Testing Bits: 364 – October 25th – October 31st, 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 October 25th – October 31st, 2020.

Testing

• A Personal Approach to Risk Based Testing – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2020/10/28/a-personal-approach-to-risk-based-testing/
• A Personal Journey to Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-personal-journey-to-exploratory.html
• “Dear Younger Me” – Isabel Evans – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/dear-younger-me-by-isabel-evans/
• Flip on the Testing switch for Ops-DevOps engineers – Nilanjan Bhattacharya – https://revelutions.medium.com/flip-on-the-testing-switch-for-ops-devops-engineers-e8dc094f8745
• Here Are The Top Browsers For Cross Browser Testing In 2020 – Praveen Mishra – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/browsers-for-cross-browser-testing-2020/
• How mob testing can bootstrap whole team quality – Gaurav Singh – https://automationhacks.io/2020/10/27/mob-testing-bootstrap-whole-team-quality/
• How to build your reputation as a software tester – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/how-to-build-your-reputation-as-a-software-tester/

• How to evolve in Testing: Yaseen Saddiqu – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/yaseen-saddique-on-how-to-evolve-in-testing/
• It’s time to start orchestrating our testing efforts – Joel Montvelisky – https://www.benlinders.com/2020/its-time-to-start-orchestrating-our-testing-efforts/
• Lessons Learned: Accessibility Testing – Srinivas Kadiyala – https://testingeduindia.blogspot.com/2020/10/lessons-learned-accessibility-testing.html
• Story Life Cycle, Work Boards and Ways of Working – Lina Zubyte – https://qualitybits.tech//writing/story-lifecycle-ways-of-working#
• Testers are You Ready for Adversarial AI? – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/adversarial-ai/
• The 1 page CV – Sam Connelly – https://bughuntersam.com/the-1-page-cv/
• Writing Contract test for API endpoint using Pact – Rahul Bhave – https://qxf2.com/blog/writing-contract-test-using-pact/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 8 Best Android Emulators For PCs In 2020 – Jason Boog – https://theqalead.com/tools/android-emulator/
• 10 Best Load Testing Tools For Web Applications In 2020 – Jason Boog – https://theqalead.com/tools/load-testing-tools/
• 10 Latest Software Testing Tools QAs Are Using In 2020 – Jason Boog – https://theqalead.com/tools/software-testing-tools/
• 10 Of The Best Chrome Extensions To Find XPath In Selenium – Shalini Baskaran – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/chrome-extensions-to-find-xpath-in-selenium/
• 13 Reasons to choose Selenium WebDriver for Automation Testing – Suhag Vamja – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/13-reasons-to-choose-selenium-webdriver-for-automation-testing/
• API “approval” testing using Jest – Alister Scott – https://alisterbscott.com/2020/10/28/api-approval-testing-using-jest/
• Custom Test Automation Framework: Modularity Planning and Design – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/custom-test-automation-framework-modularity-planning-design/
• Don’t Let Flaky Tests Ruin Your Automation – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/dont-let-flaky-tests-ruin-your-automation/
• Generate your test data from a template – Bart Vanherck – https://www.thetestingpirate.be/2020/10/28/generate-your-test-data-from-a-template/
• Should Developers Write Any of The Automation? – Viv Richards – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/10/27/should-developers-write-any-of-the-automation/
• The Mindset of Developers: Code Libraries vs. Frameworks [Part 1] – Yoni Flenner – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/10/26/mindset-of-developers-code-libraries-vs-frameworks/
• The Most Detailed Selenium PHP Tutorial (with Examples) – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-php-tutorial/
• Top 8 Python Testing Frameworks in 2020 – Sapir Lyubinsky – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/10/27/top-python-testing-frameworks/

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Notes Taking at Conferences – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2020/10/30/notes-taking-tips/
• Test.Bash(“#Sketchnotes”); – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/10/29/test-bashsketchnotes/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars

• Book Review: The Way of the Web Tester – Kristin Jackvony – https://thinkingtester.com/book-review-the-way-of-the-web-tester/
• Cartoon: In the need of a Neuralyzer – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2020/10/in-need-of-neuralyzer.html
• Cartoon: The Little Testers #119 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/10/26/the-little-tester-119/
• Podcast: Leading Quality with Ronald Cummings-John – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a326-ronald/
• Podcast: Uses and Misuses of Common Testing Metrics: Two Points of View at Two with Rex Black and Dawn Haynes – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/uses-and-misuses-of-common-testing-metrics-two-points-of-view-at-two-with-rex-black-and-dawn-haynes/
• Podcast: What Was I Thinking – Dave Duke – https://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/what-was-i-thinking
• Video: How Python Decorators Function – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2020/10/25/how-python-decorators-function/
• Video: Top 5 Website to Learn API Testing with POSTMAN – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/10/29/learn-api-testing-using-postman/