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 April 21st – April 27th, 2019.
Testing
- Accessibility… What About Autism? – Matt Parker – http://www.testingtackled.co.uk/accessibility-what-about-autism/
- Apply these types of code coverage to squash most bugs – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Apply-these-types-of-code-coverage-to-squash-most-bugs
- Assumptions of the Test Pyramid – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/assumptions-of-the-test-pyramid/
- Agile Elitism – Undoing the Good – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2019/04/23/agile-elitism-undoing-the-good/
- Do I really need to test this? – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/do-i-really-need-to-test-this/
- #CodeConfident: FizzBuzz – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/04/codeconfident-fizzbuzz.html
- #CodeConfident: Rest Practice – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/04/codeconfident-rest-practice.html
- How to Write Good Bug Reports And Gather Quality Metrics Data – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/bug-reports-quality-metrics/
- Innovation in Testing – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2019/04/21/innovationintesting/
- Learning From Failure: The Tricky iOS Environment – Mel Eadon – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2019/04/learning-from-failure-tricky-ios.html
- Regression Testing Redux – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/regression-testing-redux/
- Testers, DevOps, and Enabling Digital Transformation – Gerie Owen – https://testingindevops.org/testers-devops-and-enabling-digital-transformation/
- Testing is evolving. You should too! – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/testing-is-evolving-you-should-too/
- The Difficult Journey – Building Quality Software – Brad Thompson – http://thinktesting.com/articles/difficult-journey-building-quality-software/
- The Test Leadership Leap! an intro (part1-Leadership series) – Toyer Mamojee – https://toyerm.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/the-test-leadership-leap-an-intro-part1-leadership-series/
- Time Management for Testers (and Everyone) – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/04/time-management-for-testers-and-everyone.html
- Thoughts from a TDD kata mob – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2019/04/thoughts-from-a-tdd-kata-mob/
- Three Techniques for Better Dev-Tester Collaboration on UI Testing – Jim Holmes – https://blog.gurock.com/3-tips-test-dev-collab/
- Use the Rejected Defect Ratio to Improve Bug Reporting – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/use-rejected-defect-ratio-improve-bug-reporting
Test Automation/Programming/Tools
- 7 ways to tidy up your test code – Angie Jones – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/7-ways-tidy-your-test-code
- A B C, V R T – Bruce – https://undevelopedbruce.com/2019/04/21/a-b-c-v-r-t/
- Approaching your automation – with measured awareness! – Toyer Mamoojee – https://qablog.practitest.com/approaching-your-automation-with-measured-awareness/
- Test automation is not a project, it’s a process – Nicolas Canseco – https://medium.com/@Nitcheasatester/test-automation-is-not-a-project-its-a-process-3f623a4e87
Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- STAREAST preview: 3 testing trends to watch – Matthew Heusser – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/stareast-preview-3-testing-trends-watch
Miscellaneous
- Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #42 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/04/22/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-42/
- Podcast: 250: Pushing Security Testing Left, Like a Boss with Tanya Janca – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/250-tanya-janca/
- Podcast: Managing global testing teams – Rob Lambert, Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/managing-global-testing-teams/
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