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 14th – July 20th, 2019.
Testing
- Bugs on a Keyboard: Testing IRL Part 3 – Cassandra H. Leung – https://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/bugs-on-a-keyboard-testing-irl-part-3/
- Concentrate. – Bruce – https://undevelopedbruce.com/2019/07/19/concentrate/
- How To Create An Awesome Career In Software Testing – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/how-to-create-an-awesome-career-in-software-testing/
- How to form a regression testing plan with these 5 questions – Mike Kelly – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/How-to-conduct-regression-tests
- How to meet QA responsibilities during a software tester shortage – George Lawton – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/How-to-meet-QA-responsibilities-during-a-software-tester-shortage
- How to succeed when including developers in your testing approach – Joel Montvelisky – https://www.mabl.com/blog/how-to-succeed-when-including-developers-in-your-testing-approach
- Human Test Design, Automated Test Execution – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2019/07/human-test-design-automated-test-execution/
- If I could change one thing in the Agile Manifesto… – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2019/07/16/if-i-could-change-one-thing-in-the-agile-manifesto/
- Need a testing metric? Put points on your test cases – Paul Grizzaffi – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/need-testing-metric-put-points-your-test-cases
- Stop Writing So Many UI Tests! – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/07/stop-writing-so-many-ui-tests.html
- Tester’s Diary: Getting Ahead With Post-Release Testing – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/post-release-testing/
- Testing in the Galaxy- Chapter 6: Virus testing, hacking today and more – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/virus-testing-hacking-today/
- The Easiest MongoDB Tutorial on the Web – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-easiest-mongodb-tutorial-on-web.html
- The Simple Rules of Software Testing – László Szegedi – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/simple-rules-software-testing
- What is a Test Plan? The Complete Guide for Writing a Software Test Plan – Randy Rice – https://www.practitest.com/qa-learningcenter/best-practices/write-a-test-plan/
- What is continuous testing? – Lisa Crispin – https://testingindevops.org/what-is-continuous-testing/
- What to say in a standup – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/what-to-say-in-a-standup
- Where Do Bugs Come From? Part 1 – Gil Zilberfeld – http://www.everydayunittesting.com/2019/07/where-do-bugs-come-from-part-i.html
Test Automation/Programming/Tools
- I need a tool… no, you don’t – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/linkedin/2019-07-17-tools-before-social/
- It’s Automation Logs! Better Than Bad, They’re Good! – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/its-automation-logs-better-than-bad-theyre-good/
- WebDriver Element Existence vs. Appearance – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2019/07/16/webdriver-element-existence-vs-appearance/
Test Automation Series from Andrew Knight
- Web Testing Made Easy with Python, Pytest and Selenium WebDriver – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/open-source-test-automation-python-pytest-selenium-webdriver/
- Set Your Test Automation Goals – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/set-your-test-automation-goals/
- Installing Selenium WebDriver Using Python and Chrome – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/installing-selenium-webdriver-using-python-chrome/
- Write Your First Web Test Using Selenium WebDriver, Python and Chrome – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/web-test-using-selenium-webdriver-python-chrome/
- Develop Page Object Selenium Tests Using Python – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/develop-page-object-selenium-tests-using-python/
- How to Read Config Files in Python Selenium Tests – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/read-config-files-in-python-selenium/
- Take Your Python Test Automation To The Next Level – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/python-test-automation-next-level/
- Create Pytest HTML Test Reports – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/create-pytest-html-test-reports/
- Parallel Test Execution with Pytest – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/parallel-test-execution-with-pytest/
- Scale Your Test Automation using Selenium Grid and Remote WebDrivers – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/using-selenium-grid-and-remote-webdrivers/
- Test Automation for Mobile Apps using Appium and Python – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/test-automation-for-mobile-apps-using-appium-and-python/
- Create Behavior-Driven Python Tests using Pytest-BDD – Andrew Knight – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/07/16/behavior-driven-python-tests-using-pytest-bdd/
Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- Test Leadership Congress 2019 Inspiration: Great Content & Wonderful People – Lina Zubyte – https://letmetrysoftwaretesting.wordpress.com/2019/07/16/test-leadership-congress-2019-inspiration-great-content-wonderful-people/
Miscellaneous
- Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #53 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/07/15/the-little-tester-53/
- Podcast: 261: WebDriverIO and Extended Debugging with Christian Bromann – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/261-christian/
- Podcast: Assessing Testing and Deployment – Episode 56 – Stephen Janaway, Dan Ashby – https://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/interview/assessing-testing-and-deployment-episode-56/
- Podcast: TDD with flit – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/81
- Videos: AiTOnline 1 – Chrome DevTools – Mark Winteringham – https://automationintesting.com/2019/07/ait-online-debrief-1-chrome-devtools.html
- Videos: Nontraditional Automation Using Fuzzy Browser Testing: An Interview with Paul Grizzaffi – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/nontraditional-automation-using-fuzzy-browser-testing-interview-paul-grizzaffi