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What's been happening in the testing community?
First up, thank you to everyone who took part in ReTestBash UK last week. What a fun way to reconnect with the many things we learned at TestBash UK. Great to see so many questions asked and answered on a number of important topics. We covered strategy, accessibility, communication, learning, security, performance and automation.
I counted 73 questions from the community which sparked another 37 from Team MoT. That's 110 questions! We'll resurface them over the coming months to spark learning and connection opportunities. The speakers shared an incredible amount of knowledge during all the Ask Me Anything sessions. Keep a look/listen out for the recordings coming soon to the MoT platform.
Here's what else the testing community have been talking about.
Accessibility Testing
- Accessibility Testing is important and easy to do! by David Burns
AI
- And here . . . we . . . go! by Keith Klain
Automation
- Bun's Test Runner: The Future of JavaScript Testing? by Irfan Mujagic
- Writing test automation standards is a journey, not a destination by Mike Harris
Bugs
- What was the best bug I have ever found? What was yours? by Daniel Knott
Leadership
- We Can’t Always Be Perfect – Owning Your Leadership Mistakes by Simon Prior
Strategy & Methodologies
- 25th anniversary of my very first testing lesson by Rikard Edgren
- Leading quality in software organizations by Lisa Crispin
- Play to Play by James Thomas
There are three new MoT site resources to check out this week.
1️⃣ Nicola Lindgren expertly bridges the gap between testers and stakeholders, as she answers key questions from the community. Watch Ask Me Anything - Talking Testing With Stakeholders.
2️⃣ Sam McCall demonstrates the mabl Mailbox, which is an email inbox you can use to automate the email journey. Watch mabl Mailbox with Sam McCall.
3️⃣ Compatibility testing is crucial to ensure a quality user experience no matter the operating system, device, or browser. Read Compatibility Testing Tools by Kasturi Rajamanikkam.
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Have a great week.
— Simon, CommunityBoss
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Connect with fellow testers at TestBash Autumn 2023
🙋🙋♀️🙋♂️ Join the conversation
- 🔥 Hot Topic: ISTQB Certification - Thoughts, Experiences, Tips?
- How do you inspire growth and innovation in team members who are happy where they are?
- Susanne asks, which resources can I use to learn to ask good questions?
- Olesja could do with your advice about learning web automation with Nightwatch.js.
- Trisha would like to know, what would you prioritize to break into software testing with no experience? And a related question, Sina asks where should I start?
- Mark is curious to learn how you foster collaboration and sharing in your team
- Maksim Zinovev is looking for a mentor. Can you support them?
- Is the following password reset mechanism free from any security concerns?
📖 Helpful business posts
- A Data-Driven Approach to Test Case Prioritization: The Role of Analytics — Amy E Reichert
- Introducing Intelligent UI Inspector for Real Device Cloud — Salman Khan
- Enhancing Production Deployments — Jane Temov
- Cross-Platform App Development: Build Once, Run Across Devices — Akash Nagpal
- AI in exploratory testing — Mariana Santos
- How to Use @FindBy Annotation in Selenium Java — Faisal Khatri
- Webinar: Testing AWS applications locally and on CI with LocalStack [Experience (XP) Series] — Yash Bansal
- Unleashing the Power of CI/CD: Automation, Testing, and Quality at Speed — Misba Kagad
- 35 Best Test Automation Frameworks for 2023 – Mehul Gadhiya
🗓️ Events
- Tue 07 Nov Collaborate With Team (Agile)
- Tue 14 Nov Apply Systems Thinking
- Wed 22 Nov - Thu 23 Nov TestBash Autumn 2023
- Tue 28 Nov Teamwork Makes the Full-Stack Testing, Dream Work
- Thu 30 Nov Testing Ask Me Anything on Teams Without Testers
- Wed 25 Sep - Thu 26 Sep TestBash UK 2024
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