Testing Bits – February 16th – February 22nd, 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 February 16th – February 22nd.

Testing

• 5 Productivity Habits to Start Every Work Day Focussed – Toby Sinclair – https://tobysinclairblog.wordpress.com/2020/02/20/5-productivity-habits-to-start-every-work-day-focused/
• Become a Self-Taught Software Tester in 2020 – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/self-taught-software-tester-2020/
• Better behavior-driven development: 4 rules for writing good Gherkin – Andrew Knight – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/better-behavior-driven-development-4-rules-writing-good-gherkin
• Block Links, Cards, Clickable Regions, Etc. – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/02/block-links-cards-clickable-regions-etc.html
• Computers can be understood – Nelson Elhage – https://blog.nelhage.com/post/computers-can-be-understood/
• Consumer Driven Contract Testing — A scalable testing strategy for Microservices – Jemma Wells – https://medium.com/john-lewis-software-engineering/consumer-driven-contract-testing-a-scalable-testing-strategy-for-microservices-3f2b09f99ed1
• Don’t Mix Friendship or Politics with Testing – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/dont-mix-friendship-or-politics-with-testing/

• Encouraging, Motivating & Cajoling: Getting people to do the job… – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/02/encouraging-motivating-cajoling-getting.html
• Exploring together to find and prevent bugs with Elmer Fudd sessions – Lisa Crispin, Bertold Kolics – https://www.mabl.com/blog/exploring-together-to-find-and-prevent-bugs-with-elmer-fudd-sessions
• Four ways to introduce self-care to software testers – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/four-ways-to-introduce-self-care-to-software-testers/
• How to Create an Agile Team Working Agreement – Tucker Sauer-Pivonka – https://medium.com/ideas-by-crema/how-to-create-an-agile-team-working-agreement-7bc98df008a1
• How to get Ahead of the Game when Mobile Accessibility Testing – Will Saunders – https://blog.testlodge.com/mobile-accessibility-testing/
• Information Loss in Software Testing – Matthew Heusser – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/information-loss-software-testing
• Momentum > Urgency – Elisabeth Hendrickson – http://testobsessed.com/2020/02/momentum-urgency/
• Regression testing can never be fully automated – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/regression-testing-can-never-be-fully-automated/
• Running a 2.5 Hour Feature Sprint with a Startup Mobile App – Justin Mertes – https://medium.com/ideas-by-crema/running-a-2-5-hour-feature-sprint-with-a-startup-mobile-app-26f9fd5d175b
• The Automated Testing Trap – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-automated-testing-trap.html
• Using Outcome Based Documentation For Scoping Agile Developments – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2020/02/using-outcomes-to-scope-custom.html
• When a Team Does Not Want to Do the Work that Needs to Be Done – Elisabeth Hendrickson – http://testobsessed.com/2020/02/work-to-be-done/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 21: The Hive – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/02/17/would-heu-risk-it-part-21-the-hive/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 10 Commandments to Pen Down your Test Automation Plan – Christina Thalayasingam – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/02/18/10-commandments-to-pen-down-your-test-automation-plan/
• A Real-World Example of an Automated Test Pipeline – Dennis Martinez – https://testingindevops.org/a-real-world-example-of-an-automated-test-pipeline/
• C# Expected Conditions are Deprecated. So what? – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/c-expected-conditions-are-deprecated-so-what-b451365adc24
• Cross-Browser Testing Tools – Software Testing Magazine – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/tools/cross-browser-testing-tools/
• Find the Button in the Room – Han Toan Lim – https://www.mindfultester.com/find-the-button-in-the-room/
• How Do I Start Learning Python – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2020/02/18/how-do-i-start-learning-python/
• How To Download & Upload Files Using Selenium With Java – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/how-to-download-upload-files-using-selenium-with-java/
• How to use Selenium IDE for record and playback testing – Matthew Grasberger – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/How-to-use-Selenium-IDE-for-record-and-playback-testing
• Proxy Design Pattern in Automated Testing – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/proxy-design-pattern/
• Starting with UI tests in Cypress – Bruce – https://undevelopedbruce.com/2020/02/20/starting-with-ui-tests-in-cypress/
• Q&A with Max Saperstone from Coveros: Part One – Getting Started with Test Automation – Mark Lambert – https://blog.parasoft.com/a-qa-with-max-saperstone-from-coveros-part-one-getting-started-with-test-automation
• Quality pattern 2: Automate your acceptance tests – Erik Zeedijk – https://xebia.com/blog/quality-pattern-2-automate-your-acceptance-tests/
• Test automation and QA career guide: Top roles and skills – Ericka Chickowski – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/test-automation-qa-career-guide-top-roles-skills
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Taking Screenshots with Selenium and Java – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-taking-screenshots-with-selenium-and-java-c9da23e09842

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Conference And Learn Day 4, How To Tell A Story – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/conference-and-learn-day-4-how-to-tell-a-story/
• Conference And Learn Day 4, Lean Coffee  – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/conference-and-learn-day-4-lean-coffee/
• Conference And Learn Day 4, The Workshop – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/conference-and-learn-day-4-the-workshop/
• Conference And Learn Day 4, Using Devops To Grow – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/conference-and-learn-day-4-using-devops-to-grow/
• Conference And Learn Day 5, DevSecOps For Developers – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/conference-and-learn-day-5-devsecops-for-developers/
• Conference And Learn Day 5, Let’s Break The Problem – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/conference-and-learn-day-5-lets-break-the-problem/
• Conference And Learn Day 5, Let’s Delete Some Tests – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/conference-and-learn-day-5-lets-delete-some-tests/
• DDD Europe 2020 – About Close Collaboration, Shared Language and Visual Models – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2020/02/ddd-europe-2020-about-close-collaboration-shared-language-and-visual-models.html
• ETC 2020 – conference days – Amit – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2020/02/etc-2020-conference-days.html

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Book Review: The Unicorn Project – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/02/book-review-unicorn-project.html
• Book Summary: Knowing Doing Gap – How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge Into Action – Toby Sinclair – https://tobysinclairblog.wordpress.com/2020/02/16/book-summary-knowing-doing-gap-how-smart-companies-turn-knowledge-into-action/
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #84 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/02/17/the-little-tester-84/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 115: Gates and Balmer and Satya (oh my) – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-115-gates-and-balmer-and-satya-oh-my/
• Podcast: Application Security – Anthony Shaw – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/101
• Podcast: Best Automation Practices and Red Flags with Nikolay Advolodkin – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a292-nikolay/
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Performance Assurance – Matt Heusser – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-performance-assurance
• Video: Retesting vs Regression Testing : When We Do Retesting(With Example) – Promode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/02/19/retesting-vs-regression-testing/#What_is_Retesting
• Video: Smoke Testing Vs Sanity Testing : Explained with Examples – Promode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/02/21/smoke-testing-vs-sanity-testing/
• Webinar: Must Know Test Automation Trends by Leading Experts (Webinar Recording) – Meital Matsafi – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/02/17/must-know-test-automation-trends-by-leading-experts/