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 June 6th- June 12th, 2021.
Testing
- 2 ways of growing QA employee for non-QA managers – Petro Tarasenko – https://medium.com/wix-engineering/2-ways-of-growing-qa-employee-for-non-qa-managers-bc62571db34f
- 6 data points about how the world’s top organizations test their software – Cynthia Dunlop – https://www.tricentis.com/blog/6-data-points-about-how-the-worlds-top-organizations-test-their-software/
- 9 Best Practices for Work From Home or Remote Job – Md Sajedul Karim – https://blog.devgenius.io/9-best-practices-for-work-from-home-or-remote-job-497e40289843
- Best Practices to perform the Exploratory testing – QAable Testlab – https://www.testerin.me/post/best-practices-to-perform-the-exploratory-testing
- Color Contrast Testing – Siva Ganesan – https://testingchief.medium.com/color-contrast-testing-bea066e9ed3a
- CV tips – Bob – https://randomtechthoughts.blog/2021/06/11/cv-tips/
- Don’t be Afraid of Job Requirements! – Mirza Sisic – https://juniorlearnstocode.blogspot.com/2021/06/dont-be-afraid-of-job-requirements.html
- Failed Interviews are More Useful for Your Career than Successful Ones – Alex Siminuic – https://alexsiminiuc.medium.com/failed-interviews-are-more-useful-for-your-career-than-successful-ones-67cf10700deb
- Four Unconventional Ways of Improving Software Quality – Oluwatomi Familoni – https://familonitomi.com/2021/06/four-unconventional-ways-of-improving-software-quality/
- How to Set up a Secure Test Environment with an Offsite Team – Michael Tomara – https://thenewstack.io/how-to-set-up-a-secure-test-environment-with-an-offsite-team/
- Implementing a busy light for my office desk – Alister Scott – https://alisterbscott.com/2021/06/10/implementing-a-busy-light-for-my-office-desk/
- Leadership In Test: Test Planning – Paul Gerrard – https://theqalead.com/topics/leadership-in-test-test-planning/
- (QA == Process) && (QA != Testing && QA != Tester && QA != Role) – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/rackets/202106/qa-is-a-process/
- Stop Writing Overdone Test Plans – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2021/06/07/stop-writing-overdone-test-plans/
- Top QA Metrics for Software Quality – Prashant – https://medium.com/geekculture/top-qa-metrics-for-software-quality-5afd9f838ba9
- The need for Blockchain Testing – Constance Drugeout – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/the-need-for-blockchain-testing/
- You’ve Got Mail: A Tester’s Guide to Email – Andrew Horgan – https://www.mabl.com/blog/youve-got-mail-a-testers-guide-to-email-mabl
- When to Stop Testing – Laveena Ramchandani – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/06/09/when-to-stop-testing/
- Why do we test? – Sam Connelly – https://bughuntersam.com/why-do-we-test/
- Why Is Quality Assurance Essential for Banking Domain Systems? – Bally Rezed – https://blog.devgenius.io/why-is-quality-assurance-essential-for-banking-domain-systems-4407103cf89
- Writing blog posts – Samantha Connelly – https://bughuntersam.com/writing-blog-posts/
- You Can Overcome The Test Repo Dilemma. Now. – Antoine Craske – https://qeunit.com/blog/you-can-overcome-the-test-repo-dilemma-now/
Testing Interviews/Personal Reflections
- 10 years of Software Testing and Automation – Gaurav Singh – https://automationhacks.io/2021/06/08/10-years-of-software-testing-automation
- Canada – Do QA Engineers/Software Testers need a Tech Degree to Get Hired? – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/canada-do-qa-engineers-software-testers-need-a-tech-degree-to-get-hired/
- Dear Future Me: I Am Not Alone – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2021/06/dear-future-me-i-am-not-alone.html
- Quality Assurance, From Operations to the Board of Directors – Antoine Craske – https://qeunit.com/blog/quality-assurance-from-operations-to-the-board-of-directors/
- Testing regrets – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2021/06/06/testing-regret/
- The Pitfalls of Test Automation – Niall Lynch – https://theqalead.com/topics/pitfalls-of-test-automation/
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Coding/Test Automation
- 3 Most Common Automated Testing Pitfalls – Dmytro Zaichenko – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/06/07/3-most-common-automated-testing-pitfalls/
- 10 More Useful Git Commands You Should Know – Andreea Draniceanu – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/06/10/10-more-useful-git-commands-you-should-know/
- Adding Firefox Extensions With Selenium In Python – Nishant Choudhary – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/adding-firefox-extensions-with-selenium-in-python/
- API Automation with Groovy and Spock – Bashiul Alam Sabab – Bashiul Alam Sabab – https://bashiul.hashnode.dev/api-automation-with-groovy-and-spock
- Auto Detect Chrome version and auto-download compatible chrome version !!! – Praveen David Matthew – https://praveendavidmathew.medium.com/auto-detect-chrome-version-and-auto-download-compatible-chrome-version-3b9cb82c0763
- Automation in Scala: API tests for gRPC service – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2021/06/12/scala-grpc-api-tests/
- Building An Automated Testing Pipeline with GoCD [Tutorial] – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/building-an-automated-testing-pipeline-with-gocd/
- End-to-End Testing With React, Jest, and the TestProject JavaScript OpenSDK – Tyler Hawkins – https://betterprogramming.pub/end-to-end-testing-with-react-jest-and-the-testproject-javascript-opensdk-d290fec3ab30
- Gherkin Conventions for Readable Specifications – Sophie Keiblinger – https://specflow.org/gherkin/gherkin-conventions-for-readable-specifications/
- How to Avoid Automation Mistakes – Prashant Hedge – https://medium.com/geekculture/how-to-avoid-automation-mistakes-edad0c1839ee
- How To Perform Web Scraping Using Selenium And Python? – Vinayak Sharma – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/web-scraping-using-selenium-and-python/
- How To Take Screenshots In Selenium WebDriver Using JavaScript – Praveen Mishra – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/taking-screenshots-in-selenium-webdriver-using-javascript/
- Journey of a Manual QA into an Automation World – Deborah Calderon – https://medium.com/slalom-build/journey-of-a-manual-qa-into-an-automation-world-c99808dc107
- Optimize Selenium WebDriver Automated Test Scripts: Speed – Zhimin Zhan – https://medium.com/geekculture/optimize-selenium-webdriver-automated-test-scripts-speed-12d23f623a6
- Quick Guide Bitbucket Pipelines on Running Selenium Java Tests – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/quick-guide-bitbucketpipelines-on-running-selenium-java-tests/
- Selectors Hub Tutorial by Sanjay Kumar – Sanjay Kumar – https://ultimateqa.com/selectors-hub-tutorial-by-sanjay-kumar/
- There’s more to Continuous Testing than Automating your Tests! – Siva Ganesan – https://testingchief.medium.com/theres-more-to-continuous-testing-than-automating-your-tests-5eb260cfc609
- What is Codeless Test Automation? – David Carty – https://www.applause.com/blog/what-is-codeless-test-automation
- What should you use instead of Protractor for test automation of Angular sites? – Alex Siminuic – https://alexsiminiuc.medium.com/what-should-you-use-instead-of-protractor-for-test-automation-of-angular-sites-3da32f6b844c
- Why are you writing Selenium automated tests in Javascript? – Alex Siminuic – https://alexsiminiuc.medium.com/why-are-you-writing-selenium-automated-tests-in-javascript-8d2cbfd61e0e
- XP (eXtreme Programming) is better than Scrum, as XP defined DevOps 20 years ago – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/xp-extreme-programming-is-better-than-scrum-as-xp-defined-devops-20-years-ago-45ff78918858
Announcements/Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training
- FailQonf – celebrating our failures – Samantha Connelly – https://bughuntersam.com/failqonf-celebrating-our-failures/
- It’s Okay to Fail, Pick Up the Pieces and Move On — A blog about my FailQonf experience – Steffy Thomas – https://steffythomas.medium.com/its-okay-to-fail-pick-up-the-pieces-and-move-on-a-blog-about-my-failqonf-experience-7ae3cd81ae5d
Be sure to check out a great list of upcoming conferences and events at https://testingconferences.org/
Book Reviews/Cartoons/Podcasts/Videos/Webinars
- Books: Best Summer Reads for QA and QE – Bridget Hughes – https://www.mabl.com/blog/best-summer-reads-for-qa-and-qe-mabl
- Books: Tiny Habits vs Atomic Habits | Which should you read? – Toby Sinclair – https://www.tobysinclair.com/post/tiny-habits-vs-atomic-habits
- Cartoon: The Little Tester – Almost season 4 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2021/06/07/the-little-tester-almost-season-4/
- Podcast: Open-source Stack for RPA with Antti Karjalainen – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a352-antti/
- Podcast: Podcast Episode 31 – Why We Automate – Testing Peers – https://testingpeers.com/?p=956
- Video: Automation Strategy, Localization testing, Regret in Software Testing, Productivity Tools #1 – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/06/07/software-testing-digest/
- Video: Types of Automation Framework that You Should Know as QA – Pramode Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/06/09/types-of-automation-framework/