Testing Bits – Testing Bits – June 14th – June 20th, 2020 – Happy Father’s Day Edition

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 June 14th – June 20th, 2020.

Testing

• 5 Reasons Why Product Managers Should Have a Close Relationship With Software Testers – Daniel Knott – https://www.applause.com/blog/product-manager-relationship-software-testers
• 5 Strategies for Effective User Stories – Raj Subrameyer – https://www.ranorex.com/blog/what-makes-up-good-user-story/9
• 10 exploratory testing techniques for QA professionals – Amy Reichert – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/10-exploratory-testing-techniques-for-QA-professionals
• About Knowledge – Redux – Maciej Wyrodek – https://thebrokentest.com/about-knowledge-redux/
• Are Best Practices Really The Best? – Kevin Tuck – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/06/14/are-best-practices-really-the-best/
• Cognitive biases and how they influence software testing – Prashant Hegde – https://qablog.practitest.com/9-cognitive-biases-of-software-testing/
• Design Systems and Testability – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/testing-design-systems-2/

• Focusing on Product Acceptance – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2020/06/focusing-on-product-acceptance/
• How to take better notes – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/notetaking/
• How to Write Test Cases Without Requirements – Wes Silverstein – https://www.mindfulqa.com/test-cases-without-requirements/
• Managing Test Data – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/06/managing-test-data.html
• Raise Your Exploratory Testing Game – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/exploratory-testing-game/
• Robust APIs Are Weird – Yuliya Bagriy – https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2020/06/18/robust-apis-are-weird/
• Sketchnotes – The Big Secret – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/sketchnotes-the-big-secret/
• Tester’s Diary: Five Experiments for Reducing Rework – Rachel Kibler – https://blog.gurock.com/diary-reducing-rework/
• Testing in a team (then and now) – Steve – https://allthingstesting.com/testing-in-a-team/
• Wish-List Ideas for Software Testing Research – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/wish-list-ideas-software-testing-research

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 10 portfolio projects for aspiring automation engineers – Angie Jones – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/10-portfolio-projects-aspiring-automation-engineers
• Cypress – Using Page Objects – Toby Steed – Cypress – https://www.learnautomation.co.uk/2020/06/cypress-using-page-objects/
• How to Turn off JavaScript – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/post/tips/how-to-turn-javascript-on-off/
• Protractor Tutorial: Handling iFrames & Frames in Selenium – Praveen Mishra – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/protractor-tutorial-handling-iframes-frames-in-selenium/
• PyTest Tutorial – Parallel Testing With Selenium Grid – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/pytest-tutorial-parallel-testing-with-selenium-grid/
• Selenium JavaScript Automation Testing Tutorial For Beginners – Mujtaba Mehdi – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/06/17/selenium-javascript-automation-testing-tutorial-for-beginners/
• Selenium Python Beginners Tutorial for Automation Testing – Ryan Howard – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/06/16/selenium-python-beginners-tutorial-for-automation-testing/
• Selenium Switch Methods (Chapter 5) – Rex Jones II – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/06/18/selenium-switch-methods-chapter-5/
• SSH To Ubuntu Installed On VirtualBox | Putty To Ubuntu – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – https://abodeqa.com/ssh-to-ubuntu-installed-on-virtualbox-putty-to-ubuntu/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Becoming Tech Aware, Assuring Quality and Doctor Who – Sketchnotes (June Week 2) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/06/15/becoming-tech-aware-assuring-quality-and-doctor-who-sketchnotes-june-week-2/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Cartoon: Going Live with Gobla 1.0 – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2020/06/going-live-with-gobla-10.htm
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Almost season 3 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/06/15/the-little-tester-almost-season-3/
• Podcast: Lisa Crispin – Observability from a tester’s perspective – https://soundcloud.com/qualitysensepodcast/lisa-crisping-observability-from-a-testers-perspective
• Podcast: Testing in the Dark with Rob Sabourin – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/testing-in-the-dark-with-rob-sabourin/
• Podcast: The Gremlin In The Machine: How To Achieve Chaos Engineering Like Netflix & Amazon – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/gremlin-in-the-machine-how-to-achieve-chaos-engineering-netflix-amazon/
• Podcast: Voting Machine Fail – Peter Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2020/06/podcast-voting-machine-fail.html