Testing Bits – October 6th – October 12th, 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 October 6th – October 12th, 2019.

Testing

• Act Like a Developer to Become a Ninja Tester! – Jeff Nyman – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/10/act-like-a-developer-to-become-a-ninja-tester/
• formingYourCareerInTesting – Amanda – https://theuncodedcoder.com/2019/10/10/formingyourcareerintesting/
• Getting Performance Testing Back on Track – V.M.Guruprasath – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/getting-performance-testing-back-on-track/
• How Can You Easily End Up Wasting Your Time As a Tester? – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/how-can-you-easily-loose-time-as-a-tester/
• How to handle API rate limits: Do your integrations work at scale? – Vinod Chandru – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/how-handle-api-rate-limits-do-your-integrations-work-scale
• How Much Did Poor Quality Software Cost in 2018? – Alex Napier Holland – https://bitbar.com/blog/how-much-did-poor-quality-software-cost-in-2018/
• How to tame ever-changing requirements in software development – Stephen Bigelow – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/How-to-tame-ever-changing-requirements-in-software-development

• How to Test API Usability: Part 1 –  Yuliya Bagriy – https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2019/10/13/how-to-test-api-usability-part-1/
• Load Scenario Modeling 1: One Process – Leandro Melendez – https://www.srperf.com/load-modeling-1/
• Making Software and Growing Tomatoes – Josh Grant – https://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/188287960815/making-software-and-growing-tomatoes
• Integration tests don’t cut it for microservices. Here’s what does. – Pierre Vincent – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/integration-tests-dont-cut-it-microservices-heres-what-does
• More Than a Score: Taking a Deeper Dive into Your Metrics – Nels Hoenig – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/more-score-taking-deeper-dive-your-metrics
• Regression Testing in Agile – All you need to know in software development – Abode QA – http://www.abodeqa.com/regression-testing-agile/
• Software delivery: speed, quality or cost? – Daniel Kroening – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/software-delivery-speed-quality-or-cost/
• The 3 pillars of a DevSecOps model – Sharon Shea – https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/feature/The-3-pillars-of-a-DevSecOps-model
• Three Ways Agile Testers Can Use Walkthroughs – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/tester-agile-walkthrough/
• Un-Expo Software Accessibility Quiz – TestBash Manchester 2019 – The Big Test Theory – Adrian Stokes – https://www.thebigtesttheory.com/blog/2019/10/12/un-expo-software-accessibility-quiz-testbash-manchester-2019
• When Testers Become Crisis Management – Rachel Kibler – https://blog.gurock.com/test-crisis-management/
• Why You Should Be Testing in Production – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/10/why-you-should-be-testing-in-production.html

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• BDD, SpecFlow and The SpecFlow Ecosystem – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/08/bdd-and-the-specflow-ecosystem/
• C# PageFactory – Starting with Controllers – Alexander on Test – https://alexanderontesting.com/2019/10/07/c-pagefactory-starting-with-controllers/
• Execute UI Tests in the Cloud- LambdaTest – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/execute-ui-tests-cloud-lambdatest/
• How To Measure An Automated Test Script? – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/how-to-measure-an-automated-test-script/
• Useful type conversions – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/10/09/useful-type-conversions/
• Writing Gherkin for Powerful Test Automation – Giridhar Rajkumar – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/07/writing-gherkin-for-powerful-test-automation/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Kiss Goodbye To Your Comfort Zone – Big Ideas from TestBash Manchester 2019 – Stu Johnson – https://wildtests.wordpress.com/2019/10/09/kiss-goodbye-to-your-comfort-zone-big-ideas-from-testbash-manchester-2019/
• Learn To Love Failure – Big Ideas from TestBash Manchester 2019 – Stu Johnson – https://wildtests.wordpress.com/2019/10/07/learn-to-love-failure-big-ideas-from-testbash-manchester-2019/
• Liverpool Tester Gathering – Autism Accessibility & Inclusion – Ben Cross – https://thesiteofbencross.wordpress.com/2019/10/07/liverpool-tester-gathering-autism-accessibility-inclusion/
• Meetup And Learn: Testival #53 – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-testival-53/
• My experience speaking at Targeting Quality 2019, Canada – Nishi Grover Garg – https://testwithnishi.com/2019/10/07/my-experience-speaking-at-targeting-quality-2019-canada/
• TestBash Manchester 2019 – About Learning, Daring and Enjoying – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/10/testbash-manchester-2019-about-learning-daring-and-enjoying.html
• Your Software Is Only As Good As Your Conversations – Big Ideas from TestBash Manchester 2019 – Stu Johnson – https://wildtests.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/your-software-is-only-as-good-as-your-conversations-big-ideas-from-testbash-manchester/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: Friday afternoon at Green Galactica – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2019/10/friday-afternoon-at-green-galactica.html
• Cartoon: He just knew too much – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2019/10/he-just-knew-too-much_8.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #65 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/10/07/the-little-tester-65/
• Podcast: Dynamic Scope Fixtures in pytest 5.2 – Anthony Sottile – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/90
• Podcast: Karate for UI Automation with Peter Thomas – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a273-peter/
• Podcast: Kirk Walton and tapQA – Mark Tomlinson – https://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/kirk-walton-and-tapqa