Testing Bits – November 10th – November 16th, 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 November 10th – November 16th, 2019.

Testing

• A/B Testing: Validating Multiple Variations – Angie Jones – https://applitools.com/blog/validating-multiple-variations
• An Introduction to 508 Compliance Testing – Will Saunders – https://blog.testlodge.com/508-compliance-testing/
• AWS Lex Chatbot + Kubernetes Test Strategies – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.com/2019/11/10/aws-lex-kubernetes-chatbot-test-strategies/
• Bringing Continuous Testing to Your Organization – Chris Colosimo – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/bringing-continuous-testing-your-organization
• Developer-Tester Collaboration: How and Why – Johanna Rothman – https://blog.gurock.com/developer-tester-collaboration-how-why/
• Focus on what was “Done” during Sprint Review – Jesse Houwing – https://xebia.com/blog/focus-on-what-was-done-during-sprint-review/
• Is Cross Browser Testing Still Relevant? – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/is-cross-browser-testing-still-relevant/

• Metrics: The Ugly, The Bad and Finding What Works for You – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/metrics-ugly-bad-finding-what-works-for-you/
• Production Deploy with Every Check-In? You Gotta Go TWO Low! – Paul Grizzaffi – https://applitools.com/blog/production-checkin-risks
• Testing in the Galaxy- Chapter 8: Life and Time Optimisation through I.Clones. Consideration of Complications and Scenarios – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/clones-optimisation/
• TestProject a Virtual Community For Testers – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/testproject-virtual-community/
• The Resume Problem – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/resume/
• The art to be a great mentee – Pooja Shah – https://medium.com/@TechGirlPooja/the-art-to-be-a-great-mentee-c1d6fa4a3ada
• What the Testing We Do Looks Like? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-testing-we-do-looks-like.html
• Why AI and Machine Learning Will Redefine Software Testing – Stella Murugesan – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/why-ai-and-machine-learning-will-redefine-software-testing/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Code Like a Developer… – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/11/code-like-developer.html
• Data Driven Testing With TestNG – Rex Jones II – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/11/14/data-driven-testing-with-testng/
• Data-Driven Testing with Visual AI – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/data-driven-testing-visual-ai
• Data sharing abstractions – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/seleniumsimplified/2019-11-12-abstractions-data-passing/
• Getting High Coverage Regression Tests Quickly (Part 1): From Assertions to Approval – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/11/12/getting-high-coverage-regression-tests-quickly-part-1-from-assertions-to-approval/
• Hands-On With TestProject – Web App Tests (Part 2) – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2019/11/hands-on-with-testproject-web-app-tests.html
• How Do You Test Dynamic Content? – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/test-dynamic-content
• Just starting out with test automation? Don’t make this mistake – Paul Merrill – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/just-starting-out-test-automation-dont-make-mistake
• Katalon Smart Wait: Putting An End To The Selenium Timing Issue – Remya R – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/katalon-smart-wait/
• Performance Testing in R using Apache JMeter – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/performance-testing-in-r-using-apache-jmeter/
• Performance Testing using Lighthouse CI Action – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/performance-testing-using-lighthouse-ci-action/
• Pytest, The Awesome Parts: Pytest-BDD – Josh Grant – https://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/189048770415/pytest-the-awesome-parts-pytest-bdd
• Running Cucumber Scenarios in Parallel & NOT Feature Files –  Giridhar Rajkumar – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/11/12/running-cucumber-scenarios-in-parallel-not-feature-files/
• So you want to Automate? Part III – let’s talk learning – Maciej Wyrodek – https://thebrokentest.com/so-you-want-to-automate-part-iii-lets-talk-learning/
• Using HashMaps in automated tests – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/11/13/using-hashmaps-in-automated-tests/
• Working Effectively with SpecFlow Tables – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/11/13/working-effectively-with-specflow-tables/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• 2019/11/12 Running my first Community of Practice kick-off workshop (Part 2) – Lee Marshall – https://thepiratetester.wordpress.com/2019/11/12/2019-11-12-running-my-first-community-of-practice-kick-off-workshop-part-2/
• A very different conference experience – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/a-very-different-conference-experience/
• Calling Me Names — New Labels – Stephan Kämper – https://seasidetesting.com/2019/11/11/calling-me-names-new-labels/
• Getting High Coverage Regression Tests Quickly (Part 1): From Assertions to Approval – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/11/12/getting-high-coverage-regression-tests-quickly-part-1-from-assertions-to-approval/
• Getting High Coverage Regression Tests Quickly (Part 2): Improving test coverage using approvals – Louis Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/getting-high-coverage-regression-tests-quickly-part-2-improving-test-coverage-using-approvals/
• Getting High Coverage Regression Tests Quickly (Part 3): From Approvals to Combination Approvals – Louis Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/11/14/getting-high-coverage-regression-tests-quickly-part-3-from-approvals-to-combination-approvals/
• Meetup And Learn, Agile Myths And Test Integration Using Python – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-agile-miths-and-test-integration-using-python/

Miscellaneous

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #70 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/11/11/the-little-tester-70/
• Podcast: ABT 343 – Dave Westveld – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/abt-343-dave-westveld/
• Podcast: Journey to a World-Class Test Automation Framework with Greg Paskal & Max VelDink – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a278-greg-max/
• Video: An Open Source Framework for Automation: An Interview with Chris Loder – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/open-source-framework-automation-interview-chris-loder