leveraging Machine Learning to Predict Test Coverage – Bhavani Ramasubbu – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/leveraging-machine-learning-predict-test-coverage
• Mister blue sky is living here today… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2019/01/09/mister-blue-sky-is-living-here-today/

• My Personal Leadership Values – Simon Prior – https://priorsworld.wordpress.com/2019/01/07/my-personal-leadership-values/
• Pro/Con Critical Evaluation – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/2019/01/pro-con-but-what-if.html
• Q&A with Paul Maxwell-Walters – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2019/01/10/qa-with-paul-maxwell-walters/
• QA Detective Story: Tom Hertz, the first Test PI, and the transaction failure mystery – Doron Bar – https://www.testerschoice.pro/single-post/2019/01/10/Tom-Hertz-the-first-Test-PI-and-the-transaction-fail-mystery
• Spice Up Your Testing Data – Boil em, Mash em, Stick em in a Stew! – Alex Landis – https://lordofthetestthings.wordpress.com/2019/01/10/spice-up-your-testing-data-boil-em-mash-em-stick-em-in-a-stew/
• The Life And Death Of A Product Startup – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2019/01/the-life-and-death-of-product-startup.html
• Top Software Testing Trends To Follow in 2019 – Remya R – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/software-testing-trends/
• Why Do We Avoid Pain? – Michael Fritzius – http://archdevops.com/2019/01/09/why-do-we-avoid-pain/

Automated Testing/Programming/Tools

• 5 Ways to Fail With Your Test Automation – Daniel Gold – http://www.danielgold.net/2019/01/5-ways-to-fail-with-your-test-automation.html
• Adding console error log verification to Selenium tests using Chrome – Sławomir Radzymiński – https://www.awesome-testing.com/2019/01/adding-console-error-log-verification.html
• Automation Wheel Strategy: Moving from What to How to When to Where – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/01/automation-wheel-strategy-moving-from.html
• Best browser add-ons for Testing part. 2 – Gustavo Rivera – http://gustavorivera.com.mx/en/2019/01/06/best-browser-add-ons-for-testing-part-2/
• Debugging Selenium Test how to leave the browse open – Maciej Wyrodek – https://thebrokentest.com/debugging-selenium-test-how-to-leave-the-browse-open/
• How to create self-documenting reports in a Selenium project (ebook) – Alex Siminuic – https://seleniumjava.com/2019/01/09/how-to-create-self-documenting-reports-in-a-selenium-project/
• Keeping Dry or Staying Damp? When to Parametrize Tests – Josh Grant – http://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/181925731135/keeping-dry-or-staying-damp-when-to-parametrize
• Leveraging Code Kata as a Tester – Jim Holmes – https://blog.gurock.com/code-kata-testing/
• Ruby Has Lost It’s Sparkle – Matt Griscomm – http://www.metaautomation.net/metaautomation-blog/ruby-has-lost-its-sparkle
• Running a Taurus Http Performance test in TeamCity using Docker – Pete Bartlett – https://thesneakytester.com/2019/01/07/running-a-taurus-http-performance-test-in-teamcity-using-docker/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #27 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/01/07/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-27/
• Podcast: 62: Python Training – Reuven Lerne – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/62
• Podcast: 235: OpenTest Automation Framework with Adrian Theodorescu – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/235-opentest-adrian/
• Video: Mining a Data Lake to Improve Analysis of Your Test Automation Data: An Interview with Greg Paskal – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/mining-data-lake-improve-analysis-your-test-automation-data-interview-greg-paskal

30 Days of Testing

• 30 Days of Security Testing – Day Twenty-Five – Mike Clarke – https://mikethetesternz.wordpress.com/2019/01/07/30-days-of-security-testing-day-twenty-five/

Goals & Personal Reflections

• 2018 in retrospect – PART 4 – Maria Kedemo – https://mkedemo.wordpress.com/2019/01/07/2018-in-retrospect-part-4/
• 2018 in retrospect – The last post – Maria Kedemo – https://mkedemo.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/2018-in-retrospect-the-last-post/
• 2018 In Review – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2019/01/2018-in-review/
• A new perspective – Steve Watson – https://stevethedoc.wordpress.com/2019/01/07/a-new-perspective/
• Achieve the why by doing the how – Gregory Paciga – http://gregorytesting.ca/2019/01/achieve-the-why-by-doing-the-how/
• Samanta Cicilia’s Year as a Tester 2018 – Samanta Cicilia – http://www.womentesters.com/samanta-cicilias-year-as-a-tester-2018/