Testing Bits: 369 – November 29th – December 5th

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 29th – December 5th.

Testing

• Be your best self – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2020/12/04/be-your-best-self/
• Common search engine questions about testing #3: “When should software testing activities start?” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/12/03/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-3-when-should-software-testing-activities-start/
• Feed the Beast – A Cautionary Tale – Bill Wake – https://xp123.com/articles/feed-the-beast-a-cautionary-tale/
• Fit for purpose: Modern Quality Assurance and high Quality – Enrique Decoss – https://synapse-qa.com/2020/11/30/fit-for-purpose-modern-quality-assurance-and-high-quality/
• Generating useful date values for testing purposes – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/12/02/generating-useful-date-values-for-testing-purposes/
• Getting started with the Open API Specification – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2020/12/01/getting-started-with-the-open-api-specification/
• Guiding Principles – Conor Fitzgerald – https://conorfi.com/category/software-testing/

• Here’s The Difference Between Chromium & Chrome – Harshit Paul – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/difference-between-chrome-and-chromium/
• How To Prepare For, And Survive, Ship/No-Ship Decisions – Niall Lynch – https://theqalead.com/topics/prepare-for-and-survive-ship-no-ship-decisions/
• Let’s Compare Brainstorming Test Ideas Without And With Testing Taxonomy – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/lets-compare-brainstorming-test-ideas-without-and-with-testing-taxonomy/
• Managing Expectations of Work from Home – Peter Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/work-from-home-expectations/
• My Lessons Learned After a JIRA and XRAY Migration – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2020/12/02/jira-and-xray-migration/
• Should You Hunt for that Bug? – Kristin Jackvony – https://thinkingtester.com/should-you-hunt-for-that-bug/
• Testing for DevOps Pipelines: Understanding the Code Stage – Katie Staveley – https://www.mabl.com/blog/testing-for-devops-pipeline-understanding-the-code-stage
• The last straw – the project that convinced me to resign – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/the-last-straw-the-project-that-convinced-me-to-resign/
• The Ultimate Guide to GitOps – Harish Rajora – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/02/the-ultimate-guide-to-gitops/
• Think as… a Dev – Wizeline QA Team – https://wizelineqateam.medium.com/think-as-a-dev-1e85f20b7c3
• Threat Modeling – Start using evil personas – Dave van Stein – https://xebia.com/blog/threat-modeling-start-using-evil-personas/
• Whose Quality Is It Anyway? – Djuka Selendic – http://theunautomatedtester.com/2020/12/01/whose-quality-is-it-anyway/
• Women in IT: Annarita De Biase – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/women-in-it-annarita-de-biase/
• Women in IT: why is there still a gender gap in the tech industry? – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/women-in-it-why-is-there-still-a-gender-gap-in-the-tech-industry/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 3 tips for maintainable unit tests – Devon Burris – https://xebia.com/blog/3-tips-for-maintainable-unit-tests/
• 10 Portfolio Projects for Aspiring Automation Engineers – Angie Jones – https://applitools.com/blog/project-portfolio-for-testers/
• 2021 Bold Predictions for Test Automation – Testim – https://www.testim.io/blog/2021-predictions/
• Apache JMeter 5.4 Features – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/apache-jmeter-5-4-features/
• Automated Testing Goals – Luís Soares – https://medium.com/swlh/automated-testing-goals-d3ace8fd223a
• Creating A Test Automation Portfolio Bonus Edition: Codeless UI automation using TestProject – Beth Marshall – https://beththetester.com/2020/11/30/creating-a-test-automation-portfolio-bonus-edition-codeless-ui-automation-using-testproject/
• How I ran 100 UI tests in just 20 seconds [Revisited] – Bilal Haidar – https://applitools.com/blog/100-ui-tests-in-20-seconds-revisited/
• How Slow Is Too Slow to Run Your Tests? – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/how-slow-is-too-slow-to-run-your-tests/
• How To Run Selenium Tests Using IE Driver? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/how-to-run-selenium-tests-using-ie-driver/
• NUnit Tutorial: Parameterized Tests With Examples – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/nunit-parameterized-test-examples/
• Risks in Test Automation – Going Beyond the Obvious – Brijesh Deb – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/11/30/risks-in-test-automation-going-beyond-the-obvious
• Sauce Bindings v1.0.1 – Examples – Josh Grant – https://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/636601360651059200/sauce-bindings-v101-examples
• The Future of Test Automation Must Be Intelligent – Eran Kinsbruner – https://continuoustesting.blog/2020/12/05/the-future-of-test-automation-must-be-intelligent/
• The Most Detailed Selenium WebDriver Tutorial With Python – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-webdriver-with-python/

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Post-Conference TestFlix Learning: API Security Testing – Srinivas Kadiyala – https://testingeduindia.blogspot.com/2020/11/post-conference-testflix-learning-api.html

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Testers #124 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/11/30/the-little-tester-124/
• Podcast: 5 Best and 5 Worst things about Software Testing – Dave Duke – https://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/5-best-and-5-worst-things-about-software-testing
• Podcast: Accelerate Test Coverage Using TestRigor with Paul Grossman & Artem Golubev – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a330-paul/
• Podcast: How To Gamify Anything (with Pete Jenkins from GAMIFICATION+) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/gamify-anything-pete-jenkins/
• Podcast: S2E7 – Andy Grabner – Introduction to Keptn for performance engineering – Federico Toledo – https://soundcloud.com/qualitysensepodcast/s2e7-andy-grabner-introduction-to-keptn-for-performance-engineering
• Podcast: Test Automation: Shifting Testing Throughout the Software Lifecycle – Nalin Parbhu – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/139
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Infrastructure As Code – Matt Heusser, Michael Larson – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-infrastructure-as-code
• Video: Improving your testing skills – Sam Connelly – https://bughuntersam.com/improving-your-testing-skills/

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