Welcome to the 189th issue!

Apple has recently open-sourced the swift-testing library to make testing in Swift even more effective.

But what really got my interest is the way they described A New API Direction for Testing in Swift.

It's super interesting to see their values, choices and vision for this project. Mainly because it may apply to other testing frameworks that we know or build, too.

Happy testing! 🙂

Dawid Dylowicz  

TimeShiftX — The Time Travel Software

TimeShiftX lets you time travel your software to test date and time-sensitive functionality and code such as year-end, daylight savings, and billing. Employ instant time travel inside Active Directory & Kerberos without code or system clock changes and thus removing all pain points. Check it out.

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Difference Between Quality Analyst and Developer

"Developers tend to make sure the code does what it is supposed to do; QAs tend to make sure code DOESN'T do what it's NOT supposed to do."

I quite liked this quote as much as the reflections that Darrell Grainger shares with us from his experience.

Similarly, Jonne Hirvi shares some interesting Reflections on a Decade in Software Testing: From Novice to Expert and Back Again.

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Stop this practice for testing right now!

Rohit Khankhoje explains why some common practices, including metrics and release signoff, shouldn't be done by testers.

One thing that Manish Saini suggests doing though is to start Learning from Incidents: A Guide for SDETs.

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Testing in Prod

This is a huge discussion on Reddit about testing in prod, including lots of interesting opinions, insights and advice.

Similarly, Emediong Samuel wrote a decent article about Testing In Production: What You Need to Know.

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Why is manual regression testing still happening in 2023?

While full automation is unrealistic to expect, Rodrigo Alves Costa suggests using more solutions to automate manual testing tasks, for example, on the visual level.

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Beginner's guide for software testing — explicit examples

William Barillon explains the "why" of testing for developers and shows examples of tests to write.

Furthermore, Jayateerth Katti shares some insights into How I Select Right Test Scenarios For Automation.

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Custom Test Lab for Android

There are plenty of cloud solutions for testing mobile apps at scale. But what if you want to create your own device farm? Anmol Verma shows how.

Also, David Merian suggests using the fuzzing technique to test by Breaking Your Android Build.

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Efficient Cross-Repository CI/CD: Running Targeted Tests with GitHub Actions

"How can you efficiently execute tests that inherently rely on one another and reside in separate repositories?"

Irfan Mujagić wrote a solid, detailed guide to solving such a problem.

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Four Horsemen of the Flaky Tests

If you want to avoid intermittently failing tests, you may want to listen to Eugene Truuts's example-based advice.

Additionally, Rodrigo Alves Costa gives some handy tips on how to Keep your Page Objects maintainable.

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Why API Automation is better than UI Automation?

It depends on your context, but API test automation is generally faster and more stable. I liked Dilkushi Jayaweera's table at the bottom that summarises the differences between both approaches.

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Introducing TestingPod: Your New QA Resource

Check out TestingPod for all things QA. Explore articles from expert authors, many previously featured in Software Testing Weekly! TestingPod covers various testing topics, including manual testing, automation, agile testing, AI, and more. Start reading here!

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Android screenshot testing with Roborazzi

Stefano Natali shares a helpful tutorial about setting up Roborazzi for visual testing on Android.

Speaking of mobile testing, Ahtisham Ilyas shows how to do Mobile Device Testing with Selenium Grid 4 and Appium 2.0.

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Is Selenium Dead? Explore the State of Selenium Automation in 2023

It doesn't seem to be! And Rafik Belazouz gives a few reasons why.

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Mastering Playwright: Best Practices for Web Automation with the Page Object Model

If you want to learn how to properly use the Page Object Model in Playwright, Luc Gagan wrote a great guide with examples.

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My Top 10 Great Practices for API Test Automation With Playwright

Having written a great guide on API testing with Playwright, Butch Mayhew shares all practices he learned along the way.

On top of that, Amr Salem describes some handy Tips & Tricks: Mocking APIs With Playwright.

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Warning: apparently Insomnia API testing tool is following the Postman way of having an account needed

At the beginning of the year, the company behind Postman announced significant restrictions to their free plan and local usage. And now, Insomnia — one of the alternatives — is following suit by locking people out.

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A review of "Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge" by John "Botchagalupe" Willis with Derek Lewis

Continuing the theme about W. Edwards Deming — one the most important figures in quality management — this time Mike Harris gives a concise review of Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge book.

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Testing Without Requirements

In this 18-minute video, Daniel Knott first explains the type of requirements and then advises what to do when you need to test without them.

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Revise that test report... 😂

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Dawid Dylowicz