Testing Bits – July 7th – July 13th, 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 July 7th – July 13th, 2019.

Testing

• AI in Testing: The Future is Here – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/ai-testing-future/
• An abdication of managerial responsibility? – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/an-abdication-of-managerial-responsibility/
• Defect Triage – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/defect-triage
• Five Practices to Enhance Your Everyday Meetings (Using Design Sprint Exercises) – Justin Mertes – https://medium.com/ideas-by-crema/five-practices-to-enhance-your-everyday-meetings-using-design-sprint-exercises-blog-crema-ee82620c854
• Is “QA” too narrow? – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2019/07/is-qa-too-narrow/
• Meta: The Next Level in Your Written Test Reports – Helena Jeret-Mäe – https://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/meta-the-next-level-in-your-written-test-reports/
• Shift Left or Shift Right – Discovering what is in the bottle – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/shift-left-or-shift-right-discovering-what-is-in-the-bottle/

• Test Everywhere: A Journey into DevOps and Continuous Testing – Anastasios Daskalopoulos – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/test-everywhere-journey-devops-and-continuous-testing
• Testability Power Hour! – Ash Winter – http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2019/07/testability-power-hour.html
• The Inherent Meaning Of TEST – Nicola Gras – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/the-inherent-meaning-of-test/
• You say either and I say either You say neither and I say neither… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2019/07/10/you-say-either-and-i-say-either-you-say-neither-and-i-say-neither/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• #CodeConfident: Journey – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/07/codeconfident-journey.html
• Automating and Validating an API from Spec – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019/07/12-openapi-tooling-validation/
• Handling Authentication Requests with Selenium: Epilogue – Jim Evans – https://jimevansmusic.blogspot.com/2019/07/handling-authentication-requests-epilogue.html
• How to Test the Test Automation Framework- Types of Tests – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/how-test-test-automation-framework-types-tests/
• Moving from Manual to Automated Tests – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/move-manual-automated/
• New technology, new tools… new automation strategies? – Lisa Crispin, Steve Vance – https://www.mabl.com/blog/new-technology-new-tools…-new-automation-strategies
• Selenium – Headless Webdriver Tests – Toby Steed – http://www.learnautomation.co.uk/2019/07/selenium-headless-webdriver-tests/
• Unbloating the UI automation – Steve Burton – https://www.testersfindaway.com/2019/07/11/unbloating-the-ui-automation/
• Visual Tests are Still Code – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/visual-tests-are-still-code/
• Why I joined Applitools: Dave Haeffner – Michael Afek – https://applitools.com/blog/team-dave-haeffner

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Agile Testing Days 2018: A Reflection – Elizabeth Zagroba – https://medium.com/@ezagroba/agile-testing-days-2017-a-reflection-2ea505b09eec
• Agile Testing Days USA, Thoughts on the 2019 event – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2019/07/agile-testing-days-usa-thoughts-on-2019.html
• Meetup And Learn: Automating Pragmatically And Data Analytics – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-automating-pragmatically-and-data-analytics/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: S – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2019/07/hiding-bugs.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #52 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/07/08/the-little-tester-51/
• Podcast: 260: Python Test Automation with Andrew Knight – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/260-andrew-knight/
• Podcast: How to share data generated by users in testing? – Rob Lambert, Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/how-to-share-data-generated-by-users-in-testing
• Video: Bringing AI into Testing: An Interview with Jeremias Rößler – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/bringing-ai-testing-interview-jeremias-r-ler
• Video: Utilizing Containers to Improve Your Production Outcomes: An Interview with Melissa Benua – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/utilizing-containers-improve-your-production-outcomes-interview-melissa-benua