Testing Bits – April 19th – April 25th, 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 April 19th – April 25th, 2020.

Testing

• 6 Software Testing Misconceptions We Need to Think Twice About – Jorge Quiros – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/04/19/6-software-testing-misconceptions-we-need-to-think-twice-about/
• A Better ROI for testing – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/a-better-roi-for-testing/
• At the Council of Elrond – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/04/at-council-of-elrond-pt-1.html
• Designing and Testing Web Designs for Older People – Will Saunders – https://blog.testlodge.com/web-designs-for-older-people/
• Functional vs Visual Testing: Applitools Hackathon – Roman Iovlev – https://applitools.com/blog/my-hackathon-test-experience/
• Get ahead by learning to communicate – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/get-ahead-by-learning-to-communicate/
• Getting Buy In – For Testability… – Ash Winter – https://diagramindustries.com/2020/04/19/getting-buy-in-for-testability/

• Hunting Production Bugs: Month of April – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/hunting-production-bugs-month-of-april
• Just one on one… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2020/04/22/just-one-on-one/
• Ladies and gentlemen,…start your testing – Simon Schrijver – https://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/ladies-and-gentlemen-start-your-testing/
• Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/phoenix-rising/
• Manual Cross-browser Testing for Beginners Part 2: Tools and How to – Sarah Mischinger – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/manual-testing/manual-cross-browser-testing-for-beginners-part-2-tools-and-how-to/
• Stop the destructive debate inside testing – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/stop-the-destructive-debate-inside-testing-f49821fb73d1
• Testing Third Party APIs – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2020/04/21/testing-third-party-apis/
• Testing Titans with Saskia Coplans – Travis Hatridge – https://www.spritecloud.com/testing-titans-alex-schladebeck/
• The 10 Behaviours of Effective Employees – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/the-10-behaviours-of-effective-employees/
• The Road to Rivendell – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-road-to-rivendell.html
• Thoughts: Performance testing types – Kim Knup – https://punkmiktests.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/thoughts-performance-testing-types/
• Tips for Presenting Online – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2020/04/22-tips-for-online-presenting/
• UI Testing: A Comprehensive Guide – Yarin Podoler – https://www.testcraft.io/ui-testing/
• Using Insomnia for API exploration – Yuliya Bagriy – https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2020/04/22/using-insomnia-for-api-exploration/
• X-ray Vision and Exploratory Testing – Nicholas Snogren – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/x-ray-vision-and-exploratory-testing
• What Leadership And Parenting Have In Common – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/what-leadership-and-parenting-have-in-common/
• What Makes Testing Virtual Reality Software Special – Nataliia Syvynska – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/what-makes-testing-virtual-reality-software-special/
• What Structure Does a Test Have? – Ravisuriya Eshwara – https://testinggarage.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-structure-does-test-have-heuristic-pass-fail-context-driven-experience.html
• What’s Slowing Down Your Release Cycle? – Amelia Whyman – https://www.globalapptesting.com/blog/whats-slowing-down-your-release-cycle
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 27: The Juggler – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/04/20/would-heu-risk-it-part-27-the-juggler/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 28: Three Is The Magic Number – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/04/23/would-heu-risk-it-part-28-three-is-the-magic-number/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 29: Tunnel Vision – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/04/25/would-heu-risk-it-part-29-tunnel-vision/
• #SecurityStories: Threat Modeling – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2020/04/securitystories-threat-modeling.html

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Clean Code in Tests: What, Why and How? – Corina Pip – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/04/22/clean-code-in-tests-what-why-and-how/
• Continuous Testing Strategy to Revolutionize Product Quality – Christina Thalayasingam – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/04/23/continuous-testing-strategy-to-revolutionize-product-quality/
• Dealing with Dependencies in Your Testing and Automation Efforts – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/04/20/dealing-with-dependencies-in-your-testing-and-automation-efforts/
• Intro to Visual Testing with Percy & Ember – João Farias – http://thatsabug.com//blog/intro_to_percy/
• JUnit Parameterized Test For Selenium Automation With Examples – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/junit-parameterized-test-selenium/
• Measuring test automation – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2020/04/24/automation-metrics/
• Minimize the Browser With Selenium WebDriver – Or Should You?  – Richard Bradshaw – https://automationintesting.com/2020/04/minimize-browser-with-selenium-webdriver.html
• Save Time Creating Automation Tests using ChroPath (FREE tool) – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/chropath/
• Selenium‌ ‌C#‌:‌ Page‌ ‌Object‌ ‌Model‌ Tutorial With‌ ‌Examples‌ – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/page-object-model-tutorial-selenium-csharp/
• Top 27 Best Practices For Selenium Test Automation – Veethee Dixit – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/27-best-practices-selenium-test-automation/
• What Is Parallel Testing And Why To Adopt It? – Rahul Jain – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/what-is-parallel-testing-and-why-to-adopt-it/

Business, Covid 19, Remote Working

• Four Ideas for Self-Care When Working from Home – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/four-ideas-for-self-care-at-work/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training/Webinars

• Cognitive Bias, Networking and Learning While Under Lockdown (April Week 3) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/04/22/cognitive-bias-networking-and-learning-while-under-lockdown/
• The 2020 State of Testing Report is out! – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/2020-state-of-testing-report-is-out/

#30DaysofTesting

• Visualizing and Measuring Quality (30 Days of Quality, Day 12/21) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/visualizing-and-measuring-quality-30-days-of-quality-day-12-21/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Book Review: Continuous Testing for DevOps Professionals – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/04/book-review-continuous-testing-for.html
• Book Review: Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent – Ryan Holiday – Toby Sinclair – https://tobysinclair.com/2020/04/19/ego-is-the-enemy-the-fight-to-master-our-greatest-opponent-ryan-holiday/
• Book Review: Software Engineering At Google – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2020/04/20/se-at-google-review/
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #93 – Corin Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/04/20/the-little-tester-93/
• Memes: Testing With Fun – Memes (Series 7) – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2020/04/testing-with-fun-memes-series-7.html
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 119: Retrospectives – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-119-retrospectives/
• Podcast: ABT 343 – Melissa Eaden – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/abt-343-melissa-eaden/
• Podcast: Appium 2.0 and Headspin University with Jonathan Lipps – Joe Colanontio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a300-jonathan/
• Podcast: QR Episode 12 – Ethics Panel – Keith Klain – https://www.spreaker.com/user/keithklain/qr-episode-12-ethics-panel
• Podcast: Testing Django – from unittest to pytest – Adam Parkin – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/110
• Podcast: Tips for Talking at Online Conferences – Alan Richardson – https://pod.co/the-evil-tester-show/tips-for-talking-at-online-conferences
• Webinars: UI Tests In CICD – Webinar Review – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/ui-tests-in-cicd/
• Videos: How to Select Dates from Date Pickers – Angie Jones – https://angiejones.tech/how-to-select-dates-from-date-pickers/
• Videos: I Am Manual Tester, What Should I Do Next? – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/04/23/career-in-software-testing/