Testing Bits – October 13th – October 19th, 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 13th – October 19th, 2019.

Testing

• A reflection, not a goodbye: Tracing the path to job longevity – Toyer Mamoojee – https://toyerm.wordpress.com/2019/10/15/a-reflection-not-a-goodbye-tracing-the-path-to-job-longevity/
• A Simpler Way of Using Machine Learning to Shift Testing Left – James Farrier – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/simpler-way-using-machine-learning-shift-testing-left
• Accessibility Testing: Convincing Your Product Owner – Ben Linders – https://www.infoq.com/news/2019/10/accessibility-testing/
• All testing is exploratory: change my mind – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2019/10/16/all-testing-is-exploratory-change-my-mind/
• Developing Influence in Test – Matt Heusser – https://blog.gurock.com/tester-influence/
• How this company is encouraging young people to join the software testing world – Grace Barnott – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/how-this-company-is-encouraging-young-people-to-join-the-software-world/
• How to Test API Usability: Part 2 – Yuliya Bagriy – https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2019/10/19/how-to-test-api-usability-part-2/

• How to Test Multilingual Websites – Tips & Best Practice – Priya Rani – https://blog.testlodge.com/testing-multilingual-websites/
• Randomize Your Thinking – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019/10/18-how-to-randomize-your-thinking/
• Story of one in zillions #part I – Pooja Shah – https://medium.com/@TechGirlPooja/story-of-one-in-zillions-part-i-f0b36e74c324
• Stop Giving Control Hints to Screen Readers – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2019/10/stop-giving-control-hints-to-screen-readers.html
• Talk To Strangers – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/talk-to-strangers/
• Test Engineers Who Know The Answers – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/answers-for-test-engineers
• Testing Predictive Analytics Models – Michael G. Solomon – https://blog.gurock.com/predictive-analytics-models/
• The Zero Defect Fallacy – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2019/10/the-zero-defect-fallacy/
• What About Business Value? – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2019/10/what-about-business-value.html
• What Are The Benefits of Having Nightly Builds – Kinga Witko – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/14/what-are-the-benefits-of-having-nightly-builds/
• What’s a Good Question? – Harnessed Tester – https://harnessedtester.wordpress.com/2019/10/19/whats-a-good-question/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 10 Automated Testing Tools That Threat Stack Uses — and Why – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2019/10/10-automated-testing-tools-that-threat.html
• Appium vs. Espresso: Which Framework to Use for Automated Android Testing – Victoria Bezsmolna – https://bitbar.com/blog/appium-vs-espresso-which-framework-to-use-for-automated-android-testing/
• Getting Started with SpecFlow – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/15/getting-started-with-specflow/
• Getting Started with TestProject – Install and Register an Agent – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2019/10/getting-started-with-testproject.html
• How we design suitable selenium test automation framework as per our requirement – Bhavarth Kandoria – https://blog.usejournal.com/how-we-design-suitable-selenium-test-automation-framework-as-per-our-requirement-2c3c00965aee
• Learn Cypress Testing on TAU – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/learn-cypress-testing
• Natural Language Process (NLP) Addon with Magic Object Model – Paul Grossman – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/17/natural-language-process-addon-with-magic-object-model/
• Turning automation education upside-down – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2019/10/16/automation-education-upside-down/
• What is the Best Programming Language for Automation? – Nikolay Advolodkin – https://ultimateqa.com/best-programming-language-for-automation/
• Your Flaky Tests Are Destroying Trust – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/10/your-flaky-tests-are-destroying-trust.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• TestCon Europe 2019 Sketchnotes – Ekaterina Budnikov – https://www.katjasays.com/testcon-europe-2019-sketchnotes/
• Two Down, Eight More to Go – Tackling More “30 Days of Testing” Challenges – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/two-down-eight-more-to-go-tackling-more.html

PNSQC Live Blog

• Testing the Untestable – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/testing-untestable-pnsqc2019-live-blog.html
• Timeless Skills for Modern Testers – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/timeless-skills-for-modern-testers.html
• Is This Testable? – my talk at #PNSQC2019 – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/is-this-testable-my-talk-at-pnsqc2019.html
• How to Start a Test Automation Framework and Not Die Trying – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/how-to-start-test-automation-framework.html
• Why We Need New Software Testing Technologies – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/why-we-need-new-software-testing.html
• Test Scenario Design Models – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/test-scenario-design-models-pnsqc2019.html
• The Release Day Crime Scene – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/the-release-day-crime-scene-pnsqc2019.html
• Surviving The AI Testing Apocalypse – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/surviving-ai-testing-apocalypse.html
• Remember This! – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/remember-this-pnsqc2019-live-blog.html
• Being More Agile Without Doing Agile – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/being-more-agile-without-doing-agile.html
• Cutting Releases Cadence – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/cutting-releases-cadence-pnsqc2019-live.html
• Creating Quality with Mob Programming – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/creating-quality-with-mob-programming.html
• Agile Where Agile Fears To Tread! – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/agile-where-agile-fears-to-tread.html
• A11Y Testing Using an Intelligent Agent – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/a11y-testing-using-intelligent-agent.html
• Testing in the Golden Age of Quality – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/testing-in-golden-age-of-quality.html
• Testing AI and Bias – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/testing-ai-and-bias.html
• A Show of Hands – a #PNSQC2019 Live Blog – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/a-show-of-hands-pnsqc2019-live-blog.html
• Am I Really So Ordinary? – a #PNSQC2019 Blog Retro – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/10/am-i-really-so-ordinary-pnsqc2019-blog.html

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: Commitment above-average – Zorsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2019/10/commitment-above-average.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #66 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/10/14/the-little-tester-66/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 109: The MT Guide to Promotions – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-109-the-mt-guide-to-promotions/
• Podcast: Chai Assertions and Accessibility Testing with Aparna Gopalakrishnan – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a274-aparna/
• Podcast: One Key Idea: Automated Test Creation and Maintenance Velocity – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/one-key-idea-automated-test-creation-and-maintenance-velocity/