Testing Bits – March 31st – April 6th, 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 31st – April 6th, 2019.

Testing

• BizDevTestSecHRPRMarketingOpsOps – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/bizdevtestsechrprmarketingopsops/
• Career paths for testing specialists – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2019/04/03/career-paths-for-testing-specialists/
• DevTestOps: It’s alive, but what can testers do to make it alive AND kicking into overdrive! – Toyer Mamojee – https://testingindevops.org/devtestops-its-alive/
• Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/04/logging-monitoring-and-alerting.html
• PBR/Grooming – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2019/04/06/pbr-grooming/
• Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Fundamentals – Amir Ghahrai – https://www.testingexcellence.com/penetration-testing-ethical-hacking/
• Quality at the Speed of DevOps – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/quality-at-the-speed-of-devops/

• Standard platform, operating system and browser recommendations (April 2019) – SpriteCloud – https://www.spritecloud.com/2019/04/standard-platform-operating-system-and-browser-recommendations-april-2019/
• Tester’s Diary: Training Up and Reinforcing Practices – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/training-up-reinforcing-practices/
• The Art of [Unit] Testing – Alexander Todorov – http://atodorov.org/blog/2019/04/05/the-art-of-unit-testing/
• The QA in the DevOps world – Theresa Neate – https://testingindevops.org/the-qa-in-the-devops-world/
• Why continuous testing is so important – Lisa Morgan – https://sdtimes.com/test/why-continuous-testing-is-so-important/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Easy way to test Spring Boot microservices – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2019/04/02/spring-boot-docker-containers/
• How I ran 100 UI tests in just 20 seconds – Bilal Haidar – https://applitools.com/blog/fast-ui-testing
• Lessons Learned Switching Manual Tests to Pytest – László Szegedi – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/lessons-learned-switching-manual-tests-pytest
• Modeling Your Test Automation Strategy (Part 1: Start the conversation!) – Lisa Crispin – https://www.joecolantonio.com/modeling-automation-1/
• Python BDD Framework Comparison – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2019/04/02/python-bdd-framework-comparison/
• Template Method Design Pattern in Automated Testing – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/template-method-design-pattern/
• TestRail Review Tutorial: Learn End-to-End Test Case Management – Remya R – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/testrail-tutorial/
• What Testers Should Be Automating – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/what-to-automate/
• Why test automation is a lot like bubble wrap – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/why-test-automation-is-a-lot-like-bubble-wrap/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Bas Dijkstra, Poornima Shamareddy and Wayne Rutter (UKSTAR talks Day 2, Part 1) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/04/03/bas-dijkstra-poornima-shamareddy-and-wayne-rutter-ukstar-talks-day-2-part-1/
• Jaroslaw Hryszko, Amy Phillips and Bas Dijkstra (UKSTAR talks Day 2, Part 2) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/04/05/jaroslaw-hryszko-amy-phillips-and-bas-dijkstra-ukstar-talks-day-2-part-2/

STPCon – Day 1

• Don’t Make Yourself Obsolete: an #STPCon Quasi Live Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/dont-make-yourself-obsolete-stpcon.html
• One Thing Testers Can Learn from Machine Learning: an #STPCon Live Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/one-thing-testers-can-learn-from.html
• QA/QE Supporting DevOps: an #STPCon Live Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/qaqe-supporting-devops-stpcon-live-blog.html
• Testers as Their Own Worst Enemies: an #STPcon Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/testers-as-their-own-worst-enemies.html
• The Second Arrow: an #STPCon Live-ish Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/the-second-arrow-stpcon-live-ish-blog.html
• Using Agile to Adapt to Changing Goals: an #STPCon Live Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/using-agile-to-adapt-to-changing-goals.html
• What not to Test: an #STPCon Live Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/what-not-to-test-stpcon-live-blog-entry.html

STPCon – Day 2

• Data: What, Why, How??: an #STPCon Live Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/data-what-why-how-stpcon-live-blog-entry.html
• Making the Move to Continuous Testing: a #STPCon Live Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/making-move-to-continuous-testing.html
• Testing all the World’s Apps with AI: an #STPCon Live Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/testing-all-worlds-apps-with-ai-stpcon.html
• Testing Monogatari: a #STPCon Live Blog Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/04/testing-monogatari-stpcon-live-blog.html

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #39 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/04/01/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-39/
• Podcast: 247: Discover The Personality of Your Application with Greg Paskal- Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/247-greg-paskal/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 99: Post-Modern Alan – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-99-post-modern-alan/
• Podcast: The Ultimate Guide To Memorable Tech Talks – Nina Zackarenko – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/71

30 Days of Testing

• Book Review: Team Guide to Software Testability: a #30DaysOfTesting Testability #T9y Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/03/book-review-team-guide-to-software.html
• Grinding Halt: a #30 DaysOfTesting Testability #t9y Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/03/grinding-halt-30-daysoftesting.html
• Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before: a #30DaysOfTesting Testability #T9y Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/03/stop-me-if-you-think-that-youve-heard.html
• Told You So: a #30DaysOfTesting Testability #T9y Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/03/told-you-so-30daysoftesting-testability.html
• Watching the Detectives: a #30DaysOfTesting Testability #T9y Entry – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/03/watching-detectives-30daysoftesting.html