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Lynda Hughes
Manager - Test Automation Lead
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Test Automation Lead with 6 years experience in Quality Engineering, working at Deloitte, and based in Belfast. My main focus is test automation and training others.
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Some thoughts on locators in Playwright
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How To Debug Playwright Tests in CI: The Complete Guide
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This Week in Quality
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TypeScript: Best Practices & Tools for QA Engineer
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Hi! Just wanted to saw thank you for your directing people to the Butch Mayhew book and LinkedIn learning course for Playwright. I am just starting out and was looking for learning resources, and it is good to have a recommendation from someone as a starting point.
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Hands on Automated Testing with Playwright is the start of a wonderful conversation with the Playwright community!
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UI Testing: Essentials & Best Practices
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Thanks for the evals for AI session, very interesting.
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Evals in practice for an AI coding agent
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Evals in practice for an AI coding agent
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Top GitHub Repositories to Learn Automation Testing
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STEC is more than a testing certificate. It's community-in-action.
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Come for the certifications, stay for the TestBash and Unlimited Membership
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Thank you for your talk at TestBash. It was interesting to learn about your role and how you approached the challenges. Didn't get a chance to photograph the side quests, hoping can catch them on the recording.
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Thanks for bigging up STEC during Software Testing Live. 😃
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Thanks for being super active in the chat during Software Testing Live.
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I love going to tech conferences.
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Lynda Hughes awards Beth Marshall a community star for her contributions to the Software Testing Essentials Certifica...
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Just watched Ben Dowen's Masterclass Teamwork Makes The Dream Work which was linked in the chat at Software Testing Live. It was the perfect resource at the perfect time! I have been thinking about how to map out knowledge/confidence gaps and I love this approach, so thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing a link to Ben Dowen's Masterclass Teamwork Makes The Dream Work in Software Testing Live. It was the perfect resource at the perfect time! I have been thinking about how to map out knowledge/confidence gaps and I love this approach, so thank you for sharing.
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Test multiple system layers with confidence
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"It's a one-line change."Â That old classic! Made me laugh!
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Thanks for being active in the chat and sharing some useful resources in Software Testing Live. Nice to have the live interaction :)
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Thank you for co-presenting this week's Software Testing Live, and sharing your knowledge.
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Loving the Software Testing Live sessions. So glad to catch this one live this evening. Always a fun time and learned new things, and appreciated the tools and knowledge shared.
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Learn how Oracles and Heuristics can expand your exploratory testing and improve your credibility as a tester
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STEC is more than a testing certificate. It's community-in-action.
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Spotted this on our activity feed. It instantly brought a smile to my face.
Lynda Hughes awards Beth Marshall a community star for her contributions to the Software Testing Essentials Certifica...
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Great to see you share your appreciation for Beth Marshall's contribution to STEC via a community star. 🤩Â
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Eighteen months, 19 modules, and 59 amazing contributors later, the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certification is complete!
Looking back, my favourite part has been seeing so many community m...
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Just finished your brief history of software testing on the STEC course. Your passion for testing really comes across, and the content was fantastic. Just wanted to say thanks!
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Found this week's TWiT really interesting, thanks for telling us more about STEC
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Discover how running small, courageous experiments can help any tester or quality-minded technologist truly lead with quality
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Thank you for going above and beyond in July 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you, as does the community. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
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