Testing Bits: 386 – March 28th – April 3rd, 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 March 28th – April 3rd, 2021.

Testing

• 7 Lessons Learned in My Journey From Junior to Senior Developer in 2 Years – Livio Benčik – https://betterprogramming.pub/junior-to-senior-developer-in-2-years-3740bd8f8cca
• A Guide on How to Test Cloud-Native Applications – Sumon Dey – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/03/30/a-guide-on-how-to-test-cloud-native-applications/
• Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD) – David Tzemach – https://www.agilequalitymadeeasy.com/post/acceptance-test-driven-development-atdd-david-tzemach
• Common Database Testing Problems – Kovid Rathee – https://medium.com/weareservian/common-database-testing-problems-2f0541975690
• Exploratory Tooling – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/03/exploratory-tooling.html
• Exploring Pipelines – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://dev.to/maaretp/exploring-pipelines-32og
• Five QA Trends To Keep When We Get Back To The ‘New Normal’ – Joel Montvelisky – https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/03/30/five-qa-trends-to-keep-when-we-get-back-to-the-new-normal/

• Getting into Toptal as a Software tester – Mate Ajdukovic – https://mate-ajdukovic.medium.com/getting-into-toptal-as-a-software-tester-d3a0666ff2c3
• If I could, I wouldn’t: Separate back-end and front-end user stories – KC – https://testkeis.wordpress.com/2021/03/31/if-i-could-i-wouldnt-separate-back-end-and-front-end-user-stories/
• Imagine That Things Can Be Different – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2021/03/29/imagine-that-things-can-be-different/
• Introduction to Microservices – Sudipto Sarkar – https://medium.com/globant/introduction-to-microservice-eae5d905857c
• TDD changed my relationship with Software Testing – Clarice Abreu – https://medium.com/quintoandar-tech-blog/how-tdd-changed-my-relation-with-software-testing-730d73a24084
• The Kintsugi Tester – Louise Woodhams – https://anelaborationofcarbon.wordpress.com/2021/03/28/the-kintsugi-tester/
• Under-Engineered Select Menus – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2021/03/under-engineered-select-menus.html

Testing Interviews/Personal Reflections

• 2021/03/29 – Feeling valued – Lee Marshall – https://thepiratetester.wordpress.com/2021/03/29/2021-03-29-feeling-valued/
• Are Tech Background or Attitude More Important for a QA Gaming Software Tester? –Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/tech-background-or-attitude-software-tester/
• Interview #11: Different Aspects for Test Coverage and Techniques – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2021/04/03/interview-11-test-coverage-test-techniques/
• Month in Review: March 2021 – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/month-in-review-march-2021
• Successful QA Software Tester without Tech Degree? Absolutely – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/successful-qa-software-tester-without-tech-degree-absolutely/
• Tech or Non-Tech Background for QA Software Testers, that is the Question –Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/tech-or-non-tech-background-for-qa-software-testers-that-is-the-question/

Coding/Test Automation/Tools

• 10 experts advise aspiring test automation engineers – Matthew Heusser, Carl L. Shaulis – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/10-experts-advise-aspiring-test-automation-engineers
• A Beginner’s Guide to Command Line Interface (CLI) – Harish Rajora – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/03/30/a-beginners-guide-to-command-line-interface-cli/
• An introduction to @testing-library: Part 2 – Kieran Roberts – https://blog.kieranroberts.dev/an-introduction-to-testing-library-part-2
• Framework review: Playwright – Diogo Nunes – https://www.diogonunes.com/blog/framework-review-playwright/
• Functional Test Refactoring: Move – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/functional-test-refactoring-move-554fd0926af
• Getting Started with Appium for Android Kotlin on macOS in 10 Minutes – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/getting-started-with-appium-for-android-kotlin-on-macos-in-10-minutes/
• Getting Started with Appium for iOS Kotlin on macOS in 10 Minutes – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/getting-started-with-appium-for-ios-kotlin-on-macos-in-10-minutes/
• Getting Started with Goose – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/getting-started-with-goose/
• How to Add Applitools Eyes to Storybook – Colby Fayock – https://applitools.com/blog/how-to-add-applitools-eyes-storybook/
• How to Know Your Test Automation Project Is Doomed – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/how-to-know-your-test-automation-project-is-doomed/
• How to Optimise the Code Review process for your team? – Pravin Uttarwar – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/how-to-optimise-the-code-review-process-for-your-team/
• HTTP Fundamentals in Automated Testing – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/http-fundamentals/
• My Test Automation Journey – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/my-test-automation-journey-1e7901bcb1e5
• Open Source Test Management Tools – Software Testing Magazine – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/tools/open-source-test-management-tools/
• Recently Encountered Logical Fallacies – Elizabeth Zagroba – https://elizabethzagroba.com/posts/2021/recently_encountered_logical_falacies/
• Scraping Dynamic Web Pages Using Selenium And C# – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/scraping-dynamic-web-pages/
• Software Testing Using Node.js – Shivam Varshney – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/03/29/software-testing-using-node-js/
• Stimulus, response, check: The core of test automation – Paul Grizzaffi – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/stimulus-response-check-core-test-automation
• Test automation tools: 8 trends and techniques to watch – Linda Rosencrance – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/test-automation-tools-8-trends-techniques-watch
• TestRail User Survey Results 2020-Part 1 – Hannah Son – https://blog.gurock.com/testrail-user-survey-2020-part1/
• The Dark Side of Being a Test Automation Engineer – Sérgio Martins – https://sergiomartins8.medium.com/the-dark-side-of-being-a-test-automation-engineer-9563c8722fa5
• The weird true story of Selenium, the StaleElementReferenceException, the iframe, the List and the WebElement – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2021/03/31/the-weird-true-story-of-selenium-the-staleelementreferenceexception-the-iframe-the-list-and-the-webelement/
• Unpopular Opinions: Software Testing Edition – Angie Jones – https://applitools.com/blog/unpopular-opinions-software-testing-edition/
• With a Good Continuous Testing Process, You Can Get “GOOD & CHEAP & FAST” in Software Development – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/with-a-good-continuous-testing-process-you-can-get-good-cheap-fast-in-software-development-58346a048009

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Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars

• Book Summary: The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo – Toby Sinclair – https://www.tobysinclair.com/post/book-summary-the-making-of-a-manager-by-julie-zhuo
• Cartoon: The Little Tester #141 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2021/03/29/the-little-tester-141/
• Podcast: Episode 24 – Attracting Great Testers – Testing Peers – https://testingpeers.com/?p=770
• Podcast: Episode #227: No more awaiting, async comes to SQLAlchemy – Brian Okken, Michael Kennedy – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/227/no-more-awaiting-async-comes-to-sqlalchemy
• Podcast: I don’t test my code, “crappy Python” is all I write – Corey Quinn – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/149
• Podcast: The Testing Show: Storm Readiness Testing – Matt Heusser, Michael Larsen – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-storm-readiness-testing
• Video: 9 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started As QA Engineer – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/04/02/9-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started-as-qa-engineer/
• Video: Exploratory Testing : How to do it with Practical Example – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/03/30/exploratory-testing/
• Video: Software Testing Myths – Yogesh Khairnari – https://qa-qcarena.blogspot.com/2021/03/software-testing-myths.html
• Video: What Do I look in a QA Tester while hiring as their QA Lead? – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/04/02/what-do-i-look-in-a-qa-tester-while-hiring-as-their-qa-lead/
• Webinar: Mobile-First Approach and Testing – Kritika Murari – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/mobile-first-testing-approach-lambdatest-applitools/