Testing Bits – January 5th – January 11th, 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 January 5th – January 11th, 2020.

Testing

• 7 Agile Testing Trends to Watch for in 2020 – Nick Karlsson – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/7-agile-testing-trends-watch-2020
• Adaptability Is The New Capability – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/adaptability-the-new-capability/
• Defining Platform Engineering vs SRE from a testers vocabulary – Abby Bangser – https://testerbychoice.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/definining-platform-engineering-vs-sre-from-a-testers-vocabulary/
• DevOps….You’re Doing It Wrong – Darryn Downey – https://thoughtsontest.wordpress.com/2020/01/08/devops-youre-doing-it-wrong/
• Do Testers Need to Be Technical? – Raj Subrameyer – https://blog.gurock.com/do-testers-need-to-be-technical/
• Fixed Table Headers – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/01/fixed-table-headers.html
• Hoarding Content: How Long to Keep Ideas in Any Form Around – Johanna Rothman – https://blog.gurock.com/hoarding-content-keep-ideas/

• Listen beyond the pass and fail: A story of looking at the bigger picture – Lena Wiberg – https://testingindevops.org/listen-beyond-the-pass-and-fail-a-story-of-looking-at-the-bigger-picture/
• No, You’re Not Manually Testing Software – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/no-youre-not-a-manually-testing-software/
• Productivity hacks for testers: 4 ways to get more done – Federico Toledo – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/productivity-hacks-testers-4-ways-get-more-done
• Some Of The Most Disastrous Software Fails – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/some-of-the-most-disastrous-software-fails/
• Testing can sometimes be a lonely job – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/testing-is-a-lonely-job/
• testing concerns – Rachel Kibler – http://racheljoi.com/2020/testing-concerns/
• The Command Line, Demystified- Part II – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-command-line-demystified-part-ii.html
• The Lost Interview: Testing Trends 2020 – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/the-lost-interview-testing-trends-2020-c1fcfa8a8c78
• The Role of Attachments in Bugs Reports – Software Testing Magazine – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/the-role-of-attachments-in-bugs-reports/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 4: The Facade – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/06/would-heu-risk-it-part-4-the-facade/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 5: Temptress´ Trails – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/08/would-heu-risk-it-part-5-temptress-trails/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 6: Allies – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/10/would-heu-risk-it-part-6-allies/
• Zero to SME: Quickly Becoming Your Own Subject Matter Expert – Thomas Sullivan – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/zero-sme-quickly-becoming-your-own-subject-matter-expert

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 11 top open-source API testing tools: What your team needs to know – Joe Colantonio – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/11-top-open-source-api-testing-tools-what-your-team-needs-know
• Create a Test Automation Environment with Appium, Robot Framework & Jenkins – Marcin Sikorski – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/01/08/test-automation-environment-appium-robot-framework-jenkins/
• EarlGrey 2 — Querying the app under test with a white-box call – Szymon Kazmierczak – https://medium.com/assertqualityassurance/earlgrey-2-querying-the-app-under-test-with-a-white-box-call-dba393c6d74c
• EarlGrey2 — Setting up white-box testing capability – Szymon Kazmierczak – https://medium.com/assertqualityassurance/earlgrey2-setting-up-white-box-testing-capability-e90af19a3fee
• From a newbie to a test automation rock star, vol. 6: Create you first mobile test and go wild – Tihomir Babić – https://medium.com/@babic.t82/from-a-newbie-to-a-test-automation-rock-star-vol-6-create-you-first-mobile-test-and-go-wild-a9bde8e92f77
• How product quality is affected by the test automator role – Ira Kotyk – https://xebia.com/blog/how-product-quality-is-affected-by-the-test-automator-role/
• How to Test the Test Automation Framework? – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/how-test-test-automation-framework/
• Hundreds of hours Mob Programming over Four Years – Is it Still Worth It? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/01/hundreds-of-hours-mob-programming-over.html
• Next Generation Front End Testing using WebDriver and Chrome DevTools: Part 2 – Srinivasan Sekar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/01/09/next-generation-front-end-testing-using-webdriver-and-chrome-devtools-part-2/
• The Software Engineer in Test and the Developer: Key Differences – The Free Range Tester – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/01/06/software-engineer-in-test-and-the-developer-key-differences/
• Writing tests for RESTful APIs in Python using requests – part 3: working with XML – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/writing-tests-for-restful-apis-in-python-using-requests-part-3-working-with-xml/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• State of Testing Survey 2020 – Now Live and ready for your response! – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2020/01/11/state-of-testing-survey-2020-now-live-and-ready-for-your-response/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #78 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/01/06/the-little-tester-78/
• Meme: Testing With Fun – Memes (Series 6) – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2020/01/testing-with-fun-memes-series-6.html
• Podcast: ABT 343 – Conor Fitzgerald – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/abt-343-conor-fitzgerald/
• Podcast: Automation Testing Trends for 2020 – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a286-trends/
• Podcast: One Key Idea: The Big Testing Challenge We Failed to Solve in the 2010s – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/one-key-idea-the-big-testing-challenge-we-failed-to-solve-in-the-2010s/
• Video: Selenium Vs Cypress: Which One You Should Choose? – Pramod Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/01/05/selenium-vs-cypress/
• Video: The Joy AI Brings: An Interview with Kevin Pyles – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/joy-ai-brings-interview-kevin-pyles
• Video: The Pendulum Swing of Testing: An Interview with Melissa Tondi [interview] – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/pendulum-swing-testing-interview-melissa-tondi

Goals/Personal Reflections/Blogging

• 2020 New Year’s Resolutions – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/01/06/2020-new-years-resolutions/
• Blogging – Bob – https://randomtechthoughts.blog/2020/01/07/blogging/
• Choosing The Right Learning Method (Learn Python Challenge) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/01/07/choosing-the-right-learning-method-learn-python-challenge/