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 April 4th – April 10th, 2021.
Testing
- 5 Things QA Engineers Can Do To Ace An Interview – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2021/04/07/5-things-qa-engineers-can-do-to-ace-an-interview/
- A11Y With Ady: April 2021 – Ady Stokes – https://www.thebigtesttheory.com/blog/2021/4/6/a11y-with-ady-april-2021
- Driving A Change In Product Direction – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2021/04/driving-change-in-product-direction.
- From Dev to Quality Assurance: insights for all engineers – João Pires – https://jgonpires.medium.com/from-dev-to-quality-assurance-insights-for-all-engineers-b1e1c4c5b4e7
- How to Optimize Customer Experience Using Testing – Luna Bell – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/how-optimize-customer-experience-using-testing
- Is There Such Things as “Untestable Code”? – Gil Zilberfeld – http://www.everydayunittesting.com/2021/04/is-there-such-thing-as-untestable-code.html
- Journey of a Tester to a Super Tester – Prashant Kumar – https://prashant-kumar.medium.com/journey-of-a-tester-man-to-a-super-tester-ironman-6c814ccbb27f
- Mobile app test strategy gaps – Sam Connelly – https://bughuntersam.com/mobile-app-test-strategy-gaps/
- “One Team One Dream” vs “Another Day Another Dollar” – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/one-team-one-dream-vs-another-day-another-dollar-7e6ea6b53a17
- Sortable Table Columns – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2021/04/sortable-table-columns.html
- Test Strategy in Mobile and Big Screen Testing – Mariia Hutsuk – https://medium.com/quality-matters/test-strategy-in-mobile-and-big-screen-testing-a206010d0d
- Testing: Geometry or Topology? – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2021/04/testing-geometry-or-topology/
- Testing Lessons Learned by Watching my Son Play with Lego – Dave Westerfeld – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/04/06/testing-lessons-learned-by-watching-my-son-play-with-lego/
- The Thrill of Testing – Paul Seamen – https://beaglesays.blog/2021/04/07/the-thrill-of-testing/
- The Ultimate Guide To Organizing a Bug Bash – Prashant Hedge – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/04/05/the-ultimate-guide-to-organizing-a-bug-bash/
- Thinking about quality: so what to do? – Joep Schuurkes – https://j19sch.github.io/blog/2021/thinking-about-quality-so-what-to-do/
Testing Interviews/Personal Reflections
- 10 Bad Habits Limiting Your Career as a QA Engineer/Software Tester – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/10-bad-habits-limiting-your-software-tester-career/
- Does a Successful Career as a QA Engineer/Software Tester Equal a Tech Degree? – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/oriflamme-software-qa-lead-interview/
- Interview #12: A tester story after being a web developer and customer support – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2021/04/10/interview-12-a-tester-story-after-being-a-web-developer-and-customer-support/
- Is Tech Background Needed to be Hired as a QA Engineer/Software Tester at Koch Media? – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/koch-media/
- Last year – where the flip have I been – Viktor Slavchev – https://mrslavchev.com/2021/04/10/last-year-where-the-flip-have-i-been/
- QA Engineers/Software Testers at Wandera – is Tech Background Required? – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/qa-engineers-software-testers-at-wandera-is-tech-background-required/
- QA Engineers/Software Testers without a Tech Degree – Could that Work? – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/no-tech-degree-needed/
- Testing and Report: One Hour of Testing; I Failed, Not The Tests – Ravisuriya Eshwara – https://testinggarage.blogspot.com/2021/04/testing-and-reporting-one-hour-of-testing-and-i-failed-not-the-test-ravisuriya-moolya.html
Coding/Test Automation/Tools
- Applitools serves up new test automation recipes in Automation Cookbook – Christina Cardoza – https://sdtimes.com/test/applitools-serves-up-new-test-automation-recipes-in-automation-cookbook/
- Assertions In Automation Scripts – I Assert That They’re Optional – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/assertions-in-automation-scripts-i-assert-that-theyre-optional/
- .contains() – an overlooked gem in Cypress – Filip Hric – https://filiphric.com/contains-an-overlooked-gem-in-cypress
- Coding Katas for Automation in Web Testing – Exercise 1 of 3 – João Farias – http://thatsabug.com//blog/three_exercises_first/
- Comprehensive Guide To Jenkins Declarative Pipeline [With Examples] – Praveen Mishra – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/jenkins-declarative-pipeline-examples/
- Expediting Web Testing with Puppeteer and Instant Test Automation Technology – Eran Kinsbruner – https://continuoustesting.dev/2021/04/04/expediting-web-testing-with-puppeteer-and-instant-test-automation-technology/
- Getting Started with Appium for Android Kotlin on Windows in 10 Minutes – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/getting-started-with-appium-for-android-kotlin-on-windows-in-10-minutes/
- Getting Started with Appium for iOS Java on macOS in 10 Minutes – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/getting-started-with-appium-for-ios-java-on-macos-in-10-minutes/
- How To Execute JavaScript In Selenium PHP? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/executing-javascript-in-selenium-php/
- How to Measure Test Automation ROI – Eran Kinsbruner – https://www.perfecto.io/blog/how-measure-test-automation-roi
- How To Speed Up Selenium Test Cases Execution? – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/speed-up-selenium-test-cases-execution/
- Overcoming Top Challenges With In-Sprint Test Automation – Rahul Jain – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/top-in-sprint-test-automation-challenges/
- Robotics and Test Automation – are we ready? – Steve Watson – https://stevethedoc.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/robotics-and-test-automation-are-we-ready/
- Selenium WebDriver – Web Browser Elements (Checkbox) with C# – David Tzemach – https://www.agilequalitymadeeasy.com/post/selenium-webdriver-web-browser-elements-checkbox-with-c
- Using Cypress and Google Lighthouse for Performance Testing – Marie Drake – https://applitools.com/blog/using-cypress-google-lighthouse-performance-testing/
- Why Do Most UI Test Automation Fail? (Part 1: Wrong Automation Framework) – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/why-do-most-ui-test-automation-fail-part-1-wrong-automation-framework-47c92a0745dc
- Working with pseudo-elements in Selenium – Andreea Draniceanu – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/04/06/working-with-pseudo-elements-in-selenium/
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Announcements
- “Testing Stories” has been released by Melissa Fisher. Check it out on Leanpub – https://leanpub.com/testing_stories
- Testing Curator will soon be launching a newsletter. Be sure to signup for the Newsletter today found in the upper right corner of this page.
- Do you have an event that you would like to have announced? Is your blog post missing from our list this week?
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Testing Events in April 2021
| Dates | Event | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 4/12/21 - 4/16/21 | IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation 2021 | https://icst2021.icmc.usp.br/ |
| 4/13/21 - 4/15/21 | Tricentis Virtual Summit | https://virtualsummit.tricentis.com/ |
| 4/16/21 | TestingStage 2021 | https://testingstage.com/ |
| 4/16/21 - 4/17/21 | SQA Days / 28 | https://sqadays.com/en/index |
| 4/19/21 | The Ninth International Workshop on Load Testing and Benchmarking of Software Systems (LTB 2021) | http://ltb2021.eecs.yorku.ca/ |
| 4/20/21 - 4/22/21 | SauceCon Online 2021 | https://saucecon.com/ |
| 4/22/21 | MiniCAST: Testing in the 20’s | https://associationforsoftwaretesting.org/minicast/ |
| 4/22/21 - 4/23/21 | CSSTQA 2021: 15. International Conference on Software System Testing and Quality Assurance | https://waset.org/software-system-testing-and-quality-assurance-conference-in-april-2021-in-new-york |
| 4/26/21 - 4/30/21 | STAREAST Virtual | https://stareast.techwell.com/ |
| 4/26/21 - 4/30/21 | Exploratory Testing Week 2021 | https://ti.to/mot/exploratory-testing-week-april-2021 |
| 4/28/21 - 4/29/21 | Agile, DevOps & Testing - The Business Case | https://conference.unicom.co.uk/adt2021/april1/ |
Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- 10 Tips for Recruiting Your Next Meetup Speaker – Tristan Lombard – https://tristanlombard.medium.com/10-tips-for-recruiting-your-next-meetup-speaker-97638443324a
- GWT Challenge #22 – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/gwt-challenge-22/
- My thoughts from the Panel Discussion – Future of Women in Agile – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/reflections/
Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars
- Cartoon: The Little Tester #142 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2021/04/05/the-little-tester-142/
- Podcast: Episode #228: Supreme Court decides API copyright battle – Michael Kennedy, Brian Okken – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/228/supreme-court-decides-api-copyright-battle
- Podcast: Fuzzy Quality Episode #6: Open testing platform – Adam Leon Smith – https://fuzzyquality.com/episode/fuzzy-quality-episode-6-open-testing-platform
- Podcast: S3E8 – Ashley Hunsberger – Leading agile transformation at Blackboard – https://soundcloud.com/qualitysensepodcast/s3-e8-ashley-hunsberger-leading-agile-transformation-at-blackboard
- Videos: Appium and android mobile browser automation – Tarun Kumar – https://www.seleniumtests.com/2021/04/appium-and-android-mobile-browser.html
- Videos: How to export environments from Postman – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2021/04/how-to-export-environments-from-postman/
- Videos: Selenium and security testing using ZAP part 2 – Tarun Kumar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyqCACPxCcM