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 24th, 2021 – January 30th, 2021.
Testing
- 7 Steps to Find a Job in QA With No Previous Experience – Yoni Flenner – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/01/25/steps-to-find-a-job-in-qa-with-no-experience/
- 8 Of The Best Software Testing Newsletters You Should Subscribe To – Harish Rajora – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/latest-software-testing-newsletters/
- A guide to testing in DevOps and key strategies, practices – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/A-guide-to-testing-in-DevOps-and-key-strategies-practices
- An End-to-End Guide of API Testing – Johanna South – https://abstracta.us/blog/software-testing/api-testing-guide/
- Back to Basics – Test Bed – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2021/01/back-to-basics-test-bed.html
- Back to Basics – Test Cases – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2021/01/back-to-basics-test-cases.html
- Common search engine questions about testing #7: “Is software testing a good career?” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/01/26/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-7-is-software-testing-a-good-career/
- Detox: The Unobtainable Test Stability (or is it?) – Rotem Meidan – https://medium.com/wix-engineering/detox-the-unobtainable-test-stability-or-is-it-5f8cd765df1c
- Having Testers Makes Quality Worse – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2021/01/having-testers-makes-quality-worse.html
- How to be a user-conscious QA – Gareth Thomas – https://medium.com/purplebricks-digital/a-usability-cheat-sheet-for-the-user-conscious-qa-66436760d8da
- How to handle root cause analysis of software defects – Stephen J. Bigelow – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/How-to-handle-root-cause-analysis-of-software-defects
- How to Run a Successful Bug Bash – Jake Bartlett – https://blog.testlodge.com/how-to-run-a-successful-bug-bash/
- How Your Customers See Quality – Bridget Hughes – https://www.mabl.com/blog/how-your-customers-see-quality
- Interview #7: Becoming a Tester From an HR perspective – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2021/01/25/interview-7-hr-tester/
- Managing and Achieving Goals – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/managing-and-achieving-goals
- Software Testing Road Map – Jayesh Wankhade – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/01/25/software-testing-road-map/
- Solving: How to specify that something should be random? #GivenWhenThenWithStyle – Gojko Adzic – https://specflow.org/blog/solving-how-to-specify-that-something-should-be-random-givenwhenthenwithstyle/
- Testing in Production: Why It’s Part of Any Modern QA Strategy – Carlos Schults – https://www.testim.io/blog/testing-in-production-modern-qa-strategy/
- The amusement park for the testers – Kinga Witko – https://kingatest.wordpress.com/2021/01/29/the-amusement-park-for-the-testers/
- The Cold Hard Truth About Zero-Defect Software – Niall Lynch – https://theqalead.com/topics/zero-defect-software/
- The Testing, not the Testers – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2021/01/25/the-testing-not-the-testers/
- What Did I Learn From My First Year Working as a Quality Assurance Engineer? – Atul Jha – https://medium.com/technology-hits/what-did-i-learn-from-my-first-year-working-as-a-quality-assurance-engineer-b6f3b177477f
- What is Quality – Yogita Lad – https://yogitalad.blogspot.com/2021/01/what-is-quality-quality-means-different.html
- Wix Forms. QA processes from one widget to a complex product. – Aleksandra Pervunina – https://medium.com/wix-engineering/wix-forms-qa-processes-from-one-widget-to-a-complex-product-add7c50c97cf
Coding/Programming/Test Automation/Tools
- A Trail of Code – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2021/01/27-a-trail-of-code-001-find-dupes/
- Configuring Cypress To Run On Different Environments – Ahmed Alsaab – https://ahmed-alsaab.medium.com/configuring-cypress-to-run-on-different-environments-7ae323bb3c86
- Cypress vs Selenium vs Playwright vs Puppeteer speed comparison – Giovanni Rago – https://blog.checklyhq.com/cypress-vs-selenium-vs-playwright-vs-puppeteer-speed-comparison/
- Detox: Writing Stable Test Suites – Rotem Meidan – https://medium.com/wix-engineering/detox-writing-stable-test-suites-372c9d537184
- Fixtures Over Classes, Pt 2: Why Classes Make Life More Difficult (For Test Code) – Josh Grant – https://simplythetest.tumblr.com/post/641411417362350080/fixtures-over-classes-pt-2-why-classes-make-life
- Getting Started with TestProject C# OpenSDK – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/01/27/getting-started-with-testproject-csharp-opensdk/
- Performing Page Interactions with Selenium Actions – Corina Pip – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/01/29/performing-page-interactions-with-selenium-actions/
- Playing with Playwright – Java API – Angie Jones – https://applitools.com/blog/playwright-java/
- Strategy Design Pattern in Automated Testing Java Code – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/strategy-design-pattern-java/
- Tips to Win Your First Test Automation Job – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/tips-to-win-your-first-test-automation-job/
- Using Nightwatch global variables to write tests that work everywhere – David Mello – https://www.davidmello.com/nightwatch-global-environment-variables/
- Visual TDD in Test Automation – Part 3 – Han Toan Lim – https://www.mindfultester.com/visual-tdd-in-test-automation-part-3/
#30DaysofTesting/Testing Exercises
- How To – GET todos 200 filter – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/apichallenges/howto/get-todos-200-filter/
- How To – HEAD todos 200 – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/apichallenges/howto/head-todos-200/
- How To – POST todos 201 – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/apichallenges/howto/post-todos-201/
- How To – POST todos 400 – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/apichallenges/howto/post-todos-400/
Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Surveys/Training
- Book Release: 21st Century Skills For Testers – Emna Ayadi & Ard_Kramer – https://leanpub.com/_21stskills4testers
- Survey: 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 #132 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2021/01/25/the-little-tester-132/
- Podcast: Beth Marshall – Part One – Dave Duke – https://theguiltytester.libsyn.com/beth-marshall-part-one
- Podcast: MongoDB – Mark Smith – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/142
- Podcast: The Testing Show: Open Source Testing – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-open-source-testing
- Video: What are the different Types of Testing Techniques and Methodologies used Most? – Promode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/01/27/testing-techniques/
- Webinar: Free Webinar: Experiences in Exploratory Test Automation: Two Points of View at Two with Rex Black and Rob Sabourin – Rex Black – https://rbcs-us.com/resources/podcast/free-webinar-experiences-in-exploratory-test-automation-two-points-of-view-at-two-with-rex-black-and-rob-sabourin/