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 March 14th – March 20th, 2021.
Testing
- 5 Ways to Improve Your Software Job Search Results – Jonathan Thompson – https://javascript.plainenglish.io/5-ways-to-improve-your-software-job-search-results-5e24fa3dceaa
- 10 Best Software Testing Certifications To Take In 2021 – Arnab Roy Chowdhury – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/10-best-software-testing-certifications-2021/
- Continuous testing: What every DevOps team needs to know – Justin Rohrman – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/continuous-testing-what-every-devops-teams-needs-know
- Darlings, Pets, Cattle and GUID’s – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2021/03/20/darlings-pets-cattle-and-guids/
- Great people: Definition – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2019/01/my-learning-part-8-people.html
- How I break the shell with L.I.E.S – Nithin S – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/03/14/how-i-break-the-shell-with-lies/
- Tackling SQL Query Performance – Diego Garber – https://medium.com/slalom-build/tackling-sql-query-performance-a48178eb5570
- Thinking about quality: management paradigms and quality – Joep Schuurkes – https://j19sch.github.io/blog/2021/management-paradigms-and-quality/
- Using a Shared, Centrally Managed QA Environment vs. an Individual Environment: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Personal Experience – Oleksandra Melnikova – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/using-shared-centrally-managed-qa-environment-vs-individual-environment-benefits-drawbacks
- What UI testing will look like in 20 years – Jonas Menesklou – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/03/15/what-ui-testing-will-look-like-in-20-years/
- You Don’t Always Need to Follow Best Practices – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/you-dont-always-need-to-follow-best-practices/
Testing Interviews
- Interview #9: Becoming a Tester after working in different industries – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2021/03/14/interview-9-becoming-a-tester-after-working-in-different-industries/
- Interview with Maaike Brinkhof – Ben Dowen – https://interviews.testeroftheday.com/interviews/2021/03/20/maaike-brinkhof.html
Coding/Test Automation/Tools
- 10 Best Test Management Tools For Jira In 2021 – Jason Boog – https://theqalead.com/tools/test-management-tools-for-jira/
- Blockchain Tests with Truffle (Solidity) – Rafaela Azevedo – https://azevedorafaela.com/2021/03/19/blockchain-test-workshop-with-truffle/
- Adventures with escaping quotes in Jenkins pipelines – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2021/03/adventures-with-escaping-quotes-in-jenkins-pipelines/
- Fluent Page Object Pattern in Automated Testing Java Code – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/fluent-page-object-pattern-java/
- Functional Test Refactoring: Extract Function – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/functional-test-refactoring-extract-function-5572554c0677
- Functional Test Refactoring: Introduction – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/functional-test-refactoring-598872af9d51
- Getting Started with MongoDB and Selenium WebDriver – Moataz Nabil – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/03/16/getting-started-with-mongodb-and-selenium-webdriver/
- Guide to Conducting Test Automation Code Reviews – Angie Jones – https://applitools.com/blog/guide-to-test-automation-code-reviews/
- How To Create & Run A Job In Jenkins Using Jenkins Freestyle Project? – Piyusha – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/jenkins-freestyle-project/
- How To Do Parameterization In Pytest With Selenium? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/parameterization-in-pytest-with-selenium/
- How to Improve Cypress Test Coverage with Visual Testing – Colby Fayock – https://applitools.com/blog/improve-cypress-test-coverage-visual-testing/
- How To Run Selenium Tests In Docker? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/run-selenium-tests-in-docker/
- How to use the Factory design pattern to create browser instances: the simple approach – Elias Nogueira – http://www.eliasnogueira.com/how-to-use-the-factory-design-pattern-to-create-browser-instances-the-simple-approach/
- Improve your custom command logs in Cypress – Filip Hric – https://filiphric.com/improve-your-custom-command-logs-in-cypress
- Introduction To k6 Browser Recorder – Ng Wai Foong – https://betterprogramming.pub/introduction-to-k6-browser-recorder-f7db08ad5b4c
- Lessons Learned from Test Failures due to a new ChromeDriver Bug – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/lessons-learned-from-test-failures-due-to-a-new-chromedriver-bug-cae240e5c70
- Locating Web Elements with WebDriver – Nikolay Advolodkin – https://ultimateqa.com/selenium-webdriver-with-java-2/
- Selenium MSTest Tutorial: Setup Selenium WebDriver For MSTest Framework In C# – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/setting-selenium-webdriver-for-mstest/
- Sharpen Your Testing Skills by Debugging in Cypress – Jonathan Thompson – https://javascript.plainenglish.io/sharpen-your-testing-skills-by-debugging-in-cypress-597de915ffab
- Single Responsibility Principle in Test Automation – Biswajit Pattanayak – https://medium.com/@bishu/single-responsibility-principle-in-test-automation-e00dc5e0b07a
- Starting With Automation Testing — The Non-Technical Part – Andrei Crisan – https://medium.com/cognizantsoftvision-guildhall/starting-with-automation-testing-the-non-technical-part-284d1382293f
- TDD vs. BDD – Difference and Similarities – Harish Rajora – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/03/15/tdd-vs-bdd-difference-and-similarities/
- Tentative Cypress GitLab CI integration for fun and profit – James Sheasby Thomas – https://rightsaidjames.com/2021/03/cypress-gitlab-ci-integration-github-actions/
- The Subtle Art of Debugging Your Code – Fabio Veronese – https://betterprogramming.pub/the-subtle-art-of-debugging-your-code-10c0239512ba
- Traceability and Test Coverage in TestRail – Shanu Mandot – https://blog.gurock.com/traceability-test-coverage-in-testrail/
- Understanding Design Patterns in Test Automation: Factory Method Pattern – Biswajit Pattanayak – https://medium.com/@bishu/understanding-design-patterns-in-test-automation-factory-method-pattern-54a68fbdfe00
- XUnit Tutorial: Parameterized Tests For Selenium Testing – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/xunit-tutorial-parameterized-tests-for-selenium-testing/
Upcoming Events:
- 3/22/21-3/26/21 – SAC-SVT 2021 – Software Verification and Testing Track at SAC 2021 – https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2021/tracks.html
- 3/23/21-3/24/21 – <break>point – https://www.browserstack.com/events/breakpoint
- 3/29/21-3/30/21 – ICQASST 2021 – International Conference on Quality Assurance and System Software Testing – https://waset.org/quality-assurance-and-software-system-testing-conference-in-march-2021-in-singapore
- 3/31/21-4/1/21 – Odyssey 2021 Testing Conference – https://odyssey.kobiton.com/
- 4/6/21-4/27/21 – QA Global Summit ’21 – https://qa.geekle.us/
Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars
- Cartoon: Architecture Review – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2021/03/architecture-review.html
- Cartoon: The Little Testers #139 – Corina Pip – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2021/03/15/the-little-tester-139/
- Podcast: Automation in the Modern Age using BigTest with Taras Mankovski – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a343-taras/
- Podcast: Episode #225: SELECT Pydantic FROM MongoDB – Biran Okken – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/225/select-pydantic-from-mongodb
- Podcast: Podcast Episode 23 – Personal Repuation and Brand – Testing Peers – https://testingpeers.com/?p=744
- Podcast: S3E6 – Sumit Agarwal – DevOps and testing – Federico Toledo – https://soundcloud.com/qualitysensepodcast/s3e6-sumit-agarwal-devops-and-testing
- Podcast: The Testing Show: API Testing – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-api-testing
- Video: How to Get Your First Test Automation Job – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/03/16/how-to-get-your-first-test-automation-job/
- Video: How To Earn Back the Lost QA Respect – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/03/19/how-to-earn-back-the-lost-qa-respect/
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