Testing Bits: 375 – January 10th, 2021 – January 16th, 2021

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 January 10th, 2021 – January 16th, 2021.

Testing

• 6 Testing Trends to Follow (2021 Forecast) – Divya Gilhotra – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/01/14/6-testing-trends-to-follow-2021-forecast/
• Applying the Agile Testing Quadrants to Continuous Delivery and DevOps Culture – Part 2 of 2  – Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory – https://agiletester.ca/applying-the-agile-testing-quadrants-to-continuous-delivery-and-devops-culture-part-2-of-2/
• Bugs are about more than code – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/bugs-are-about-more-than-code/
• Checklist for mobile app testing: 15 gaps to look for – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Checklist-for-mobile-app-testing-12-gaps-to-look-out-for
• Common search engine questions about testing #6: “Is software testing easy?” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/01/13/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-6-is-software-testing-easy/
• Creating Schema for an API – Dave Westerfeld – https://offbeattesting.com/2021/01/14/creating-schema-for-an-api/
• Designing for the dark: The science behind dark mode – Will Saunders – https://blog.testlodge.com/designing-for-the-dark/

• Enhancing Feature Files for SpecFlow+ LivingDoc – Ali Mollahosseini – https://specflow.org/blog/feature-files/
• Habits + Deliberate Practice = Mastery – Amy Jo Esser – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/01/14/habits-plus-deliberate-practice-equals-mastery/
• Hardware Testing – Adriana Robles – https://medium.com/globant/hardware-testing-80c1eb698ae6
• How Much Testing is Enough? – Peter Walen – https://www.ranorex.com/blog/how-much-testing-is-enough/
• How product managers can collaborate better with the QA team – Vikram Goyal – https://medium.com/agileinsider/how-product-managers-can-collaborate-better-with-the-qa-team-5dca540a3768
• How to Survive Production Incidents in a Company with No-blame Culture – Olga Beregnaya – https://medium.com/wix-engineering/how-to-survive-production-incidents-in-a-company-with-no-blame-culture-c16d36635b23
• Leaders in Tech: Harneet Bains – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/leaders-in-tech-harneet-bains/
• My Most Used Test Heuristics (with examples) – Nicola Lindgren – https://nickytests.blogspot.com/2021/01/my-most-used-test-heuristics-with.html
• Testing Data Lake – Mahesh M – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/01/11/testing-data-lake/
• The Role of Occam’s Razor in Software Testing – Prashant Hedge – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/01/13/the-role-of-occams-razor-in-software-testing/
• The Role of QA in Sprint Planning – Wes Silverstein – https://www.mindfulqa.com/qa-sprint-planning/
• The year ahead: Security experts predict 21 key trends for ’21 – John P. Mello Jr. – https://techbeacon.com/security/year-ahead-security-experts-predict-21-key-trends-21
• Uncertainty Sampling – James D. McCaffrey – https://jamesmccaffrey.wordpress.com/2021/01/13/uncertainty-sampling/
• Using Domain-Specific Languages for Security Testing – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2021/01/15/using-domain-specific-languages-for-security-testing/
• What is Creative QA and How does it help improve product quality? – Jo Tan – https://jo-tan.medium.com/what-is-creative-qa-and-how-does-it-help-improve-product-quality-33014a14a54c

Coding/Programming/Test Automation/Tools

• Creating unit tests from scratch – Bob – https://randomtechthoughts.blog/2021/01/16/creating-unit-tests-from-scratch/
• Cypress Thrill – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/01/cypress-thrill.html
• Debugging Pipeline Issues With Cypress – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/debugging-pipeline-issues-with-cypress
• How To Get Page Source In Selenium Using Python? – Nishant Choudhary – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/how-to-get-page-source-in-selenium-webdriver/
• Save Time and Money With Automated End-to-End Testing – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/save-time-and-money-with-automated-end-to-end-testing/
• Test Automation for Software-as-a-Service Solutions – Jesper Ottosen – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/01/13/automation-for-saas/
• Using Selenium WebDriver Waits as Retries in Your Tests – Corina Pip – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/01/13/using-selenium-webdriver-waits-as-retries-in-your-selenium-tests/
• What Is New In Selenium 4 And What Is Deprecated In It? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/what-is-deprecated-in-selenium4/

Tools

• Servers Performance Monitoring in JMeter – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/servers-performance-monitoring-in-jmeter/
• Using openapi-cli for API exploration – Yuliya Bagriy – https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2021/01/10/using-openapi-cli-for-api-exploration/

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Testival Meetup #60 – Željko Filipin – https://filipin.eu//testival-60

Events This Week:

• The Annual Testing in DevOps Survey is Open! – https://www.mabl.com/blog/the-annual-testing-in-devops-survey-is-open

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Testers #130 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2021/01/11/the-little-tester-130/

Blogging/Goals/Personal Reflections/

• Why Do You Blog? – Bart Vanherck – https://www.thetestingpirate.be/2021/01/10/why-do-you-blog/

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