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 Aug 15th – Aug 21st, 2021.
Testing
- Accessibility testing for beginners – Artem Skolota – https://medium.com/takeaway-tech/accessibility-testing-for-beginners-9296b693939a
- An End to End Guide About Feature Mapping – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2021/08/17/an-end-to-end-guide-about-feature-mapping/
- Challenges in Testing Legacy Systems – Mirza Sisc – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/08/16/challenges-in-testing-legacy-systems/
- Conflicted in Bug Reporting – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2021/08/conflicted-in-bug-reporting.html
- DO’S and DON’TS in Communication Between Developer and QA Engineer – Kuprii Yuliia – https://medium.com/@kuprii-yuliia/dos-and-don-ts-in-communication-between-developer-and-qa-engineer-901a6843a675
- Everything You Should Know About Accessibility Testing – Yana Bozhko – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2021/08/conflicted-in-bug-reporting.html –
- Future of Testing and Last Five Years? – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2021/08/future-of-testing-and-last-five-years.html
- Guild Days for QA. Who are they for… and why? – Aleksandra Pervunina – https://medium.com/wix-engineering/guild-days-for-qa-who-are-they-for-and-why-f21b3deb74f
- How To Reach The Tipping Point of Quality Engineering – Antoine Craske – https://qeunit.com/blog/how-to-reach-the-tipping-point-of-quality-engineering/
- I Can Test – Debugging an Inconsistent Behavior – Ravisuriya Eshwara – https://testinggarage.blogspot.com/2021/08/i-can-test-debugging-a-qr-code-bug-javascript-llqrcode-the-test-chat-contest-so-you-think-you-can-test-testing-automation-ravisuriya-test-investigation-test-report.html
- Minimizing Risks in QA Outsourcing – Sandra Parker – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/minimizing-risks-in-qa-outsourcing/
- New Feature Development: Working with a Quality Coach – Kim Engel – https://isitgoodenoughyet.com/2021/08/15/new-feature-development-working-with-a-quality-coach/
- Performance Testing in SDLC – Klaudia – https://testingtraveler.com/2021/08/20/performance-testing-in-sdlc/
- Sentence Forms (not Mad Libs) – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2021/08/sentence-forms-not-mad-libs.html
- Shift Left Testing Should Not Be Your Only Focus – Jamaal Todd – https://medium.com/geekculture/shift-left-testing-should-not-be-your-only-focus-e6d30d3e3ba4
- Stop trying to measure test coverage! – Marcelo Soares – https://medium.com/assertqualityassurance/stop-trying-to-measure-test-coverage-9b2500e358cd
- Test Case Design Mindset At a Glance – Arthur Tee – https://medium.com/test-go-where/test-case-design-mindset-at-a-glance-e1d9a76cd5d6
- The Ideal Test Plan – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-ideal-test-plan.html
- The Role of Proxy Serves in Application Testing – Dan – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/the-role-of-proxy-serves-in-application-testing/
- The role of Test Data in Software Testing – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/the-role-of-test-data-in-software-testing/
- Unit Testing Clarified – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/unit-testing-clarified-4c1bd739c023
Interviews/Personal Reflections
- Interview with Andreas Lindgren – Nicola Lindgren – https://nicolalindgren.com/2021/08/19/interview-with-andreas-lindgren/
Test Automation & Coding
- Building A CI/CD Pipeline With Travis CI, Docker, And LambdaTest – Rakesh Vardhan – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/ci-cd-pipeline-with-travis-ci-docker-and-lambdatest/
- CI/CD with GitHub – Troy Walsh – https://medium.com/cognizantsoftvision-guildhall/ci-cd-with-github-6583bfaebbe9
- Code Coverage For Chat App – Gleb Bahmutov – https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/code-coverage-for-chat-tests/
- Fake Code Review with ‘LGTM’ – Zhimin Zhan – https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/fake-code-review-with-lgtm-cb3fd217e908
- How to Build Your Own Appium Plugin – Sai Krishna, Srinivasan Sekar – https://applitools.com/blog/how-to-build-your-own-appium-plugin/
- How To Use SelectorsHub Patron Key – Sanjay Kumar – https://selectorshub.com/how-to-use-selectorshub-patron-key/
- How to Use UI Test Automation Correctly – Eduardo Fischer – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/08/19/how-to-use-ui-test-automation-correctly/
- On codeless automation (or rather on abstraction layers) – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/on-codeless-automation-or-rather-on-abstraction-layers/
- Scrape Slides – Gleb Bahmutov – https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/scrape-slides/
- Stuff You Automation – Jamaal Todd – https://qatoddy.medium.com/stuff-you-automation-c67edd28f7a2
- Test Automation Beyond Test Cases – Sumon Dey – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/08/17/test-automation-beyond-test-cases/
- Test Automation Strategy – Guide – Julia Pottinger – https://juliapottinger.com/guide-to-creating-an-effective-test-automation-strategy/
- The 10% Rule To Clean Up Your Automation Suite – Jamaal Todd – https://medium.com/codex/the-10-rule-to-clean-up-your-automation-suite-203a47b96853
- The Ultimate Selenium Python Cheat Sheet for Test Automation – Vinayak Sharma – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/selenium-python-cheat-sheet/
Tools
- APIs Unleashed 05: Schema Validation – Pricilla Bilavendran, Priyanka Brahmane – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/08/18/apis-unleashed-05-schema-validation/
- Getting started with automated continuous performance testing – Paul Bruce – https://www.tricentis.com/blog/automated-continuous-performance-testing/
- How to do Schema Validation in Postman?? – Pricilla Bilavendran – https://bpricilla.medium.com/how-to-do-schema-validation-in-postman-d7209f4159d0
- How to test your GraphQL API – Beginner’s Guide – Ekrem Kurt – https://ekremkurt1907.medium.com/how-to-test-your-graphql-api-beginners-guide-f6b5fa0bfe31
- How to write Test Cases Automatically – Prachi Dahibhate – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/08/20/how-to-write-test-cases-automatically/
- Leadership in Test: Testing Tools – Paul Gerrard – https://theqalead.com/topics/testing-tools/
- Meet the collaborative robots that will revolutionize testing – Prabhuram Govindarajan – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/meet-collaborative-robots-will-revolutionize-testing
- Nuget package manager: Study Notes – Rahul Parwal – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/08/18/nuget-package-manager-study-notes/
Software Development
- Behavior Driven Development Benefits – Elena Marin – https://medium.com/cognizantsoftvision-guildhall/behavior-driven-development-benefits-f8cdf4a144e1
- Why Good Error Messages Can Save Time and Effort – Stephan Kämper – https://seasidetesting.com/2021/08/21/why-good-error-messages-can-save-time-and-effort/
Social – Conferences, Events & Meetups
- Webinar – Aug 25th, 2021 – What Is Good Testing in 2021? – https://www.perfecto.io/resources/events/webinar-good-testing-expert-panel-na-reg
- Be sure to check out Software Testing Conferences by Chris Kenst – https://testingconferences.org/
Book Reviews/Publications/Surveys
- 23 Books for Quality Assurance Professional – Blake Norrish – https://medium.com/slalom-build/23-books-for-quality-assurance-professionals-9a7db9945e8
- Connect Book Summary by David Bradford Carole Robin – Building Exceptional Relationships – Toby Sinclair – https://www.tobysinclair.com/post/connect-book-summary-by-david-bradford-carole-robin-building-exceptional-relationships
Cartoons/Memes
- Accurate Test Reports – Torsten Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2021/08/accurate-test-reports.html
Podcasts
- Fuzzy Quality Episode #9: Setting up an AI testing proposition – Adam Leon Smith – https://fuzzyquality.com/episode/fuzzy-quality-episode-9-setting-up-an-ai-testing-proposition
- How to achieve the Defense Department’s CMMC compliance with Frank Smith – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/security/s49-frank/
- Podcast Episode 36 – Culture of Quality – Testing Peers – https://testingpeers.com/?p=1065
- Tested with Covid with Greg Paskal – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a361-greg/
- The Generation Of Autonomous Automation And What It Looks Like (with Bertold Kolics from mabl) – Jonathon Wright – https://theqalead.com/podcast/the-generation-of-autonomous-automation-and-what-it-looks-like-with-bertold-kolics-from-mabl/
Videos
- 5 Basic Skills That Every Tester Especially Fresher Should Have (with Notes) – Pramod Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/08/18/5-basic-skills-that-every-tester-especially-fresher-should-have-with-notes/
- Commonly asked selenium interview questions – Part 1 – Saif Siddiqui – https://mobiletestingtip.blogspot.com/2021/08/commonly-asked-selenium-interview.html
- How to Write XPath and CSS Locators In Selenium That Always works – Pramod Dutta – https://scrolltest.com/2021/08/16/how-to-write-xpath-and-css-locators-in-selenium-that-always-works/
- Protractor is Dead, Desktop Test Automation & More – TGNS09 – Joe Colantonio – https://youtu.be/K4G8H4pJ2nk?list=PL9AgRtJkydU1WSjOuUkOeRFTDN5dPyL6u
- See Plus Plus – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/08/see-plus-plus.html