Testing Bits – July 12th – July 18th, 2020 – The Cast Edition

You might have noticed that Testing Bits was published later than normal this Sunday.  Due to recent wrist surgery, I have found that curating while in a soft cast using my non-dominant hand takes much longer than I anticipated.  This is especially true when recently there has been so much more awesome content to manually curate.  For the next few weeks, please excuse any delays or typos as I adjust.

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 July 12th – July 18th, 2020.

Testing

• 5 Root Cause Analysis Tools For Better Testing & QA – Jason Boog – https://theqalead.com/topics/root-cause-analysis/
• 5 Steps to Get to Test Driven Development – Evgeny Tkachenko – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-steps-get-test-driven-development
• A Fresh Take on The Learning Process: The Adaptive Loop – George Brooks – https://medium.com/ideas-by-crema/a-fresh-take-on-the-learning-process-the-adaptive-loop-d9b3548abe30
• A simple and powerful question to ask – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/thequestion/
• AI in testing: 13 essential resources for QA pros – Paul Merrill – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/ai-testing-13-essential-resources-qa-pros
• AI in testing: What it is, and why it matters – Paul Merrill – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/ai-testing-what-it-why-it-matters
• How to prevent accidental complexity in software development – George Lawton – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/How-to-prevent-accidental-complexity-in-software-development

• How to Start Testing the iOS 14 Beta – Wes Silverstein – https://www.mindfulqa.com/ios-14-beta/
• Lumpers and Splitters in Testing – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2020/07/lumpers-and-splitters-in-testing/
• Testing Is Like…Trying To Save The Titanic – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/07/14/testing-is-like-trying-to-save-the-titanic/
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• Walking on The Edge – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.wordpress.com/2020/07/18/adventure-time/
• Where in Testing is Exploratory Testing? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/07/where-in-testing-is-exploratory-testing.html
• Why Care About Releasing? – Darryn Downey – https://thoughtsontest.wordpress.com/2020/07/14/why-care-about-releasing/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Automating To Detect Change – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/post/automating-to-detect-change/
• Being right about the wrong things – Amit Yahav – https://always-fearful.blogspot.com/2020/07/being-right-about-wrong-things.html
• Cross Functional Testing of GraphQL API – Manoj Kumar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/16/cross-functional-testing-of-graphql-api/
• Execute Android Appium Tests in Docker Containers Using Selenoid – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/execute-android-appium-tests-docker-selenoid/
• Getting Started with TestProject Python SDK – Bas Dijkstra  – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/15/getting-started-with-testproject-python-sdk/
• How to setup OWASP ZAP to scan your web application for security vulnerabilities – Venu Botla – https://venubotlaqa.co.uk/2020/07/17/how-to-setup-owasp-zap-to-scan-your-web-application-for-security-vulnerabilities/
• Modern Cross Browser Testing with Cypress and Applitools – Marie Drake – https://applitools.com/blog/modern-cross-browser-testing-cypress/
• Open Banking Functional Conformance Suite Test Cases – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.com/2020/07/13/open-banking-functional-conformance-suite-test-cases/
• [Part-3] Running Postman Collections through CI/CD Tool – Srinivas Kadiyala  – https://testingeduindia.blogspot.com/2020/07/part-3-running-postman-collections.html
• Selenium 4 Relative Locators – Rex Jones II – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/13/selenium-4-relative-locators/
• Selenium Firefox Driver: Automate Testing With Firefox Browsers – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-firefox-driver-tutorial/
• TeamCity vs. Jenkins: Picking The Right CI/CD Tool – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/teamcity-vs-jenkins-picking-the-right-ci-cd-tool/
• Top Codeless Automation Tools – Kuldeep Rana – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/members/kuldeeprana/profile/
• Top Mobile Testing Tools in 2020 – Harikrishna Kundariya – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/top-mobile-testing-tools-in-2020/
• Using Robot Framework with Sauce Labs: A Primer – Josh Grant – https://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/623812587615813633/using-robot-framework-with-sauce-labs-a-primer
• What is the Microsoft Playwright Automation Tool Guide – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/what-is-playwright/
• When Good Developers Write Bad Tests – Josh Grant – https://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/623552640767361024/when-good-developers-write-bad-tests
• Why your tests are failing and how to combat unreliable automation – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/why-your-tests-are-failing-and-how-to-combat-unreliable-automation/

API Testing Tutorial

• The Ultimate Postman Tutorial for API Testing – Dave Westerveld – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/15/the-ultimate-postman-tutorial-for-api-testing/
• Getting Started with using Postman for API Testing – Dave Westerveld – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/15/getting-started-with-using-postman-for-api-testing/
• Understanding API Authorization Options in Postman – Dave Westerveld – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/15/understanding-api-authorization-options-in-postman/
• Using Postman for Automation Testing – Dave Westerveld – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/15/using-postman-for-automation-testing/
• Using Test Scripts in Postman – Dave Westerveld – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/15/using-test-scripts-in-postman/
• Running Postman Tests in CI using Newman – Dave Westerveld – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/15/running-postman-tests-in-ci-using-newman/
• Creating Mocks with Postman – Dave Westerveld – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/15/creating-mocks-with-postman/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Women in Testing Meetup – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.wordpress.com/2020/07/15/women-in-testing/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #104 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/07/13/the-little-tester-104/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 124: Learning with Maaret – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-124-learning-with-maaret/
• Podcast: Enterprise Selenium Grid with Michael Palotas – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a312-michael/
• Podcast: Following the Footsteps Of Tesla In Serbia (With Nenad Cvetkovic) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/following-footsteps-tesla-serbia-nenad-cvetkovic/
• Podcast: Michael Bolton (Part 1) – Software testing – Federico Toledo – https://soundcloud.com/qualitysensepodcast/michael-bolton-part-1-software-testing
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Career Development in the Time of COVID – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-career-development-in-the-time-of-covid