Software testing news – Issue 471: Test we can

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What's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community? Let's go! ⛵️

Getting Started

I'm very much enjoying all the fascinating origin stories. How did you get into testing? It's good to share this so we can inspire the next generation. ✨
This is a well-written post and question from Cameron Fairburn. If you could tell your past self to care less / more about something QA-related, what would it be?
Nazneen Ahmad shares a comprehensive list of software testing techniques.
What’s the most niche thing you’ve tested?
Saibalu R has started a conversation about certifications. Are they worth it?
Add to the software testing glossary. F and G are now available!
A software tester is ...

Quality Engineering

The Community's Guide to Quality Engineering.
"Building great software is about people, not technology. Change my mind." urges Ben Dowen. What do you think?
Why Shift Testing Left Part 2: QA Does More After Devs Run Tests by Nočnica Mellifera.
"Big Tech companies such as Facebook are in the small minority, so you probably don’t work there. Their context is probably different from yours, so the options that are good for them might not be as good for you." An excellent piece from Bob Salmon.

Career Growth

Bug congrats to two Stuarts — Stuart Day and Stuart Thomas — who start new jobs at different places. 🏆
Hanan Rehman would like to know how you build a good CV/Resume. Connect and help via The Club chat.
Playwright interview questions that you are going to love by Adrian Maciuc.
Lina Kulakova switches up her approach to interviewing and prefers connection over coding.
NatWest Group are hiring a Quality Manager.
Know your worth says Steve Watson.

Tools

Join Episode Three of The Testing Planet. It's all about tools. Discover hot takes on important testing trends and learn from testing tool specialists. 🧰

Automation

More automation certifications earned! Well done, Florentina-Cristina Boda, Katherine Snow and Namida Aneskans. 🎉
Check out this Ranorex feature spotlight: Object Recognition with Rhett Devlin.
E2E vs UI testing by Noemi Ferrera.
Manish Saini shares handy descriptions of unit, component, and contract tests.
Selenium 4.21 Released! by Diego Molina.

DevOps

Katja Obring would like to know where to get help with testing in a DevOps environment.
The other day a community member mentioned their client was concerned that testers weren't asking enough questions. It reminded me of Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory's Feature Chat Sheet.
Rosie Sherry created The Community's Guide to DevOps and Software Testing.

AI in Testing

How Does Your Organisation View AI in Testing? Another helpful testing trends analysis.
Aline de Farias Lisboa shares a six-part AI in Testing Manifesto.
LangGraph - cycling through multi-agent LLM applications by Hélène Sauvé.
"Don’t forget that the most important metrics are well-being and job satisfaction. Focus on outcomes and trends rather than hard numbers." Measuring the impact of LLM-based tools by Lisa Crispin.

Proxy Testing

Proxy Testing 101: Proxy Manager Testing Cheat Sheet by Konstantin Sakhchinskiy.

Risks

Here are a couple of talks worth checking out from Leeds Testing Atelier. Killer Bugs and How to Squash Them with Tracy Archibald and Leah King. Plus The Scandal with Elliot Thurland.

Observability

Optimising MTTD and MTTR with the Power of Observability by Srijan Rastogi.

Test Data Management

Streamline Your Testing Process with Centralized and Organized Test Data by Manish Saini.

Static Code Analysis

Explore the benefits of testing source code without executing the code. An Inside Job: Customising Static Code Analysis for Optimising Internal Tools by Tamás Balog. 🔍

Accessibility

Important accessibility reminders and calls to action from folks celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024.
Andrey Enin shares 10 oracles to spark test ideas for a good user experience.

Leadership

Mahathee Dandibhotla shares a powerful leadership model. This is a treasure trove of information. 👑
A curious take on how to become a leader and expand your influence. Career Growth explained as an Amazon Leadership Principle Flywheel by Carlos Arguelles.
Melissa Fisher shares her wins of the week and asks for yours.

CI/CD

Docker Series: Episode 2 — Kubernetes fundamentals and core concepts by Darshana Mihiran Edirisinghe.

Exploratory Testing

Learn the main concepts of exploratory testing and how it differentiates from other established approaches, such as scripted testing with step-based tests. Human-Centric Exploratory Testing with Sérgio Freire.

Heuristics

Thanks, Mahathee Dandibhotla, for sharing the MoT version of the test heuristics cheat sheet. It's such a helpful cheat sheet to support our testing efforts.

Just for Fun

SABRE, CAPI, BAPI, VROT, WTF! What system name acronyms are your favourites? 😃

I hope you have a great week.

— Simon Tomes, part of the Community Team at Ministry of Testing

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