Testing Bits – March 1st – March 7th, 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 March 1st – March 7th, 2020.

Testing

• A Pocket Guide to Beta Testing – Part 2 – Areti Panou – https://unremarkabletester.com/2020/03/02/a-pocket-guide-to-beta-testing-part-2/
• Adaptability Quality Aspect – More TestSphere Stories – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/03/06/adaptability-quality-aspect-more-testsphere-stories/
• Agile Testing Interview Questions and Answers – Pramod Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/03/02/agile-testing-interview-questions-and-answers/
• API Contract Testing Made Easy – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/03/api-contract-testing-made-easy.html
• Bug Pipeline Reaction: Paul Szymkowiak and How Context-Driven Thinkers Talk – James Bach – https://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/487159
• Different Strategies to Reduce Scope Creep in Requirements – Raj Subrameyer – https://qablog.practitest.com/strategies-to-reduce-creep-in-requirements/
• Fight ageism in QA: 4 skills experienced testers can tout – Michael Fritzius – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/fight-ageism-qa-4-skills-experienced-testers-can-tout

• Hobbit Software Testing – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/03/hobbit-software-testing.html
• How to Best Use Indispensable People – Johanna Rothman – https://blog.gurock.com/indispensable-people-testers/
• How Humans and Bots Can Work Together to Test Software – Janna Loeffler – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/how-humans-and-bots-can-work-together-test-software
• How to handle testing everything – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/how-to-handle-testing-everything/
• Mastering my mindset – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2902
• Not Everybody Can Test – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2020/03/07/not-everybody-can-test/
• Regression-Testing Redux – Matt Heusser – https://xndev.com/2020/03/regression-testing-redux/
• SDET to SRE: Resources to make the transition – Evan Niedojadlo – https://testingindevops.org/sdet-to-sre-resources-to-make-the-transition/
• Stop Using ‘Drop-down’ – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/03/stop-using-drop-down.html
• Test suites as classifiers – Nelson Elhage – https://blog.nelhage.com/post/test-suites-as-classifiers/
• The rise of DevOps and the future of testing – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/the-rise-of-devops-and-the-future-of-testing/
• The Shadow of the Past – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-shadow-of-past.html
• Which is better: outsourcing or product company? – Thanh Huynh – https://www.asktester.com/outsourcing-or-product-company/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 3 steps to create a maintainable, browser-based test framework – Viktoriia Kuznetcova – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/3-steps-create-maintainable-browser-based-test-framework
• 5 Open Source Accessibility Testing Tools – Pros and Cons – Aparna Gopalakrishnan – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/03/04/5-open-source-accessibility-testing-tools-pros-and-cons/
• BlocklyJMX – Online Editor for JMeter – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/blocklyjmx-online-editor-for-jmeter/
• Build An Automated Testing Pipeline With GitLab CI/CD & Selenium Grid – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/automated-testing-pipeline-with-gitlab-ci-cd-and-selenium/
• Cypress vs. Selenium vs. TestProject – 7 Browsers Speed Benchmark – Meital Matsafi – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/03/03/cypress-vs-selenium-vs-testproject-speed-benchmark-all-browsers/
• How to check if the page is reloaded in a Selenium test – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/how-to-check-if-the-page-is-reloaded-in-a-selenium-test-84df6cfbfdd9
• How to Successfully Automate Your Cross-Browser Tests – Sarah Mischinger – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/how-to-successfully-automate-your-cross-browser-tests/
• Keep the Selenium Code Independent of the Site Language – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/keep-the-selenium-code-independent-of-the-site-language-independent-782cd0a54ae0
• Lazy Loading Design Pattern in Automated Testing – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/lazy-loading-design-pattern/
• JMeter, Prometheus, and Grafana Integration – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/jmeter-prometheus-and-grafana-integration/
• Selenium WebElement Methods (Chapter 2) – Rex Jones II – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/03/05/selenium-webelement-methods/
• Understanding XPath – Daniel Gold – http://www.danielgold.net/2020/03/understanding-xpath.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Listen to the sound from deep within… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2020/03/02/listen-to-the-sound-from-deep-within/
• South West Test: BDD is not Testing – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/03/02/south-west-test-bdd-is-not-testing/
• TestFest 2020 A short relation – Maciej Wyrodek – https://thebrokentest.com/testfest-2020-a-short-relation/
• What I learned at Software Testing Industry Forum 2020 – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/what-i-learned-at-software-testing-industry-forum-2020

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Book Review: 60 Second Summary: The Unicorn Project – Gene Kim  – Toby Sinclair – https://tobysinclairblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/07/60-second-summary-the-unicorn-project/
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #86 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/03/02/the-little-tester-86/
• Podcast: AutonomIQ Chropath Automation Testing with Sanjay Kumar – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a294-sanjay/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 116: What’s the Deal with ISTQB? – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-116-whats-the-deal-with-istqb/
• Podcast: Top 28 pytest plugins – Anthony Sottile – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/104
• Video: The Lazy Student’s Guide to Test Automation: A Conversation with Chris Loder – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/lazy-students-guide-test-automation-conversation-chris-loder