Testing Bits: 353 – August 9th – August 15th, 2020 – The Way Late Edition

After a bout with anterior uveitis, Testing Curator is back in the curating seat.

Here is last week’s edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of August 9th – August 15th, 2020.  The next edition will be published on Sunday as normal.

Testing

• 10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 3 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2020/08/10-years-in-testing-10-lessons-lesson-3/
• Coordinating your automated and manual test management – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/coordinating-manual-and-automatic-testing/
• Dealing with mindsets: Mindset – part 3 – Huib Schoots – https://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=3053
• Free Yourself From Test Estimation – Ash Winter – https://diagramindustries.com/2020/08/15/free-yourself-from-test-estimation/
• Good Enough (Perfectly Applied) – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2020/08/11/good-enough-perfectly-applied/
• How to deal with groups of similar scenarios? #GivenWhenThenWithStyle – Gojko Adzic – https://specflow.org/blog/how-to-deal-with-groups-of-similar-scenarios-givenwhenthenwithstyle/
• Interviewing technical testers – Samantha Connelly – https://bughuntersam.com/interviewing-technical-testers/

• Journey to the Shire – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/08/journey-to-shire.html
• Let’s Focus More on Quality and Less on Testing – Joel Montvelisky – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/let-s-focus-more-quality-and-less-testing
• One Approach to Interviewing Testers: The Epilogue – Geir Gulbrandsen – https://plusonetesting.com/2020/08/12/one-approach-to-interviewing-testers-the-epilogue/
• Part 4: Testing vs Quality Management – Quality Management – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/part-4-testing-vs-quality-management/
• Quality? Who Cares? – Steve Watson – https://stevethedoc.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/quality-who-cares/
• Raising the Shire – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/08/raising-shire.html
• Regression and Functional tests are meaningless – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2020/08/regression-and-functional-tests-are-meaningless/
• Solving: How to deal with external data formats? #GivenWhenThenWithStyle – Gojko Adzic – https://specflow.org/blog/solving-how-to-deal-with-external-data-formats-givenwhenthenwithstyle/
• What to Test When You Can’t Test Everything – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/test-everything/
• What’s New in WCAG 2.2 – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/08/whats-new-in-wcag-2-2.html
• “Why Didn’t We Catch This in QA?” – Michael Bolton – https://www.developsense.com/blog/2020/08/why-didnt-we-catch-this-in-qa/
• Women of Software Testing: Pazi Gershon – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/women-of-software-testing-pazi-gershon/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Best Test Management Tools of 2020 – Jason Boog – https://theqalead.com/tools/best-test-management-tools/
• Creating A Test Automation Portfolio Episode 2: RPA Testing – Beth Marshall – https://beththetester.wordpress.com/2020/08/09/automation-portfolio-episode-2-rpa-testing/
• How Should I Organize My Automation Team? – Paul Grizzaffi – https://applitools.com/blog/organize-my-automation-team/
• Non Blocking Assertion Failures with Pytest-check – Ryan Howard – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/08/11/non-blocking-assertion-failures-with-pytest-check/
• SDET Interview Questions And Answers (Complete Guide) – Remya R – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/sdet-interview-questions-and-answers/
• SelectorsHub: The Next Gen XPath, CSS Selectors Tool – Junaid Ahmed – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selectorshub-the-next-gen-xpath-css-selectors-tool/
• Selenium WebDriver Tor Network Integration Java Code – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/webdriver-tor-integration-java/
• The 8 Leading Test Reporting Tools for Selenium – Meital Matsafi – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/08/12/8-leading-test-reporting-tools-for-selenium/
• Why Selenium Grid Is Ideal For Automated Browser Testing? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/why-selenium-grid-is-ideal-for-automated-browser-testing/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Tech Nottingham’s awesome Lightning Talk Meet-up (#Sketchnotes) – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/tech-nottinghams-awesome-lightning-talk-meet-up-sketchnotes/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #108 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/08/10/the-little-tester-108/
• Podcast: ABT 343 – Andreas Worm – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/abt-343-andreas-worm/
• Podcast: Cypress and QA Strategy with Marie Drake – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a316-marie/
• Podcast: How Inclusive Automation Supports Testers (with Brendan Connolly from Procore Technologies) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/inclusive-automation-supports-testers-brendan-connolly-procore-technologies/
• Podcast: One Key Idea: Measuring the Value of Testing Using Cost of Quality – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/one-key-idea-measuring-the-value-of-testing-using-cost-of-quality-1/
• Podcast: The Testing Show: The BIASED Podcast – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-the-biased-podcast
• Webinars: Top 5 Features To Look for in a Codeless Automation Solution [webinar recording] – Addie Ben-Yehuda – https://applitools.com/blog/codeless-automation/