Testing Bits: 373 – December 27th, 2020 – January 2nd, 2021

By far, one of the best times of the year is finishing a year and heading into a new one.  It’s that time away from work where time for family and friends can take precedence.  It’s easier to find a time for self reflection and goal setting.  And it’s the time of year where bloggers from the testing community post their own personal reflections of the previous year and share the goals they have coming into the new year.  This season is an excellent period of time to find inspiration and motivation.  Be sure to check out the “Personal Reflections” section of this post.  It will not disappoint.

And….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 27th, 2020 – January 2nd, 2021.

Testing

• 2021 Software Testing Trends – Promise of a Better Future – Anand Bagmar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/29/2021-software-testing-trends-promise-of-a-better-future/
• A tester’s feedback on system feedback – Matthew Bretten – http://bestofthetest.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-testers-feedback-on-system-feedback.html
• All About Regression Testing – Laveena Ramchandani – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/28/all-about-regression-testing/
• Applying the Agile Testing Quadrants to Continuous Delivery and DevOps Culture – Part 1: Working Towards Continuous Delivery- Janet Gregory, Lisa Crispin – https://agiletester.ca/applying-the-agile-testing-quadrants-to-continuous-delivery-and-devops-culture-part-1-working-towards-continuous-delivery/
• IoT Testing Strategy – Vishala Yadav – https://medium.com/globant/iot-testing-strategy-80e3112c46de
• Perspective – the secret weapon we seldom use while testing – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/the-secret-weapon-while-testing/
• Test Slow to Go Faster – Jason Arbon – https://jarbon.medium.com/test-slow-to-go-faster-4ba065b6ba4d

• Testing Blockchain Applications – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.com/2020/12/29/testing-blockchain-applications/
• Umpires are Testers Too – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2021/01/03/umpires-are-testers-too/
• We need to stop using white/black box testing categorisation – Noemi Ferrera – https://thetestlynx.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/white-black-box-testing-makes-no-sense/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 10 Common Selenium Exceptions in C# and How to Fix Them – Andreea Draniceanu – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/28/10-common-selenium-exceptions-in-c-and-how-to-fix-them/
• Design Patterns for High-Quality Automated Tests: Singleton – Anton Angelov – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/12/29/design-patterns-for-high-quality-automated-tests-singleton/
• Distributed Test Reporting using ELK stack! – Sérgio Martins – https://sergiomartins8.medium.com/distributed-test-reporting-using-elk-stack-97dd699d6bb4
• First steps into Docker with Selenium – Juan Pisant – https://medium.com/globant/first-steps-into-docker-with-selenium-bdfc3185c157
• How To Upgrade From Selenium 3 To Selenium 4? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/upgrade-from-selenium3-to-selenium4/
• Python API test automation framework (Part 6) API response schema validation – Gaurav Singh – https://automationhacks.io/2020/12/28/python-api-automation-framework-part6-api-response-schema-validation
• Testing Tool: LetXPath – XPath Finder, simple and useful, open-source project – Srinivas Kadiyala – https://testingeduindia.blogspot.com/2020/12/testing-tool-letxpath-xpath-finder.html

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• EuroSTAR Conference 2020 – Ekaterina Budnikov – https://www.katjasays.com/eurostar-conference-2020/
• State of Testing Survey – 2021 welcomes your input – Matt Hutchison – http://blog.testingcurator.com/2021/01/02/state-of-testing-survey-2021-welcomes-your-input/

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Testers #128 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/12/28/the-little-tester-128/
• Podcast: Episode #214: Python year in review (2020 edition) – Brian Okken – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/214/python-year-in-review-2020-edition
• Podcast: Visual Testing – Angie Jones – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/141
• Video: 4 Mindset Principles That Will Help You Thrive In 2021 as QA/ Software Tester. – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/01/01/mindset-of-software-tester/
• Video: How To Test Anything (In Three Minutes) – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/01/how-to-test-anything-in-three-minutes.html
• Video: How to Test GraphQL Query with Karate API? – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/01/01/how-to-test-graphql-query-with-karate-api/
• Video: KARATE API Testing Examples : What are Core Keywords in KARATE That You Should Know. – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/12/28/karate-api-testing-examples/
• Video: Karate API Testing Tool : How to Make GET/POST/PATCH/PUT/DELETE Request in Karate API Testing – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2020/12/30/karate-api-testing-tool/
• Video: Karate Configuration : Working with Karate Config.js || Karate API Testing Tutorial – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/01/02/karate-configuration/

Goals/Personal Reflections/Blogging

• 7 Things I Have Learned In The Past Year – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/7-things-i-have-learned-in-the-past-year/
• 2020 in review – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/12/30/2020-in-review/
• 2020 My Year Retrospective – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2020/12/30/2020-year-retrospective/
• 2020 Year In Review: Software Tester – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/2020-year-in-review-software-tester
• 2020 – the year that tested us. Happy New Testing Year! – Shmuel Gershon – http://testing.gershon.info/202101/2020-the-year-that-tested-us-happy-new-testing-year/
• 2020: The Year of Discovering What Actually Matters – Lina Zubyte – https://qualitybits.tech//writing/the-year-of-discovering-what-actually-matters
• 2020: Year in Review – Angela Riggs – https://angelariggs.github.io/articles/2020-year-in-review
• A 2020 takeaway – Lisa Crispin – https://lisacrispin.com/2020/12/29/a-2020-takeaway/
• A New Year Challenge – Kristin Jackvony – https://thinkingtester.com/a-new-year-challenge/
• My Year In Review – 2020 – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2020/12/my-year-in-review-2020.html
• Summing Up “The Ludicrous Year” that was 2020 – Michael Larsen – https://www.mkltesthead.com/2020/12/summing-up-ludicrous-year-that-was-2020.html
• Testing in 2020, according to my Twitter bookmarks – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2020/12/testing-in-2020-according-to-my-twitter-bookmarks/
• Where Will You Challenge Yourself? – Johanna Rothman – https://createadaptablelife.com/2020/12/where-will-you-challenge-yourself.htm

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