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Certifications

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Continuous Integration and Containerisation

J. A. Pardo explores the discrepancies between environments, the pitfalls of a lack of standardisation and insufficient testing practices. “But… it works on my machine…”

Community

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We're coming back to Brighton, UK! Exciting TestBash news coming soon. 👀

Exploratory Testing

What Is Exploratory Testing, and Which Tools Can I use for it? by Daniel Knott

Heuristics

"Quality is so much more than just having well-written automated regression tests." – Rachel G amplified the importance of using heuristics to generate test ideas and shared the Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet.

Just for fun

It's just a small change 😅

Leadership

The role of the quality coach is relatively new and remains virtually unknown to many testers and IT professionals. Fortunately, Mirza Sisic is here to help as he outlines aspects of the role in his advice-filled article: Quality Coaching: A Road Less Traveled 🧳

Reporting

What dashboards could you create to drive conversations? Melissa Fisher shares a couple of examples.

Security Testing

Lisi Hocke set herself a challenge for 2023. Great to read how she connected with security folks and grew her application security knowledge and skills. Perhaps there's something similar you could try in 2024? 🤔

Strategy & Methodologies

Ben Dowen's Masterclass webinar is now available to watch. He simplifies the complexities of software systems, breaking them down into digestible segments. I like how he offered up a unique model to help identify and address knowledge gaps across system layers. One to watch if you'd like to improve how you do collaborative testing. Teamwork Makes the Full-Stack Testing Dream Work 🗂️
Model-Based Testing in Python by Maaret Pyhäjärvi
Jeff Nyman deep dives into the "checking" and "testing" narrative: Reframing Testing Arguments

Test Case Management

This spotlight with TestRail shows how you can use the application to delve deeper into the API layer. Jorge Spratley demonstrates how to generate multiple tests against a wide range of data sets allowing you to decide how you want to manage test runs.

Have a great week.

— Simon, CommunityBoss

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Try Something Crew: Your Weekly Testing News - Issue 452

Certifications

Continuous Integration and Containerisation

Community

Exploratory Testing

Heuristics

Just for fun

Leadership

Reporting

Security Testing

Strategy & Methodologies

Test Case Management

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