Testing Bits – October 27th – November 2nd, 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 27th – November 2nd, 2019.

Testing

• Apply Appropriate Tools and Skills to Buggy Software – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/slogans/2019-11-01-slogans-collated-reflection/
• Assert and Approvals, and Why that Matters – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2019/10/assert-and-approvals-and-why-that.html
• exploringMindMaps.part1 – Amanda Delatorre – https://theuncodedcoder.com/2019/10/27/exploringmindmaps-part1/
• How Cross-Browser Testing Is Evolving – Bilal Haidar – https://applitools.com/blog/cross-browser-testing-cypress
• I finally realized, all of this time… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2019/10/30/i-finally-realized-all-of-this-time/
• Improve Tester-Developer Relationships with Helpful Feedback – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/improve-tester-developer-relationships-helpful-feedback
• Language can teach us about usability – Bob – https://randomtechthoughts.blog/2019/11/02/language-can-teach-us-about-usability/

• Migrating from Manual Testing to Automated Testing – Jason Simon – https://www.mabl.com/blog/migrating-from-manual-testing-to-automated-testing
• Mob Testing — How to Enable Better Habits and Skills – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://medium.com/@maaret.pyhajarvi/mob-testing-how-to-enable-better-habits-and-skills-16945416a0f6
• My Ability, Our Ability, Testability – Ash Winter – https://diagramindustries.com/2019/11/01/my-ability-our-ability-and-testability/
• Never Stop Learning – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2019/11/never-stop-learning.html
• On Having Become #CodeConfident – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/11/on-having-become-codeconfident.html
• OWASP API Security Top 10: Get your dev team up to speed – Chris Romeo – https://techbeacon.com/security/owasp-api-security-top-10-get-your-dev-team-speed
• QA advice from a Disability Blogger – Will Saunders – https://blog.testlodge.com/qa-advice-from-a-disability-blogger/
• Six Ways Chrome DevTools Can Help With Testing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/11/six-ways-chrome-devtools-can-help-with.html
• So you want to automate? – Maciej Wyrodek – https://thebrokentest.com/so-you-want-to-automate-part-i-becoming-a-tester/
• The Long and Winding Road to Testing – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/start-software-testing-career/
• World Quality Report 2019-2020: Quality drives business growth – Malcolm Isaacs – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/world-quality-report-2019-2020-quality-now-key-driver-business-growth

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 3 GUI test automation mistakes that will kill your project – Nikolay Advolodkin – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/3-gui-test-automation-mistakes-will-kill-your-project
• #CodeConfident: Journey – Part 4 – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2019/10/codeconfident-journey-part-4.html
• Advanced Tools for Testing Tables – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/advanced-tools-for-testing-tables
• C# PAGEFACTORY – WRAP YOUR WEBDRIVER CALLS – Alexander – https://alexanderontesting.com/2019/10/28/c-pagefactory-wrap-your-webdriver-calls/
• Data-driven Testing Made Easy with TestProject – Bhavarth Kandoria – https://blog.usejournal.com/data-driven-testing-made-easy-with-testproject-dd5805fee875
• Exploring The Different Types of Test Automation Frameworks – John Vanderzyden – https://www.mabl.com/blog/types-of-automated-testing-frameworks
• Hands-On Review: Use Katalon Studio 7 To Simplify Automation – Sushma Singh – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/katalon-studio-7/
• How to Use Appium Image Locator for Finding Elements and Image Recognition – Jarno Niemela – https://bitbar.com/blog/how-to-use-appium-image-locator-for-finding-elements-and-image-recognition/
• On being Good, Automation as Testing and Diagrams vs Models – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/slogans/2019-10-29-slogans-collated-reflection/
• Removing duplicates from a List – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/10/31/removing-duplicates-from-a-list/
• Selenium Java Tutorial: Automation Testing Of User Signup Form – Ramit Dhamija – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-java-tutorial-automation-testing-of-user-signup-form/
• TestProject a Community Based Test Tool You Need To Know – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/testproject-intro/
• The Power of TestNG (Test Next Generation) – Rex Jones II – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/31/the-power-of-testng-test-next-generation/
• Tidying Up Your SpecFlow Features and Scenarios – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/30/tidying-up-your-specflow-features-and-scenarios/
• Why Do We Need Automated Tests, Anyway? – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/why-automated-tests/

Jenkins

• Jenkins X Serverless Architecture – Alexander Nikitin – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/29/jenkins-x-serverless-architecture/
• Install & Setup Jenkins X Serverless – Alexander Nikitin – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/29/install-setup-jenkins-x-serverless/
• Import Existing Project into Jenkins X – Alexander Nikitin – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/29/import-existing-project-into-jenkins-x/
• Create Custom Build Packs for Jenkins X – Alexander Nikitin – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/29/create-custom-build-packs-for-jenkins-x/
• Integration Testing in Jenkins X – Alexander Nikitin – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/29/integration-testing-in-jenkins-x/
• Continuous Deployment with Kubernetes and Jenkins X – Alexander Nikitin – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/10/29/continuous-deployment-with-kubernetes-and-jenkins-x/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• a11yWeekTO Recap – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2019/10/a11yweekto-recap.html
• BREWT 3: The peer conference – Geert van de Lisdon – https://brewtconf.wordpress.com/2019/10/27/brewt-conf-3/
• NWEWT #4 Testing the Future – Duncan Nisbet – https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2019/10/29/nwewt-4-testing-the-future/
• TestBash NZ 2019 – Michael Clarke – https://mikethetesternz.wordpress.com/2019/11/03/testbash-nz-2019/
• TestCon Europe 2019 Day 2 – sketch notes (Peter Gfader, Michal Buczko, Jason Yee) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/10/29/testcon-europe-2019-day-2-sketch-notes-peter-gfader-michal-buczko-jason-yee/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #68 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/10/28/the-little-tester-68/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 110: PM, PM, and MT – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-110-pm-pm-and-mt/
• Podcast: ABT 343 – Andrew Morton – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/abt-343-andrew-morton/
• Podcast: Do I need to write my test cases before I run them? – Joel Montvelisky, Rob Lambert – https://qablog.practitest.com/need-to-write-my-tests-before-run-them/
• Podcast: Magic Object Model Halloween with Paul Grossman – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a276-paul/
• Podcast: Software Testing, Book Writing, Teaching, Public Speaking, and PyCarolinas – Andy Knight – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/93
• Podcast: The Guilty Tester – Episode 12 – Testbash Manchester Unexpo 2019 Part 1 – http://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/the-guilty-tester-episode-12-testbash-manchester-unexpo-2019-part-1
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Coverage – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-coverage