Testing Bits – December 8th – December 14th, 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 December 8th – December 14th, 2019.

Testing

• 7 Great Reasons to Write Detailed Test Cases – QA Revolution – http://www.qarevolution.com/7-great-reasons-to-write-detailed-test-cases/
• Breaking the Test Case Addiction (Part 8) – Michael Bolton – https://www.developsense.com/blog/2019/12/breaking-the-test-case-addiction-part-8/
• Fantastic Tests & Where to Find Them – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/fantastic-tests/
• Goodbye Testing Columns, Part 2: The Empire Strikes Back – Bruce – https://undevelopedbruce.com/2019/12/13/goodbye-testing-columns-part-2/
• How to test a time machine – Noemi Ferrera – https://noemiferrera.com/2019/12/10/how-to-test-a-time-machine/
• How To Write Great Acceptance Criteria – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2019/12/how-to-write-great-acceptance-criteria.html
• Is Automated Browser Testing A Must For Modern Web Development? – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/is-automated-browser-testing-a-must-for-modern-web-development/

• Quality is NOT perfection – Lina Zubyte – https://letmetrysoftwaretesting.wordpress.com/2019/12/10/quality-is-not-perfection/
• Testing Big Data Applications – Michael G. Solomon – https://blog.gurock.com/testing-big-data-applications/
• Why Are QA Professionals the Closest Allies of Developers and Not Adversaries? – Nathan McKinley – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/why-qa-professionals-closest-allies-of-developers-not-adversaries/
• Why you should test according to your product’s maturity – Ronald Cummings-John – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/why-you-should-test-according-your-products-maturity

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Cross-browser Testing With Cypress.io – Bilal Haidar – https://applitools.com/blog/cypress-cross-browser-testing
• Pytest, The Awesome Parts: Requests – Josh Grant – https://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/189676469105/pytest-the-awesome-parts-requests
• Separating Automation Tooling from Automation Strategy – Akash Bhatia – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/separating-automation-tooling-automation-strategy
• Selenium Java Interview Questions And Answers : That Every QA should Know(Top 31+Questions) – Promode – https://scrolltest.com/2019/12/10/selenium-java-interview-questions-and-answers/
• Use Smart Selenium Waits (FluentWait) to Avoid Flakiness – Yoni Flenner – https://blog.testproject.io/2019/12/10/smart-selenium-waits-fluent-wait-avoid-flakiness/
• Writing tests for RESTful APIs in Python using requests – part 1: basic tests – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/writing-tests-for-restful-apis-in-python-using-requests-part-1-basic-tests/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• The Meaning of Meaning – Christian Kram – http://www.testknight.de/the-meaning-of-meaning/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Book Review: Unicorn Project and The Goal – double book review – Maciej Wyrodek – https://thebrokentest.com/unicorn-project/
• Cartoon: False Positives – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2019/12/false-positives.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #74 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/12/09/the-little-tester-74/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 112: The Penultimate Potpourri – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-112-the-penultimate-potpourri/
• Podcast: Test Data Management Automation with Huw Price – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a282-huw/
• Video: Getting Testers Out of Their Comfort Zone: An Interview with Janna Loeffler – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/getting-testers-out-their-comfort-zone-interview-janna-loeffler