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 8th – November 14th, 2020.

Testing

• 2 Simple Habits to Make you a Better Enterprise Software Engineer – Alex Power – https://medium.com/javarevisited/2-simple-habits-to-make-you-a-better-enterprise-software-engineer-4fce7ac979ef
• 21 top performance engineering leaders to follow on Twitter – Matt Heusser – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/21-top-performance-engineering-leaders-follow-twitter
• A journey in Testing: Rogerio da Silva – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/a-journey-in-testing-rogerio-da-silva/
• A Story of a Working Mum in Tech – Marie Drake – https://www.mariedrake.com/post/a-story-of-a-working-mum-in-tech
• Align you Test Strategy to your Business Strategy – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/align-you-test-strategy-to-your-business-strategy/
• Are you chasing the right things? How to paint a picture for your life and set goals – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/thechase/
• Common search engine questions about testing #1: Why is software testing important? – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2020/11/12/common-search-engine-questions-about-testing-1-why-is-software-testing-important/

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 1st – November 7th, 2020.

Testing

• 4 elements of a highly effective continuous testing strategy – Gerie Owen – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/4-elements-highly-effective-continuous-testing-strategy
• 14 Tricks To Write A Good Bug Report – Aditi Mokasdar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/11/02/tricks-to-write-a-good-bug-report/
• API Testing in DevWeb using Swagger – NaveenKumar Namachivayam – https://qainsights.com/api-testing-in-devweb-using-swagger/
• Bring Your Most Professional Self to Work – Dee Ann Pizzica – https://blog.gurock.com/professional-self-to-work/
• Choosing the Right Testing Metrics – Federico Toledo – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/choosing-right-testing-metrics
• “Dear Younger Me” – Peter Morgan – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/dear-younger-me-by-peter-morgan/
• DevOps Defect Catalog — from 1988’s Cem Kaner – Nilanjan Bhattacharya – https://revelutions.medium.com/devops-defect-catalog-from-1988s-cem-kaner-f49a2d7d72b

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 25th – October 31st, 2020.

Testing

• A Personal Approach to Risk Based Testing – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2020/10/28/a-personal-approach-to-risk-based-testing/
• A Personal Journey to Exploratory Testing – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – https://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-personal-journey-to-exploratory.html
• “Dear Younger Me” – Isabel Evans – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/dear-younger-me-by-isabel-evans/
• Flip on the Testing switch for Ops-DevOps engineers – Nilanjan Bhattacharya – https://revelutions.medium.com/flip-on-the-testing-switch-for-ops-devops-engineers-e8dc094f8745
• Here Are The Top Browsers For Cross Browser Testing In 2020 – Praveen Mishra – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/browsers-for-cross-browser-testing-2020/
• How mob testing can bootstrap whole team quality – Gaurav Singh – https://automationhacks.io/2020/10/27/mob-testing-bootstrap-whole-team-quality/
• How to build your reputation as a software tester – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/how-to-build-your-reputation-as-a-software-tester/

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 18th – October 24th, 2020.

Testing

• 3 Big Questions to Ask About Your Specifications – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/functional-specifications-testing/
• A day in the life of a mobile app tester – Sam Connelly – https://bughuntersam.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mobile-app-tester/
• A Human’s guide to testing AI – Nilanjan Bhattacharya – https://revelutions.medium.com/a-humans-guide-to-testing-ai-325e370c60c2
• A Naïve Request from Management – Michael Bolton – https://www.developsense.com/blog/2020/10/a-naive-request-from-management/
• Chaos Engineering as management practice – João Rosa – https://www.joaorosa.io/2020/10/21/chaos-engineering-as-management-practice/
• Context-Driven, or What? – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/10/context-driven-or-what.html
• “Dear Younger Me” – Derk-Jan de Grood – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/dear-younger-me-by-derk-jan-de-grood/

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 11th – October 17th, 2020.

Testing

• Contractor Life – Pt 4: Making Success – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/10/contractor-life-pt-4-making-success.html
• “Dear Younger Me” – Michael Bolton – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/dear-younger-me-michael-bolton/
• Dialog Focus in Screen Readers – Adrian Roselli – https://adrianroselli.com/2020/10/dialog-focus-in-screen-readers.html
• How to Get Started with Performance Testing: The Basics And A Little More – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2020/10/14/basics-of-performance-testing/
• How to Improve Quality – Beren Van Daele – https://isleof.it/2020/10/15/how-to-improve-quality/
• Is Mobile Testing A Challenge? – Aditi Mokasdar – https://blog.testproject.io/2020/10/12/is-mobile-testing-a-challenges/
• Leaders in Tech: Steve Davies – Constance Drugeot – https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/leaders-in-tech-steve-davies/

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 4th – October 10th, 2020.

Testing

• 4 Ways to Handle Test Data for Your End-to-End Tests – Dennis Martinez – https://dev-tester.com/4-ways-to-handle-test-data-for-your-end-to-end-tests/
• 5 Lessons on leadership from coach John Wooden (lessons for managers too) – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/wooden/
• 6 Strategies to Maximize Your End-to-end Testing Impact – Bertold Kolics – https://www.mabl.com/blog/6-strategies-to-maximize-your-end-to-end-testing-impact
• 10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 10 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2020/10/10-years-in-testing-10-lessons-lesson-10/
• A Working Model for Thinking about Product Strategy Development – Simon Knight – https://sjpknight.com/post/a-working-model-for-thinking-about-product-strategy-development/
• Defining Your Definition of Done – Nishi Grover Garg – https://testwithnishi.com/2020/10/07/defining-your-definition-of-done/
• How testable is your or your team’s code? – Stuart Ashman – http://qa-matters.com/2020/10/05/how-testable-is-your-or-your-teams-code/

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 27th – October 3rd, 2020.

Testing

• 6 Things You Can Do To Be A Better Test Manager OR Lead – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2020/09/29/how-to-be-a-better-test-lead/
• 10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 9 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2020/10/10-years-in-testing-10-lessons-lesson-9/
• Automation will not replace your testing skills – Lina Zubyte – https://qualitybits.tech//writing/automation-will-not-replace-your-testing-skills#
• Contractor Life – Pt 3: Toward Success – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/09/contractor-life-pt-3-toward-success.html
• “Dear Younger Me” – Iris Pinkster O’Riordain – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/dear-younger-me-iris-pinkster/
• Five habits to adopt in order to be a better software tester – Kevin Tuck – https://kevintuck.co.uk/five-habits-to-adopt-in-order-to-be-a-better-software-tester/
• Functional vs. nonfunctional requirements in software engineering – Stephen J. Bigelow – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/Functional-and-nonfunctional-requirements

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 20th – September 26th, 2020.

Testing

• 3 Visual Models on Quality – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2020/09/26/3-visual-models-on-quality/
• 10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 7 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2020/09/10-years-in-testing-10-lessons-lesson-7/
• 10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 8 – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2020/09/10-years-in-testing-10-lessons-lesson-8/
• Become an Expert Customer-Advocate in 5 Steps – Joel Montvelisky – https://qablog.practitest.com/become-an-expert-customer-advocate-in-5-steps/
• Blockchain Testing in 2020: Ultimate Checklist & Tools – QATestLab – https://medium.com/@QATestLab/blockchain-testing-in-2020-ultimate-checklist-tools-6cc018eff7ae
• Contractor Life – Pt 2: Contractor or Consultant? – Pete Walen – https://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2020/09/contractor-life-pt-2-contractor-or.html
• How To Communicate Your Testing Status – Johanna South – https://theqaconnection.com/2020/09/23/how-to-communicate-your-testing-status-free-downloadable-templates/

Welcome to the better late than never edition of Testing Bits, it’s been a couple of crazy weeks.  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 13th – September 19th, 2020.

Look for another edition tomorrow. Back to Back Testings Bits – A great end to the week & a great start to a new week!

Testing

• Account takeover by OTP bypass – Bhavarth Kandoria – https://medium.com/@bhavarth33/how-i-was-able-to-takeover-any-account-by-otp-bypass-bba698a725f
• Defining your Story – Owning Your Quality Narrative – Simon Prior – https://simon-prior.uk/2020/09/18/defining-your-story-owning-your-quality-narrative/
• Everything You Need To Know About Cloud Testing – Himanshu Sheth – https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/cloud-testing-tutorial/
• How to Craft Superb QA Engineer CV: Guide + Interview Tips – QATestLab – https://medium.com/@QATestLab/how-to-craft-superb-qa-engineer-cv-guide-interview-tips-bce646150bc
• How to Define Quality – Beren Van Daele – https://isleof.it/2020/09/16/how-to-define-quality/
• Most Brutally Honest – James Thomas – https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2020/09/most-brutally-honest.html
• Organisational QA/Testing smells – The Reluctant Tester – https://thereluctanttester.com/2020/09/15/organisational-qa-testing-smells/