11th – 17th February 2019

This week I had my second article on record and playback tools published by testproject.io. I am so grateful to them for publishing some of my articles. This article is more technical that my usual blog posts. It provides a few examples of how improve recorded test cases.

Adapting Recorded Test Cases to Improve Your Test Automation
See last weeks ‘what I read last week‘ blog post for a link to my first article on record and playback features, plus a couple of others that also discussed the subject.

Articles

Is My Bug for Developers or Product?
An enlightening article by Jeff Nyman, who discusses the way some bugs obviously need to be fixed by development, or if further clarification from the product itself is required.

Value and Cost in Automated Checking or “Don’t fall into GeMPuB”
Michael Bolton is excellent at explaining the issues with Automated Testing (or Checking). In this article he explains the different costs that can negatively impact the value gained from test automation.

7 Reasons Not to Skip Tests
Testing is important. Sometimes, it can be seen as something that is just blocking release. This article by Piet Van Zoen explains brilliantly why we should not bow to temptation and skip tests just to speed up a release.

How Diversity and Inclusion can improve testing
Callum Akehurst-Ryan discusses the issues of mono-culture, where a team with shared biases will miss stuff out.

Podcasts

Test Talks Podcast – How to listen to your tests with Alex Schladebeck
An interesting interview. I really liked her final point on the importance of learning and asking questions. There is nothing wrong with not knowing something but still find the time to find out about it. Things change and asking questions is the best way to adapt.

The Good, the Bad, and the Buggy – Back to Augmented Reality
This weeks episode talked about various augment reality applications like Pokemon Go, common issues that occurred, and the challenges testing these applications.

tap|TALK podcast – Tariq King on Demystifying AI driven bots
Tariq King explains how AI and machine applications work, and how to test AI bots. Towards the end of the interview there was also a brief discussion around the importance of manual testing and the challenge of recruiting good QA professionals.

Finally, just for fun

Can’t Unsee
A game that will test your attention to detail.

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