Testing Bits – May 26th – June 1st, 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 May 26th – June 1st, 2019.

Testing

• 2019/05/28 Be a pirate tester – Lee – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2019/05/28/2019-05-28-be-a-pirate-tester/
• 2019/05/29 What my dream team would look like – Lee – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/2019-05-29-what-my-dream-team-would-look-like/
• 4 tips to tackle common microservices testing problems – Matt Heusser – https://searchmicroservices.techtarget.com/tip/4-tips-to-tackle-common-microservices-testing-problems
• AI Test Challenge Follow Up – Jeff Nymann – http://testerstories.com/2019/05/ai-test-challenge-follow-up/
• Begin With the End in Mind – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/begin-with-the-end-in-mind-365d890f2363
• Building a team path for quality – Bruce – https://undevelopedbruce.com/2019/05/29/building-a-team-path-for-quality/
• Dealing with a Test Manager’s Most Annoying Problems – László Szegedi – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/dealing-test-manager-s-most-annoying-problems

• Dear tester, you will never test like a user behaves – Doron Bar – https://www.testerschoice.pro/single-post/2019/06/01/Dear-tester-you-will-never-test-like-a-user-behaves
• Heads-down DevOps – Arlene Andrews – https://testingindevops.org/heads-down-devops/
• I am Tester, I am Developer – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.duncannisbet.co.uk/i-am-tester-i-am-developer
• Is High Quality Software Worth the Cost? – Martin Fowler – https://martinfowler.com/articles/is-quality-worth-cost.html
• Key Findings from the 2019 DevTestOps Landscape Report – Lisa Crispin – https://www.mabl.com/blog/summary-of-the-devtestops-landscape-report
• Let’s Encourage Live Thinking – James Bach – https://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/94596
• Manual Test Cases vs. Automated Test Cases — who wins? Round 2. – Alexey Sotskov – https://medium.com/practical-software-testing/manual-test-cases-vs-automated-test-cases-who-wins-round-2-a6251e959fa5
• Modern Testing Principles Explained – Brent Jensen – https://testastic.wordpress.com/2019/05/27/modern-testing-principles-explained/
• Muddled Thoughts on Bug Prevention – Richard Bradshaw – https://thefriendlytester.co.uk/2019/05/muddled-thoughts-on-bug-prevention
• Pursuing the Secure Cryptocurrency Wallet – Michael G. Solomon – https://blog.gurock.com/cryptocurrency-wallet/
• Risk Coverage rather than Test Coverage – Thomas Crabtree – https://thomasjcrabtree.wordpress.com/2019/06/01/risk-coverage-rather-than-test-coverage/
• Testing for Developers- Unit Testing Fundamentals – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/unit-testing-fundamentals/
• The Positive Outcomes of Negative Testing – Kristin Jackvony – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/05/27/the-positive-outcomes-of-negative-testing/
• When do I follow? When do I lead? – Duncan Nisbet – http://www.duncannisbet.co.uk/when-do-i-follow-when-do-i-lead
• Why my QA team says no to test cases – Butch Mayhew – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/why-my-qa-team-says-no-test-cases
• You’re Not Praised For The Bugs You Didn’t Create – Fagner Brack – https://medium.com/@fagnerbrack/youre-not-praised-for-the-bugs-you-didn-t-create-ef3df6894d5c

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Adopting a New Tool – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/5-mistakes-tool-adoption/
• #CodeConfident: Angular7 Example App – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/05/codeconfident-angular7-example-app.html
• Current Trends in Automated Software Testing – Laura Haiduck – https://www.threatstack.com/blog/current-trends-in-automated-software-testing
• Detox: Superfast E2E React Native UI Testing – Shashikant Jagtap – https://bitbar.com/blog/detox-superfast-e2e-react-native-ui-testing/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Attention Testers: The 2019 Spring OnlineTestConf is almost here! – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2019/05/30/attention-testers-the-2019-spring-onlinetestconf-is-almost-here/
• Follow up Questions from the Webinar on “Testing without requirements” with Michael Bolton – Omri Berkovich – https://qablog.practitest.com/questions-testing-without-requirements-michael-bolton/
• How to prepare your first conference talk – 2. Planning. – Steve Watson – https://stevethedoc.wordpress.com/2019/05/31/how-to-prepare-your-first-conference-talk-2-planning/
• Meetup And Learn: Testival #49 – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-testival-49/
• Nordic Testing Days – day 1 – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2019/05/nordic-testing-days-day-1.html
• Nordic Testing Days – day 2 – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2019/06/nordic-testing-days-day-2.html

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #47 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/05/27/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-47/
• Podcast: 254: Making Load Testing with Real Browsers a Reality with Tim Koopmans – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/254-tim-koopmans/
• Podcast: Fully Leveraging Agile Test Automation – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/fully-leveraging-agile-test-automation-1/
• Podcast: TDD: Don’t be afraid of Test-Driven Development – Chris May – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/76
• Podcast: What to consider when testing a multicultural application – Rob Lambert, Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/what-to-consider-when-testing-a-multicultural-application

Goals & Personal Reflections

• End of an era – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2019/05/end-of-era.html