Testing Bits – April 26th – May 2nd, 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 26th – May 2nd, 2020.

Testing

• 4 ways to be more active in the software testing community – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/4-ways-to-be-more-active-in-the-software-testing-community/
• 2020: It Is Costliest If Not Shipped Quickly – Fixing few bugs later is okay! – Ravisuriya Eshwara –  https://testinggarage.blogspot.com/2020/04/it-is-costliest-if-not-shipped-quickly-fixing-few-bugs-later-is-okay-mindset-and-not-bugs-found-later-is-costly-software-engineering-development-testing.html
• Accessibility Testing: Everything you need to know – Giridhar Rajkumar – https://applitools.com/blog/accessibility-testing-strategy/
• Anonymization: A Fundamental Technique for Testing in Production – Cameron Laird – https://blog.gurock.com/anonymization-testing-in-production/
• Avoid aria-roledescription – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/04/avoid-aria-roledescription.html
• How to Respond to Retest Requests without a Clear Bug Fix – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/how-respond-retest-requests-without-clear-bug-fix
• Introduction to Consumer Contract Testing –  Sai Krishna – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/04/27/introduction-to-consumer-contract-testing/

• Modern Dev Teams Are More Efficient Than Ever — Quality Engineering Should Be Too. – James Lamberti – https://applitools.com/blog/test-code-efficiency/
• Neurodiversity Is My Superpower In My Software Career! – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/topics/neurodiversity-is-my-superpower-software-career/
• Six Testing Personas to Avoid – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/05/six-testing-personas-to-avoid.html
• Software testing: the seven truths you have to deal with! – Helena Rodrigues – https://medium.com/assertqualityassurance/software-testing-the-seven-truths-you-have-to-deal-with-6ee4f8f028f1
• The Fellowship is Formed – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-fellowship-is-formed.html
• Thinking Differently – Embracing Neurodiversity In Tech – Simon Prior – https://theqalead.com/topics/embracing-neurodiversity-in-tech/
• Web: Debugging the Errors using Browser’s Utilities – Ravisuriya Eshwara – https://testinggarage.blogspot.com/2020/04/debugging-browser-web-page-error-webpage-was-reloaded-because-a-problem-occurred-tools-heuristic.html
• Why Manual Testing is Important – Jane Oriel – https://blog.testlodge.com/why-manual-testing-is-important/
• Would Heu-risk it? Part 30: The Corruptor – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/04/27/would-heu-risk-it-part-30-the-corruptor/
• Would Heu-risk it? Part 31: The Memory Master – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/04/28/would-heu-risk-it-part-31-the-memory-master/
• Would Heu-risk it? Part 32: Wrap up time! – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/04/30/would-heu-risk-it-part-32-wrap-up-time/
• “You’re a tester! You can’t tell developers what to do!” – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2020/05/02/youre-a-tester-you-cant-tell-developers-what-to-do/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• A Guide To Automation Testing Using Selenium ChromeDriver – Praveen Mishra – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-chromedriver-automation-testing-guide/
• Android testing tools – Sławomir Radzymiński – https://www.awesome-testing.com/2020/04/android-testing-tools.html
• Cannot find/click/type in element? Use Selenium, Java and … Javascript – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/cannot-find-click-type-in-element-use-selenium-java-and-javascript-c4d92e483385
• Configuring NUnit 3 to run different tests in each environment. – Alexander Oliveira Dunn – https://alexanderontesting.com/2020/04/30/configuring-nunit-3-to-run-different-tests-in-each-environment/
• Don’t “check” or “verify” in your tests – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2020/04/dont-check-or-verify-in-your-tests/
• Exploring Github CLI – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/exploring-github-cli
• Find That Things in a Room – Han Toan Lim – https://www.mindfultester.com/find-that-thing-in-the-room/
• How Selenium Works: Episode 7 – Driver Executables – David Burns – https://www.theautomatedtester.co.uk/blog/2020/how-selenium-works-7-driver-executables/
• How To BDD: Understanding Screenplay – Myths & Fundamentals – Matt Wynne – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/understanding-screenplay-myths-fundamentals/
• How to choose a programming language for test automation – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/how-to-choose-a-programming-language-for-test-automation/
• Selenium Python Tutorial: Getting Started With BDD In Behave – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-python-behave-tutorial-bdd/
• Test Automation Mentality Gone Wrong – Michael Fritzius – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/04/30/test-automation-mentality-gone-wrong/
• What should a Selenium coding test cover? – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/what-should-a-selenium-coding-test-cover-eb7edfb4e483

Business, Covid 19, Remote Working

• 7 Effective Tips For Every Remote Testing Team –  Rahul Rana – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/7-effective-tips-for-every-remote-testing-team/
• The One Question You Should Be Asking About Remote Working – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2020/04/the-one-question-you-should-be-asking.html

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training/Webinars

• TestBash Home – The First 12 Hours (#Sketchnotes) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/testbash-home-the-first-12-hours-sketchnotes/
• TestBash Home – The Final 12 Hours (#Sketchnotes) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/testbash-home-the-final-12-hours-sketchnotes/

#30DaysofTesting

• #5 Modern Testing Principle (30 Days of Quality, Day 19) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/5-modern-testing-principle-30-days-of-quality-day-19/
• Understanding Quality Engineering/ AMA with Anne-Marie Charrett (30 Days of Quality, Day 11/Day 20) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/understanding-quality-engineering-30-days-of-quality-day-11-day-20/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #94 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/04/27/the-little-tester-94/
• Podcast: Automation in Production using RPA with Sune Engsig – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a301-sune/
• Podcast: Communicating Quality (With Conor Fitzgerald) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/communicating-quality-with-conor-fitzgerald/
• Podcast: Everything Is Just A Test (With Mariia Hutsuk) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/podcast-everything-is-just-a-test-mariia-hutsuk/
• Podcast: Frustrations in testing & what to do about them? – Rob Lambert, Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/frustrations-in-testing-what-to-do-about-them/
• Podcast: Subtests in Python with unittest and pytest – Paul Ganssle – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/111
• Podcast: The Guilty Tester – Episode 15 – Testbash Manchester Unexpo 2019 Part 3 – Dave Duke – http://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/the-guilty-tester-episode-15-testbash-manchester-unexpo-2019-part-3
• Podcast: Using BDD to Drive Early Collaboration: A Conversation with Christine Ketterlin Fisher – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/using-bdd-drive-early-collaboration-conversation-christine-ketterlin-fisher
• Videos: Acceptance Testing for Continuous Delivery – Software Testing Magazine – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/videos/acceptance-testing-for-continuous-delivery
• Videos: ChroPath Tutorial : Efficient Automation Testing With FREE Tool | How to Use it & New Features – Promode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/04/26/chropath-tutorial/
• Videos: Using Apache POI to Read Excel Files – Angie Jones – https://angiejones.tech/using-apache-poi-to-read-excel-files/
• Webinars: The Impact of Visual AI On Test Automation [webinar] – Addie Ben-Yehuda – https://applitools.com/blog/visual-ai-webinar/