Testing Bits – December 29th – January 4th, 2020

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 29th – January 4th, 2020.

Testing

• 2020: The year of dumping old heuristics – Anne-Marie Charret – https://mavericktester.com/2019/12/31/heuristics-sfdipot/
• Our take on the “Principles for the Modern Agile Tester” – Janet Gregory, Lisa Crispin – https://agiletester.ca/our-take-on-the-principles-for-the-modern-agile-tester/
• Tester Superpowers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/01/tester-superpowers.html
• Testers Are Not Quality Gatekeepers – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/testers-are-not-quality-gatekeepers/
• Testing in Stealth Mode – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2020/01/01/testing-in-stealth-mode/
• Testing in the 2020’s: Postmodern – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/testing-in-the-2020s-postmodern-cd1bc16edbf1
• The complexity of test data – Grace Barnott – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/the-complexity-of-test-data/

• The Gratitude Jar – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-gratitude-jar.html
• “The Influence of Organizational Structure on Software Quality: An Empirical Case Study” (Microsoft Research and subsequent blogs) – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/the-influence-of-organizational-structure-on-software-quality-an-empirical-case-study-microsoft-research-and-subsequent-blogs/
• Three New Year’s Resolutions Every Tester Should Make – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/new-year-resolutions-testers/
• Value Through Simplicity – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2019/12/29/value-through-simplicity/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 1: Introduction – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2019/12/30/would-heu-risk-it-part-1/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 2: Mischievous Misconceptions – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/01/would-heu-risk-it-part-2-mischievous-misconceptions/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 3: The Rift – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/03/would-heu-risk-it-part-3-the-rift/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 5 Test Automation Problems Even Modern QA Teams Face – Victoria Bezsmolna – https://bitbar.com/blog/5-test-automation-problems-even-modern-qa-teams-face/
• 8 Most Wanted JavaScript Testing Frameworks Of 2019 – Rahul Jain – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/8-most-wanted-javascript-testing-frameworks-of-2019/
• 36 signs that you are still bad at Selenium test automation – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/36-signs-that-you-are-still-bad-at-selenium-test-automation-d0e6a8ab7a9e
• Applying Data Analytics to Test Automation – Harsh Vardhan – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/applying-data-analytics-test-automation
• Automating testing for accessibility – Viv Richards – https://vivrichards.co.uk/accessibility/automating-testing-for-accessibility
• Core Pillars of Stable Test Automation Suites – Eran Kinsbruner – https://continuoustesting.blog/2019/12/29/core-pillars-of-stable-test-automation-suite/
• Intro to Selenium WebDriver with .NET Core – Part 1 – Nikolay Advolodkin – https://ultimateqa.com/selenium-dotnet-core-1/
• Pen Testing reconnaissance 101 : Using NMap,Tor and ProxyChains – Sunjeet Khokhar – https://thereluctanttester.com/2019/12/31/pen-testing-reconnaissance-101-using-nmaptor-and-proxychains/
• The Command Line, Demystified- Part I – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-command-line-demystified-part-i.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Experience Report – ConTEST NYC – Jyothi Rangaiah – https://chroniclesoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/01/experience-report-contest-nyc.html

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Cartoon: The Demo Effect – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-demo-effect_1.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #77 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/12/30/the-little-tester-77/
• Podcast: 2019 Retrospective, 2020 Plans, and an amazing decade – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/97
• Podcast: ABT 343 – Perze Ababa – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/abt-343-perze-ababa/
• Podcast: Test Automation Recap for 2019 – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a285-recap-2019/
• Podcast: The Guilty Tester – Episode 14 – Run Another Test – Dave Duke – http://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/the-guilty-tester-episode-14-run-another-test

Goals & Personal Reflections

• 5 Software Testing Resolutions That You Should Adopt In 2020 – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/5-software-testing-resolutions-that-you-should-adopt-in-2020/
• 2019 – The Lovely Year. – Ajay Balamrugadas – http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/2020/01/2019-lovely-year.html
• 2019 and Me – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2019/12/2019-and-me.html
• A Look Back at 2019 – Viv Richards – https://vivrichards.co.uk/retro/a-look-back-at-2019
• An Unexpected Party, Journey and Post – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/01/an-unexpected-party-journey-and-post.html
• Closing out a Decade of TESTHEAD (Almost ) – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2019/12/closing-out-decade-of-testhead-almost.html
• How Do You Want to Be in the World? – Joanna Rothman – https://createadaptablelife.com/2020/01/how-do-you-want-to-be-in-the-world.html
• Looking back to 2019 – Jokin Aspiazu – http://jokinaspiazu.blogspot.com/2020/01/looking-back-to-2019.html
• The Angry Weasel Decade in Review – Alan Page – https://angryweasel.com/blog/the-angry-weasel-decade-in-review/
• Yearly 2019 – Kristīne Corbus Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2020/01/02/yearly-2019/