New Testers Welcome: Software Testing News - Issue 460

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Here's a roundup of some of the things happening in the testing community. Let's go! 🚁

 

Accessibility Testing

• John Gimber explores the levels of automated accessibility testing. "Automated accessibility testing (AAT) is great and is seen as the “gold standard” by many, but some often curse this accessibility testing, thinking of it as a drag, or an expense that they just do not want to deal with." 

AI

• Amit Agarwal wants to know how to test Generative AI. Let's ensure Amit and others get involved in 30 Days of AI in Testing. It's an opportunity to connect with the community and enhance your skills and understanding of all things AI.
• Find out what happened when Paul Maxwell-Walters's company introduced generative AI large language models into their feature set. How did they test it? Testing The Quality Of ChatGPT Responses: A Report From The Field

Automation

• Great question and post on justifying the cost of test automation by Kevin McAndrew.
• Examples of how your test automation strategy failed to get approval has become a hot topic. Lots of helpful advice shared between Ivo Tijan and Stefan Papusoi. 🔥

Bug Reporting

• What to avoid when reporting a bug? Mohit Verma shares tips.

Community

• Ben Dowen had a little watch party at work and watched Quality + Data Engineering: How to Thrive by James Prescott, with a small audience of Quality Engineers and people in data roles. What watch party could you set up with your colleagues? What topic would be relevant to their context?
• We have more MoT meetups arriving on our events page. Sheffield, Manchester, Berlin and Leeds. 🎉
• How did you stumble upon Ministry of Testing? Feel free to send us an email. It's always fascinating to learn how folks discover the community. A recent poll of 441 people revealed that nearly 50% of respondents found MoT via social media and 30% via a recommendation. 😍

Leadership

• "As a leader, you offer this space to everyone, even those who operate and behave differently from you." Glints in Leadership by Anne-Marie Charrett. 

Metrics

• Zebrunner published a new report: What Metrics QA Engineers Measure.

Now Hiring

• Capitol One is hiring a Senior Quality Engineering Manager. Check out the MoT jobs board for more opportunities.

New to Testing

• Christian and Bruno are both new to testing. Where should they start? We have a dedicated space for new testers to ask questions.
• TestBash contributor, Ivan Karaman, shares a powerful set of diagrams to describe various testing concepts. Software testing categories visualised.
• What are 10 things you should never say to a junior tester/QA?
• Roy de Kleijn recommends Practice Software Testing. We've added it to the products, places, apps and websites to practice software testing wiki.

Shift Left

• Why should we test in the design phase? How should we go about it? by Melissa Fisher. 

Test Cases

• "Excel works fine until ..."

Test Planning

• Ivo Tijan shares an important reminder about three reasons why your test plan is failing.

Have a good week.

— Simon Tomes
 

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📖 Industry News

• The top 5 software testing trends of 2024 – Paulina Lönnquist
• A complete guide to monkey testing – Maggie Marshall

🗓️ Events

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• This Week in Testing Fri 01 Mar
• 30 Days of AI in Testing Fri 01 Mar - Sun 31 Mar
• Sheffield Meetup Tue 05 Mar
• Manchester Meetup Thu 07 Mar
• Berlin Meetup Thu 14 Mar
• Test Exchange Thu 21 Mar
• Leeds Meetup Thu 21 Mar
• The Testing Planet - Episode One: The Companion Thu 28 Mar
• The Testing Planet - Episode Two: The Machine Thu 25 Apr
• The Testing Planet - Episode Three: The Toolsmith Thu 23 May
• TestBash Brighton 2024 Thu 12 Sep - Fri 13 Sep — Blind Bird price ends on the 29th of Feb. 🔜

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