Testing Bits: 350 – July 19th – July 25th, 2020 – The Recovery Edition

Recovery from wrist surgery is going well.  Out of the soft cast and into a brace is increasing curating efficiency.   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 19th – July 25th, 2020.  What an awesome week of listening and reading!

Testing

• A simple hiring strategy – hire people who are overqualified – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/overqualified/
• All Pairs Testing – Steve Mellor – https://allthingstesting.com/all-pairs-testing/
• Anchoring an idea while Exploratory Testing an API – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/07/anchoring-idea-while-exploratory.html
• Breaking the Test Case Addiction (Part 11) – Michael Bolton – https://www.developsense.com/blog/2020/07/breaking-the-test-case-addiction-part-11/
• Breaking the Test Case Addiction (Part 12) – Michael Bolton – https://www.developsense.com/blog/2020/07/breaking-the-test-case-addiction-part-12/
• Changing The Role of QA in your SDLC Process – Amelia Whyman – https://www.globalapptesting.com/blog/the-role-of-qa-in-your-sdlc-process
• Community Building – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/07/community-building.html

• Defect differently: 4 defect management game-changers – Rousan Wilsenach – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/defect-differently-4-defect-management-game-changers
• Front-End Testing: A Comprehensive Guide – Amanda Green – https://www.testcraft.io/front-end-testing/
• Going meta: a blog post about writing a blog post – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/07/21/going-meta-a-blog-post-about-writing-a-blog-post/
• Growing A Culture of Quality – A Model – Simon Prior – https://priorsworld.wordpress.com/2020/07/23/growing-a-culture-of-quality-a-model/
• Guide To Cross Browser Testing On Older Browser Versions – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/guide-to-cross-browser-testing-on-older-browser-versions/
• Ideas to Unleash the writer in YOU – Nithin – https://synapse-qa.com/2020/07/21/ideas-to-unleash-the-writer-in-us/
• It’s time to retire our test case management tools – Joep Schuurkes – https://testingcurve.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/its-time-to-retire-our-test-case-management-tools/
• Motivation such an aggravation… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2020/07/23/motivation-such-an-aggravation/
• Onboarding remotely during a pandemic – Pair-blog #4 – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/07/21/onboarding-remotely-during-a-pandemic/
• QAs Weigh In On Burnout Among Software Testing Professionals – Markus Flueckiger – https://theqalead.com/topics/burnout-software-testing-professionals/
• Starting a new job in the pandemic – Lisa Crispin – https://lisacrispin.com/2020/07/20/starting-a-new-job-in-the-pandemic/
• Testing in the Galaxy- Chapter 10: Historical, Anthropological and Social Analysis of the Influence of Ketchup on the Technocratic Society – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/influence-ketchup/
• The Ultimate Guide to Regression Testing – Wes Silverstein – https://www.mindfulqa.com/regression-testing-guide/
• Top 8 Skills To Become The Best QA Analyst – Remya R – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/top-skills-for-qa-analyst/
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• What It Takes To Make An Impact – Fagner Brack – https://medium.com/@fagnerbrack/what-it-takes-to-make-an-impact-not-an-income-ca43fd262b20

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Creating Mobile Appium Tests with TestProject Python SDK – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/20/creating-mobile-appium-tests-with-testproject-python-sdk/
• Custom Audits using Lighthouse – Sai Krishna – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/22/custom-audits-using-lighthouse/
• How Do You Simplify End-To-End Test Maintenance? – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/simplify-end-to-etest-maintenance/
• Java Performance Testing with Your Own Tool – Vimalaharan Paskarasundaram – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/java-performance-testing-your-own-tool
• Mistakes – The Automation Ticket – Toby Steed – https://www.learnautomation.co.uk/2020/07/mistakes-the-automation-ticket/
• [Part-4] Running Postman Collection through newman-reporter-htmlextra – Srinivas Kadiyala – https://testingeduindia.blogspot.com/2020/07/part-4-running-postman-collection.html
• Searchiiiiiing, Seek And Locate…But Only With Appropriate Attributes for Automation – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2020/07/21/searchiiiiiing-seek-and-locatebut-only-with-appropriate-attributes-for-automation/
• Test-Driving TestProject’s New Python SDK – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2020/07/21/test-driving-testprojects-new-python-sdk/
• TestProject is now better than ever – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/testproject-is-now-better-than-ever/
• Top Cross Browser Testing Challenges and How to Overcome them via Automation – Nishi Grover Garg – https://testwithnishi.com/2020/07/22/top-cross-browser-testing-challenges-and-how-to-overcome-them-via-automation/
• Travis CI vs Jenkins: Which CI/CD Tool Is Right For You? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/travis-ci-vs-jenkins/
• Using Taurus for Performance Testing – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/using-taurus-for-performance-testing
• Why Automate with TestProject Python SDK [reviews] – Pooja Shah – https://medium.com/@TechGirlPooja/automate-e-commerce-with-python-sdk-testproject-1817710b39a

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 – Notes on Compliance – Areti Panou – https://unremarkabletester.com/2020/07/23/devops-enterprise-summit-2020-notes-on-compliance/
• ER of attending my first virtual testing conference, Tribal Qonf (27 & 28 June 2020) – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/07/20/er-of-attending-my-first-virtual-testing-conference-tribal-qonf-27-28-june-2020/
• Product Thinking Conference 2020 – Highlights – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2020/07/product-thinking-conference-2020.html

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Book impressions: Accelerate – Lina Zubyte – https://qualitybits.tech//writing/book-impressions-accelerate#
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #105 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/07/20/the-little-tester-105/
• Podcast: GitHub Actions – Tania Allard – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/123
• Podcast: Improve Your TestCraft with Codeless Selenium with Eran Kinsbruner – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a313-eran/
• Podcast: Podcast Episode 6 – CVs – Podcast Episode 6 – CVs – Chris Armstrong, Simon Prior, Russell Craxford, David Maynard – https://testingpeers.com/?p=212
• Podcast: Quality and AI-based Systems – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/free-webinar-quality-and-ai-based-systems/
• Podcast: Salesforce Test Automation with Guljeet Nagpaul – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a315-guljeet/
• Podcast: VW Dieselgate and the $33bn b̶u̶g̶ feature – Peter Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2020/07/podcast-vw-dieselgate-and-33bn-bug.html