Testing Bits: 372 – December 20th – December 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 December 20th – December 26th, 2020.

Testing

• 9 Stoic lessons for managers – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/stoicism/
• Applying Session Based Exploratory Testing to Gaming Bring Them On! – Diego Marin – https://medium.com/globant/applying-session-based-exploratory-testing-to-gaming-bring-them-on-a78995252ca9
• Be Careful with Dynamic Accessible Names – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/12/be-careful-with-dynamic-accessible-names.html
• Inefficient QA processes – Vineeth Venudasan – https://vyvyd.medium.com/inefficient-qa-processes-6db98573d2b8
• Interview #5: Being a Tester from scratch and working in an Agile Team – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2020/12/26/interview-5-tester-from-scratch/
• Lost Your Job Due to Coronavirus? 10 Tips to Get Back on Track – Sanjay Kumar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/27/lost-your-job-due-to-coronavirus-tips-to-get-back-on-track/
• Process That Generates Test Ideas From A Software Testing Taxonomy – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/process-that-generates-test-ideas-from-a-software-testing-taxonomy/

• Step by step guide: Testing without requirements/ little requirements – Nicola Lindgren – https://nickytests.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• Design Patterns for High-Quality Automated Tests: Fluent API – Anton Angelov – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/23/design-patterns-for-high-quality-automated-tests-fluent-api/
• How To Group Test Cases In TestNG [with Examples] – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/grouping-test-cases-in-testng/
• How To Switch Tabs In A Browser Using Selenium Python? – Nishant Choudhary – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/python-selenium-switch-tabs/
• Importance of Selecting Right Automation Testing Tool – Franco Santi – https://medium.com/globant/importance-of-selecting-right-automation-testing-tool-f0c7c59c2fa4
• Python API test automation framework (Part 5) Working with JSON and JsonPath – Gaurav Singh – https://automationhacks.io/2020/12/25/python-api-automation-framework-part5-working-with-json
• Selenium IDE vs. Selenium AI-Powered Test Recorder – Rex Jones II – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/21/selenium-ide-vs-selenium-ai-powered-test-recorder/
• Self Healing to the Rescue of Flaky Test Automation – Anand Bagmar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/23/self-healing-to-the-rescue-of-flaky-test-automation/
• Top 10 Most Popular Free Test Automation Courses of 2020 – Angie Jones – https://applitools.com/blog/top-10-most-popular-free-test-automation-courses-of-2020/

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Trust Us: Push, Publicise, and Punish – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/12/trust-us-push-publicise-and-punish.html

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars

• Book Review: Leading Quality – Kristin Jackvony – https://thinkingtester.com/book-review-leading-quality/
• Cartoon: The Little Testers #127 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/12/21/the-little-tester-127/
• Podcast: Automating your Pipeline Using Jenkins and Go with Greg Paskal – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a333-greg/
• Podcast: Podcast 17 – Riskstorming Santa’s 2020 (Testing Peers and Friends) – Testing Peers – https://testingpeers.com/?p=562
• Video: How to Become Full Stack QA? (Step by Step) – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/12/21/how-to-become-full-stack-qa-step-by-step/
• Video: How to Become SDET / Automation Tester In 2021? – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/12/25/how-to-become-sdet-automation-tester-in-2021/
• Video: Is Software Testing is Dead End Job? || Career Path for QA/Software Tester – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/12/22/is-software-testing-is-dead-end-job/
• Video: Karate API Testing Tutorial – Learn API Testing Even as Complete beginner – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/12/26/karate-api-testing-tutoria/
• Video: What Is the Future for Manual Testing? (in 2021) – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/12/24/what-is-the-future-for-manual-testing/
• Video: Why Are MOST QA/Manual Testers UNHAPPY With Their Jobs? – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/12/23/why-are-most-qa-manual-testers-unhappy-with-their-jobs/

Goals/Personal Reflections/Blogging

• 2020 – Gratitude After All – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2020/12/2020-gratitude-after-all.html
• All my life I’ve been good but, now what the hell… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2020/12/21/all-my-life-ive-been-good-but-now-what-the-hell/
• Another self retro – continuing the path of becoming a multi self retro – Christian Baumann – https://agile-and-testing.chriss-baumann.de/2020/12/another-self-retro-continuing-the-path-of-becoming-a-multi-self-retro/
• Arthur Christmas – Fighting for the Customer – Simon Prior – https://simon-prior.uk/2020/12/20/arthur-christmas-fighting-for-the-customer/
• Personal Development 2020 Retro – Bruce – https://undevelopedbruce.com/2020/12/20/paired-2020-retro/
• Things Which Were Not on My 2020 Bingo Card – Han Toan Lim – https://www.mindfultester.com/things-which-were-not-on-my-2020-bingo-card/
• We live in interesting times. – Steve Watson – https://stevethedoc.wordpress.com/2020/12/23/we-live-in-interesting-times/

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