Testing Bits – February 24th – March 2nd, 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 24th – March 2nd, 2019.

Testing

• 3 Testing Practices We Should All Stop – Ajay Balamurugadas – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/3-testing-practices-we-should-all-stop
• Button Defect Deep Dive Demo – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019-02-27-button-defect-investigation/
• CounterStrings Demo – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019-02-26-counterstrings-in-action
• Defect Deep Dive Demo – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019-02-27-defect-investigation-deep-dive/
• Don’t Be a Prick – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2019/02/dont-be-prick.html
• Hire testers with a mix of technical skills and hutzpah – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Hire-testers-with-a-mix-of-technical-skills-and-hutzpah
• How a Tester Can Build a Professional Portfolio – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/tester-professional-portfolio/

• Move into better QA with shift left and shift right testing – Ryan Black – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/Move-into-better-QA-with-shift-left-and-shift-right-testing
• Testing in the Galaxy- Chapter 3 – “From a small zombie cow to the perfect gift. Gift Testing Service” – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/testing-galaxy-gift-testing-service/
• The Fidelity Curve: weigh the costs and benefits of different approaches in test cases design – Alexey Sotskov – https://medium.com/practical-software-testing/the-fidelity-curve-how-to-weigh-the-costs-and-benefits-of-test-cases-design-3d5ae40aa343
• URL Query Param Viewing – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/2019/02/view-url-query-params-using-dev-tools.html
• What Could Kill Testing? – James Bach – http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/5290
• When testing web features doesn’t matter – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2019/02/24/when-testing-web-features-doesnt-matter/
• Why Create Bug Free Software? – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2019/02/27/why-create-bug-free-software/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 16 reasons why to use Selenium IDE in 2019 (and 2 why you shouldn’t) – Al Sargent – https://applitools.com/blog/why-selenium-ide-2019
• Automation testing of Text to Speech web app – Rohan Joshi – https://qxf2.com/blog/automation-testing-text-to-speech-web-app/
• Easy Free Automation Part VII: Load Tests – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/03/easy-free-automation-part-vii-load-tests.html
• Froglogic’s Squish for management and execution of automated GUI tests – Barnaby Dracup – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/froglogics-squish-for-management-and-execution-of-automated-gui-tests/
• Integration of critical selenium test cases with OWASP ZAP – Bhavarth Kandoria – https://medium.com/@bhavarth33/integration-of-critical-selenium-test-cases-with-owasp-zap-c367fb3f57a9
• Neodymium – An Open Source Framework for Web Testing – Rene – https://blog.xceptance.com/2019/02/26/neodymium-an-open-source-framework-for-web-testing/
• Powerful Test Automation Practices: Part 2 – Lisa Crispin, Steve Vance – https://www.mabl.com/blog/powerful-test-automation-practices-pt-2
• Speed Up Automated Parallel Testing In Selenium With TestNG – Sadhvi Singh – https://qavibes.blogspot.com/2019/02/speed-up-automated-parallel-testing-in.html
• Test Automation Reporting with Azure DevOps CI in .NET Projects – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/test-automation-reporting-azuredevopsci/
• Top 5 Challenges of Automation in Retail Testing – Pradeep Parthiban – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/top-5-challenges-of-automation-in-retail-testing/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Exploratory Testing: Peer Conference #ET19 – Kristīne Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2019/02/25/exploratory-testing-peer-conference/
• Test:Fest 2019 a short relation – Maciej Wyrodek – https://thebrokentest.com/testfest-2019-a-short-relation/
• What can we learn about testing from our pets? #EuroTestConf open space – Lisa Crispin – https://lisacrispin.com/2019/02/28/what-can-we-learn-about-testing-from-our-pets-eurotestconf-open-space/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #34 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/02/25/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-34/
• Podcast: 242: Front-end Architecture Making a Way for Testing with Fabio Nolasco – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/242-fabio-nolasco/
• Podcast: 243: Creating Klassi Frameworks with Larry Goddard – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/243-larry-goddard/
• Podcast: Episode 008 – What is Software Testing? – The Evil Tester Show – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/show/008-what-is-testing/
• Podcast: Master Test Plan – Rob Lambert, Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/master-test-plan/
• Podcast: One Key Idea: Selenium Test Automation – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/one-key-idea-selenium-test-automation/
• Podcast: STPCON Spring 2019 Nancy Kelln Exploratory Geocaching – Mark Tomlinson – https://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/stpcon-spring-2019-nancy-kelln
• Podcast: STPCON Spring 2019 Paul Grizzaffi Card Tricks and Ginger Zinc – Mark Tomlinson – https://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/stpcon-spring-2019-paul-grizzaffi
• Podcast: The Guilty Tester – Episode 10 – All By Myself – Dave Duke – http://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/the-guilty-tester-episode-10-all-by-myself
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Digital Transformation – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-digital-transformation
• Video: Emotional Intelligence in Testing: An Interview with Julie Gardiner – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/emotional-intelligence-testing-interview-julie-gardiner