Testing Bits: 351 – July 26th – August 1st, 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 July 26th – Aug 1st, 2020.

Testing

• 10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 1 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2020/07/10-years-in-testing-10-lessons-lesson-1/
• 15 Tips for conducting an amazing remote interview – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/interview/
• An Exploratory Tester’s Zephyr – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/07/an-exploratory-testers-zephyr.html
• Announcing API Testing Challenges – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/apichallenges/2020-07-28-announcement/
• Everyone’s talking about testing! – Lee Hwakins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/07/28/everyones-talking-about-testing/
• Interview #2: Driving quality forward with a customer first mindset – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2020/07/30/interview-2-customer-success/
• Is reviewing code a risk ? – Bart Vanherck – https://www.thetestingpirate.be/2020/07/29/is-reviewing-code-a-risk/

• It’s All About the “Auth” – Alexander Dunn – https://alexanderontesting.com/2020/07/31/its-all-about-the-auth/
• Mentoring & Coaching – Finding your inner Miyagi – Graham Ellis – https://www.gesqa.com/post/mentoring-find-your-inner-miyagi
• Mentoring Software Testers – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2020/07/28/mentoring-software-testers/
• Mindset – Huib Schoots – https://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=3029
• Part 3: Testing vs Quality Management – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/part-3-testing-vs-quality-management/
• Running an exploratory testing session – Steve Mellor – https://allthingstesting.com/running-an-exploratory-testing-session/
• Starting your journey as a tester – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2020/07/28/starting-tester/
• Testable Requirements – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2020/07/testable-requirements/
• That elusive Test Strategy – Samantha Connelly – https://bughuntersam.com/that-elusive-test-strategy/
• The 5 Do Nots of Software Testing: Best Practices & FAQ – Danielle Felder – https://www.testcraft.io/software-testing-best-practices/
• The Future of Quality At Instrument – Angela Riggs – https://angelariggs.github.io/articles/future-of-quality-at-instrument
• The Role of Testing in DevOps – Ali Hill – https://qablog.practitest.com/the-role-of-testing-in-devops/
• The Ultimate Guide To Building A Mobile Friendly Website – Harish Rajora – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-building-a-mobile-friendly-website/
• TryHackMe – OWASP top 10 – day5 writeup – Broken Access Control – Iona Evans – https://i0nak.wordpress.com/2020/07/26/tryhackme-owasp-top-10-day5-writeup-broken-access-control/
• Why We’ll Always Need Software Testers – Kristin Jackvony – https://thinkingtester.com/why-well-always-need-software-testers/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 10 QA Automation Tools You Should Be Using In 2020 – Jason Boog – https://theqalead.com/tools/qa-automation-tools/
• As Test Automation Matures, So Do False Positives – Wolfgang Platz – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/test-automation-matures-so-do-false-positives
• HTML Test Reports for Selenium & Appium Python Test Automation – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/07/27/html-test-reports-for-selenium-and-appium-python-test-automation/
• How To Install TestNG In Eclipse: Step By Step Guide – Kritika Murari – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/how-to-install-testng-in-eclipse-step-by-step-guide/
• Modern Cross Browser Testing with Cypress and Applitools – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/modern-cross-browser-testing-with-cypress-and-applitools

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #106 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/07/27/the-little-tester-106/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 125: P* Management and ATAOSQ – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-125-p-management-and-ataosq/
• Podcast: 5 Years Of Assure For 5 Million Customers (with Milan Kuveljic from N26 Group) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/5-years-assure-5-million-customers-milan-kuveljic
• Podcast: Ep 27: The Net – Neil Studd, Dan Billing – https://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-27-the-net
• Podcast: The Guilty Tester – Episode 18 – Mikolaj Pawlikowski – Chaos Engineering – Dave Duke – https://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/the-guilty-tester-episode-18-mikolaj-pawlikowski-chaos-engineering
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Scaled Agile with Yoav Ziv – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-scaled-agile-0