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 9th – May 15th, 2021.

Testing

• 4 Types of NoSQL Databases – Adem Zeina – https://blog.devgenius.io/4-types-of-nosql-databases-8f1a96335794?source=rss—-4e2c1156667e—4
• 9 ways to infuse security in your CI/CD pipeline – Michael Cobb – https://searchitoperations.techtarget.com/tip/9-ways-to-infuse-security-in-your-CI-CD-pipeline
• 10 Crucial Facts about APIs every QA Software Tester Should Know – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/10-crucial-facts-about-api/
• 12 Basic SQL Commands for Beginners – Pralabh Saxena – https://betterprogramming.pub/12-basic-sql-commands-for-beginners-1fcb34697ab6
• Are Test Levels Still Relevant in Agile Software Development? – David Tzemach – https://www.agilequalitymadeeasy.com/post/are-test-levels-still-relevant-in-agile-software-development-david-tzemach
• Cross Browser Testing With TestCafe and CircleCI – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/cross-browser-testing-with-testcafe-and-circleci/
• Getting a job as QA Engineer/Software Tester in Canada vs. the Czech Republic – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/getting-a-job-as-qa-engineer-software-tester-in-canada/
• Heuristics applied when opening a safe lock – Maria Kedemo – https://mkedemo.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/heuristics-applied-when-opening-a-safe-lock/

Happy Mother’s Day! 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 2nd – May 8th, 2021.

Testing

• 2021/05/07 Book Review: The New Corner Office, Chapter 2 – Get the Rhythm Right – Lee Marshall – https://thepiratetester.wordpress.com/2021/05/07/2021-05-07-book-review-the-new-corner-office-chapter-2-get-the-rhythm-right/
• A growing problem to be solved soon – Ajay Balamurugadas – https://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-growing-problem-to-be-solved-soon.html
• A11y with Ady: May 2021 – Ady Stokes – https://www.thebigtesttheory.com/blog/2021/5/4/a11y-with-ady-may-2021
• Agile Testing Challenges and Tips To Overcome Them – David Tzemach – https://www.agilequalitymadeeasy.com/post/agile-testing-challenges-and-tips-to-overcome-them-david-tzemach
• Are you really a Test Coach? – Maria Kedemo – https://mkedemo.wordpress.com/2021/05/05/are-you-really-a-test-coach/
• Beginner’s Guide To Gherkin – Tomasz Jakobiec – https://dev.to/selleo/beginner-s-guide-to-gherkin-56kp
• Building a Modern Quality Program from the Ground Up – Jeff Sing – https://medium.com/@jeffsing/building-a-modern-quality-program-from-the-ground-up-2f94953eb460

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 18th – April 24th, 2021.

Testing

• API Testing using Postman – Klaudia Dziubek – https://testingtraveler.com/2021/04/23/api-testing-using-postman/
• Analyze first, test later: How to approach your next software project – Michael Bolton – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/analyze-first-test-later-how-approach-your-next-software-project
• Contemporary Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/04/20/contemporary-exploratory-testing/
• Here’s How Experts Are Improving Website Performance To Meet Core Web Vitals – Ritesh Shetty – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/core-web-vitals-expert-tips-to-improve-website-performance/
• Horrible horrible metrics – Matthew Parker – https://www.testingtackled.co.uk/horrible-horrible-metrics/
• How I teach Business Agility with a simple puzzle – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/releasingpuzzle/
• How to Start a Career in Software Testing? – Mirza Sisic – https://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/how-to-start-a-career-in-software-testing/

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 11th – April 17th, 2021.

Testing

• 6 Ways to Grow Your Testing Career in 2021 – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/6-ways-grow-testing-career-2021/
• 10 Steps on How to Land a Well-paid QA Engineer Job that You Will Love – Helena Hrubesova – https://youintechnology.com/10-steps-to-well-paid-qa-engineer-job/
• A More Advisory Role – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2021/04/15/a-more-advisory-role/
• Evaluating Test Cases, Checks, and Tools – Michael Bolton – https://www.developsense.com/blog/2021/04/evaluating-test-cases-checks-and-tools/
• Is talking about “scaling” human testing missing the point? – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2021/04/17/is-talking-about-scaling-human-testing-missing-the-point/
• Mutation Testing – Goran Petrovic – https://testing.googleblog.com/2021/04/mutation-testing.html
• Testing By Exploring – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com /2021/04/testing-by-exploring.html/

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

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/

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 21st – March 27th, 2021.

Testing

• 7 Reasons Why Software Developers Are Prone to Bugs – Fabio Veronese – https://betterprogramming.pub/7-reasons-why-software-developers-are-prone-to-bugs-bda2fa91e156
• Connecting Testing Success to Business Success – Bridget Hughes – https://www.mabl.com/blog/connecting-testing-success-to-business-success-mabl
• Decoupling Deployments from Releases: in Other People’s Words – Areti Panou – https://unremarkabletester.com/2021/03/24/decoupling-deployments-from-releases-in-other-peoples-words/
• Do Testers read research papers? – Balaji Santhanagopalan – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/03/23/do-testers-read-research-papers/
• Expanding on the Tester Bill of Rights – Jonathan Thompson – https://medium.com/geekculture/expanding-on-the-tester-bill-of-rights-cae6d43a6491
• Hiring a Software Tester, an Analysis – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2021/03/hiring-a-software-tester-an-analysis/
• How to Be a QA Leader – Kristin Jackvony – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/how-to-be-a-qa-leader/