Sorry about the delay in this week’s edition. I was overly optimistic that I could keep to my schedule after elbow surgery, but discovered it wasn’t going to happen. Better late than never.

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 July 18th – July 24th, 2021.

Testing

• Agile Vs. DevOps: What’s the difference? – Rose Bronwen – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/agile-vs-devops-whats-the-difference/
• An Analytical Approach to Setting Severity of Bugs – Bashiul Alam Sabab – https://bashiul.hashnode.dev/an-analytical-approach-to-setting-severity-of-bugs
• An introductory guide to mobile app security testing – Gerie Owen – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/An-introductory-guide-to-mobile-app-security-testing
• APIs Unleashed 02: Handling Auth Types – Pricilla Bilavendran, Priyanka Brahmane – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/07/22/apisunleashed-handling-authtypes/
• Basic Aspects of Performance Testing – Klaudia – https://testingtraveler.com/2021/07/23/basic-aspects-of-performance-testing/
• Desperately seeking testing – James Bach – https://www.tricentis.com/blog/desperately-seeking-testing/
• Disrupt and shakeup your testing Career! – Richard Forjoe – https://medium.com/@rforjoe/disrupt-and-shakeup-your-testing-career-9bae4dc53f39

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 July 11th – July 17th, 2021.

Testing

• 13 Best (Actionable) Tips on How to Write Effective Test Cases in 2021 – Amandeep Singh – https://quicksoftwaretesting.com/test-case-writing-tips/
• A Quick-ish Exploratory Testing Guide – Andreea Draniceanu – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/07/14/a-quick-ish-guide-to-exploratory-testing/
• API security testing: Key tool trends—and pro tips to stay a step ahead – Jaikumar Vijayan – https://techbeacon.com/security/api-security-testing-key-tool-trends-pro-tips-stay-step-ahead
• Assumptions are Essentials and Necessity – Ravisuriya Eshwara – https://testinggarage.blogspot.com/2021/07/assumptions-are-essentials-and-necessity-software-testing-and-automation-engineering-heuristics-models-test-data-ravisuriya.html
• Career Advancement Q&A – Suzanne Meade – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/career-advancement-qa/
• DevOps Upskilling Report: 3 takeaways for QA – Cynthia Dunlop – https://www.tricentis.com/blog/devops-upskilling-report-3-takeaways-for-qa/
• Failure – Beren Van Daele – https://isleof.it/2021/07/13/failure/

Here is this week’s edition of the comprehensive curated collection of announcements, articles, blog posts, and news from the software testing community covering the days of July 4th – July 10th, 2021.

Testing

• 3P’s For Your New Testing Adventure – Emna Ayadi – https://emnaayadi.com/2021/07/05/succeed-your-new-testing-adventure/
• 50+ Coaching Tools For Leaders – Toby Sinclair – https://www.tobysinclair.com/post/coaching-tools
• AI and Software Testing – Klaudia – https://testingtraveler.com/2021/07/09/ai-and-software-testing/
• A11y with Ady: July 2021 – Ady Stokes – https://www.thebigtesttheory.com/blog/2021/7/8/a11y-with-ady-july-2021
• APIs Unleashed 01:Handling HTTP Methods – Pricilla Bilavendran, Priyanka Brahmane – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/07/07/apis-unleashed-01-handling-http-methods/
• Are We Doing Well? – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/07/are-we-doing-well.html
• Complete the Main Quest First – Elizabeth Zagroba – https://elizabethzagroba.com/posts/2021/complete_the_main_quest_first/

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 27th- July 3rd, 2021.

Testing

• API Testing Learning Path using Postman!! – Pricilla Bilavendran – https://testing-journey-of-pricilla.blogspot.com/2021/06/api-testing-learning-path-using-postman.html
• Boss vs Leader: 10 Behaviour Differences – Toby Sinclair – https://www.tobysinclair.com/post/boss-vs-leader-10-behaviour-differences
• Context eats Process for Breakfast – Patrick Prill – https://testpappy.wordpress.com/2021/06/27/context-eats-process-for-breakfast/
• Feedback: Solicited vs Unsolicited – Nicola Lindgren – https://nicolalindgren.com/2021/07/01/feedback-solicited-vs-unsolicited/
• Getting Started With Testing Microservices – Oleksandr Romanov – https://alexromanov.github.io/2021/06/28/microservices-test-resources/
• How To Build a Valuable Observability Pipeline – Antoine Craske – https://qeunit.com/blog/how-to-build-a-valuable-observability-pipeline/
• How To Use Johari Window To Build Self-Awareness – Toby Sinclair – https://www.tobysinclair.com/post/how-to-use-johari-window-to-build-self-awareness

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 20th – June 26th, 2021.

Testing

• Airbnb’s Monorepo Journey To Quality Engineering – Antoine Craske – https://qeunit.com/blog/airbnbs-monorepo-journey-to-quality-engineering/
• API Testing Learning Path using Postman!! – Pricilla Bilavendran – https://bpricilla.medium.com/api-testing-learning-path-using-postman-a8f17867784d
• Claude Shannon on Creative Thinking – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2021/06/shannon-6-strategies/
• Do you have to be negative to be a tester? – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/rackets/202106/do-you-have-to-be-negative/
• Engage the Whole Team Early! – Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory – https://agiletestingfellow.com/blog/post/engage-the-whole-team-early
• Even programming languages have bugs! – Balaji Santhanagopalan – https://synapse-qa.com/2021/06/25/even-programming-languages-have-bugs/
• Exploratory Hypothesis Testing – Adam Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2021/06/exploratory-hypothesis-testing.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 13th- June 19th, 2021. Happy Father’s Day to all those Dads out there!

Testing

• All Testing is not Context-Driven – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2021/06/all-testing-is-not-context-driven.html
• API Testing 101 – Christina Thalayasingam – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/06/16/api-testing-101/
• Coaching Testers vs. Developers – Kim Engel – https://isitgoodenoughyet.com/2021/06/13/coaching-testers-vs-developers/
• Dealing with Intermittent Bugs – Nicola Lindgren – https://nicolalindgren.com/2021/06/15/dealing-with-intermittent-bugs/
• Enhance Your Testing Strategy with Mind Map-Driven Testing – Prashant Hegde – https://www.infoq.com/articles/mindmap-driven-testing/
• It’s time to comply with AODA – Siva Ganesan – https://testingchief.medium.com/its-time-to-comply-with-aoda-d4c013feb261
• Habits in Quality – Anne-Marie Charrett – https://www.annemariecharrett.com/habits-in-quality/

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 6th- June 12th, 2021.

Testing

• 2 ways of growing QA employee for non-QA managers – Petro Tarasenko – https://medium.com/wix-engineering/2-ways-of-growing-qa-employee-for-non-qa-managers-bc62571db34f
• 6 data points about how the world’s top organizations test their software – Cynthia Dunlop – https://www.tricentis.com/blog/6-data-points-about-how-the-worlds-top-organizations-test-their-software/
• 9 Best Practices for Work From Home or Remote Job – Md Sajedul Karim – https://blog.devgenius.io/9-best-practices-for-work-from-home-or-remote-job-497e40289843
• Best Practices to perform the Exploratory testing – QAable Testlab – https://www.testerin.me/post/best-practices-to-perform-the-exploratory-testing
• Color Contrast Testing – Siva Ganesan – https://testingchief.medium.com/color-contrast-testing-bea066e9ed3a
• CV tips – Bob – https://randomtechthoughts.blog/2021/06/11/cv-tips/
• Don’t be Afraid of Job Requirements! – Mirza Sisic – https://juniorlearnstocode.blogspot.com/2021/06/dont-be-afraid-of-job-requirements.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 May 30th – June 5th, 2021.

Testing

• 10 Best Practices for Naming REST API Endpoints – Deddy Tandean – https://betterprogramming.pub/10-best-practices-for-naming-rest-api-endpoints-442ae592a3a0
• A Guide to Being a Successful QA Leader – Prashant Hegde – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/05/31/a-guide-to-being-a-successful-qa-leader/
• A11y with Ady: June 2021 – Ady Stokes – https://www.thebigtesttheory.com/blog/2021/6/1/a11y-with-ady-june-2021
• Asking for help when needed – this is also a valuable skill – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/asking-for-help-when-needed-this-is-also-a-valuable-skill/
• chaos engineering – Ben Lutkevich – https://searchitoperations.techtarget.com/definition/chaos-engineering
• Credit Card Integration Testing – 3 Things to Consider for Testing Payment Integrations – Asad Shehzad – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/credit-card-integration-testing-3-things-to-consider-for-testing-payment-integrations/
• Embracing Design Constraints – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2021/05/embracing-design-constraints.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 May 23rd – May 29th, 2021.

Testing

• 8 Steps to Enter the World of DevOps – Sumon Dey – https://blog.testproject.io/2021/05/27/8-steps-to-enter-the-world-of-devops/
• 34 Years in Testing – James Bach – https://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/487354
• A Comprehensive Checklist For Front-End Testing – Harish Rajora – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/front-end-testing-checklist/
• A New Experiential Exploratory Testing Exercise on focusing feedback to own application – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-new-experiential-exploratory-testing.html
• An introduction to contract testing – part 2 – introducing contract testing – Bas Dijkstra – https://www.ontestautomation.com/an-introduction-to-contract-testing-part-2-introducing-contract-testing/