Testing Bits: 357 – September 6th – September 12th, 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 September 6th – September 12th, 2020.

Testing

• 5 Excellent Ways For Mobile Website Testing – Rahul Jain – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/5-excellent-ways-for-mobile-website-testing/
• A Culture of Criticism in Software Companies – Qaiser Munir – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2020/09/culture-criticism-software-companies
• A Tale of Two Testers – Kristin Jackvony – https://thinkingtester.com/a-tale-of-two-testers/
• Are You Testing Your Website On Microsoft Edge? – Kritika Murari – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/edge-vs-chrome-browser-testing/
• About agile recruitment, agile organizations and employees trying to keep up – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/about-agile-recruitment-agile-organizations-and-employees-trying-to-keep-up/
• An End to End Guide on Exploratory Testing – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2020/09/08/an-end-to-end-guide-on-exploratory-testing/
• Bug Reporting can be simple – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2020/09/08/bug-reporting-can-be-simple/

• “Dear Younger Me” – Shmuel Gershon – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/dear-younger-me-by-shmuel-gershon/
• How to become a leader – a manager’s perspective – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/becoming-a-leader/
• How to call one scenario from another? #GivenWhenThenWithStyle – Gojko Adzic – https://specflow.org/blog/how-to-call-one-scenario-from-another-givenwhenthenwithstyle/
• How to work with too little time? – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/how-to-work-with-too-little-time-9022a895dff5
• Let Your Team Enter the World of Full Stack Testing – Christina Thalayasingam  – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/09/07/enter-the-world-of-full-stack-testing/
• Performance Testing with No Budget – Matthew Heusser – https://blog.gurock.com/performance-testing-with-no-budget/
• Performance Testing with Open Source Tools – Myths and Reality – Alex Podelko – https://alexanderpodelko.com/blog/2020/09/08/performance-testing-with-open-source-tools-myths-and-reality/
• Solving: How to set up complex relationships? #GivenWhenThenWithStyle – Gojko Adzic – https://specflow.org/blog/solving-how-to-set-up-complex-relationships-givenwhenthenwithstyle/
• Test Cases and Test scenarios: Definition, Examples, Template – Zeeshan Siddiqui – https://www.softwaretestguideforu.com/2020/09/test-cases-and-test-scenarios.html
• Test Shapes – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2020/09/test-shapes/
• Testing Metrics: Are You Really Sure about the Quality of Your Product? – Andrey Ostapenko – https://medium.com/wix-engineering/testing-metrics-are-you-really-sure-about-the-quality-of-your-product-8a5ef37ec3d4
• The 5 stages of highly successful software risk assessments – Jenny Bramble – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/5-stages-highly-successful-risk-assessments
• The TestOpsy – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2020/09/the-testops/
• Unearthing the Mathematics of the Test Pyramid – Brendan Connolly – http://www.brendanconnolly.net/unearthing-the-mathematics-of-the-test-pyramid/
• What is a Software Tester? – Kalei White – https://abstracta.us/blog/culture/what-is-a-software-tester/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 27 Best Chrome Extensions For Developers In 2020 – Kritika Murari – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/27-best-chrome-extensions-for-developers/
• AWS testing with Jest: Part 2 – Kris Raven – https://medium.com/@krisraven/aws-testing-with-jest-part-2-d5e0a2efa119
• Create a python test environment from scratch – Bart Vanherck – https://www.thetestingpirate.be/2020/09/09/a-python-test-environment-created-from-scratch/
• How To Automate Salesforce Applications – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/salesforce-testproject/
• How to Build a Test Automation Strategy? – Vlad Ershov – https://medium.com/@vlad.ershov/how-to-build-a-test-automation-strategy-aa0426e38991
• How to run your Cypress tests in multiple environments – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/how-to-run-your-cypress-tests-in-multiple-enviroments/
• How To Test PDF Files Using Selenium Automation? – Shalini Baskaran – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-testing-pdf-files/
• Migrating to Selenium 4: Here’s What Has Changed – Shama Ugale – https://applitools.com/blog/selenium-4-migration/
• Page Objects? Pattern Objects – Michael Fritzius – https://archdevops.com/2020/09/07/page-objects-pattern-objects/
• Source Order Viewer in Edge 86 – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/09/source-order-viewer-in-edge-86.html
• The 11th Commandment: The Automation Golden Rule – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/the-11th-commandment-the-automation-golden-rule/

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• ER of presenting at DDD Melbourne By Night meetup (10th September 2020) – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/09/11/er-of-presenting-at-ddd-melbourne-by-night-meetup-10th-september-2020/
• Keynoting Remotely Selenium Conf 2020 – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2020/09/11/keynoting-remotely-selenium-conf-2020/
• Open Source Profile – Keynote at the Open Quality Conference – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/conference/openquality2020_conference/

#30DaysofTesting

• Part 1: 30 Days Of Accessibility Testing – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/part-1-30-days-of-accessibility-testing

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Tester #112 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/09/07/the-little-tester-112/
• Cartoon: Late change requests – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2020/09/late-change-requests.html
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 127: Brent’s Hand & Alan’s Org – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-127-brents-hand-alans-org/
• Podcast: Building a Real-World Automation Robot Framework with Dave Martin – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a320-david/
• Podcast: How To Measure Time To Quality: T2Q (with Niall Lynch from Spark of Guidance) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/measure-time-to-quality-t2q-niall-lynch/
• Podcast: How to Test Anything – David Lord – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/129
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Record and Playback – Matthew Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-record-and-playback
• Video: Using Code Coverage As a Review Tool – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/post/java/using-code-coverage-for-review.html