Continuous Learning – What I did in the last Month (June 2020)

 

Dear Technologists, hope you all are doing well.

Last month was bit engaging as I have attended two Conferences, read a Book, attended Webinars, watched Videos, and listened to a Podcast. In addition to regular office work; here is the quick summary of my learning engagements for the last month.

Conference – Tribal Qonf 2020

Tribal Qonf 2020 (organized by The Test Tribe Community) is one of the conferences of the Year that I was looking forward to and I am glad that I have attended it. This was a 2 day event happened on 27^th & 28^th Jun, 2020. Almost every talk was special and had lots of things to learn from.

This was the 1^st season of Tribal Qonf and it was very well organized and nicely executed event. The best part is; I got an opportunity to listen to my favorite Software Testing Thought Leaders (James Bach and Michael Bolton) live. In the past; I have attended their talks live during OnlineTestConf seasons.

#Tester with #BetaTester attending #TribalQonf 2020 😊#TribalSelfie #SoftwareTesting #Conference@the_test_tribe pic.twitter.com/KX052qi2Nv

— YOGESH KHAIRNAR (@yrk15) June 27, 2020

Search for the hashtag #TribalQonf on Twitter and check out some tweets.

Webinar: State of Testing report 2020

This webinar was organized by PractiTest on the topic What can we learn from the 2020 State of Testing Report.

In this webinar; panelists have reviewed the main findings of the State of Testing Report – 2020 and analyzed what this can mean to the present and the future of the Software Testing Community.

I reckon; this is a very informative session and you should check it out here.

Ask Me Anything - Michael Bolton

This video is available on TestingUy’s YouTube channel. This is the recording of a Webinar. I was not able to attend it live, but could able to watch this video.

In this AMA session; Michael has answered questions about Braiding Stories (Story about the Product status, Story about Oracles, Story about the Testing done, etc.), Developers learning Testing (What will happen, What could possibly go wrong?), and Testing of AI vs AI in Testing?

If interested; check out the video here.

Podcast - A Career In Testing

This is an interesting Podcast available on Qualitest’s The Testing Show. You can listen to it here.

Agile Testing in Context –

This video is available on TestingUy’s YouTube channel. In this talk, Janet Gregory has shared some important insights on below points.

- Challenges

- Plan for Testing

- Key Testing practices that work across teams

If interested; check out the video here.

Conference - Tricentis User Conference 2020

Attended Tricentis User Conference 2020 organized by Tricentis. This Conference was divided into two sections: Practitioner track (comprised of 8 Parallel Technical Tracks) and Business track (comprised of Tricentis keynotes, Customer panel, & Partner keynotes).

Though it was their 1^st attempt in Virtual Conference; I am really impressed the way Tricentis team has executed the whole program smoothly. This was the 1st time I have attended TUC event and it was all-together good experience. In addition; I am one of the winners in Top Attentive Member contest ran during the conference. 😇

Search for the hashtag #TricentisUC on Twitter and check out some tweets.

Webinar: TestProject CI/CD with Docker and Jenkins

This webinar was organized by TestProject Team. In this webinar, Anand Bhagwat has covered below topics.

- Introduction to TestProject: Running Sample Test Suite Without Jenkins

- Running TestProject Test Suite on Docker Agent

- Creating & Running Jenkins Pipeline

- Reports & Dashboards

If interested; check out the video here.

Book - Buddha in Testing: Finding Peace in Chaos

This is a fantastic Book on Software Testing written by Pradeep Soundararajan.  

This was the feeling I had when I started reading this book.

@testertested I am in the middle of the 1st Chapter of Ur Book #BuddhaInTesting & I am just loving it.
While reading I am getting a same feeling as I get while drinking cold coffee, every sip slowly & with a hope that it shouldn't finish.
Thanks for writing it. #SoftwareTesting

— YOGESH KHAIRNAR (@yrk15) June 14, 2020

In my opinion; this is a must read book for everyone who cares about Software Testing and the Quality of the Software.

If interested; check out more details here.

That’s all from my side.

What have you done? What courses you have taken or areas that you are focusing on?

Have you attended any Online Software Testing event (Meetup, Conference, Webinar etc.)? Comment below with your thoughts, experiences, and recommendations, etc. 

Keep learning, keep sharing, and yes, stay safe. 😇