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 1st – September 7th, 2019.

Testing

• Anticipating Problems with Infrastructure as Code in DevOps – Nilanjan Bhattacharya – https://testingindevops.org/anticipating-problems-with-infrastructure-as-code-in-devops
• Being an Accessibility Advocate – and why you should too – Adrian Stokes – https://www.thebigtesttheory.com/blog/2019/9/1/being-an-accessibility-advocate-and-why-you-should-too
• DevOps Security: Secrets from the Trenches – SpriteCloud – https://www.spritecloud.com/devops-security-secrets-from-the-trenches/
• Mobile and Responsive Design Testing: Solving the Combinatorics Problem – Matthew Heusser – https://blog.gurock.com/mobile-responsive-testing/
• My Approach to Regression Testing – R3C’sFI – Srinivas Kadiyala – https://testingeduindia.blogspot.com/2019/09/my-approach-to-regression-testing-r3csfi.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 August 18th – August 24th, 2019.

Testing

• 5 Patterns for Effective Communication in Agile Teams – Raj Subramanian – https://simpleprogrammer.com/effective-communication-agile-teams/
• Drop a Little AI on It: Random Test Data Generation – Matthew Heusser – https://blog.gurock.com/random-test-data/
• How I jumped from software testing to data science – Ken Johnston – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/how-i-jumped-software-testing-data-science
• How Testers Can Keep a Positive Outlook in a Negative Job – Rajini Padmanaban – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2019/08/how-testers-can-keep-positive-outlook-negative-job
• How To Thrive in Your Career – Rob Lambert – https://cultivatedmanagement.com/how-to-thrive-in-your-career/
• Let’s Go Deep! Part III: Internet Routing – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/08/lets-go-deep-part-iii-internet-routing.html
• Mind the test bottleneck – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/mind-the-test-bottleneck/

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 11th – August 17th, 2019.

Testing

• Agile Change is Hard – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2019/08/agile-change-is-hard.html
• Agile State Modelling – Adman Knight – https://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2019/08/agile-state-modelling.html
• How to become a UX designer with your QA background – Matt Heusser – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/How-to-become-a-UX-designer-with-your-QA-background
• Let’s Go Deep! Part II: Encryption, Tokens, and Cookies – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/08/lets-go-deep-part-ii-encryption-tokens.html
• Modelling Application Flow For Exploratory Testing – Alan Richardson – https://www.eviltester.com/blog/eviltester/2019/08/14-path-modelling-for-testing-google-example/
• Recipe for a healthy QA/test relationship with the rest of the org (TOAD!)  – Chris McMahon – http://chrismcmahonsblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/recipe-for-healthy-qatest-relationship.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 August 4th – August 10th, 2019.

Testing

• Accelerate Delivery – Matt Heusser – https://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/uncharted-waters/accelerate-delivery/
• Finding the Information inside Your Data – Nels Hoenig – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/finding-information-inside-your-data
• From Individual Contributors to Collaborative Learners – Maaret Pyhäjärvi – http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2019/08/from-individual-contributors-to.html
• Getting the whole team engaged in testing for continuous delivery success – Lisa Crispin – http://www.womentesters.com/getting-the-whole-team-engaged-in-testing-for-continuous-delivery-success/
• Invest In Your Software Testing Intelligence – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/invest-in-your-software-testing-intelligence/
• Let’s Go Deep! Part I: How HTTP Requests Work – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/08/lets-go-deep-part-i-how-http-requests.html
• One Key Metric Should Drive Quality Engineering – QA Revolution – http://www.qarevolution.com/one-key-metric-should-drive-quality-engineering/
• Scrum, Kanban, and ScrumBan: What’s the Difference? – Nishi Grover Garg – https://blog.gurock.com/scrum-kanban-scrumban/

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 28th – Aug 3rd, 2019.

Testing

• Beyond Bugs: Testing IRL Part 4 –  Cassandra H. Leung – https://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/beyond-bugs-testing-irl-part-4/
• But, how do you really feel? – Damian Synadinos – https://www.ineffable-solutions.com/post/but-how-do-you-really-feel
• Frank’s Language – Damian Synadinos – https://www.ineffable-solutions.com/post/frank-s-language
• How Do You Prevent Regression Defects? – Mihaela Sfat – https://blog.testing-land.com/how-do-you-prevent-the-regression-bugs/
• How not to name self-verifying test data – Elizabeth Zagroba – https://medium.com/@ezagroba/how-not-to-name-self-verifying-test-data-1225d3c72454
• How to start solving problems in the QA profession – Alexander Todorov – http://atodorov.org/blog/2019/07/29/how-to-start-solving-problems-in-the-qa-profession/
• Interviewing With Empathy – Mel Eaden – http://testingandmoviesandstuff.blogspot.com/2019/08/interviewing-with-empathy.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 July 21st – July 27th, 2019.

Testing

• Don’t Let “Try It Now” Impede Your Test Initiative – Richard Estra – https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2019/07/don-t-let-try-it-now-impede-your-test-initiative
• In Charge of Testing – Jesper Ottosen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2019/07/21/in-charge-of-testing/
• Leaders, do you understand the impact of your conversation style on your team? – Augusto Evangelisti – https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2019/07/22/leaders-do-you-understand-the-impact-of-your-conversation-style-on-your-team/
• One Request, Sixteen Assertions – Kristin Jackvony – http://thethinkingtester.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-request-sixteen-assertions.html
• quality assurance (QA) – Margaret Rouse – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/quality-assurance
• Real Devices vs. Emulators for Reliable Mobile App Testing – Victoria Bezsmolna – https://bitbar.com/blog/real-devices-vs-emulators-for-reliable-mobile-app-testing/
• Testers, Please Speak to the Developers! – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/testers-speak-to-the-developers/

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 14th – July 20th, 2019.

Testing

• Bugs on a Keyboard: Testing IRL Part 3 – Cassandra H. Leung – https://www.cassandrahl.com/blog/bugs-on-a-keyboard-testing-irl-part-3/
• Concentrate. – Bruce – https://undevelopedbruce.com/2019/07/19/concentrate/
• How To Create An Awesome Career In Software Testing – Karlo Smid – https://blog.tentamen.eu/how-to-create-an-awesome-career-in-software-testing/
• How to form a regression testing plan with these 5 questions – Mike Kelly – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/How-to-conduct-regression-tests
• How to meet QA responsibilities during a software tester shortage – George Lawton – https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/How-to-meet-QA-responsibilities-during-a-software-tester-shortage
• How to succeed when including developers in your testing approach – Joel Montvelisky – https://www.mabl.com/blog/how-to-succeed-when-including-developers-in-your-testing-approach
• Human Test Design, Automated Test Execution – Jeff Nyman – http://testerstories.com/2019/07/human-test-design-automated-test-execution/

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 7th – July 13th, 2019.

Testing

• AI in Testing: The Future is Here – Pete Walen – https://blog.gurock.com/ai-testing-future/
• An abdication of managerial responsibility? – James Christie – https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/an-abdication-of-managerial-responsibility/
• Defect Triage – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/defect-triage
• Five Practices to Enhance Your Everyday Meetings (Using Design Sprint Exercises) – Justin Mertes – https://medium.com/ideas-by-crema/five-practices-to-enhance-your-everyday-meetings-using-design-sprint-exercises-blog-crema-ee82620c854
• Is “QA” too narrow? – Gregory Paciga – https://gerg.dev/2019/07/is-qa-too-narrow/
• Meta: The Next Level in Your Written Test Reports – Helena Jeret-Mäe – https://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/meta-the-next-level-in-your-written-test-reports/
• Shift Left or Shift Right – Discovering what is in the bottle – Louise Gibbs – https://louisegibbstest.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/shift-left-or-shift-right-discovering-what-is-in-the-bottle/

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 30th – July 6th, 2019.

Testing

• 7 pitfalls that could ruin your app testing cycle – Julia Pottinger – https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/7-pitfalls-could-ruin-your-app-testing-cycle
• Chain Testing Notes example – Maaike Brinkhof – https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/2019/07/chain-testing-notes-example/
• Continuous Testing in DevOps: A gamification approach – Jorge Luis Castro Toribio – https://testingindevops.org/continuous-testing-in-devops-a-gamification-approach/
• Global Mobile Device Landscape Review Q1/2019 – Lingkai Shao – https://bitbar.com/blog/global-mobile-device-landscape-review-q1-2019/
• How to sign off a release as a tester – One Man – https://thelifeofoneman.com/how-to-sign-off-a-release-as-a-tester
• How We Record Testing In The Pub – Stephen Janaway – http://testinginthepub.co.uk/testinginthepub/podcast/how-we-record-testing-in-the-pub/
• If Testing is Boring – Antti Niittyviita – https://medium.com/@niittyviita/if-testing-is-boring-34f8720ee505