Testing Bits – August 18th – August 24th, 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 August 18th – August 24th, 2019.

Testing

• 5 Patterns for Effective Communication in Agile Teams – Raj Subramanian – https://simpleprogrammer.com/effective-communication-agile-teams/
• Drop a Little AI on It: Random Test Data Generation – Matthew Heusser – https://blog.gurock.com/random-test-data/
• How I jumped from software testing to data science – Ken Johnston – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/how-i-jumped-software-testing-data-science
• How Testers Can Keep a Positive Outlook in a Negative Job – Rajini Padmanaban – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2019/08/how-testers-can-keep-positive-outlook-negative-job
• How To Thrive in Your Career – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/how-to-thrive-in-your-career/
• Let’s Go Deep! Part III: Internet Routing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/08/lets-go-deep-part-iii-internet-routing.html
• Mind the test bottleneck – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/mind-the-test-bottleneck/

• Most Complete ADB Cheat Sheet – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/adb-cheat-sheet/
• Passion – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/passion/
• Taking the Negativity out of Negative Testing – Jessica Lavoie – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/taking-negativity-out-negative-testing
• Tester’s Diary: The Long, Slow Road to DevOps – Carol Brands – https://blog.gurock.com/diary-road-devops/
• The Future of Performance Testing – Alex Podelko – https://alexanderpodelko.com/blog/2019/08/18/the-future-of-performance-testing/
• What becoming vegan taught me about software testing – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2019/08/20/what-becoming-vegan-taught-me-about-software-testing/
• What is the purpose of a Smoke Test? – Phil Hargreaves – http://www.nationofsoftwaretesters.co.uk/2019/08/what-is-purpose-of-smoke-test.html

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Automating the automation: Automating Vstest – Noemi Ferrera – https://noemiferrera.com/2019/08/21/hands-on-automating-vstest/
• #CodeConfident: Journey – Part 2 –  Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/08/codeconfident-journey-part-2.html
• Method Chaining in test automation. My Dilemma. – Maciej Wyrodek – https://thebrokentest.com/method-chaining-in-test-automation-my-dilemma/
• TestNG Not For Me: Why I Cannot Recommend TestNG Any More – Josh Grant – https://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/187159064510/testng-not-for-me-why-i-cannot-recommend-testng
• TestProject Test Automation Tool Hands-On Review Tutorial – Sushma Singh – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/testproject-review-tutorial/
• Your 2 basic visual regression testing options – Jeremias Rößler – https://medium.com/@roesslerj/your-2-basic-visual-regression-testing-options-847f4a99156c

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• The first Ministry of Testing meetup in Toronto – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2019/08/the-first-ministry-of-testing-meetup-in-toronto/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #58 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/08/19/the-little-tester-58/
• Podcast: 266: Automation Journey and TestNG with Rex Jones II – Joe Colantonio – https://www.joecolantonio.com/testtalks/266-rex/
• Video: Improving Productivity by Having Fun: A Conversation with Kristoffer Nordström – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/improving-productivity-having-fun-conversation-kristoffer-nordstr-m
• Video: JSON Schema Validation: How to Validate JSON Schema with Postman? – Promode – https://scrolltest.com/2019/08/18/json-schema-validation/
• Video: Shift Your Mindset with Your Testing: An Interview with Isabel Evans – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/shift-your-mindset-your-testing-interview-isabel-evans
• Webinar: Hands-On UI Testing with Python (SmartBear Webinar) – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2019/08/19/hands-on-ui-testing-with-python-smartbear-webinar/