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 24th – June 30th, 2018.

Testing

• 3 ways to define your role without a RACI matrix – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2018/06/3-ways-to-define-your-role-without-raci.html
• 10 Minute Rant 2: Ten Skills that are Probably More Important for Testers than Tools and Test Automation – Paul Maxwell-Walters – http://testingrants.blogspot.com/2018/06/10-minute-rant-2-ten-skills-that-are.html
• Building a Lead – Justin Rohrman – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/building-a-lead/
• Checklist for mobile app testing: 12 gaps to look out for – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Checklist-for-mobile-app-testing-12-gaps-to-look-out-for
• Cognitive Bias in Software Testing: Why Do Testers Miss Bugs? – Remya R – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/cognitive-bias-in-software-testing/
• Fault Injection Testing for an IoT Device – Ali Khalid – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/fault-injection-testing-iot-device
• How to Craft a Union SQL Injection Attack – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/06/how-to-craft-union-sql-injection-attack.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 June 17th – June 23rd, 2018.

Testing

• 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Agile Retrospectives – Nishi Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/mistakes-in-agile-retrospectives/
• Balancing Mobbing, Pairing and Solo Work – Jeff Langr – https://blog.gurock.com/mobbing-pairing-solo-development/
• Finding the Specialist Tester – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/06/finding-the-specialist-tester/
• How to Ruin Your Behavior-Driven Development Test Scripts – László Szegedi – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/how-ruin-your-behavior-driven-development-test-scripts
• In the Spotlight Series- Interview with Nikolay Advolodkin – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/spotlight-nikolay-advolodkin/
• Introduction to SQL Injection – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/06/introduction-to-sql-injection.html
• Is There Any Start and Stop Boundary to the QA’s Role in Scrum? – Prathiba – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/qa-role-in-scrum/

Here is this week’s Father’s Day edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of June 10th – June 16th, 2018.

Testing

• 5 steps for testers who want be more comfortable with code – Graeme Harvey – https://www.iteststuff.ca/2018/06/5-steps-for-testers-who-want-be-more.html
• Analyzing the Software Team Generalist – Justin Rohrman – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2018/06/analyzing-software-team-generalist
• Applying Tyranny of Structurelessness to Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/06/applying-tyranny-of-structurelessness.html
• Automated Testing For XSS – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/06/automated-testing-for-xss.html
• Balancing with our time – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/06/balancing-with-our-time.html
• Brain training for testers – Chris Hazell – https://lotsog.blogspot.com/2018/06/brain-training-for-testers.html
• By design – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2018/06/15/by-design/

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 3rd-June 10th, 2018.

Testing

• Conducting testing – Robert Day – https://probetesting700171536.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/conducting-testing/
• Debating the Modern Testing Principles – Greg Paciga – http://gregorytesting.ca/2018/06/discussing-the-modern-testing-principles/
• Getting Started with Business Intelligence Testing – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2018/06/05/getting-started-with-business-intelligence-testing/
• How I do Session Based Exploratory Testing (SBET) – Raj Subramanian – http://www.rajsubra.com/2018/06/06/sbtm/
• How Much of Debugging Software Is a Tester’s Responsibility? – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/how-much-debugging-software-tester-s-responsibility
• Introducing people to Exploratory Testing Part II – Nicola Owen – http://nickytests.blogspot.com/2018/06/introducing-people-to-exploratory.html
• Penetration Testing – But Why? – Emma Lilliestam – https://emalstm.tech/pen-test-but-why/

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 27th – June 2nd, 2018

Testing

• On choosing both/and, not either/or – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/on-choosing-both-and-not-either-or/
• Software glitches highlight testing’s critical role in the automotive industry – Lanier Norville – https://www.qasymphony.com/blog/software-glitches-highlight-testings-critical-role-transportation-industry/
• System Design for Mobile Test Development – Jean Ann Harrison – http://www.womentesters.com/systems-design-for-mobile-test-development/
• Technical Debt Affects Testing, Too – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/technical-debt-affects-testing/
• Testing AI … Before Testing With AI – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/testing-ai-before-testing-with-ai/
• Testing to the Usability Standards Our Customers Expect – Nels Hoenig – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/testing-usability-standards-our-customers-expect
• Testing Tour Stop #11: Pair Exploring Test Ideas with Viki – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/06/testing-tour-stop-11-pair-exploring-test-ideas-with-viki.html

Here is this week’s Memorial Day weekend edition of curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of May 20th – May 26th, 2018.

Testing

• 5 Tips on How to Make Yourself Respected as a Tester in a Company – Lina Zubyte – https://letmetrysoftwaretesting.wordpress.com/2018/05/22/5-tips-on-how-to-make-yourself-respected-as-a-tester-in-a-company/
• 9 quick ideas for flexible testing – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2018/05/9-quick-ideas-for-flexible-testing.html
• 10 Things To Consider When Testing Artificial Intelligence – Adam Smith – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/10-things-to-think-about-when-you-test-artificial-intelligence/
• A h̶i̶t̶c̶h̶h̶i̶k̶e̶r̶’s̶ software tester’s guide to randomised testing – Part 2 – Pete Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2018/05/a-hitchhikers-software-testers-guide-to.html
• Coaching & Mentoring: Sometimes It’s About The Pebbles – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2018/05/coaching-mentoring-sometimes-its-about.html
• Discussing Tester’s Value, Beyond the Echo Chamber – Graeme Harvey – http://www.iteststuff.ca/2018/05/discussing-testers-value-beyond-echo.html
• Getting Started with Business Intelligence Testing – Albert Gareev – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/getting-started-business-intelligence-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 May 13th – May 19th, 2018.

Testing

• 16/5/18 Bloggers Club: Critique a widely known/accepted concept in the testing community – Lee – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/16-5-18-bloggers-club-critique-a-widely-known-accepted-concept-in-the-testing-community/
• All Roads Lead To Exploratory Testing – Munish Garg – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/roads-lead-exploratory-testing/
• Alone in battle – How to survive being the only tester in a startup – Daniel Gold – http://danielgold85.blogspot.com/2018/05/alone-in-battle-how-to-survive-being.html
• Clear The Clutter – Darryn Downey – https://thoughtsontest.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/clear-the-clutter/
• Communities of Practice: lessons learned – Thomas Crabtree – https://thomasjcrabtree.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/communities-of-practice-lessons-learned/
• Fore! How to score better with your testing approach – TestingMuse – https://medium.com/@testingmuse/fore-how-to-score-better-with-your-testing-approach-69c3ca033067
• How Does the Product Make You Feel: Usability, Testing & Airports – Lina Zubyte – https://letmetrysoftwaretesting.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/how-does-the-product-make-you-feel-usability-testing-airports/

Here is this week’s Mother’s Day edition of our curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of May 6th – May 12th, 2018.

Testing

• 5 Myths about Test Driven Development – Erik Dietrich – https://blog.gurock.com/myths-test-driven-development/
• Agile Testing (Simplified) – John Andrews – https://testingfromthehip.wordpress.com/2018/05/10/agile-testing-simplified/
• An Ode to Testability, Part 6 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/an-ode-to-testability-part-6/
• An Ode to Testability, Part 7 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/an-ode-to-testability-part-7/
• Assumptions vs Biases – Testing Muse – https://medium.com/@testingmuse/assumptions-vs-biases-e34d1b841f60
• Don’t bank on it – Robert Day – https://probetesting700171536.wordpress.com/2018/05/10/dont-bank-on-it/
• How Traditional Testers Can Use Old Skills in New Ways: An Interview with Meli – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/how-traditional-testers-can-use-old-skills-new-ways-interview-melissa-benua

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 29th – May 5th, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• 5 Things That Will Impact the Future of Software Testing – Raj Subramanian – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/5-things-will-impact-future-software-testing
• A Better Testing Pyramid – Dan Ashby – https://danashby.co.uk/2018/05/03/a-better-testing-pyramid/
• A h̶i̶t̶c̶h̶h̶i̶k̶e̶r̶’s̶ software tester’s guide to randomised testing – Pete Houghton – http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2018/04/a-hitchhikers-software-testers-guide-to.html
• An Ode to Testability, Part 3 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/04/an-ode-to-testability-part-3/
• An Ode to Testability, Part 4 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/an-ode-to-testability-part-4/
• An Ode to Testability, Part 5 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/05/an-ode-to-testability-part-5/
• HTML Injection Tutorial: Types & Prevention with Examples – Prathibha – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/html-injection-tutorial/

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 22nd – April 28th, 2018.

Articles & Blogs

• 4 Ideas for Growing Your Testing Skills – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/growing-testing-skills/
• 7 Signs That You Should Switch to Contracting – Kim Engel – http://www.womentesters.com/7-signs-that-you-should-switch-to-contracting/
• A Look at the Software Tester Career Path – Erik Dietrich – https://blog.gurock.com/software-tester-career-path/
• A Plea for Testability – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/04/a-plea-for-testability/
• An Emotional Journey – Adam Knight – http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2018/04/an-emotional-journey.html
• An Ode to Testability, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/04/an-ode-to-testability-part-1/
• An Ode to Testability, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/04/an-ode-to-testability-part-2/