Testing Bits – Testing Bits – May 31st – June 6th, 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 31st – June 6th, 2020.

Testing

• Fighting Defect Clusters in Software Testing – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/defect-clusters-in-software-testing/
• How Does a RECRUITER See Testers – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/tester-seen-by-recruiter/
• In uncertain times, product quality is key: 4 ways to amplify QA – Ronald Cummings-John – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/uncertain-times-product-quality-key-4-ways-amplify-qa
• Productivity is simply containers of work with rules – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/containers-rules/
• Smoke Testing vs. Sanity Testing – What, Why & When – Sri Priya P Kulkarni  – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/05/31/smoke-testing-vs-sanity-testing/
• Someone else will do it – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/someone-else-will-do-it/
• Tester’s Diary: Taking the Ego Out of Testing – Rachel Kibler – https://blog.gurock.com/testers-diary-taking-ego-out-of-testing/

• The Melbourne testing market and spotting “red flags” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/the-melbourne-testing-market-and-spotting-red-flags
• Variation in Software Testing – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2020/06/03-variation/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 5 Reasons Enterprise Test Automation Is So Challenging – Wolfgang Platz – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-reasons-enterprise-test-automation-so-challenging
• Adventures in Node: Promises – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/06/adventures-in-node-promises.html
• Black Hole Proxy Pattern for Reducing Test Instability – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/black-hole-proxy-pattern/
• Cypress – Writing Your First Test – Toby Steed – https://www.learnautomation.co.uk/2020/06/cypress-writing-your-first-test/
• Event Driven Architecture: How to Perform Contract Testing in Kafka/PubSub – Srinivasan Sekar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/06/03/event-driven-architecture-how-to-perform-contract-testing-in-kafka-pubsub/
• How To Automate Calendar Using Selenium WebDriver For Testing? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/how-to-automate-calendar-using-selenium-webdriver-for-testing/
• How To Handle Alerts And Popups In Protractor With Selenium? – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/handle-alerts-popups-in-selenium-protractor/
• How To Run Selenium IDE Test Over Online Selenium Grid? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/run-selenium-ide-test-on-online-selenium-grid/
• Introducing LT Browser – A Dev-Friendly Browser For Mobile View Debugging – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/introducing-lt-browser-for-mobile-view-debugging/
• Karate: Test Automation Made Simple? – Alister Scott – https://alisterbscott.com/2020/06/05/karate-test-automation-made-simple/
• Short Learning Series: Automated Visual Regression Testing with APPLITOOLS EYES – Rampraesath JKumaran – https://synapse-qa.com/2020/06/01/short-learning-series-automated-visual-regression-testing-with-applitools/
• Tips for Working with IFs in Java – Corina Pip – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/06/01/tips-for-working-with-ifs-in-java/
• What’s New In Selenium 4? – Manoj Kumar – https://applitools.com/blog/selenium-4/
• Why Is Katalon Studio The Best Selenium Alternative For 2020 – Vijay – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/katalon-studio-selenium-alternative/
• Why you should consider TestProject for your next test automation solution – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/why-you-should-consider-testproject-for-your-next-test-automation-solution/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Leadership and DevOps Transformation – Sketch notes (May Final Week) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/leadership-and-devopstransformation-sketch-notes-may-final-week/
• Meetup And Learn, Perfect Test Fallacy – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-perfect-test-fallacy/
• Meetup And Learn, Testing Stories From The Aviation – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-testing-stories-from-the-aviation/
• Modern Test Leadership with Simon Prior (Lean Coffee Discussion Notes) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/modern-test-leadership-with-simon-prior-lean-coffee-discussion-notes/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Best software testing books #2 – Sławomir Radzymiński – https://www.awesome-testing.com/2020/06/best-software-testing-books-2.html
• Cartoon: Roast the test reports – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2020/06/roast-test-reports.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #99 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/06/01/the-little-tester-99/
• Podcast: How to Choose a Test Tool with Darrel Farris – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a306-darrel/
• Podcast: Testing as a Craft: A Conversation with Greg Paskal – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/testing-craft-conversation-greg-paskal
• Podcast: Your Data Quality Sucks (With Huw Price) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/podcast-your-data-quality-sucks-huw-price/