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 October 28th – November 3rd, 2018.

Testing

• 6 Easy Steps To Understand Web And Mobile Application Authentication – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/6-easy-steps-to-understand-web-and-mobile-application-authentication/
• As you wish… – Lisa Crispin – https://lisacrispin.com/2018/10/31/as-you-wish/
• BDD in Action: Dissecting the Conversation – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/bdd-in-action-conversation/
• Considerations when testing a software application in a context-driven way – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2781
• Modern Test Fundamentals – Test Improvement – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/modern-test-fundamentals-test-improvement/
• ISO Multilingual Testers – Amanda Perkins – http://www.womentesters.com/iso-multilingual-testers/
• My Testing Tour 2018 – A Challenge Worth Tackling – Elisabeth Hocke – https://www.lisihocke.com/2018/10/my-testing-tour-2018-a-challenge-worth-tackling.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 October 21st – October 27th, 2018.

Testing

• 3 Methods for Better Communication and More Effective Testing – Ajay Balamurugadas – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/3-methods-better-communication-and-more-effective-testing
• Beyond the Black Stump – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2018/10/25/beyond-the-black-stump/
• Black Box Testing – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://mavericktester.com/2018/10/22/black-box-testing/
• Demo things that aren’t done – Greg Paciga – http://gregorytesting.ca/2018/10/demo-things-that-arent-done/
• DevTestOps According to the Experts – Lisa Crispin – https://www.mabl.com/blog/an-expert-talks-to-experts-about-devtestops
• How Much Testing is Enough for Quality Assurance? – Erik Dietrich – https://blog.gurock.com/testing-for-quality-assurance/
• How to Log a Bug – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/10/how-to-log-bug.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 October 14th – October 20th, 2018.

Testing

• 4 Outside-in Signs That You Don’t Have Sufficient Unit Testing – Erik Dietrich – https://blog.gurock.com/sufficient-unit-testing/
• 6 Unexpected Career Tips for Thinking Testers – Jon Hagar – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/6-unexpected-career-tips-thinking-testers
• 27 short advices for software testers – Doron Bar – https://www.testerschoice.pro/single-post/2018/10/20/27-short-advices-for-software-testers
• And There’s More – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2018/10/and-theres-more.html
• API Testing Glossary – Dave Westerveld – https://offbeattesting.com/2018/10/16/api-testing-glossary/
• Before You Log That Bug… – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/10/before-you-log-that-bug.html
• Benefits of Public Speaking – Karen Johnson – http://www.womentesters.com/benefits-of-public-speaking/

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 October 7th – October 13th, 2018.

Testing

• 4 Ways to Stay Relevant in Testing – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/stay-relevant-in-testing/
• Are mini-waterfalls to be counted as Agile? –  Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/are-mini-waterfalls-agile/
• Creating a Test Strategy – Huib Schoots – http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=2726
• Evaluating and Empowering Testers in Agile Teams – Lalitkumar Bhamare – http://www.talesoftesting.com/blog/evaluating-and-empowering-testers-in-agile-teams
• Finding the work that needs doing in a multi-team testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/finding-work-that-needs-doing-in-multi.html
• First Month As QA Lead In A Startup – 6 Pieces Of Advice – Dawid Dylowicz – https://morethantesting.com/first-month-as-qa-lead-in-a-startup/
• Heuristics for Hiring Specialist Testers – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/10/heuristics-for-hiring-specialist-testers/

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 September 30th – October 6th, 2018.

Testing

• 7 Holes You Might Have in Your Testing Strategy – Erik Dietrich – https://blog.gurock.com/7-holes-in-testing-strategy
• Birds love BUGS – Torsen Zelger – http://simply-the-test.blogspot.com/2018/10/birds-love-bugs_6.html
• Chartering for Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/chartering-for-exploratory-testing.html
• Dealing with unplanned but urgent work – Allan Kelly – https://www.allankellyassociates.co.uk/blog/
• Deep Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/deep-exploratory-testing.html
• Deep Testing and Test Levels – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/deep-testing-and-test-levels.html
• First Week As QA Lead In A Startup – 5 Steps For 5 Working Days – Dawid Dylowicz – https://morethantesting.com/first-week-as-qa-lead-in-a-startup/

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 September 23rd – September 29th, 2018

Testing

• 5 Reasons you are wasting your testing time –  Joel Montvelisky – http://qablog.practitest.com/5-reasons-you-are-wasting-your-testing-time/
• 5 Ways Testers Contribute to Software Development – Justin Rohrman – https://blog.gurock.com/testers-software-development/
• Appropriate Test Documentation & Formatting – Chris Kenst – https://www.kenst.com/2018/09/appropriate-test-documentation-formatting/
• Coaching Objectives – Stephen Janaway – http://stephenjanaway.co.uk/stephenjanaway/agile/coaching-objectives/
• Craft an integration testing plan with quality before quantity – Amy Reichert – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Craft-an-integration-testing-plan-with-quality-before-quantity
• Fail Faster – Brian Ray – https://qualityshepherd.com/2018/09/fail-faster/
• Hack on MDN – Adrian Roselli – http://adrianroselli.com/2018/09/hack-on-mdn.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 September 16th – September 22nd, 2018

Testing

• 2018/09/17 What is Mutation Testing? – The Growing Tester – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/2018-09-17-what-is-mutation-testing/
• A Stage Performance – Anders Dinsen – https://asym.dk/2018/09/17/a-stage-performance/
• API Testing 101 – Comprehensive Guide for Newbie – Katalon Studio Team – http://www.abodeqa.com/api-testing-introduction-guide/
• Balancing Your Automation Strategy with Manual Testing – Alex McPeak – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/balance-between-manual-and-automation/
• Building Better Relationships Between Developers and QA Engineers – Angela Riggs – http://angelariggs.github.io/blog/building-relationship-developers-qa
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 4 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/demystifying-machine-learning-part-4/
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 5 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/demystifying-machine-learning-part-5/

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 September 9th – September 15th, 2018.

Testing

• AI Failure Story: Paying a Heavy Price for Test Strategy Errors – Anna Royzman – http://www.softwaretestingmagazine.com/knowledge/ai-failure-story-paying-a-heavy-price-for-test-strategy-errors/
• Are You Adding Value, Always? – Kim Engel – https://isitgoodenoughyet.com/2018/09/11/are-you-adding-value-always/
• Attribution for Work Performed in a Mob – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/09/attribution-for-work-performed-in-mob.html
• Challenges of Being the Team’s Sole Tester (Cont.) – Mike Talks – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/test-automation/challenges-software-tester/
• Define Your Test Strategy Because Agile Does Not Mean Unstructured – Branka Rakic – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/define-test-strategy-agile-not-mean-unstructured/
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 2 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/demystifying-machine-learning-part-2/
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 3 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/demystifying-machine-learning-part-3/

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 September 2nd – September 8th, 2018.

Testing

• Behavior-Driven Blasphemy – Andrew Knight – https://automationpanda.com/2018/09/04/behavior-driven-blasphemy/
• Code Refactoring: Why The Testers Need to Know About It – Kamila A – https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/code-refactoring/
• Demystifying Machine Learning, Part 1 – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2018/09/learning-about-machine-learning-part-1/
• Do you answer your own rhetorical questions? – Alan Richardson – http://blog.eviltester.com/2018/09/answer-rhetorical-questions.html
• Evolve Your Mobile Usability Testing Methods – James Hoshor – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/evolve-your-mobile-usability-testing-methods
• How to sketchnote – the story of Katjasays – Ekaterina Budnikov – https://www.katjasays.com/how-to-sketchnote-the-story-of-katjasays/
• Life after GDPR: Data protection for software tester – Neil Syrett – https://syrett.blog/life-after-gdpr-data-protection-for-software-testers/

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 August 26th – September 1st, 2018.

Testing

• 7 Ways Monitoring Can Help You Be a Better Tester – Lina Zubyte – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/7-ways-monitoring-can-help-you-be-better-tester
• A BDD worked example – login page – Stuart Ashman – http://qa-matters.com/2018/08/27/a-bdd-worked-example-login-page/
• Assembly Line vs. Release Pipeline – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2018/08/27/release-pipeline/
• Challenges of Being the Team’s Sole Tester – Mike Talks – https://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/uncategorized/challenges-lone-software-tester/
• Do You Need a Test Column?…. Let’s Talk. – Janet Gregory – https://janetgregory.ca/do-you-need-a-test-column-lets-talk/
• Hire a software testing team that fits your startup culture – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Hire-a-software-testing-team-that-fits-your-startup-culture
• How to Design a Load Test – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2018/09/how-to-design-load-test.html