Welcome to the 191st issue!

Do you want to learn security testing in practice?

This week, I want to highlight the OWASP Juice Shop — a one-stop web app for practising security testing skills.

You can follow the official tutorial that explains all the testing methods step-by-step.

Kudos to Björn Kimminich and Jannik Hollenbach for maintaining this awesome, open-source project.

Happy testing! 🙂

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Bug Severity and Priority Matrix

Bug priority and severity can sometimes be confusing, so here's a great explanation with examples by Dilara Atesogullari.

Interestingly, Jayateerth Katti explains why "I Don't Report Bug" — or at least not immediately.

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Sustainable Software Testing: 5 Strategies for a Greener and Efficient Tomorrow

Now, that's something new! If you're curious about minimising the environmental impact of testing, Mohit Mair gives some ideas on how to achieve it, including examples of objectives and key results.

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The Sole QA in a team

Someone's asking for advice on being the first QA in a company. It's a good addition to the other discussion I featured a few weeks ago.

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What Actually Is Testing?

"Testing: continually reassessing the plausibility of risks based on new information."

This is a great article by Jeff Nyman, who takes a deep dive into defining testing.

Furthermore, Diogo Nunes wrote down definitions of many Test categories and approaches (Types #2).

testerstories.com  

A Simpler Testing Pyramid for Maximizing Your Testing

Devanshu Bhatt proposes a simplified version of the popular test pyramid enabling a more purposeful and strategic approach to test automation.

Additionally, Manish Saini has some good points on why Tests Should Be Easy to Write and Maintain.

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Bulletproof Your Automated Testing: Why Data-* Attributes Trump CSS Selectors

Nikolay Advolodkin advises adding data-* attributes to HTML elements (e.g. data-test-id) to make testing easier, more effective and less flaky. By the way, this approach is also recommended by modern test frameworks, such as Cypress and Playwright.

ultimateqa.com  

Simple and Cost-Effective Testing Using AWS Functions

AWS Lambda functions are gaining popularity thanks to their simplicity and low cost. Felipe Malaquias explains leveraging them for API test automation, an example of which you can see in this repository.

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Testing in iOS: From Zero to Hero!

Want to learn how to do test automation on iOS? Asilbek Djamaldinov wrote a great getting-started guide.

And here are the next parts about Unlocking the Power of UI Testing in iOS and Why Mocking Matters in iOS Unit Testing.

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Browser Performance Testing using k6

If you want to learn how your app performs from the browser perspective, NaveenKumar Namachivayam wrote a handy guide to using k6 for that.

Similarly, Yiğit Taş gives a good overview of general Performance Testing with k6.

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Making Security Testing More User Friendly with Zap

This is a detailed, practical guide by Ioan Solderea to security testing using an open-source tool — ZAP.

ministryoftesting.com  

Test Automation With Playwright: Creating Custom Assertions Through Extending Expect

Playwright has a powerful feature of building custom assertions. Butch Mayhew explains how to leverage that.

Also, Eugene Truuts shows how to Mask Dynamic Elements in Playwright for visual testing.

playwrightsolutions.com  

Testing Android apps for flaky network situations with Flaker

One of the questions we should ask ourselves when testing mobile apps is how they perform in different network conditions. To simulate that, Rohan Maity shows how to use Flaker on Android.

proandroiddev.com  

What tools do you consider the best for purely backend testing automation?

Someone asked the community what test setup could be used for testing databases and APIs — and people came up with many recommendations.

And in another thread, someone's looking for advice on which tool to use: Selenium? Cypress? Playwright?.

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Xcode Parallel Test Execution of XCUITest is a Joke

If you're having problems running iOS tests in parallel, Anton Prokuda advises using an open-source tool called Sift.

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A review of "Black-Box Testing" by Boris Beizer

What is the Black-Box Testing book from 1995 about? And is it still worth reading? This overview by Mike Harris can help you decide.

home.blog  

Maestro: Android modern UI Testing

In this immersive, one-hour recording, Mohsen Mirhoseini invited Zhanibek Marshal to share a story of integrating Maestro as their default testing framework for Android.

Furthermore, Arvind Kumar Bhardwaj wrote an article to help you Discover Mobile Test Automation Framework with Maestro.

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You Have To Delete The Test Column!

Quite a bold statement, isn't it?! If you're curious to find out why Daniel Knott thinks so, check out this 18-minute video.

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Dawid Dylowicz