Testing blog resource

I've been meaning to do this for a while and I have finally got round to it...... So, there are loads of blog posts out there and sometimes it can be a hassle trying to find an old blog post that you remember reading and that you want to reference again.

Now people may have there own workflow for how they keep/store interesting blog posts that they have read. So for me this is as follows:

1) See an interesting link to a blog post via twitter or some other medium

2) Save it to Pocket and tag it with "Testing"

3) At some stage in the future when I get time, I will read it

3) After reading it, if I think is is decent, I will favorite it and then archive it in pocket (Now I have IFTTT set up to move these posts to a notebook in Evernote called Reading)

4) Once in Evernote I then look at the post again and tag it with a relevant tag (e.g. Automation) and then move it to another notebook for future reference

Now as you can see this is quite a long process and I'm sure there are quicker and easier ways to organize my blog posts. So I decided to create a Testing blog Mind-map that show all of the blog posts that I have read and felt may be useful in the future. These posts are categorized and contain the name of the post as well as a link to it. 

I am making this public so that other people can use it so that they have a reference to help them with gaining more knowledge as well as somewhere where they can look for a blog post on a particular topic. Now this mind map is in its infancy and it will evolve, change and get bigger as I add new blog posts, so if it changes don't be surprised!! :)

This mind-map is written in Xmind and you can find it here in a shared google drive folder: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PG0qGQVO-Xheca73FNB_srAAgLrCB8Ig

If you have any suggestions please feel free to get in touch or comment below....

Agile

 Testing: the key to agile success

  http://www.devopsonline.co.uk/testing-the-key-to-agile-success/

 Agile Testing (SImplified)

  https://testingfromthehip.wordpress.com/2018/05/10/agile-testing-simplified/

 The testing role in Agile = An Overview

  https://medium.com/@Squidish_QA/the-testing-role-in-agile-an-overview-714912fa7728

Testing Skills

 Observation in testing

  http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/10/observation-in-testing.html

 5 easy steps for Testers to influence developers

  https://mysoftwarequality.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/5-easy-steps-for-testers-to-influence-developers/

 9 quick ideas for flexible testing

  http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2018/05/9-quick-ideas-for-flexible-testing.html

 4 ideas for growing your testing skills

  https://blog.gurock.com/growing-testing-skills/

 Identifying and influencing how people in your teanm contribute to test automation

  http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2017/10/identifying-and-influencing-how-people.html

 How to improve your testing skills by following Isaac Newtons strategies

  http://blog.eviltester.com/2017/07/how-to-improve-your-software-testing.html

Exploratory Testing

 Finding the right balance
in exploritory testing

  https://medium.com/sears-israel/finding-the-right-balance-in-exploratory-testing-80848858ee0

 Three digestable diagrams to describe
exploritory testing

  https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/three-digestible-diagrams-to-describe-exploratory-testing

 The testing pendulum: Finding
balance in exploration

  http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-testing-pendulum-finding-balance-in.html

 What is exploratory Testing - the programmer edition

  https://blog.usejournal.com/what-is-exploratory-testing-the-programmer-edition-881765411f2c

 Pathway exploratory testing

  http://thatsthebuffettable.blogspot.com/2017/07/pathway-exploratory-testing.html

 Deep exploratory Testing

  http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/10/deep-exploratory-testing.html

Automation

 Dear Evil Tester: "How can I learn automation?"

  http://blog.eviltester.com/2016/09/dear-evil-tester-how-can-i-learn.html

 Human centered test automation

  http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2016/08/human-centered-test-automation.html

 Anti-Pattern: Cross browser checking

  https://www.mwtestconsultancy.co.uk/cross-browser-checking-anti-pattern

 What happens when your first coding experience
is test automation?

  http://trishkhoo.com/2018/07/what-happens-when-your-first-coding-experience-is-test-automation/

 Hindsight lessons about automation

  https://mrslavchev.com/category/automation/hindsight-lessons-about-automation/

 What test cases should I automate?

  http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/06/which-test-cases-should-i-automate/

 Hybrid tests - Blurring the lines of the automation pyramid

  http://angiejones.tech/hybrid-tests-automation-pyramid/

 Do's and don'ts of starting
up test automation

  http://kavliwashere.com/starting-up-test-automation/

 The test automation trap

  http://visible-quality.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-test-automation-trap.html

 Test Automation Canvas

  http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2017/07/test-automation-canvas.html

 How do you decide what to automate?

  http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2018/02/how-do-you-decide-what-to-automate.html

Security Testing

 A tale of my first foray
into security reporting

  https://blog.neilstudd.com/2016/08/23/a-tale-of-my-first-foray-into-security-reporting/

API Testing

 Exploratory testing on an API

  http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/07/exploratory-testing-on-an-api-part-1/

  http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/07/exploratory-testing-on-an-api-part-2/

  http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/07/exploratory-testing-on-an-api-part-3/

 SPEEDLOADS Mnemonic

  https://danieldonbavand.com/testing-speedloads-api-mnemonic/

 How APIs work - An analogy for dummies

  https://medium.com/@tyteen4a03/how-apis-work-an-analogy-for-dummies-ac6ee1d1671b

Pair Testing

 Learning Pairing

  https://putzerfisch.wordpress.com/2018/02/17/learning-pairing/

 Pairing for skill vs pairing for confidence

  http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2017/12/pairing-for-skill-vs-pairing-for.html

Coverage

 100% coverage is possible

  http://www.developsense.com/blog/2016/04/100-coverage-is-possible/

Risk

 The wave of risk perception

  http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2018/06/the-wave-of-risk-perception.html

 Very short blog post(35) : Make Things Visible

  http://www.developsense.com/blog/2018/04/very-short-blog-posts-35-make-things-visible/

 The Risk Questionnaire

  http://www.a-sisyphean-task.com/2016/09/the-risk-questionnaire.html

BDD

 The BDD lure and trap

  http://testerstories.com/2016/01/the-bdd-lure-and-trap/

 BDD Without the three amigos:
maybe talking to yourself isnt so bad

  http://angiejones.tech/bdd-without-the-three-amigos-maybe-talking-to-yourself-isnt-so-bad/

 BDD and the real primary purpose of
feature files

  https://danashby.co.uk/2017/02/03/bdd-and-the-real-primary-purpose-of-feature-files/

Heuristics

 Heuristics for recognising professional testers

  http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=1666

 A Heuristic approach to test charters

  http://www.huibschoots.nl/wordpress/?p=1666

 Heuristics for mushroom picking (and testing)

  https://thepainandgainofedwardbear.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/heuristics-for-mushroom-picking-and-testing/

Testability

 Testability - Requirements, Systems, Processes

  https://thomasjcrabtree.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/testability-requirements-systems-processes/

 Going Beyond "how are we going to test this?"

  http://testingisbelieving.blogspot.com/2018/05/going-beyond-how-are-we-going-to-test.html

Regression Testing

 "MAnual" regression in Agile - A focused approach

  https://medium.com/@Squidish_QA/manual-regression-in-agile-a-focused-approach-56b1bf414d01

Test Pyramid

 TestPyramid

  https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TestPyramid.html

 The evolution of the testing pyramid

  https://james-willett.com/2016/09/the-evolution-of-the-testing-pyramid/

 A better testing pyramid

  https://danashby.co.uk/2018/05/03/a-better-testing-pyramid/

Career

 The testers career path

  https://blog.gurock.com/the-testers-career-path/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=content&utm_term=testers-career-path

Value of Testing

 The value of testing - Documents, Cost and Delay

  https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/documents-cost-delay-typical-testing/