Welcome to the 122nd issue!

"If something can go wrong, it will." — Murphy's law.

I suppose that's the law behind the unfortunate story of The Worst Bug Ever by Ron Little.

I wished to find some lessons learned from this journey, but nevertheless, I found the investigation part as interesting as the bug itself.

Also, I smiled when I saw this paragraph title: "The Workaround — Reverting to a Better Bug". 😅

Happy testing and happy weekend everyone!

Dawid Dylowicz  

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testmo.com  

Airbnb’s Microservices Architecture Journey To Quality Engineering

Antoine Craske shares a lot of interesting insights into how Airbnb moved to the microservices architecture and describes how it impacted the quality of their services.

Moreover, Rahul Parwal put together a helpful mindmap about How Google Tests Software.

qeunit.com  

Engineer in Test job hunting update

Once again, I respect Sam Connelly for full transparency about her process of contracting, looking for new opportunities, money management and working with recruiters as a freelancer in testing. Great read!

bughuntersam.com  

Five C’s of a Test Engineer

Wondering what the traits of a good tester are? Sérgio Martins wrote about five truly important ones.

Similarly, Ankita Basu described 9 Thinking Types involved in Testing.

medium.com  

Modern Testing Principles

As a follower of Modern Testing Principles myself, I'm happy to see other people writing about them, too. In this article, Mirza Šišić describes each principle in more detail.

Moreover, Paulo Oliveira wrote a good explanation of the Agile Testing Quadrants.

testproject.io  

Reducing Scope (Let’s Test Less!)

It's not easy to tell how much testing is enough. Sometimes you need to decide to test less. But how? Louise Gibbs has a few good ideas.

wordpress.com  

Why Quality Assurance Fails

"Quality isn’t a static property that stands the test of time, we can’t simply achieve it and be done with it"

Hugo Rocha shares a sophisticated explanation of the potential reasons impacting quality and describes the key areas that teams should focus on.

Additionally, Keith Klain accurately points out the common signs of dysfunctional test teams.

itnext.io  

Automation Coding Standards for Selenium I wish I knew Earlier

If you want to make your Selenium code friendlier to you and your peers, you may want to check out this guide. The examples are in Java but a lot of them apply to other languages, too.

Additionally, Shoeib Shargo wrote a helpful article about What not to automate with Selenium.

medium.com  

How to verify contract using provider-driven contract test

Curious to learn more about provider-driven contract testing? Here's a helpful guide to Pact.

On the other hand, you may also want to have a look at the Introduction to Consumer-Driven Contract Testing.

medium.com  

In-sprint Test Automation

One of the test automation's goals is to shorten feedback loops. So how do you make sure tests are written alongside implementation? Laval Magan describes how to achieve in-spring automation.

Moreover, someone asked on Reddit: When do you validate that an automated test is done?

testproject.io  

Top 5 Manual Testers’ Questions About Automated Testing

If you're looking to start your journey in test automation, Olya Kabanova answered five common questions and gives some good advice.

medium.com  

New from mabl: Integrated Accessibility Testing

Accessibility is a rapidly growing concern for QE teams. To build more inclusive and accessible applications, mabl recently released a11y checks and reporting. Hear how one photo-sharing app is integrating accessibility into their testing strategy on this live webinar. Register free.

mabl.com  

A Practical Advice on Rejecting Gherkin for Test Automation

Zhimin Zhan explains why Gherkin is not the best choice for test automation and that you don't always need it to do Behaviour Driven-Development right.

Note: If you can't access the full article, simply open it in a private tab.

medium.com  

Data validation using Great Expectation with a real-world scenario: Part 1

If you haven't heard of Great Expectations yet, you may want to check out Arunkumar Muralidharan's guide. Such a helpful tool!

Similarly, Krystian Szpiczakowski shows good examples of Asserting The Internal Behavior in Java.

qxf2.com  

How Cypress evolved as a frontend test automation tool at QuintoAndar

Daniel Mariotti shares a great story of using Cypress to increase the coverage of functional and non-functional tests, generate reports, use mocks, and more.

Meanwhile on Reddit: I do not understand Cypress.

medium.com  

Testing Multiple Domains with Cypress

Last week, I mentioned the official announcement of Cypress' support for multiple domains. Here, Marie Drake shares an example of using the new feature in a real project.

Additionally, you might be interested in Gleb Bahmutov's guide to Sending Data From Application To The Cypress Test.

mariedrake.com  

Using TypeScript to write Nightwatch.js Automated Tests

While TypeScript is getting more and more popular, so is the support for it in popular test frameworks. David Mello describes how to use it with Nightwatch.js.

davidmello.com  

5 Books to Read for People Working in Tech in 2022

Lina Zubyte suggests five books on five different topics that can help you learn more if you work in tech. It's an interesting compilation, I must admit!

qualitybits.tech  

Be a Full-Stack Tester

What's full-stack testing? What are the responsibilities in this role? Kristin Jackvony explains all that, and much more, in an hour-long talk.

ministryoftesting.com  

Foundations of Automation

In this webinar, Gil Zilberfeld talks about all-things automation, explaining what it is, how we do it, and what the common practices and tools are.

everydayunittesting.com  

Work-life balance... 😅

Thanks for reading!

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Dawid Dylowicz