Testing Bits – Testing Bits – May 17th – May 23rd, 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 May 17th – May 23rd, 2020.

Testing

• 60 great resources for performance engineering teams – Joe Colantonio – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/60-great-resources-performance-engineering-teams
• API Mocking – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2020/05/19/api-mocking/
• Do We All Need To Become SDITS? – Callum Akehurst-Ryan – https://callumakehurstryansblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/do-we-all-need-to-become-sdits/
• Five Years of Mob Testing, Hello to Ensemble Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/05/five-years-of-mob-testing-hello-to.html
• Musings from a remote pairer – Steven-burton – https://www.testersfindaway.com/2020/05/19/musings-from-a-remote-pairer/
• How Do You Catch More Bugs In Your End-To-End Tests? – James Lamberti – https://applitools.com/blog/catch-more-bugs/
• How to be effective AND liked – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/effective-liked/

• How to Test Anything – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/05/how-to-test-anything.html
• Improving Test Process : 6 Steps You Can Start With – Sarah Floonthego – https://synapse-qa.com/2020/05/20/improving-test-process-6-steps-you-can-start-with/
• Inflicting Help – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2020/05/23/inflicting-help/
• New Managers: Effective Management – Angela Riggs – https://angelariggs.github.io/articles/effective-management
• Performance testing for digital transformation – Ivan Boyanov – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/performance-testin%e2%80%8bg-for-digital-transformation/
• Rarely Used HTTP Methods – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/05/rarely-used-http-methods.html
• SDET != Automation Tester – Free Range Tester – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/05/18/sdet-vs-automation-tester/
• #SecurityStories: Using OWASP Juice Shop for Teaching – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2020/05/securitystories-using-owasp-juice-shop-for-teaching.html
• Six Top Trends for Performance in 2020 and Beyond – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/performance-trend-2020/
• Strengthening System Resilience with Chaos Engineering – Gnanasekaran Nagarathinam – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/strengthening-system-resilience-chaos-engineering
• Tester’s Diary: Who Values What – Rachel Kibler – https://blog.gurock.com/testers-diary-who-values-what/
• Top 13 Challenges Faced In Agile Testing By Every Tester – Veethee Dixit – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/top-13-challenges-faced-in-agile-testing-by-every-tester/
• What Is JSON? Introduction To Objects, Structure, And Testing – Jason Boog – https://theqalead.com/topics/what-is-json-introduction-objects-structure-testing/
• Why Online Testing Communities Bring Growth, Learning and Belonging – Rob Lambert – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/05/20/why-online-testing-communities-bring-growth-learning-and-belonging/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Consumer-Driven Contract Testing using Spring Cloud Contract – Srinivasan Sekar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/05/20/consumer-driven-contract-testing-using-spring-cloud-contract/
• Convexity in Predictive Value & Why Your Tests Are Flaky. – Peter Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2020/05/convexity-in-predictive-value-why-your.html
• Deploying Static Analysis and Unit Testing in Containerized Environments, Part 2 – Miroslaw Zielinski – https://blog.parasoft.com/deploying-static-analysis-and-unit-testing-in-containerized-environments-part-2
• Docker 101: What it is and why testers need to know it – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/docker-101-what-it-is-and-why-testers-need-to-know-it/
• End-To-End Tutorial For Pytest Fixtures With Examples – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/end-to-end-tutorial-for-pytest-fixtures-with-examples/
• Exploratory Testing using Chrome Extension – Rohini Gopal – https://qxf2.com/blog/exploratory-testing-using-chrome-extension/
• FAQs to How I Became An Automation Engineer (talk) – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2020/05/faqs-to-how-i-became-an-automation-engineer-talk/
• Intro to Selenium WebDriver with .NET Core – Part 2 – Nikolay Advolodkin – https://ultimateqa.com/selenium-dotnet-core-2/
• Less UI Automation For the Win – Nikolay Advolodkin – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/05/19/less-ui-automation-for-the-win/
• Load Tests: Locust vs Jmeter – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.com/2020/05/23/load-tests-locust-vs-jmeter/
• Making automation better – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2020/05/19/making-automation-better/
• MSTest Tutorial: Environment Setup For Selenium Testing – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/mstest-tutorial-environment-setup-for-selenium-testing/
• Open Source Bug Tracking Tools – Software Testing Magazine – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/tools/open-source-bug-tracking-tools
• Selenium C# Tutorial: Introduction – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-c-sharp-tutorial-introduction/
• Selenium Tests should be 100% Independent – Alex Siminuic – https://medium.com/@alexsiminiuc/selenium-tests-should-be-100-independent-7cbbed68f2f5
• The Foundation Moves – Even in Robot Framework with Selenium – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-foundation-moves-even-in-robot.html
• The Most Important Tool for Software and System Testing – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/important-tool-testing/
• Using Multiple Test Frameworks Simultaneously – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2020/05/18/using-multiple-test-frameworks-simultaneously/
• Windows Network Sniffer – pktmon – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/windows-network-sniffer-pktmon/
• Working with windows/tabs in Selenium – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/05/21/working-with-windows-tabs-in-selenium/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training/Webinars

• Accessibility and API Testing – Sketch notes (May Week 2/3) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/05/18/accessibility-and-api-testing-sketch-notes-may-week-2-3/
• Down With OTC – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/05/down-with-otc.html
• Webinars: Angie Jones Presents: Test Automation Beyond Java 8 [webinar recording] – Addie Ben-Yehuda – https://applitools.com/blog/java-test-automation/
• Webinars: Test Automation Beyond Jave 8 – Angie Jones – https://angiejones.tech/test-automation-beyond-java-8/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Book Review: 7 Rules for Positive, Productive Change – a book review – Huib Schoots – https://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2982
• Book Review: Read: Agile Conversations – KC – https://testkeis.wordpress.com/2020/05/17/read-agile-conversations/
• Book Review: Read Along- ‘Agile Testing’ Chapter-6 – Nishi Grover Garg – https://testwithnishi.com/2020/05/20/read-along-agile-testing-chapter-6/
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #97 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/05/18/the-little-tester-97/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 121: Peter Senge is Old – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-121-peter-senge-is-old/
• Podcast: Fast and reliable cross-browser testing using Playwright with Arjun Attam – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a304-arjun/
• Podcast: Unboxing QA: What’s The Role Of Software Developers And SDET In QA? (With Arun Kumar) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/arun-kumar-role-of-software-developers-in-qa/
• Videos: How to Perform Chaining Requests in Postman? – Promode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/05/21/chaining-requests-in-postman/

Bugs In The Wild

• Bug in LinkedIn – Incorrect % value is getting displayed in Poll results – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2020/05/bug-in-linkedin-incorrect-value-is.html
• Bug in LinkedIn – “People – Connections” Filter isn’t working appropriately – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2020/05/bug-in-linkedin-people-connections.html