Testing Bits – Testing Bits – June 28th – July 4th, 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 June 28th – July 4th, 2020

Testing

• #accessiBe Will Get You Sued – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/06/accessibe-will-get-you-sued.html
• Building a QA team – Part 2 – Graham Ellis – https://www.gesqa.com/post/building-a-qa-team-part-2
• Building a QA team – Part 3 – Graham Ellis – https://www.gesqa.com/post/building-a-qa-team-part-3
• Coaching plans, training and learning in the workplace – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/workplacelearning/
• Cynefin Foundations – Learning Journal – Module 2 – Toby Sinclair – https://tobysinclair.com/2020/07/03/cynefin-foundations-learning-journal-module-2/
• Efficient test case design techniques to boost coverage – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Efficient-test-case-design-techniques-to-boost-coverage
• Interview #1: Being a Freelancer from Tester Perspective – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.wordpress.com/2020/06/30/interview-1-freelance-tester/

• Learning about Learning – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/07/learning-about-learning.html
• Let’s Do a Demo – Ash Winter – https://diagramindustries.com/2020/06/30/lets-do-a-demo/
• Let’s test something – Joseph Ward – https://josephward.tech/2020-06-29-lets-test-something/
• Many Plans Made – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/07/many-plans-made.html
• Most Common QA Myths – Dilruba Malik – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/most-common-qa-myths
• Never tested an API? – A Python Primer from My Summer Trainee – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/07/never-tested-api-python-primer-from-my.html
• Quality Experience(QX): Co-creating Quality Experience for everyone associated with the product – Lalitkumar Bhamare – https://www.talesoftesting.com/blog/quality-experienceqx-co-creating-quality-experience-for-everyone-associated-with-the-product
• Quality is a Team Sport – Alexander Dunn – https://alexanderontesting.com/2020/06/30/quality-is-a-team-sport/
• Testing is like… – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/testing-is-like/
• Testing is like… – Joe DeMeyer – https://opentoscrutiny.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/testing-is-like/
• Testing is like… – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/06/29/testing-is-like/
• Testing is like… – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/testing-is-like
• Testing is like… vacuuming – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/testing-is-like-vacuuming/
• The QA Archetypes – Samanta Cicilia – https://medium.com/assertqualityassurance/the-qa-archetypes-cbb6cfce6829
• What’s the difference between testing and quality management?  – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/what-is-testing/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 10 Android UI Automation Testing Hacks – Dan Martin – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/01/10-android-ui-automation-testing-hacks/
• Autogenerate Path Visualisations – Stephan Kämper – https://seasidetesting.com/2020/07/04/autogenerate-path-visualisations/
• API Testing with Postman — Build a Dynamic Test Suite – Michael Montgomery – https://medium.com/assertqualityassurance/api-testing-with-postman-build-a-dynamic-test-suite-e874f4d78e69
• Design Patterns in Test Automation – Anand Bagmar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/06/29/design-patterns-in-test-automation/
• Geolocation Testing With Selenium Using Examples – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/geolocation-testing-with-selenium-using-examples/
• How to Automate Video Game Tests – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/automate-video-games/
• How to highlight elements in use with Selenium WebDriver? – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/webriver/faqs/how-to-highlight-elements/
• Introduction To Nightwatch.js For Selenium Testing – Rahul Rana – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/introduction-to-nightwatch-js-for-selenium-testing/
• Knowledge Management Tools – Yuliya Bagriy – https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2020/07/03/knowledge-management-tools/
• Making use of custom commands and fixtures to reduce repeated code in your Cypress automation – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/the-power-of-abstraction-and-custom-commands-in-cypress/
• Overcome 6 Selenium Automation Testing Challenges – Shormistha Chatterjee – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/01/how-to-overcome-selenium-automation-testing-challenges/
• Selenium WebDriver 4: New Window, New Tab & Screenshots – Rex Jones II –https://blog.testproject.io/2020/06/30/selenium-4-new-window-tab-screenshots/
• Test Automation VS Process Automation – Venu Botla – https://venubotlaqa.co.uk/2020/06/30/test-automation-vs-process-automation/
• The end of Smoke, Sanity and Regression – Anand Bagmar – https://applitools.com/blog/end-smoke-sanity-regression/
• Top 28 Selenium WebDriver Commands in NUnit For Test Automation – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/top-28-selenium-webdriver-commands-in-nunit-for-test-automation/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• A “testing” competition – Amit Yahav – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-testing-competition.html
• My Experience with Tribal Qonf – Nithin – https://www.notion.so/My-Experience-with-Tribal-Qonf-9c67b01ebf9349ff9995d9df9513c74

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Book Review: Chapter 1 Series Software Testing Second Edition – Joseph Millar – https://ideqa.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapter-1-series-software-testing.html
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 123: Sue Loh’s Evil Plan to Save the World – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-123-sue-lohs-evil-plan-to-save-the-world/
• Podcast: Developing The Next Generation Of Testers: The DevOps Girls Bootcamp (With Theresa Neate) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/devops-girls-bootcamp-theresa-neate/
• Podcast: FastAPI & Typer – Sebastián Ramírez – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/120
• Podcast: Ep 25: The Return! – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – https://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-25-the-return
• Podcast: Ep 26: Independence Day – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – https://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-26-independence-day
• Podcast: Importance of Feature Flags in an Agile World with Swasti Sharma – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a310-swasti/
• Podcast: Oren Rubin (Part 2) – Web test automation challenges – Federico Toledo – https://soundcloud.com/qualitysensepodcast/oren-rubin-part-2-web-test-automation-challenges
• Podcast: The Testing Show: The Secret Weapon of QA Modernization – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-the-secret-weapon-of-qa-modernization
• Webinar: Design Patterns for High-Quality Automated Tests Webinar Recording – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/design-patterns-high-quality-automated-tests-webin/