Testing Bits – Testing Bits – May 24th – May 30th, 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 24th – May 30th, 2020.

Testing

• 6 Breakthrough Functional Testing Trends for 2020 – Kevin Dunne – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/05/26/6-breakthrough-functional-testing-trends-for-2020/
• Agile: Walls Dysfunction & People – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/05/agile-walls-dysfunction-people.html
• Avoiding Death By Exposure – Peter Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2020/05/avoiding-death-by-exposure_28.html
• BDD in 2020 – Alister Scott – https://alisterbscott.com/2020/05/28/bdd-in-2020/
• Desk Tests, Continuous Tests, and Everything Between: How Much Automation Different Tests Deserve – Cameron Laird – https://blog.gurock.com/desk-tests-continuous-tests/
• Example of lightweight feature documentation – Alister Scott – https://alisterbscott.com/2020/05/29/example-of-lightweight-feature-documentation/
• How to go from performance tester to performance engineer – Scott Moore – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/how-go-performance-tester-performance-engineer

• Hunting Production Bugs: Month of May – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/hunting-production-bugs-month-of-may
• Letter to my fellow tester. – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/letter-to-my-fellow-tester/
• Testing in the Dark – Richard Estra – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2020/05/testing-dark
• Testing is not about Test Automation – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/testing-is-not-about-test-automation

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Automation Software Is Production Software – Pete Walen – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/automation-software-production-software
• Consumer-Driven Contract Testing using Pact Java – Srinivasan Sekar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/05/27/consumer-driven-contract-testing-using-pact-java/
• Finding An Optimal Process For Manual Testers In Cucumber Automation – Nikolay Advolodkin – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/05/27/finding-an-optimal-process-for-manual-testers-in-cucumber-automation/
• Five steps to successfully learn any test automation framework – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/five-tips-to-successfully-learn-any-test-automation-framework
• How Can 2 Hours Now Save You 1,000 Hours In The Next Year? – James Lamberti – https://applitools.com/blog/two-hours-learn-visual-ai/
• How To Debug Protractor Tests for Selenium Test Automation? – Praveen Mishra – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/how-to-debug-protractor-tests-for-selenium-test-automation/
• How To Stop Test Suite after N Test Failures in Pytest? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/how-to-stop-test-suite-after-n-test-failures-in-pytest/
• Jump start with Fiddler Everywhere – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/jump-start-with-fiddler-everywhere/
• Most Complete Selenium WebDriver 4.0 Overview – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/selenium-webdriver-4-overview/
• New Tricks with Chromium Edge and MSEdgeDriver.exe – Alexander Oliveira Dunn – https://alexanderontesting.com/2020/05/25/new-tricks-with-chromium-edge-and-msedgedriver-exe/
• Selenium IDE: What Is It? & Why Is It Must For Every QA? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-ide-what-is-it-why-is-it-must-for-every-qa/
• Spot the Difference with Visual Regression Testing – Nithin – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/05/25/spot-the-difference-with-visual-regression-testing/
• The Definitive Guide To Automation Testing For IT Teams – Owen Jones – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/the-definitive-guide-to-automation-testing-for-it-teams/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Impressions from last week’s Spring OnlineTestConf – Maayan – https://qablog.practitest.com/impressions-from-spring-onlinetestconf
• Meetup And Learn, How To Be Heard As Tester In Paced Startup World – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-how-to-be-heard-as-tester-in-paced-startup-world/
• Meetup And Learn, How To Motivate A Software Tester – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-how-to-motivate-a-software-tester/
• Meetup And Learn, How To Test Anything – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-how-to-test-anything/
• Meetup And Learn, Software Tester Should Be Confused As Often As Possible – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-software-tester-should-be-confused-as-often-as-possible/
• Meetup And Learn, Why You Should Consider Removing Testing Column – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-why-you-should-consider-removing-testing-column/
• Performance Testing – Sketch notes (May Week 4) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/05/25/performance-testing-sketch-notes-may-week-4/
• Well Spoken – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/05/well-spoken.html

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Book Review: Perfect Software and Other Illusions About Testing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/05/book-review-perfect-software-and-other.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #98 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/05/25/the-little-tester-98/
• Podcast: Open Source Testing Survey with Kevin Dunne, Matthias Rapp, Ivan Vanderbyl – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a305-survey/
• Podcast: The Guilty Tester – Episode 16 – Do The Things You Like More – Dave Duke – http://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/the-guilty-tester-episode-16-do-the-things-you-like-more
• Podcast: The Python Software Foundation (PSF) Board Elections – Ewa Jodlowska / Christopher Neugebauer – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/114
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Prioritizing Testing in DevOps – Michael Larsen, Matt Heusser – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-prioritizing-testing-in-devops
• Video: How to Write Manual Test Cases for API Testing? – Promode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/05/24/how-to-write-manual-test-cases-for-api-testing/
• Video: Selenium for Games: Automating Tic Tac Toe – Angie Jones – https://angiejones.tech/selenium-for-games/
• Webinar: Free Webinar: White-Box Coverage and Automotive Testing – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/free-webinar-white-box-coverage-and-automotive-testing/