Software Test Optimization

KLOMAR REVIEW: 2020 State of Testing Report  by Ben Linders, Lalitkumar Bhamare, and Joel Montvelisky Recommendation: skip this one - not worth the eight minutes to review these opinions and summaries. I think the summaries have good hooks but where's the beef?  My initial thought from summaries was, well, this isn't good news such as  some concerning trends here that point to a loss of focus on software testing.  Non-testers taking part in testing appears like an issue at the surface and more information on the distribution of who these non-testers are will review the extent of the concern for me. My overall summary is Software Testing strategies, methods, and organization trends are divergent right now and I believe that should concern software testers and consumers.

Do you use saved passwords for websites?  If you do, check out Googles password checkup: passwords.google.com An interesting look into what browsers themselves retain about your online accounts.  If you don't save passwords you won't learn as much as if you save most passwords.

Let's Talk About Data Generators   by Rafaelo Condret REVIEW:  Good introduction to options for generating test data - worth the read if you are new to data generation or want to dig deeper.  Discussion topics include reverse regex, programmatic, and simple tools.    Generator Patterns: Boolean   —  this data type is one of the simplest and it’s used to define if a value is true or false Numeric Patterns —  the numeric patterns include many other data types (integer, long, double, etc.) Sequential —  will generate a sequence of values starting from one value and ending with another one Date and Time Stamp —  obviously, this will generate date and time formats Text Patterns  —  used to generate from one-word texts (first name, country, city) to more complex phrases (using Reverse Regular Expression Text)