
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 Jan 26th – Feb 1st 2020.
Testing
- 5 Key Elements for Designing a Successful Dashboard – Nels Hoenig – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-key-elements-designing-successful-dashboard
- A (former) tester interview – Beren Van Daele – Lyon Testing – https://lyontesting.fr/en/a-former-tester-interview-beren-van-daele/
- A QA interview exercise – read code in different languages – Arunkumar Muralidharan – https://qxf2.com/blog/a-qa-interview-exercise-read-code-in-different-languages/
- Beginner’s Guide: How to Become a Software Tester? 2020 Update – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2020/01/30/beginners-guide-how-to-become-a-software-tester-2020-update/
- Building DevOps Ways of Working at a Large Enterprise – Jorge Castro – https://testingindevops.org/building-devops-ways-of-working-at-a-large-enterprise
- Can we change our perspectives? – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/can-we-change-our-perspectives/
- Failure, Am I? – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/01/failure-am-i.html
- Four Natural Personality Traits That Make a Great Tester – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/natural-traits-great-tester/
- “Less” is More, Part I: Serverless Architecture – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/02/less-is-more-part-i-serverless.html
- Pick user-centric software performance testing metrics – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Pick-user-centric-software-performance-testing-metrics
- Rapid Testing: Dev/Test handovers reinvented – Neil Syrett – https://syrett.blog/rapid-testing/
- Releasing Agility Foundations and Principles – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/releasing-agility-foundations-and-principles/
- Taking Pleasure – Paul Gilson – https://harnessedtester.wordpress.com/2020/01/29/taking-pleasure/
- Testing Microservices-Oriented Applications – Bob Reselman – https://blog.gurock.com/testing-microservices/
- The beginning of discovery – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2020/02/01/the-beginning-of-discovery/
- The Marketing of AI – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/the-marketing-of-ai-49254e24daea
- Traditional Performance Testing is now Obsolete – A Thought – Arun Kumar – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/traditional-performance-testing-is-now-obsolete-a-thought/
- Where Sleeping Bugs Lie – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/where-sleeping-bugs-lie/
- Why DevTestOps is going to peak in the coming decade – Chou Yang – https://www.mabl.com/blog/why-devtestops-is-going-to-peak-in-the-coming-decade
- Why negative testing matters: How to avoid your next fail – Joydip Kanjilal – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/why-negative-testing-matters-how-avoid-your-next-fail
- Why We Need To Get Rid Of Thought Leaders – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2020/01/why-we-need-to-get-rid-of-thought.html
- Would Heu-Risk It? Part 13: The Observer – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/27/would-heu-risk-it-part-13-the-observer/
- Would Heu-Risk It? Part 14: Alethephobia – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/29/would-heu-risk-it-part-14-alethephobia/
- Would Heu-Risk It? Part 15: Opus Interruptus – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/31/would-heu-risk-it-part-15-opus-interruptus/
Test Automation/Programming/Tools
- 5 ways to create faster, more reliable UI tests – Satyajit Malugu – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/5-ways-create-faster-more-reliable-ui-tests
- 14 Mistakes I Did That You Should Avoid As A Newbie Automation Tester – Ramit Dhamija – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/common-mistakes-of-an-automation-tester/
- Automated Monkey Testing with Selenium & WebDriverIO (Examples) – Harish Rajora – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/monkey-testing-with-webdriverio/
- Generic Repository Design Pattern- Test Data Preparation – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/generic-repository-design-pattern-test-data/
- Using Git for branching and merging – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/using-git-for-branching-and-merging
- Webdrivers With Culture – Testing Internationalisation – Alexander Oliveira Dunn – https://alexanderontesting.com/2020/01/29/webdrivers-with-culture-testing-internationalisation/
- What do test automation and cooking have in common? Recipes – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/what-do-test-automation-and-cooking-have-in-common-recipes-d6957778edf7
- Which programming language? – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/javafortesters/2020-01-31-which-language-to-learn/
Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- Jan #MidsTest: Risk Storming – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/jan-midstest-risk-storming/
Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts
- Book Review: Solitude – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/01/30/solitude/
- Cartoon: 404 caused by clumsy whales – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2020/01/404-caused-by-clumsy-whales.html
- Cartoon:The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #81 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/01/27/the-little-tester-81/
- Podcast: Sneak Peek Automation Guild 2020 Online Conference – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a289-automationguild/
- Podcast: Software Maintenance and Chess – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/99
- Podcast: The Testing Show: How to Identify Testing Talent – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-how-to-identify-testing-talent
- Podcast: Two Points of View at Two: Short High-impact Talks about Testing with Yalonda Haywood – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/two-points-of-view-at-two-short-high-impact-talks-about-testing-with-yalonda-haywood/
- Podcast: What’s the deal with regression testing and why are we still spending so much time on it? – Joel Monvelisky, Rob Lambert – https://qablog.practitest.com/podcast-whats-the-deal-regression-testing/
- Video: Cypress Tutorial for Beginners: Part 1 (Create Your First Test case) – Pramod Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/01/26/cypress-tutorial-for-beginners/
- Video: Cypress Tutorial For Beginners : Part 2 ( Upload a File ) – Pramod Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/01/31/cypress-upload-file/
- Video: From NPR to AI and Storytelling Startup – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/npr-ai-and-storytelling-startup
Goals/Personal Reflections/Blogging
- 2019 Review and 2020 plan – Noemi Ferrera – https://noemiferrera.com/2020/01/29/2019-review-and-2020-plan/
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