Testing Bits: 379 – February 7th, 2021 – February 13th, 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 February 7th, 2021 – February 13th, 2021.

Testing

• 20 Elements of Modern Web Design That You Need to Know – Harish Rajora – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/20-elements-of-modern-web-design/
• An improved test design method – Neil Jennings – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/02/11/an-improved-test-design-method/
• Are Your Developers As Good At Testing As They Think They Are? – Sushma Singh – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/testers-and-developers-codependency/
• Bog-Standard Testing – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/02/bog-standard-testing.html
• Common search engine questions about testing #10: “What will software testing look like in 2021?” – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-10-what-will-software-testing-look-like-in-2021/
• Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies – Alex Birsan – https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610
• How to Make 100 Releases Per Day with Only 6 Quality Engineers – Evgeny Tkachenko – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/how-make-100-releases-day-only-6-quality-engineers

• How To Use Asserts In NUnit Using Selenium? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/asserts-in-nunit/
• Introduction to HTTP status codes for Software Testers – Ali Imam – https://blog.testlodge.com/http-status-codes/
• Leaders in Tech: Lewis Prescott – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/leaders-in-tech-lewis-prescott/
• Less hard Testing more smart Testing – Enrique A Decoss – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/02/10/less-hard-testing-more-smart-testing/
• Necessary Confusion and the Bootstrap Heuristic – Michael Bolton – https://www.developsense.com/blog/2021/02/necessary-confusion-and-the-bootstrap-heuristic/
• Parsing “Testing in DevOps” (and “Continuous Testing”) – Nilanjan Bhattacharya – https://revelutions.medium.com/parsing-testing-in-devops-and-continuous-testing-b17c68a04aa3
• Poetry and Software Testing – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2021/02/13-poetry-and-software-testing/
• Requirements Traceability – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2021/02/requirements-traceability.html
• Reinventing the QA process – Julia Zarechneva – https://blog.picnic.nl/reinventing-the-qa-process-25854fee51f3
• Solving: How to describe that a user should not be able to do something? #GivenWhenThenWithStyle – Gojko Adzic – https://specflow.org/blog/solving-how-to-describe-that-a-user-should-not-be-able-to-do-something-givenwhenthenwithstyle/
• Testing Trends 2021 – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.com/2021/02/12/test-trends-2021/
• The main types of database testing explained – Tom Nolle – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/The-main-types-of-database-testing-explained
• Top Best Software Testing Trends to watch out in 2021 – Dwarika Dhish Mishra – https://abodeqa.com/top-best-software-testing-trends-to-watch-out-for-in-2021/
• Turning from Testing – a Guide to Changing Careers – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2021/02/turning-from-testing-guide-to-changing.html
• Unit Tests & Refactoring: Should I bother? – Cesar Romero – https://medium.com/globant/unit-tests-refactoring-should-i-bother-e7b3e65e19c9
• What I wish I knew when I started testing: Get involved with the testing community – Nicola Lindgren – https://nickytests.blogspot.com/2021/02/what-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started.html
• What Is Database Security Testing – Complete Guide – Remya R – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/database-security-testing/
• What Software Testers Can Learn From Anglers – Jonas Menesklou – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/02/14/what-software-testers-can-learn-from-anglers/
• WHCM and System Colors – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2021/02/whcm-and-system-colors.html
• When You Can’t Help Much, Help A Little – Elizabeth Zagroba – https://elizabethzagroba.com/posts/2021/when_you_cant_help_much_help_a_little/

Coding/Programming/Test Automation/Tools

• 30 Advanced WebDriver Tips and Tricks Kotlin Code – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/30-advanced-webdriver-tips-and-tricks-kotlin-code/
• False ‘Selenium WebDriver Cons’ – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/false-selenium-webdriver-cons-b4e621a5ec22
• How To Integrate Cucumber With Jenkins? – Piyusha – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/cucumber-with-jenkins-integration/
• In Search of a Test Automation Strategy – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2021/02/in-search-of-test-automation-strategy.html
• Kafka quick introduction and AEM Integration – Juan Aranda – https://medium.com/globant/kafka-quick-introduction-and-aem-integration-7797928d63a9
• Most Complete Selenium WebDriver Java Cheat Sheet – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/selenium-webdriver-java-cheat-sheet/
• Skip test conditionally with Cypress – Filip Hric – https://filiphric.com/skip-test-conditionally-with-cypress
• Skip the UI using API calls – Furbo – https://code.kiwi.com/skip-the-ui-using-api-calls-d358b9b61b91
• Test Automation Framework – Page Object Model Example – Rex Jones II – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/02/08/test-automation-framework-page-object-model-example/
• Tool Reviews: Automating Microservice Tests with UP9 – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/tool-reviews-automating-microservice-tests-with-up9/
• Using Spring to Switch Environments in Automated Tests – Corina Pip – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/02/09/using-spring-to-switch-environments-in-automated-tests/

Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• More than a Hackathon to me – Ivana Dilparic – Ivana Dilparic – https://applitools.com/blog/holiday-hackathon-dilparic/
• My Holiday Hackathon 2020 – Kerry McKeever – Kerry McKeever – https://applitools.com/blog/holiday-hackathon-mckeever/
• Testival Meetup #61 – Željko Filipin – https://filipin.eu//testival-61

Upcoming Events:

• 2/15 & 2/16 – Agile, DevOp & Testing: The Evolving Science – https://www.unicomlearning.com/2021/ADT-Feb/
• 2/17 – 2/19 – ConTEST 2021 – https://testmastersacademyonline.org/
• 2/22 – 2/26 – ICQAST 2021 – International Conference on Quality Assurance and Software Testing – https://waset.org/quality-assurance-and-software-testing-conference-in-february-2021-in-london
• Books Released: 21st Century Skills For Testers – Emna Ayadi & Ard_Kramer – https://leanpub.com/_21stskills4tester
• Published – An Exploration of Testers – Lee Hawkins – https://leanpub.com/anexplorationoftesters

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars

• Cartoon: The Little Testers #134 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2021/02/08/the-little-tester-134/
• Fun: Software Testing Crossword – Series 4 – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2021/02/software-testing-crossword-series-4.html
• Podcast: Celebrating 20 Years Of The Agile Manifesto (with Giles Lindsay from Agile Delta Consulting) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/celebrating-20-years-agile-manifesto-giles-lindsay/
• Podcast: pytest markers – Anthony Sottile – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/143
• Podcast: Secret Agency – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/02/secret-agency.html
• Podcast: S3E1 – Laveena Ramchandani – Testing a data science model – Federico Toledo – https://soundcloud.com/qualitysensepodcast/s3e1-laveena-ramchandani-testing-a-data-science-model
• Podcast: TDD in Science – Martin Héroux – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/144

Blogging/Goals/Personal Reflections/

• 2020 in Review – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2021/02/2020-in-review/
• It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me… – Chris Armstrong – https://christovskia.blog/2021/02/08/its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-me/
• On Writing – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2021/02/on-writing.html

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