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 28th – Aug 3rd, 2019.
Testing
- Beyond Bugs: Testing IRL Part 4 – Cassandra H. Leung – https://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/beyond-bugs-testing-irl-part-4/
- But, how do you really feel? – Damian Synadinos – https://www.ineffable-solutions.com/post/but-how-do-you-really-feel
- Frank’s Language – Damian Synadinos – https://www.ineffable-solutions.com/post/frank-s-language
- How Do You Prevent Regression Defects? – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/how-do-you-prevent-the-regression-bugs/
- How not to name self-verifying test data – Elizabeth Zagroba – https://medium.com/@ezagroba/how-not-to-name-self-verifying-test-data-1225d3c72454
- How to start solving problems in the QA profession – Alexander Todorov – http://atodorov.org/blog/2019/07/29/how-to-start-solving-problems-in-the-qa-profession/
- Interviewing With Empathy – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2019/08/interviewing-with-empathy.html
- Meaning Of The Word Performance – Arun Kumar – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/meaning-of-the-word-performance/
- Measuring Our Continuous Delivery Progress – Ron Hornby – https://testingindevops.org/measuring-our-continuous-delivery-progress/
- RCRCRC Applied – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/rcrcrc-applied/
- Six Tips and Four Tools for File Upload Testing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/08/six-tips-and-four-tools-for-file-upload.html
- Testing for Developers- Isolation Frameworks Fundamentals – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/isolation-frameworks-fundamentals/
- The Non-Verbal Feedback – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-non-verbal-feedback.html
- Two decades at Quest Software – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2019/08/02/two-decades-at-quest-software/
- What can you do about improving the coding when you are a test manager? – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2019/08/02/what-can-you-do-about-improving-the-coding-when-you-are-a-test-manager/
Test Automation/Programming/Tools
- 6 Reasons Automation Projects Fail – Raj Subramanian – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/6-reasons-automation-projects-fail
- Tests – Human Readable, Machine Expressive – Jeff Nymann – http://testerstories.com/2019/07/tests-human-readable-machine-expressive/
- Tests encode knowledge – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2019/07/tests-encode-knowledge/#footer
- When should we stop using Record and Playback in Test Automation Development? – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/when-should-we-stop-using-record-and-playback-in-test-automation-development/
Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- Is #Paytospeak Always Wrong? – Adam Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2019/07/31/is-paytospeak-always-wrong/
Miscellaneous
- Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #55 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/07/29/the-little-tester-55/
- Podcast: 263: So You Want to Be a SeleniumConf Speaker with Marcus Merrell – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/263-marcus/
- Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 105: A World of Modern Testing – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-105-a-world-of-modern-testing/
- Video: AiT Online 2 – React Testing Library – Richard Bradshaw, Mark Winteringham – https://automationintesting.com/2019/08/ait-online-debrief-2-react-testing-library.html
- Video: Circular Testing: An Interview with Hans Buwalda – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/circular-testing-interview-hans-buwalda
Please note: I reserve the right to delete comments that are offensive or off-topic.