Testing Bits: 359 – September 20th – September 26th, 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 20th – September 26th, 2020.

Testing

• 3 Visual Models on Quality – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2020/09/26/3-visual-models-on-quality/
• 10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 7 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2020/09/10-years-in-testing-10-lessons-lesson-7/
• 10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 8 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2020/09/10-years-in-testing-10-lessons-lesson-8/
• Become an Expert Customer-Advocate in 5 Steps – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/become-an-expert-customer-advocate-in-5-steps/
• Blockchain Testing in 2020: Ultimate Checklist & Tools – QATestLab – https://medium.com/@QATestLab/blockchain-testing-in-2020-ultimate-checklist-tools-6cc018eff7ae
• Contractor Life – Pt 2: Contractor or Consultant? – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/09/contractor-life-pt-2-contractor-or.html
• How To Communicate Your Testing Status – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2020/09/23/how-to-communicate-your-testing-status-free-downloadable-templates/

• How to Identify Risk – Beren Van Daele – https://isleof.it/2020/09/24/how-to-identify-risks/
• How to write a good scenario title? #GivenWhenThenWithStyle – Gojko Adzic – https://specflow.org/blog/how-to-write-a-good-scenario-title-givenwhenthenwithstyle/
• QA for AI: Why to Test Already Smart Artificial Intelligence? – QATestLab – https://medium.com/@QATestLab/qa-for-ai-why-to-test-already-smart-artificial-intelligence-95ef0f9a8c95
• Remove barriers and #MakeATester – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2020/09/25/remove-barriers-and-makeatester/
• Solving: How to call one scenario from another? #GivenWhenThenWithStyle – Gojko Adzic – https://specflow.org/blog/solving-how-to-call-one-scenario-from-another-givenwhenthenwithstyle/
• Testers can learn from the Hunger games – Bart Vanherck – https://www.thetestingpirate.be/2020/09/23/testers-can-learn-from-the-hunger-games/
• There is Non Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/09/there-is-non-exploratory-testing.html
• VoiceOver on iOS 14 Supports Description Lists – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/09/voiceover-on-ios-14-supports-description-lists.html

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• All You Need To Know For Selenium Testing On The Cloud – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/cloud-selenium-testing/
• Are there any limitations to test automation? – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/are-there-any-limitations-to-test-automation/
• Custom Test Automation Framework: Define Features Part 1 – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/custom-test-automation-framework-features/
• Dead-Simple API Tests With SuperTest, Mocha, and Chai – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/dead-simple-api-tests-with-supertest-mocha-and-chai/
• Lesser known Cypress.io tricks – Filip Hric – https://medium.com/slido-dev-blog/cypress-io-is-pretty-amazing-and-if-you-havent-used-it-yet-and-need-a-jump-start-i-recommend-my-66ee6ac5f8d9
• Playing with Playwright – Angie Jones – https://applitools.com/blog/playing-with-playwright/

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Testing Meetups and Building a Platform: Lessons from MoT Bucks- Stu Johnson – https://wildtests.wordpress.com/2020/09/21/testing-meetups-1/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Testers #114 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/09/21/the-little-tester-114/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 128: Brent’s Path to Modern Testing – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-128-brents-path-to-modern-testing/
• Podcast: How To Become A Global Practice Head Of Quality Engineering (with Adrian O’Leary from NIIT Technologies Limited) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/become-a-global-practice-head-of-quality-engineering-adrian-o-leary/
• Podcast: Root Cause Troubleshooting with Bnaya Peretz – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a323-bnaya/
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Dealing with Tech Burnout – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-dealing-with-tech-burnout