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 May 16th – May 22nd, 2021.
Testing
- AI Testing Approach – Prashant Kumar – https://prashant-kumar.medium.com/ai-testing-approach-b7d6a394672f
- All You Wanted to Know About UX, UI, and Usability Testing – Igor K – https://testfort.com/blog/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-ux-ui-and-usability-testing
- An End-To-End Guide of Load Testing – Nicole van der Hoeven – https://abstracta.us/blog/performance-testing/load-testing-guide/
- Do You Need to Focus or Harness Your Energy? – Johanna Rothman – https://createadaptablelife.com/2021/05/do-you-need-to-focus-or-harness-your-energy.html
- From Support to QA: A Journey in Testing – Ed Aldridge – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/from-support-to-qa-a-journey-in-testing/
- How to improve Questioning skills – Shrini Kulkarni – http://shrinik.blogspot.com/2021/05/how-to-improve-questioning-skills.html
- Leadership In Test: Risk-based Testing – Paul Gerrard – https://theqalead.com/topics/risk-based-testing/
- QA Engineers/Software Testers without Tech Background – successful career in Germany – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/software-tester-career-germany-2/
Coding/Test Automation
- 5 Ways to Speed up Your End-to-End Tests – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/5-ways-to-speed-up-your-end-to-end-tests/
- Automation In Scala: Allure Reporting – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2021/05/17/scala-allure-report/
- Automation Test Strategy: Identify Your Goals and Ownership – Johanna South – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/05/18/automation-test-strategy-identify-your-goals-and-ownership/
- Automation Testing Best Practices & Strategy – Laveena Ramchandani – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/05/16/automation-testing-best-practices-and-strategy/
- Balance in Test Automation – Peter Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/balance-in-test-automation/
- BDD Automation: from executable specifications to automated tests – Manning Publications – https://blog.devgenius.io/bdd-automation-from-executable-specifications-to-automated-tests-11b0c2650490
- BDD is Not Automation Testing – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/bdd-automation-testing/
- Benefits of Continuous Testing (Part 4: to Developers) – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/benefits-of-continuous-testing-part-4-to-wise-developers-d471ceaaaee5
- “Done, Done” in Agile – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/done-done-in-agile-8cd95f077411
- Most Complete Appium Java Cheat Sheet – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/most-complete-appium-java-cheat-sheet/
- Test tasks for automation engineers: do we need them? – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2021/05/18/test-tasks-pros-cons/
- Two Hidden Gems In The TestProject Addons Portal That Will Blow Your Mind – The Free Range Tester – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/05/20/two-hidden-gems-in-the-testproject-addons-portal-that-will-blow-your-mind/
- Why you should not use cypress for API tests. – Leonardo Galani – https://medium.com/assertqualityassurance/why-you-should-not-use-cypress-for-api-tests-562aca637563
Tools
- Introducing The All-New LambdaTest Chrome Extension! – Salman Khan – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/introducing-the-all-new-lambdatest-chrome-extension/
- Jenkins Vs. GoCD: Battle Of CI/CD Tools – Piyusha – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/jenkins-vs-gocd-battle-of-ci-cd-tools/
- My Journey with Postman!! – Pricilla – https://testing-journey-of-pricilla.blogspot.com/2021/05/my-journey-with-postman.html
Upcoming Events
Testing Events May 23rd - June 6, 2021
| Dates | Event | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5/27/2021-5/28/2021 | Test Automation & Digital QA Virtual Summit 2021 | https://www.testingmind.com/event/testautomationsummit21-usaseason5-virtual/ |
| 6/4/2021 | Nordic Testing Days (NTD) 2021 | https://nordictestingdays.eu/ |
| 6/5/2021-6/6/2021 | FailQonf | https://www.thetesttribe.com/failqonf/ |
Be sure to check out https://testingconferences.org/ for the latest upcoming conferences
Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars
- Books: Read Along – ‘The Effortless Experience’- Chapter 5 – Nishi Grover Garg – https://testwithnishi.com/2021/05/18/read-along-the-effortless-experience-chapter-5/
- Cartoon: The Little Tester #148 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2021/05/17/the-little-tester-148/
- Podcast: Don’t Mock your Database – Jeff Triplett – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/154
- Podcast: Episode #234: The Astronomy-filled edition with Dr. Becky – Michael Kennedy, Brian Okken – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/234/the-astronomy-filled-edition-with-dr.-becky
- Podcast: How We Can Relate Technology To Business Problems (with Sarah Saunders from Capgemini) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/relate-technology-to-business-problems/
- Podcast: Formulation Document Examples with Gáspár Nagy & Seb Rose – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a349-gaspar/
- Podcast: Podcast Episode 28 – Anniversary AMA #1 – Testing Peers – https://testingpeers.com/?p=896
- Podcast: The Testing Show: Quality Engineering with Anbu Muppidathi – Michael Larson, Matt Heusser – https://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/the-testing-show-quality-engineering-with-anbu-muppidathi
- Video: Dirty Tests and How To Clean Them – Webinar Recording – Gil Zilberfeld – http://www.everydayunittesting.com/2021/05/dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them-webinar-recording.html
- Video: JSON Schema Validation in Postman – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/05/16/json-schema-validation-in-postman-2/
- Video: Newman Tutorial : Run Your Postman Scripts From Command Line – Pramod Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/05/22/newman-tutorial/