Testing Bits – November 24th – November 30th, 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 24th – November 30th, 2019.

Testing

• 3 Uncommon Metrics Your Agile Team Should Be Tracking – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/uncommon-metrics-agile-team-tracking/
• 5 vital QA skills for software testers – Ryan Black – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/5-vital-QA-skills-for-software-testers
• 13 Ways For Your Functional Testers To Do More Than Just ‘Testing’ – Ramit Dhamija – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/13-ways-for-your-functional-testers-to-do-more-than-just-testing/
• An Introduction to Web Optimization Testing – Gimhani Upekshika – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/introduction-web-optimization-testing
• Being Lucky — A Keynote at the Agile Testing Days 2019 – Stephan Kämper – https://seasidetesting.com/2019/11/25/being-lucky-a-keynote-at-the-agile-testing-days-2019/
• Cross Browser Testing Is Not Only About Browsers – Rahul Jain – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/cross-browser-testing-is-not-only-about-browsers/
• Cunning Strategies for Staying Focused – Simon Knight – http://sjpknight.com/cunning-strategies-for-staying-focused/

• Cunning Strategies for Broadening Your Test Approach – Simon Knight – http://sjpknight.com/cunning-strategies-for-broadening-your-test-approach/
• Different Testing Needs Across Industries – Brian Hamilton – https://blog.testlodge.com/testing-across-industries/
• Documentation as Waste – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/documentation-as-waste/
• Gamifying Test Idea Generation – Jyothi Rangaiah – https://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2019/11/gamifying-idea-generation.html
• Hindsight lessons about exploration: Testing oracle – Viktor Slavchev – https://mrslavchev.com/2019/11/29/hindsight-lessons-about-exploration-testing-oracles/
• How to Build the Ultimate QA Strategy – Amelia Whyman – https://www.globalapptesting.com/blog/how-to-build-the-ultimate-qa-strategy
• Improving Software Test Processes: Lessons From the Trenches – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/improving-software-test-processes-lessons-trenches/
• Please Apply Critical Thinking – Kristīne Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2019/11/25/critical-thinking/
• Shifting Towards Omni Testing – Part 1 – Sérgio Freire – https://testingindevops.org/shifting-towards-omni-testing/
• Six Ways to Build Trust – Esther Derby – https://www.estherderby.com/six-ways-to-build-trust/
• Sources of Test Ideas – Jyothi Rangaiah – https://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2019/11/sources-of-test-ideas.html
• Standard platform, operating system and browser recommendations (December 2019) – Martin Cunnington – https://www.spritecloud.com/standard-platform-operating-system-and-browser-recommendations-december-2019/
• Tackling Testing Challenges in an Agile Transition – Hemanth Yamjala – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/tackling-testing-challenges-agile-transition
• The Difference Between Regression and Retesting – Jason Simon – https://www.mabl.com/blog/regression-testing-vs-retesting
• The Hierarchy of Quality – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-hierarchy-of-quality.html
• The Importance of Accessibility Testing – Aparna Gopalakrishnan – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/11/25/the-importance-of-accessibility-testing/
• The software industry can’t agree on who owns QA, and that’s okay – Oren Rubin – https://sdtimes.com/qa/the-software-industry-cant-agree-on-who-owns-qa-and-thats-okay/
• Use Self-Evaluation to Stay on the Right Career Track – Richard Estra – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2019/11/use-self-evaluation-stay-right-career-track
• Use Testing to Develop Better Software Faster – Marit van Dijk – https://medium.com/97-things/use-testing-to-develop-better-software-faster-9dd2616543d3
• We’re Not Dead! – The Art of Effective Test Leadership – Simon Prior – https://priorsworld.wordpress.com/2019/11/27/were-not-dead-the-art-of-effective-test-leadership/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Automatically Unchecking Twitter Interests – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019/11/25-automating-twitter-interests/
• Going from Feature to Scenario Level State with Gwen – Branko Juric – https://gweninterpreter.wordpress.com/2019/11/24/going-from-feature-to-scenario-level-state-with-gwen/
• Framework – Creating a JavaScript Framework – Part 1 – http://www.learnautomation.co.uk/2019/11/framework-creating-a-javascript-framework-part-1/
• From a newbie to a test automation rock star, vol. 5: Debugging the automated test or how to fight the boredom of perfection – Tihomir Babić – https://medium.com/@babic.t82/from-a-newbie-to-a-test-automation-rock-star-vol-924c6958c633
• From Record and Play to Writing Automation Code — TestProject – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/from-record-and-play-to-writing-automation-code-testproject-9f38cf751a81
• Is RPA the future of test automation? – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Is-RPA-the-future-of-test-automation
• Java naming conventions revisited – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/11/27/java-naming-conventions-revisited/
• Meter, Google Drive, and OAuth – João Farias – http://thatsabug.com//blog/jmeter_4/
• Next Generation Front End Testing using WebDriver and DevTools: Part 1 – Srinivasan Sekar – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/11/26/next-generation-front-end-testing-using-webdriver-and-devtools-part-1/
• Planning for test automation in your shiny new API? – Alexander Oliveira Dunn – https://alexanderontesting.com/2019/11/27/planning-for-test-automation-in-your-shiny-new-api/
• Pytest, The Awesome Parts: Fixtures – Josh Grant – https://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/189372692920/pytest-the-awesome-parts-fixtures
• Refactoring executable Gherkin with Gwen to eliminate redundancy – Branko Juric – https://gweninterpreter.wordpress.com/2019/11/27/refactoring-executable-gherkin-with-gwen-to-eliminate-redundancy/
• Rerouting outbound traffic to a simulated device on localhost – Arunkumar Muralidharan – https://qxf2.com/blog/rerouting-outbound-traffic-to-a-simulated-device-on-localhost/
• Test Automation Is A Culture: Let Your Team Embrace – Christina Thalayasingam – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/11/28/test-automation-is-a-culture-let-your-team-embrace-it/
• Test Automation With Selenium Click Button Method(Examples) – Aditya Dwivedi – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-click-button-with-examples/
• Why I Don’t Use Postman – Yuliya Bagri – https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2019/11/25/why-i-dont-use-postman/
• Why You Should Go Framework Agnostic for Test Automation – Sarah Mischinger – https://bitbar.com/blog/why-you-should-go-framework-agnostic-for-test-automation/
• Your Selenium Tests are not Slow because of the Selenium Framework – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/your-selenium-tests-are-not-slow-because-of-the-selenium-framework-63f871e2d38f

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• CEWT #7 Lean Coffee – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2019/11/cewt-7-lean-coffee.html
• Dirty Testing Secrets: Testing in Half the Time? – Karo Stoltzenburg – https://putzerfisch.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/dirty-testing-secrets-testing-in-half-the-time/
• Dishing the Dirt – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2019/11/dishing-dirt.html
• EuroSTAR Conference 2019 Sketchnotes and Recap – Ekaterina Budnikov – https://www.katjasays.com/eurostar-2019-sketchnotes-and-recap/
• FREE Online Vivit Worldwide Testing Conferences – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/vivit-days/
• In One Sentence, Define Quality, Bug, Testing – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2019/11/in-one-sentence-define-quality-bug.html
• Introducing QAInsights Community – a Social Learning Platform – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/introducing-qainsights-community-a-social-learning-platform/
• Key Takeaways and Goodreads – Jyothi Rangaiah – https://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2019/11/key-takeaways-and-goodreads.html
• The Quality Leaders Network EdTech ‘Breakfast of Champions’ – Melanie Bernard – https://www.globalapptesting.com/blog/quality-leaders-network-edtech-breakfast-of-champions
• We Don’t Know? – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2019/11/we-dont-know.html

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Book Review: Leading Quality – Review of the book by Ronald Cummings-John and Owais Peer – Derk-Jan de Grood – https://djdegrood.wordpress.com/2019/11/28/leading-quality-review-of-the-book-by-ronald-cummings-john-and-owais-peer/
• Cartoon: Technical Debt not close-to-balance – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2019/11/technical-debt-not-close-to-balance.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #72 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/11/25/the-little-tester-72/
• Podcast: ABT 343 – Areti Panou – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/abt-343-areti-panou/
• Podcast: Become a Testing Superhero with Stacy Kirk – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a280-stacy/
• Podcast: Data Science Pipeline Testing with Great Expectations – Abe Gong – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/95
• Podcast: The Guilty Tester – Episode 13 – Testbash Manchester Unexpo 2019 Part 2 – Dave Duke – http://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/the-guilty-tester-episode-13-testbash-manchester-unexpo-2019-part-2