Testing Bits – February 17th – February 23rd, 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 February 17th – February 23rd, 2019.

Testing

• Ask Me Anything – Testability – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2019/02/ask-me-anything-testability.html
• Do We Really Need Testers? – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/do-we-need-testers/
• My Remote Retrospective Process – Chris McMahon – http://chrismcmahonsblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/my-remote-retrospective-process.html
• Parkinson’s law in software testing – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/parkinsons-law-in-software-testing-3997e9395a24
• Test Manager’s Role in an Agile Organization – Johanna Rothman – https://blog.gurock.com/test-manager-agile-organization/
• The Eroding Agile Test Pyramid – Wolfgang Platz – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/eroding-agile-test-pyramid
• The Protector Of Value – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2019/02/the-protector-of-value.html

• Who is the tester? – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2019/02/17/who-is-the-tester/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Automate tests with attention to UI, rapid feedback and more – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Automate-tests-with-attention-to-UI-rapid-feedback-and-more
• Automation Testing – Open Source Tools For Mobile Apps – Nicola Gras – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/automation-testing-open-source-tools-mobile-apps-2/
• CloudApp Screenshot Tool Review – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019-02-22-cloudapp-screenshot-tool/
• Easy Free Automation Part VI: Security Tests – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/02/easy-free-automation-part-vi-security.html
• Five Things to Make Your User Interface Tests Better: Bad Practices Cost You Time, Money, and Tears – Jim Holmes – https://blog.gurock.com/user-interface-tests/
• Inspecting Elements for Writing Xpath, CSS Selector in Chrome – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – http://www.abodeqa.com/inspecting-elements-for-writing-xpath-css-selector-in-chrome/
• The New Selenium IDE: See How It Can Turbo-charge Your Testing Efforts – Addie Ben-Yehuda – https://applitools.com/blog/selenium-ide-with-dave-haeffner

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• ETC 2019 – day 1 – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2019/02/etc-2019-day-1.html
• ETC 2019 – day 2 – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2019/02/etc-2019-day-2.html
• ETC Serendipity – Kristīne Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2019/02/18/etc-serendipity/
• European Testing Conference 2019 – Designed for Us – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/02/european-testing-conference-2019-designed-for-us.html
• European Testing Conference SpeedMeet – How To? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2019/02/european-testing-conference-speedmeet.html
• Exploratory Testing Peer conference 2019 (or: ETC 2019, day 3 – sort of) – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2019/02/exploratory-testing-peer-conference.html
• Learning from hitting a brick wall – Lisa Crispin – https://lisacrispin.com/2019/02/19/learning-from-hitting-a-brick-wall/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #33 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/02/18/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-33/
• Podcast: 65: one assert per test – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/65
• Podcast: 241: Automate The Planet with Anton Angelov – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/241-automate-the-planet-with-anton-angelov/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 97: Questions About Developers and Tests – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-97-questions-about-developers-and-tests/
• Podcast: Episode 007 – Finding Tools Special 2019 – The Evil Tester Show – Alan Richardson – https://eviltester.podbean.com/e/the-finding-tools-special-007-the-evil-tester-show/
• Videos: Data Visualization in Test Automation: A Conversation with Greg Paskal – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/data-visualization-test-automation-conversation-greg-paskal