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 January 19th – January 25th, 2020.

Testing

• 6 ways to stay motivated and accomplish goals – Raj Subrameyer – http://www.rajsubra.com/2020/01/22/motivation/
• Dive into functional testing and non-functional testing approaches – Amy Reichert – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Dive-into-functional-testing-and-non-functional-testing-approaches
• Does It Work? – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/does-it-work/
• How continuous testing supercharges your development process – Ronald Cummings-John – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/use-continuous-testing-supercharge-your-development-process
• I Don’t Think That Means What You Think it Means (Enterprise Software Testing Metrics) – Keith Klain – http://qualityremarks.com/i-dont-think-that-means-what-you-think-it-means-enterprise-software-testing-metrics/
• Learning From Production Use – Lisa Crispin – https://www.mabl.com/blog/learning-from-production-use
• New Managers: Creating Culture – Angela Riggs – https://angelariggs.github.io/articles/new-managers-culture
• Question The Purpose Of Your Tests – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/question-the-purpose-of-your-tests/
• Risk Coverage: A New Currency for Testing – Wolfgang Platz – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/risk-coverage-new-currency-testing
• Testing and feedback loops – Nelson Elhage – https://blog.nelhage.com/post/testing-and-feedback-loops/
• Testing in the Galaxy- Chapter 9: Optimisation of Corruption, Theft of Public Funds and Winning Galactic Project Contracts – Anton Angelov – https://www.automatetheplanet.com/optimisation-corruption/
• The Partnership of Testing and Checking – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/partnership-testing-checking/
• Why your Project Needs UI/UX Testing – Igor – https://testfort.com/blog/why-your-project-needs-ui-ux-testing
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 10: Forever And Never – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/20/would-heu-risk-it-part-10-forever-and-never/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 11: The Shallows – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/22/would-heu-risk-it-part-11-the-shallows/
• Would Heu-Risk It? Part 12: The Twins – Lena Wiberg – https://testing.pejgan.se/2020/01/24/would-heu-risk-it-part-12-the-twins/

Test Automation/Programming/Tools

• 9 Top Automation Testing Trends for 2020 – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/trends-2020/
• An introduction to REST API testing in Go with Resty – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/an-introduction-to-rest-api-testing-in-go-with-resty/
• Automating Declarative Gherkin with Gwen – Branko Juric – https://gweninterpreter.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/automating-declarative-gherkin-with-gwen/
• Azure DevOps: Not Just for Devs and Ops – Dusty Juhl – https://dustyjuhl.com/2020/01/22/azure-devops-not-just-for-devs-and-ops/
• FAQ – “New Microsoft Edge” and Test Automation – Alexander Oliveira Dunn – https://alexanderontesting.com/2020/01/21/faq-new-microsoft-edge-and-test-automation/
• How to Stamp Out Intermittent Testing Issues With Periodic Automation – Paul Grizzaffi – https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/how-to-stamp-out-intermittent-testing-issues-with-periodic-automation/
• Increasing Test Efficiency with Simulations & Service Virtualization (Part 1) – Bas Dijkstra – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/01/20/increasing-test-efficiency-with-simulations-service-virtualization/
• Mocha JavaScript Tutorial With Examples For Selenium Testing – Aditya Dwivedi – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/mocha-javascript-tutorial-with-examples-for-selenium-testing/
• PractiTest- A Solid Test Case Management Platform – Raj Subrameyer – http://www.rajsubra.com/2020/01/20/practitest/
• TestNG Reporting and Logging Built-in Features – Gaurab Singh – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/01/23/testng-reporting-and-logging-built-in-features/
• Top 7 Programming Languages For Test Automation In 2020 – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/top-7-programming-languages-for-test-automation-in-2020/
• Why the Sorbet typechecker is fast – Nelson Elhage – https://blog.nelhage.com/post/why-sorbet-is-fast/
• Why using branches is good for your tests – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/01/22/why-using-branches-is-good-for-your-tests/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Liverpool Tester Gathering – James Whittaker – Ben Cross – https://thesiteofbencross.wordpress.com/2020/01/26/liverpool-tester-gathering-james-whittaker/
• Meetup And Learn, Antipatterns, Loads and Tester Salaries – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/meetup-and-learn-antipatterns-loads-and-tester-salaries/
• Visual AI Rockstar Hackathon Winners Announced! – Raja Rao – https://applitools.com/blog/hackathon-winners

Book Reviews/Cartoons/Graphics/Podcasts

• Book Review: Metric or Treat – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/01/metric-or-treat.html
• Book Review: Agile Testing Condensed – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2020/01/book-review-agile-testing-condensed.html
• Cartoon: The Little Tester – Stories in Testing #80 – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2020/01/20/the-little-tester-80/
• Podcast: ABT 343 – Conor Fitzgerald: The Sequel – Alan Page, Brent Jensen – https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/abt-343-conor-fitzgerald-the-sequel
• Podcast: Automation Testing Infrastructure with Adam Goucher – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a288-adam/
• Podcast: Development should include testing. So why do we have test ops? – Joel Montvelisky, Rob Lambert – https://qablog.practitest.com/podcast-we-have-test-ops/
• Podcast: pytest-testmon – selects tests affected by changed files and methods – Tibor Arpas – Brian Okken – https://testandcode.com/98
• Video: A Testing Culture in DevOps: An Interview with Adam Auerbach – Owen Gotimer – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/testing-culture-devops-interview-adam-auerbach

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 January 12th – January 18th, 2020.

Testing

• 5 software testing books QA professionals should dig into – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/opinion/5-software-testing-books-QA-professionals-should-dig-into
• Advice for New Managers – Angela Riggs – https://angelariggs.github.io/articles/advice-for-new-managers
• Defining ‘Toast’ Messages – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/01/defining-toast-messages.html
• Emotion and software development – Bob – https://randomtechthoughts.blog/2020/01/15/emotion-and-software-development/
• How To Get Your First Software Testing Job – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/how-to-get-your-first-software-testing-job/
• How to mitigate 5 persistent application security threats – Katie Donegan – https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/feature/How-to-mitigate-5-persistent-application-security-threats
• I was wrong – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/i-was-wrong/

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 January 5th – January 11th, 2020.

Testing

• 7 Agile Testing Trends to Watch for in 2020 – Nick Karlsson – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/7-agile-testing-trends-watch-2020
• Adaptability Is The New Capability – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/adaptability-the-new-capability/
• Defining Platform Engineering vs SRE from a testers vocabulary – Abby Bangser – https://testerbychoice.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/definining-platform-engineering-vs-sre-from-a-testers-vocabulary/
• DevOps….You’re Doing It Wrong – Darryn Downey – https://thoughtsontest.wordpress.com/2020/01/08/devops-youre-doing-it-wrong/
• Do Testers Need to Be Technical? – Raj Subrameyer – https://blog.gurock.com/do-testers-need-to-be-technical/
• Fixed Table Headers – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/01/fixed-table-headers.html
• Hoarding Content: How Long to Keep Ideas in Any Form Around – Johanna Rothman – https://blog.gurock.com/hoarding-content-keep-ideas/

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 December 29th – January 4th, 2020.

Testing

• 2020: The year of dumping old heuristics – Anne-Marie Charret – https://mavericktester.com/2019/12/31/heuristics-sfdipot/
• Our take on the “Principles for the Modern Agile Tester” – Janet Gregory, Lisa Crispin – https://agiletester.ca/our-take-on-the-principles-for-the-modern-agile-tester/
• Tester Superpowers – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/01/tester-superpowers.html
• Testers Are Not Quality Gatekeepers – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/testers-are-not-quality-gatekeepers/
• Testing in Stealth Mode – Paul Seaman – https://beaglesays.blog/2020/01/01/testing-in-stealth-mode/
• Testing in the 2020’s: Postmodern – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/testing-in-the-2020s-postmodern-cd1bc16edbf1
• The complexity of test data – Grace Barnott – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/the-complexity-of-test-data/

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 December 22nd – December 28th, 2019.

Testing

• AI Testing for Video Streaming – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/ai-testing-for-video-streaming-c93cd9f2b1b0
• Improving Test Data Collection and Management – Michael Stahl – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/improving-test-data-collection-and-management
• They’re Not Mistakes; They’re Oppertunities To Learn – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/theyre-not-mistakes-theyre-oppertunities-to-learn/
• The Future Tester – Jason Arbon – https://medium.com/@jarbon/the-future-tester-89adcc825b69
• Two kinds of testing – Nelson Elhage – https://blog.nelhage.com/post/two-kinds-of-testing/
• Why Do We Test? What Do Testers Really Do? – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/what-testers-do
• Why is Shift-Left Security Testing Important? – Joe Colantonio – https://testguild.com/shift-left-security/

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 December 15th – December 21st, 2019.

Testing

• 2020 software testing industry predictions – Grace Barnott – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/2020-software-testing-industry-predictions/
• A Question of Time – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-question-of-time.html
• Agile History: Revisited – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/agile-history/
• Code Coverage vs Test Coverage; Which Is Better? – Hilmanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/code-coverage-vs-test-coverage/
• Email Testing – Why It’s Important & What Should You Test? – Jithin Nair – https://blog.testlodge.com/email-testing/
• Faster Feedback with Parallel Tests – Lisa Crispin – https://www.mabl.com/blog/faster-feedback-with-parallel-tests
• How I Test – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019/12/17-dev-fest-talk-2109/

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 December 1st – December 7th, 2019.

Testing

• Backward Compatibility – What and who drives the compatibility? – Ravisuriya Eshwara – https://testinggarage.blogspot.com/2019/12/how-and-who-decides-on-backward-compatibility-of-software-products.html
• Bugs and reproducing them – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/12/04/bugs-and-reproducing-them/
• Can tests cause bugs? – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2019/12/can-tests-cause-bugs/
• Changing the Perception – Working towards a Culture of Quality – Simon Prior – https://priorsworld.wordpress.com/2019/12/04/changing-the-perception-working-towards-a-culture-of-quality/
• Measuring Quality – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/12/measuring-quality.html
• Responsive Type and Zoom – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2019/12/responsive-type-and-zoom.html
• Reviewing “Reimagine The Future of Quality Assurance” – (yet) another corporate report on the state of QA/testing – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2019/12/06/reviewing-reimagine-the-future-of-quality-assurance-yet-another-corporate-report-on-the-state-of-qa-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 November 24th – November 30th, 2019.

Testing

• 3 Uncommon Metrics Your Agile Team Should Be Tracking – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/uncommon-metrics-agile-team-tracking/
• 5 vital QA skills for software testers – Ryan Black – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/feature/5-vital-QA-skills-for-software-testers
• 13 Ways For Your Functional Testers To Do More Than Just ‘Testing’ – Ramit Dhamija – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/13-ways-for-your-functional-testers-to-do-more-than-just-testing/
• An Introduction to Web Optimization Testing – Gimhani Upekshika – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/introduction-web-optimization-testing
• Being Lucky — A Keynote at the Agile Testing Days 2019 – Stephan Kämper – https://seasidetesting.com/2019/11/25/being-lucky-a-keynote-at-the-agile-testing-days-2019/
• Cross Browser Testing Is Not Only About Browsers – Rahul Jain – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/cross-browser-testing-is-not-only-about-browsers/
• Cunning Strategies for Staying Focused – Simon Knight – http://sjpknight.com/cunning-strategies-for-staying-focused/

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 November 17th – November 23rd, 2019.

Testing

• …but TEST like a QA Engineer! – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/11/but-test-like-qa-engineer.html
• 35 Years of Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2019/11/35-years-of-exploratory-testing.html
• A matrix for when a bug only reproduces in one environment – Corina Pip – https://imalittletester.com/2019/11/22/a-matrix-for-when-a-bug-only-reproduces-in-one-environment/
• Bug Priorities: 5 Tips for Balancing the Urgent and the Important – Rachel Kibler – https://blog.gurock.com/bug-priorities-5-tips-balancing-urgent-and-important/
• Creative Destruction – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/creative-destruction/
• Developer versus QA Productivity – Michael Battat – https://applitools.com/blog/developer-vs-qa-productivity
• Exploratory Testing – Martin Fowler – https://martinfowler.com/bliki/ExploratoryTesting.html