Testing Bits – June 30th – July 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 June 30th – July 6th, 2019.

Testing

• 7 pitfalls that could ruin your app testing cycle – Julia Pottinger – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/7-pitfalls-could-ruin-your-app-testing-cycle
• Chain Testing Notes example – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2019/07/chain-testing-notes-example/
• Continuous Testing in DevOps: A gamification approach – Jorge Luis Castro Toribio – https://testingindevops.org/continuous-testing-in-devops-a-gamification-approach/
• Global Mobile Device Landscape Review Q1/2019 – Lingkai Shao – https://bitbar.com/blog/global-mobile-device-landscape-review-q1-2019/
• How to sign off a release as a tester – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/how-to-sign-off-a-release-as-a-tester
• How We Record Testing In The Pub – Stephen Janaway – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/podcast/how-we-record-testing-in-the-pub/
• If Testing is Boring – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/if-testing-is-boring-34f8720ee505

• Maybe You Don’t Need a Date Picker – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2019/07/maybe-you-dont-need-a-date-picker.html
• Q&A With Maryam Umar – http://www.womentesters.com/q-and-a-with-maryam-umar/
• Should Testers Own Quality? – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2019/07/should-testers-own-quality/
• Testing With Non-Relational Databases – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/07/testing-with-non-relational-databases.html
• The Wellspring of Quality- Why debugging conversations and testing ideas is the ultimate quality approach – Stu Johnson – https://wildtests.wordpress.com/2019/07/05/the-wellspring-of-quality-why-debugging-conversations-and-testing-ideas-is-the-ultimate-quality-approach/
• Visualizing Pipelines to Help Build a Quality Culture – Lisa Crispin – https://testingindevops.org/visualizing-pipelines-to-help-build-a-quality-culture/
• When live gives you lemons – don’t let Bobby Drop-Tables steal them – http://testing.pejgan.se/#post8

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Automating BDD Scenarios using SpecFlow (London Tester Gathering Workshop 2019) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/automating-bdd-scenarios-using-specflow-london-tester-gathering-workshop-2019/
• Dealing with a Test Automation Bottleneck – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/dealing-test-automation-bottleneck
• How I Became An Automation Engineer – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2019/07/how-i-became-an-automation-engineer/
• How to Test the Test Automation Framework- Test Infrastructure – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/how-test-test-automation-framework-test-infrastructure/
• Making test automation a reality: part 1 – A1QA – https://www.a1qa.com/blog/making-test-automation-a-reality-part-1/
• Mistakes – The Dreaded Tech Test – Toby Steed – http://www.learnautomation.co.uk/2019/07/mistake-the-dreaded-tech-test/
• My Thoughts on Cypress.io – Alister Scott – https://watirmelon.blog/2019/07/06/my-thoughts-on-cypress-io/
• Quick Tips To Improve Your Selenium Testing With Python – Andrew Elick – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/selenium/quick-tips-to-improve-your-selenium-testing-with-python/
• Tuesday Tip Day – Debugging Failing Tests and Closed Browsers – Toby Steed – http://www.learnautomation.co.uk/2019/07/tuesday-tip-day-debugging-failing-tests-and-closed-browsers/
• What is Exploratory Testing? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://medium.com/@maaret.pyhajarvi/what-is-exploratory-testing-620057cf75b4
• Write a Link Checker in JavaScript – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019/07/02-writing-a-link-checker-in-the-browser/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• 2019/07/02 Why I run a meetup – Lee Marshall – https://thepiratetester.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/2019-07-02-why-i-run-a-meetup/
• 2019/07/04 EventStorming at LTG – Lee Marshall – https://thepiratetester.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/2019-07-04-eventstorming-at-ltg/
• Map Your Audience – Han Toan Lim – https://www.mindfultester.com/map-your-audience/
• Non-Working Groups – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2019/07/non-working-groups.html
• Test Leadership Congress – Mind blowing experience – Ajay Balamrugadas – http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/2019/07/test-leadership-congress-mind-blowing.html

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #51 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/07/01/the-little-tester-stories-in-testing-51/
• MindMap: Testing strategy in system level – Doron Bar – https://www.testerschoice.pro/single-post/2019/07/06/Testing-strategy-in-system-level
• Podcast: 259: New Way To Learn Test Automation with Angie Jones – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/259-angie-jones/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 104: Leading Quality (with Ron Cummings-John) – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-104-leading-quality-with-ron-cummings-john/
• Podcast: Leading Quality – Episode 55 – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/interview/leading-quality-episode-55/