Software testing news – Issue 486: The momentum of memories

What does momentum look like after a testing conference? Join events and discover many ways to contribute and learn with the community in this week's software testing news.

  • by Simon Tomes
  • Sep 23, 2024
  • 10 min read
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What's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community? Let's go! 🛴

I hope you have a great week. 

— Simon Tomes, Community Lead at Ministry of Testing

 

All things TestBash

Feeling the TestBash Brighton love! Your reflections and ideas have been a real inspiration. Thank you to everyone who made the event so special. ✨

The community clearly thinks Betty is the best. I agree!

Lynda Hughes's TestBash 2024 sketchnotes form wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing them in the MoT Slack, Lynda. 

Atonella's summary of her experience and thoughts about becoming an international conference speaker and why she did it. Plus, discover Antonella's slice of life – come to a tech conference with me.

Emily O'Connor: The Swiss Army Knife of TestBash Brilliance. The kindest of shouts from Christine Pinto. 

Head over to The Club to take the 30 Days of TestBash challenge. Share memories, construct a 99-second talk, find some ducks plus much more!  

"What’s special about this pic? It is a pic of amazing humans behind an amazing event..." plus how many staff and ambassadors does it take to keep TestBash running smoothly?

"Part one of my vlog travelling to TestBash in Brighton last week is now available." – Katja Obring. 

Much more is shared on the MoT Slack and LinkedIn. View recent posts that mention TestBash. Like, reshare and celebrate with the community. Plus, add your memories to our new memories page! ❤️

 

Community

Become a Ministry of Testing meetup host. What are Ministry of Testing Meetups? And in the meantime, check out the details of upcoming meetups.

Rahul got his work featured in The Testing Planet's latest print edition and The Testing Planet is spotted at iPipeline in Cheltenham.

I spotted a rainbow testing tee in the wild on Luke Lattimer-Rogers' LinkedIn profile picture. 🌈

An inspired and energised community gathers to reflect on the software testing conference of the year, TestBash. Curious conversations about the past spark new ideas. Register for The Testing Planet Episode Five: TestBash Special. This event is open to everyone, even if you didn't attend TestBash. Discover tips to get the best out of TestBash with Ben Dowen, Heather Carter, Conor O'Neill and Betty Okwedadi. Plus gain confidence in public speaking with Karen Todd and Rahul Parwal. 🤩

Chompoonuch Rassameeamornrat shares tea and biscuits with their team whilst reading The Testing Planet. ☕️

 

Career Growth

New roles

Open to work

Tag the MoT LinkedIn page with #OpenToWork. We'll repost your post to our network of 101k followers. Visit these profiles and see if they could help you or an organisation you know:

  • Teresa Reynolds is looking for Quality Manager, Test Manager, Senior Test Engineer, Lead Test Engineer, Release Manager and Engineering Manager roles. Open to roles in the Greater Cambridge Area.
  • Jenna is open to work – a wonderful human!
  • "Are you looking for someone with a quality-driven mindset, a deep understanding of software development practices, the ability to holistically review system and organisational quality needs, to create transformation plans and drive positive change." Richard Hinton is open to work.

Now hiring

  • QA Engineer | CRYPTO | London UK | Up to £160,000 P/A |Strong BDD & TDD | experience on financial trading apps /FE trading apps/exchanges | Python.
  • Engineering Lead | Apron | London UK - few other roles also here.

 

Automation

Where to click and where to look? These are the questions that need to be defined in an automated UI test script. Why not use images to show it, rather than text to describe it? Read: How to write visual UI automation tests using graphics instead of complex locator strings by Stefan Dirnstorfer.

Bug congrats to Max Sadler and Liam Brotchie for earning an MoT Foundation Certificate in Test Automation. 🏆

Dan Billing would like to test something in the community, to see if it is a useful utility. He's looking for testers with Playwright experience. Get in touch with him via the MoT Slack.

Automating Real iOS Devices with Appium. What a Tester Needs to Know to Automate Real iOS Devices with Lana Begunova.

Irfan Mujagic shares The Art of Pitching Automation Improvements in a QA Team.

 

API Testing

Looking for a new client for testing APIs? Presenting: Bruno! Let TestBash contributor, Ashutosh Mishra, describe how Bruno simplifies API testing with offline use, ease of migration, and enhanced security features.

 

AI

Louise Gibbs wants to know your thoughts on the impact of AI on workplace collaboration. Read more and complete the survey. Also, join the conversation on The Club.

Inspired by Jarsto van Santen’s talk at TestBash Brighton 2024 and recent LinkedIn post, what heuristics can we create for AI in Testing?

Join this new partner webinar: A guide to AI in testing: from basics to advanced with Ruslan Akhmetzianov.

 

 

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Test Management

Chris Armstrong discovered key themes about the community's relationship with test management tools.

 

Accessibility Testing

Can you help Alex Lovell fill the gaps in their accessibility testing strategy? Some excellent ideas already from Anna Bommas.

 

Security Testing

It’s all about security testing tonight!

 

Coding

Sacrilege: Why I decided to use JSON in a relational database to manage visa checklists? by Gemma Black.

 

Strategy

Shaina Tan has started a mini-series uncovering our blind spots and the human factor we often overlook in Agile, starting with how we show up individually. Agile’s Missing Piece: How We Show Up for Ourselves.

What actions would you take after finding a critical issue on production? Mohammad Faisal Khatri shares some ideas.

Ian Smith and Ash Winter explore the murky depths of technical debt.

 

Just for fun

Well, that didn't work. 😅

 

The view from the stage of the Brighton Dome. There is a large group of people sat down with their arms raised in the air. Many are smiling. A bright light from the stage creates a hazed effect to the photo. A small monster character faces the crowd ready to paint a picture.

Were you part of the TestBash mission? Share a memory

 

🗓️ Events

New events are always added, so keep checking the events page for up-to-date info.

 

🗞️ Industry News

 

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Simon is the Community Lead at Ministry of Testing and his pronouns are he/him. He has a passion for all things testing with a career in various testing and tech roles since 2003. He particularly enjoys promoting and sharing the value of exploratory testing, leadership, collaboration, creativity and community.