Testing Bits – March 10th – March 16th, 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 March 10th – March 16th, 2019.

Testing

• Chrome Media Query Testing – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019-03-13-responsive-layout-testing-in-chrome/
• Followership – flipside of the leadership coin – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.duncannisbet.co.uk/followership-flipside-of-the-leadership-coin
• Four Reasons You Should Test Input Validation (Even Though It’s Boring) – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/03/four-reasons-you-should-test-input.html
• How testing processes should change when you shift left – Lisa Crispin – https://www.mabl.com/blog/how-testing-processes-should-change-shift-left
• My Testing Philosophy – Kevin Harris – https://kevinharrisblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/14/my-testing-philosophy/
• Quality in the closet – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2019/03/quality-in-closet.html
• Test Tooling Patterns for Solving Problems – Matt Heusser – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/test-tooling-patterns-solving-problems

• Tester’s Diary: What Now, Test Team Lead? – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/testers-diary-test-team-lead/
• The best developers test their code – Trish Khoo – https://trishkhoo.com/2019/03/testyourcode/
• “Turn the Ship Around!” (L. David Marquet) – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/turn-the-ship-around-l-david-marquet/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• #CodeConfident: Serenity Cucumber Practice – Part 3 – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/03/codeconfident-serenity-cucumber-practice-part-3.html
• Automation Guild Answer: Too Many Layers? – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2019/03/13/automation-guild-answer-too-many-layers/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Angie Jones and Anne-Marie Charrett (UKSTAR talks Day 1, Part 1) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/angie-jones-and-anne-marie-charrett-ukstar-talks-day-1-part-1/
• Attending Conferences and Testers learning to code (UKSTAR Huddle Area – Lean Coffee) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/ukstar-huddle-lean-coffee/
• Women in Tech, Diversity and Inclusion (UKSTAR Huddle area discussion) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/03/14/diversity-and-inclusion-iwd-ukstar-huddle-area-discussion/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #36 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/03/11/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-36/
• Podcast: 244: Fast Forward Your Entire Development Cycle with Israel Rogoza and Avishai Moshka – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/244-israel-avishai/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 98: Stuff about Alan and a Mailbag Question – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-98-stuff-about-alan-and-a-mailbag-question/
• Podcast: Code Coverage and Test Coverage – Testing in the Pub Episode 54 – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/testing/code_coverage_and_test_coverage/
• Podcast: How to hire testers – Rob Lambert, Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/how-to-hire-testers/
• Podcast: STPCON Spring 2019 Jason Arbon Machine Learning Nerd Fest – Mark Tomlinson – https://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/stpcon-spring-2019-jason-arbon
• Podcast: STPCON Spring 2019 Michael Bolton Critical Thinking and Asian Foods – Mark Tomlinson – https://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/stpcon-spring-2019-michael-bolton
• Podcast: test && commit || revert (TCR) – Thomas Deniffel – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/68
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Advanced Agile with DevOps – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-advanced-agile-with-devops

30 Days of Testing

• Who You Gonna’ Call? #30DaysOfTesting Testability – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/03/who-you-gonna-call-30daysoftesting.html
• I’m Gonna’ Get Close To You – #30DaysOfTesting Testability – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/03/im-gonna-get-close-to-you.html