Testing Bits: 365 – November 1st – November 7th, 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 November 1st – November 7th, 2020.

Testing

• 4 elements of a highly effective continuous testing strategy – Gerie Owen – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/4-elements-highly-effective-continuous-testing-strategy
• 14 Tricks To Write A Good Bug Report – Aditi Mokasdar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/11/02/tricks-to-write-a-good-bug-report/
• API Testing in DevWeb using Swagger – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/api-testing-in-devweb-using-swagger/
• Bring Your Most Professional Self to Work – Dee Ann Pizzica – https://blog.gurock.com/professional-self-to-work/
• Choosing the Right Testing Metrics – Federico Toledo – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/choosing-right-testing-metrics
• “Dear Younger Me” – Peter Morgan – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/dear-younger-me-by-peter-morgan/
• DevOps Defect Catalog — from 1988’s Cem Kaner – Nilanjan Bhattacharya – https://revelutions.medium.com/devops-defect-catalog-from-1988s-cem-kaner-f49a2d7d72b

• Explore, Code and Business – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2020/11/01/explore-code-and-know-how/
• Given-When-Then, tweak and try again – Gojko Adzic – https://gojko.net/2020/11/02/given-when-then-tweak-try-again.html
• How to choose the right software quality metric  – Ronald Cummings-John – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/how-choose-right-software-quality-metric
• In response to Cigniti’s “The emerging trends in Software Testing and Quality Assurance” blog post – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/11/05/in-response-to-cignitis-the-emerging-trends-in-software-testing-and-quality-assurance-blog-post/
• Interview #4: Being A Remote Agile Tester Story – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2020/11/02/interview-4-remote-agile-tester/
• Look for the helpers –  Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2020/11/02/look-for-the-helpers/
• My journey of Software Testing – Looking 20 years back – Part 1 – Shrini Kulkarni – http://shrinik.blogspot.com/2020/11/my-journey-of-software-testing-looking.html
• My top four Chrome extensions for software testers – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/my-top-four-chrome-extensions-for-software-testers/
• Shifting left & right in our continuous world – Lisa Crispin – https://lisacrispin.com/2020/11/01/shifting-left-right-in-our-continuous-world/
• Smoke Testing: What, Why & When – QATestLab – https://qatestlab.medium.com/smoke-testing-what-why-when-2d484ad2d13
• Solving: “How to balance coverage, precision and clarity?” #GivenWhenThenWithStyle – Gojko Adzic – https://specflow.org/blog/solving-how-to-balance-coverage-precision-and-clarity-givenwhenthenwithstyle/
• Some Economics of Software – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2020/11/03/some-economics-of-software/
• Specialize, But Don’t Monopolize – Kristin Jackvony – https://thinkingtester.com/specialize-but-dont-monopolize/
• Spooky API Testing Challenge [October Challenge] – Meidan Nasi – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/11/03/spooky-api-testing-challenge-october-challenge/
• Ten Thousand Cities — Test Objectification & Documentation – Niall Lynch – https://theqalead.com/topics/ten-thousand-cities-test-objectification-and-documentation/
• Testing and sketchnoting – Antonella – https://journaleantounpoco.blogspot.com/2020/11/testing-and-sketchnoting.html
• The Complete Front-End Performance Testing Guide – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/front-end-performance-guide/
• Web Performance Testing with Google Lighthouse – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/web-performance-testing-with-google-lighthouse
• Women in IT: Divya Pai – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/women-in-it-divya-pai/
• World Quality Report 2020-21: QA is integral to digital transformation – Malcolm Isaacs – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/world-quality-report-2020-21-qa-integral-digital-transformation

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 10 Selenium Custom Capabilities Simplifying Web Testing – Sumon Dey – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/11/05/10-selenium-custom-capabilities-simplifying-web-testing/
• Custom Test Automation Framework: Inversion of Control Containers – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/custom-test-automation-framework-inversion-control-containers/
• How to Deal with Automating Tests for Third-Party Integrations – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/how-to-deal-with-automating-tests-for-third-party-integrations/
• How To Get Attribute Value In Selenium WebDriver? – Ritesh Shetty – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-getattribute/
• Selenium 4 FAQ – Angie Jones –  https://applitools.com/blog/selenium-4-faqs/
• Selenium Focus Issues And How To Solve Them – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/solving-selenium-focus-issues/
• Top 5 Cucumber Best Practices For Selenium Automation – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/cucumber-best-practices/
• Wait for Vaadin in Selenium – Bart Vanherck – https://www.thetestingpirate.be/2020/11/04/wait-for-vaadin-in-selenium/

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• 99 Second Talk #Sketchnotes (TestBash Manchester 2020) – Louis Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2020/11/02/99-second-talk-sketchnotes-testbash-manchester-2020/
• Fall OnlineTestConf 2020 – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2020/11/fall-onlinetestconf-2020.html

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Testers #120 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/11/02/the-little-tester-120/
• Podcast: AB Testing – Episode 130: The Pre-Election Episode – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/ab-testing-episode-130-the-pre-election-episode/
• Podcast: How To Hire New Software Testers For Your QA Team (with Henna Ashraf from Cashplus) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/hire-software-testers-qa-team-henna-ashraf/
• Podcast: How To Keep Up With Change In The Testing World (with Joel Montvelisky from PractiTest) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/keep-up-with-change-testing-world-joel-montvelisky-practitest/
• Podcast: Selenium 4 and What’s Next with Simon Stewart – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a327-simon/