Testing Bits: 377 – January 24th, 2021 – January 30th, 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 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/