Testing Bits: 370 – December 6th – December 12th

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 December 6th – December 12th.

Testing

• 12 Common Web Design Mistakes To Avoid in 2021 – Nishant Choudhary – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/common-web-design-mistakes/
• A Guide to Automated Testing with Drupal and Applitools – Shweta Sharma – https://applitools.com/blog/automated-testing-drupal-applitools/
• Behind the Scenes: How the mabl Team Tests with mabl – Anton Hristov, Lauren Clayberg – https://www.mabl.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-how-the-mabl-team-tests-with-mabl
• BDD and The Testing Matrix – Ken Pugh – https://specflow.org/blog/bdd-and-the-testing-matrix/
• Crash Course Into API-Related Terminology – Yuliya Bagriy – https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2020/12/07/crash-course-into-api-related-terminology/
• Creating a test strategy using questions – Diogo Nunes – https://www.diogonunes.com/blog/test-strategy-saddest-ppiratee-mnemonic/
• Five Reasons You’re Not Ready For Continuous Deployment – Kristin Jackvony – https://thinkingtester.com/five-reasons-youre-not-ready-for-continuous-deployment/

• Leaders in Tech: Hector Medina – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/leaders-in-tech-hector-medina/
• Microservices Architecture and its Testing Challenges – Sumon Dey – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/07/microservices-architecture-and-its-testing-challenges/
• My Personal Vision and Mission – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2020/12/my-personal-vision-and-mission.html
• Plan, Do, Something, Act – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/12/plan-do-something-act.html
• Quality (Assurance) is Everyone’s Responsibility – Brijesh Deb – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/09/quality-assurance-is-everyones-responsibility/
• Seven Essentials for DevOps Success – Anjana Sadanandan – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/seven-essentials-devops-success
• The Rise of TestOps – Jason Arbon – https://jarbon.medium.com/the-rise-of-testops-18e2ee922b02
• What is design? And why it matters to managers – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/designmatters/
• What is the difference between Testing and Quality Assurance? And, does it matter? – Venu Botla – https://venubotlaqa.co.uk/2020/12/10/what-is-the-difference-between-testing-and-quality-assurance-and-does-it-matter/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Deep-dive into GraphQL in JMeter – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/deep-dive-into-graphql-in-jmeter/
• Enterprise Test Automation Framework: Plugin Architecture in NUnit – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/enterprise-test-automation-framework-plugin-architecture-nunit/
• Exercise Bad Behavior – Don’t Let Your Testing Fail Due To Fatigue – Paul Grizzaffi – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/08/exercise-bad-behavior-dont-let-your-testing-fail-due-to-fatigue/
• How To Setup JUnit Environment For Your First Test? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/setup-junit-environment/
• How To Work With Tables In Selenium PHP? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/tables-in-selenium-php/
• Introduction to Cucumber Framework – Yoni Flenner – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/10/introduction-to-cucumber-framework/
• Python API test automation framework (Part 3) Adding fluent assertions using assertpy – Gaurav Singh – https://automationhacks.io/2020/12/07/python-api-automation-framework-part3-fluent-assertions-using-assertpy
• Running Your First Test With NightWatchJS – Harita Ravindranath – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/nightwatch-js-tutorial-selenium-webdriver/

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• The best software QA and testing conferences of 2021 – Linda Rosencrance – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/best-software-qa-testing-conferences-2021

Super Reads Lounge – SynapseQA and their selections for Super Reads @12.12 – https://synapse-qa.com/superreads/

• Empowering Women To Choose Technological Careers – Vijeta Tiwari – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-vijeta/
• Digging Deep: Discovering The Real Causes Of Bugs – Lina Zubyte – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-lina/
• Are we testing too much, too little, or just right? – Rajeev Ranjan – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-rajeev/
• Importance Of Having Achievable Small Goals – Nadhira Diamanta – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-nadhira/
• The Pursuit of Right Education – Rahul Parwal – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-rahul/
• Dream It, Do It – Geosley Andrades – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-geosley/
• How to be a Shitty Developer – William Chu – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-william/
• Testing culture: Which one is the best? – Sarah Mohammed – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-sarah/
• Building Immunity Into Your Continuous Delivery Pipelines – Srinivas Kantipudi – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-srinivas/
• Accessibility Testing: What No One Is Talking About!! – Gagana B – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-gagana/
• What A Comedian Taught Me About Testing – Beth Marshall – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-beth/
• Challenges in Gathering Performance Requirements – Vikrant Joshi – https://synapse-qa.com/sr-vikrant/

OnlineTestConf Summaries

• Meetup And Learn, What Testers Need from ML/AI – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-what-testers-need-from-ml-ai/
• Meetup And Learn, Discussions Testers Should No Longer Be Having – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-discussions-testers-should-no-longer-be-having/
• Meetup And Learn, Taming the Quality Dragon – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-taming-the-quality-dragon/
• Meetup And Learn, A Case of Failure: Pinpointing A Problem for Correction – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-a-case-of-failure-pinpointing-a-problem-for-correction/
• Meetup And Learn, Evolve or Die: Testing Must Change – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-evolve-or-die-testing-must-change/
• Meetup And Learn, Observability for Performance Testers – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-observability-for-performance-testers/
• Meetup And Learn, Debunking the QA KPI Myths And Make KPI Great Again – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-debunking-the-qa-kpi-myths-and-make-kpi-great-again/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars

• Book Review: The Passionate Programmer by Chad Fowler – Željko Filipin – https://filipin.eu/passionate-programmer
• Book Review: “Calling Bullsh*t” (Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West) – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/12/07/calling-bullsht-carl-t-bergstrom-and-jevin-d-west/
• Cartoon: The Little Testers #125 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/12/07/the-little-tester-125/
• Podcast: S2E8 – Anand Bagmar – What you should know about visual testing – Federico Toledo – https://soundcloud.com/qualitysensepodcast/s2e8-anand-bagmar-what-you-should-know-about-visual-testing
• Podcast: Why You Need to do API Performance Testing with Patrick Poulin – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a332-patrick/

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