Testing Bits – March 17th – March 22nd, 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 17th – March 22nd, 2019.

Testing

• 11 Essential Traits to become a Great Leader – Raj Subramanian – http://www.rajsubra.com/2019/03/20/11-essential-traits/
• 78 Interview Questions for .NET Software Developer in Test – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/interview-questions-software-developer-test/
• A Tester’s Story: Adapting to the new world of pipelines – Parveen Khan – https://testingindevops.org/a-testers-story-adapting-to-the-new-world-of-pipelines/
• Being wrong is actually Great! – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/being-wrong-is-actually-great/
• Cookie Testing – How to Test Cookies on Websites – Jithin Nair – https://blog.testlodge.com/cookie-testing/
• Embracing Change – Testing to Agile – Leah Stockley – https://www.inspiredtester.com/inspired-tester-blog/embracing-change-testing-to-agile
• Escape the Consultant Trap – Mindful Tester – https://www.mindfultester.com/escape-the-consultant-trap/

• Guilty Pleasure – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2019/03/guilty-pleasure.html
• Is All Testing Exploratory? A Slack Takeover with Michael Bolton – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/all-testing-exploratory-slack-takeover-michael-bolton
• I’ve got the skills to pay the bills… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2019/03/21/ive-got-the-skills-to-pay-the-bills/
• Manual testing in DevOps & QA – Barnaby Dracup – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/manual-testing-in-devops-qa/
• Overcoming Challenges to Good Test Documentation – Steven Panella – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/overcoming-challenges-good-test-documentation
• Software Tester Responsibilities In Agile Project – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/software-tester-responsibilities-in-agile-project/
• The Question Not Asked – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2019/03/18/the-question-not-asked/
• Three Ways to Test Output Validation – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/03/three-ways-to-test-output-validation.html
• What is BDD, And How Do We Practice It? – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2019/03/19/what-is-bdd-and-how-do-we-practice-it/
• What Is Scrum? – Alison Renfro – https://medium.com/ideas-by-crema/what-is-scrum-3d2e5263c5c6
• Wondering how much it matters: initial load of page – KC – https://testkeis.wordpress.com/2019/03/21/wondering-how-much-it-matters-initial-load-of-page/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Creating a Bunch of Test Automation Scripts Is a Waste of Money – QA Revolution – http://www.qarevolution.com/creating-a-bunch-of-test-automation-scripts-is-a-waste-of-money/
• CSS selectors guidelines for smooth test automation with Selenium – Davide Moro – http://davidemoro.blogspot.com/2019/03/css-selectors-guidelines-test-automation-selenium.html
• CSS Wildcard Selectors – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/css-wildcard-selectors/
• How to visually test VueJS apps using Cypress.io and Applitools [step-by-step tutorial] – Bilal Haidar – https://applitools.com/blog/test-vuejs-cypress-io-applitools
• Python 3.x – Using sets to parse log data – Sunjeet Khokhar – https://thereluctanttester.com/2019/03/20/python-3-x-using-sets-to-parse-log-data/
• Scriptless Test Automation Framework: Benefits & Myths With Examples – Remya R – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/scriptless-test-automation-framework-tools/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Kevlin Henney at the “Software Art Thou?” meetup (Melbourne, 7th March 2019) – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/kevlin-henney-at-the-software-art-thou-meetup-melbourne-7th-march-2019/
• Peet Michielsen, Joep Schuurkes and Viv Richards (UKSTAR talks Day 1, Part 2) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/03/22/peet-michielsen-joep-schuurkes-and-viv-richards-ukstar-talks-day-1-part-2/
• SMELL – self-education conference – participant reflections – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2019/03/smell-self-education-conference_19.html
• These are my confessions…..(as a Huddler) – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2019/03/18/these-are-my-confessions-as-a-huddler/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #37 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/03/18/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-37/
• Podcast: 245: Performance Testing in 2019 with PerfGuild – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/245-perfguild/
• Podcast: One Key Idea: Measuring Defect Detection Effectiveness – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/webinar-one-key-idea-measuring-defect-detection-effectiveness/
• Podcast: STPCON Spring 2019 Brendan Connolly Panoramic Cheesesteak – Mark Tomlinson – https://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/stpcon-spring-2019-brendan-conolly
• Podcast: “Teacher, Teacher, Bugs Ate My Deadline,” and Other Defect Management Disasters – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/teacher-teacher-bugs-ate-my-deadline-and-other-defect-management-disasters/
• Podcast: The Why Special – do you ask why? How else can you ask questions that get results? – Alan Richardson – https://eviltester.podbean.com/e/the-why-special-do-you-ask-why-how-else-can-you-ask-questions-that-get-results/
• Video: The Glamour Is Back in Testing: An Interview with Dona Sarkar – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/glamour-back-testing-interview-dona-sarkar