Testing Bits – July 21st – July 27th, 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 21st – July 27th, 2019.

Testing

• Don’t Let “Try It Now” Impede Your Test Initiative – Richard Estra – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2019/07/don-t-let-try-it-now-impede-your-test-initiative
• In Charge of Testing – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2019/07/21/in-charge-of-testing/
• Leaders, do you understand the impact of your conversation style on your team? – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2019/07/22/leaders-do-you-understand-the-impact-of-your-conversation-style-on-your-team/
• One Request, Sixteen Assertions – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-request-sixteen-assertions.html
• quality assurance (QA) – Margaret Rouse – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/quality-assurance
• Real Devices vs. Emulators for Reliable Mobile App Testing – Victoria Bezsmolna – https://bitbar.com/blog/real-devices-vs-emulators-for-reliable-mobile-app-testing/
• Testers, Please Speak to the Developers! – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/testers-speak-to-the-developers/

• Testing on VR world – Noemi Ferrera – https://noemiferrera.com/2019/07/21/testingonvrworld/
• To all the people who can Quest like A Tribe does… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2019/07/24/to-all-the-people-who-can-quest-like-a-tribe-does/
• The art of reflection – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2824
• Where do bugs come from? Part II – Gil Zilberfeld – http://www.everydayunittesting.com/2019/07/where-do-bugs-come-from-part-ii.html
• Why Testers Miss To Find Bugs? – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/why-testers-miss-to-find-bugs/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Deep Dive into TestProject: A Free Test Automation Platform for Web & Mobile! – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2019/07/23/deep-dive-into-testproject-a-free-test-automation-platform-for-web-mobile/
• How to plan and create a test automation framework – Amy Reichert – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/How-to-plan-and-create-a-test-automation-framework
• Injecting cookies in your testcafe automation – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.com/2019/07/24/inject-cookies-in-your-testcafe-automation/
• Postman – Bhavarth Kandoria – https://blog.usejournal.com/how-to-utilize-postman-for-api-test-automation-1f4661f39d47
• Why You Shouldn’t Use Cucumber for API Testing – Byron Katz – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/why-you-shouldnt-use-cucumber-api-testing

Miscellaneous

• Book Review: The Joy of Work by Bruce Daisley – A Book Review – Ben Cross – https://thesiteofbencross.wordpress.com/2019/07/21/the-joy-of-work-by-bruce-daisley-a-book-review/
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #54 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/07/22/the-little-tester-54/
• Magazines: From exploratory testing to collaboration software, July’s TEST Magazine has it all – Software Testing News – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/from-exploratory-testing-to-collaboration-software-julys-test-magazine-has-it-all/
• Podcast: 262: Testing Torchbearer of Truth with Mush Honda – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/262-mush/
• Podcast: Melissa Eaden: It’s Never a One Person Job – Robby Russell – https://maintainable.fm/episodes/melissa-eaden-its-never-a-one-person-job
• Podcast: The Testing Show: UX and Usability – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-ux-and-usability
• Podcast: What to include in a training program for new testers – Rob Lambert, Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/include-in-training-for-new-testers/
• Videos: Making Visual Testing Visually Perfect: An Interview with Gil Sever – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/making-visual-testing-visually-perfect-interview-gil-sever
• Videos: Moving to Progressive Web Development: An Interview with Eran Kinsbruner – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/moving-progressive-web-development-interview-eran-kinsbruner