Timeout to learn: MoT Weekly – Issue 504

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

— Simon Tomes, Community Lead at Ministry of Testing

Community

We'd like to introduce you to our first-ever cohort of Ministry of Testing Ambassadors! 🤩

👋 Come say hi. Add to the Introductions Thread – Q1 2025.

The Testing Planet orbits London.

First ever London Ministry of testing Meetup - Diana + Lewis + Rafa.

Testing doesn’t evolve in isolation—real change happens when we show up. Are you part of the conversation, or just watching from the sidelines? See what meetups are happening this month. 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇵🇭🇬🇷🇮🇪

Exciting! Krys Catterall and Conor O'Neill have just started a new Meetup group: MoT Gloucestershire.

Photo of the week! Thanks to this shot by Tolu Thompson.

Human-AI Collaboration: Ministry of Testing London Meetup Recap by Rafaela Azevedo.

So pleased to see Demi Van Malcot co-host her first This Week in Testing with Ben Dowen. They were a brilliant and welcoming duo who ensured everyone had space to share and expand the MoTaverse.

Bug congrats to Tom Game for receiving the "Innovator Award" at the Makers Apprenticeship Awards.

M is for MoTaverse. 😃

Bringing you insights to keep software testing and quality engineers on their toes. Testing Trends Weekly — Issue 4.

The MoTaverse Community Algorithm — Creating a community star system to expand the MoTaverse.

Career Growth

Job moves

Georgia Aikaterini Kotsorgiou starts a new position as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Sova. Bug congrats!

Now hiring

2i are hiring Quality Engineers.
Hiring? Advertise for free on the MoT job board. 📌

Open to work

Professional members can now set their MoT Profile to open to work. See who is open to work.

Eamon Droko would like to know: What do you do to upskill other than automation and coding practice?

Jayateerth Katti shares his journey of utilising self-SWOT analysis as a tool for professional development.

What’s the most niche domain knowledge you’ve gained from testing software?

Hybrid, remote, or office? The changing work trends for software testers: 47% of us are working in a hybrid model.

Quality Without Leadership: The Challenges of Testers Reporting to Engineering by Alessandra Moreira.

Essentials

Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC) Module 7 - The Complexity of Software Testing is now live! ⚡️ Find out what it covers.

Systems thinking, Holistic thinking and Zooming — glossary items you can add to.

Discover the Power of Models.

Judy shares thoughts about working with developers in Quality Engineering: Why Can't We Be Friends?

grep finds lines that match a pattern – so it's used when you want to sift useful information out of something bigger. – James Lyndsay.

The MoTaverse gotchu. 🪐

Quality Engineering

SDETs are Devs and Testers, so what is a QE? asks Ben Dowen.

Cosmic conversation: quality engineering models & systems with Anne-Marie Charrett and Niko Mangahas.

The Testing Planet News expands our thinking on Quality Engineering, learn all about it!

What do you see as the future of quality engineering? asks Melissa.

"Quality engineers do not sit back and wait for software products to be thrown over the wall to test, but work to get the best product from the very beginning of the development cycle." A healthy reminder from Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory.

The Community's Guide to Quality Engineering. Updated with four new talks and an article!

Chris Henderson and Stu Day highlight the detrimental effects of rigid titles and encourage a shift towards a more holistic understanding of quality roles in the tech industry.

Five Principles for Quality Engineering Consultancy That Drives Change by Chris Armstrong.

Why does Quality Engineering matter? with Stuart Thomas.

Critical thinking

Dear software testers, is your critical thinking ability even alive?!

Explore MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC)

🤝 It’s time to approach learning about testing differently. STEC is the certification that gives junior testers confidence, community and connections.

Strategy

What’s in your full stack testing strategy? Priscilla Stephan shares theirs.

Heuristics

Getting intentional with heuristics in software testing by Lena Nyström.

Exploratory testing

"My idea was simple: start with app, to explore the features, loop to documenting with test automation and switch over implementations to see if automation is portable over various versions of the app." – Maaret Pyhäjärvi.

Modelling

How do you map a system?

CI/CD

It's one of those things you don't have to get involved in, but will really help you if you do. I recommend looking into [CI/CD] if you have the capacity. Sound advice from Cassandra H. Leung.

Techniques for Effective Test Data Cleanup in CI/CD by Irfan Mujagic.

Automation

Is there an easy way to see the (unit) test coverage across a whole organisation? Share your thoughts in the MoT Slack chat.

Demi Van Malcot would like to know how to organise integration tests with other teams.

Smarter, Scalable Testing Tactics for Modern API Architectures by Jamie Motheral.

Mohammad Faisal Khatri explains how to use Java records to serialize JSON API requests.

Tooling

🛠️ Tool of the Week: Kualitee

10 powerful tests with Chrome DevTools by Kasturi Rajamanikkam. Learn how to use Chrome DevTools to troubleshoot and carry out an effective testing process.

Integrating Continuous Testing in Salesforce Development Cycles with Kualitatem.