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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
Community
Conor O'Neill shares a wonderful message about last week's The Testing Planet. Thanks for being part of it, Conor. 🪐
Catch up on episode 57 of This Week in Testing. Ben Dowen was joined by Kunal Singla, Sumon Dey, Jacob Adm, Zeliha K., Ashutosh Mishra and Maneesh Maddala. They shared innovations in automation testing, strategies for upskilling, touched on the importance of collaboration with developers and much more! Join us again on Friday.
🎥 Turning some special moments from TestBash Brighton 2024 into a conference vlog with Emna Ayadi.
"I can't thank those of you who invested the time in helping shape this solution up to this point." Help TestBash contributor and super star, Christine Pinto, as part of her quest for the greatest ever test management tool.
Nice to see Tom Game join in sharing memories. Likewise with Yaraslav sharing a photo of their Vancouver QA TrailTalks. Feel free to add a photo memory from your experience with the testing community. I always enjoy reading the story behind a photo and no doubt the community will welcome it.
Trends contributor and community friend, Ady Stokes, amplifies Sam Finnegan's positive message about the MoT Leeds Meetup.
Lisa Crispin celebrates her swag pack. Thank you, Lisa, for donating to the MoT Scholarship Fund. ✨
Rosie Sherry wants to do more podcasts to get MoT more out there. Can you help her find these podcasts? 🎙️
Bug congrats to Daniel Knott for reaching 100k YouTube Subscribers. Do check out his channel if you haven't done so already.
We are Community Sponsors for CypressConf 2024! A free online event happening on the 22nd and 23rd of October. Plus, check out this new partner event: Xray Enterprise - Discover Test Case Designer with Ivan Filippov.
How are you getting on with 30 Days of TestBash?
Career Growth
Gabbi Trotter shares software testing career advice.
Joining a new company? Read Nataliia’s 90 day plan for inspiration.
Is it a bad time for a career change? asks Kaan.
New roles
- Nurseda Balcioglu joins Decathlon! Bug congrats. 🏆
Now hiring
- Stuart Thomas is hiring a quality engineering manager.
- Community legend, Melissa Fisher, is hiring a Senior Quality Engineer.
- Loupe Testware is hiring an SDET junior/mid in Coventry, England.
- Rightmove is hiring a Senior QA Engineer.
Thanks for sharing those last two in the MoT Slack jobs channel, James Wadley. 🙂
Automation
Creating self-healing automated tests with AI and Playwright by Shray Sharma. Reduce test automation maintenance with AI-powered self-healing tests in Playwright. 🩹
Essentials
🌱 Growing as a tester? Rosie Sherry spent several hours adding to and fixing broken links on a very handy list of sites to practice testing on. It's for software testers, QA people, quality engineers plus more. It's a beast of a helpful resource!
Where do you learn about critical thinking?
New to testing? Here's a treasure trove of fantastic content to help kick-start your career: Software Testing Essentials: Resources for Beginners. Oh, and get in early with the Software Testing Essentials Certificate.
Quality
Mike Harris shares Genichi Taguchi's take on quality.
Meanwhile, Greg wonders where all the academic research on quality is.
Test coverage
Melissa Fisher and James Wadley are curious about test coverage. Join the conversation on the MoT Slack.
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Accessibility
Accessibility and UX Design: Building Inclusive User Experiences by Melissa Morse.
New Accessibility Act in EU 2025.
Level Access answers: What is an Accessibility Audit?
Tools
Discovering a new tool is one thing, but how do you learn to use it? Nearly 60% of software testers learn about testing tools by using them.
k6 got a mention during last week's This Week in Testing. Check out Marie Cruz's YouTube channel if not already on your radar.
Why Environment Replication Doesn’t Work for Microservices Testing by Arjun Iyer.
Metrics
QA Metrics: How to Boost Software Testing Performance by Cotopaxi Lyon.
Conditional Testing
Quick Tip: Conditional Testing by Judy Mosley.
Leadership
Inspired by Barry Ehigiator's talk at TestBash Brighton 2024 I found this: When Your Manager Asks the Right Question: A Journey to Self-Awareness by Mihaela Sfat.
Mike shares a great resource for leaders in test and quality – A review of “Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn” by Katie Anderson.
Just for fun
😃 I want to be a tester.
😃 Four testers walked into a bar...
Were you part of TestBash Brighton? Share a memory
🗓️ Events
New events are always added, so keep checking the events page for up-to-date info.
- Newcastle Meetup Tue 1 Oct
- Auckland Meetup Thu 3 Oct
- Test Exchange Thu 3 Oct
- A guide to AI in testing: from basics to advanced Thu 3 Oct
- This Week in Testing Fri 4 Oct
- Bengaluru Meetup Sat 5 Oct
- Xray Enterprise - Discover Test Case Designer Tue 15 Oct
- CypressConf 2024 Tue 22 Oct
- Sheffield Meetup Wed 23 Oct
- Episode Six: The Apprentice Thu 24 Oct
- Building product-specific test strategies that go beyond “best practices” Wed 30 Oct
- TestBash Brighton 2025 Wed 1 Oct 2025 🤩
🗞️ Industry News
- Best Exploratory Testing books to add to your list in 2024 by Beatriz Biscaia.
- How to Improve Bug Reporting & Management for Better Results by Hannah Son
- Common recruiter screen questions for QA roles and how to respond to them by Tiara Swain
✏️ Continuous Call for Contributions
People have so much knowledge and experience to share. What could you share with the testing community? Cement your learning and feel good about helping people. Submit an idea today. 💡
