Welcome to the 243rd issue!

Today, I want to share this gem with you — A Test Automation Project.

It's a step-by-step guide to creating a test automation project with good practices.

Sounds simple, but that's why it's so helpful.

Kudos to Bas Dijkstra for creating and maintaining it.

Happy testing! 🙂

Dawid Dylowicz  

UPDATED: Testmo — #1 Unified Test Management Tool

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5 habits of an effective SDET

Oliver Martin-Hirsch explains how balancing test automation, leveraging test strategy and improving communication with the team can help you become a better tester.

Similarly, Mykhaylo-Ivan Filipenko shares Reflections on QA after 5 years: A Personal Perspective on Skills, including a few more examples.

dunelm.com  

10 Ways Software Testers Can Thrive in an AI-Powered Future: Insights from Futurism

With the growing influence of AI, you may wonder what it means for testers in the long run. Barry Ehigiator elaborates on several interesting points it can lead to.

Furthermore, Gabriel Fethi outlines How Strong Communication Skills Can Boost Your Career as a QA Engineer.

proquains.com  

Carefully test your software — A tip for successfully releasing new functionality

Struggling with quality after a rushed release? We've all been there. Jillian Guthrie Powell gives a few pieces of advice on how to mitigate that.

Also, you might find yourself in the following situation: The more I test, the more bugs I find. Is this normal?.

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Practising systems thinking to improve your software testing

This is a great overview by Konstantinos Konstantakopoulos of how using a holistic approach to testing can benefit its effectiveness.

Moreover, Bob Salmon rightly points out that we should treat Tech debt as risk of friction.

ministryoftesting.com  

Testing and Quality are NOT correlated

Testing != Quality. This goes without saying and it's a good reminder by Maaike Brinkhof.

It's echoed by Vitaly Sharovatov who does some QA myth busting: quality is the testers' responsibility.

maaikebrinkhof.nl  

First things first — automate the execution of your tests

Bas Dijkstra shares several important pieces of advice on what to consider when approaching test automation.

Similarly, you can learn from Sritaj Patel about Optimizing Web Applications for Test Automation: Best Practices for Developers.

ontestautomation.com  

How To Achieve Clean Code In Test Automation?

Clean Code is a set of good practices for writing readable and maintainable code. Uros Simic shows how to apply that in test automation.

Moreover, Uros also wrote about the Practical Implementation Of SOLID Principles In Test Automation.

qa-essentials.com  

Shedding Light on the Differences Between Test, Unit Testing, BDD, TDD and Acceptance Testing

Masoud Bahrami explains various test levels and approaches in a digestible manner using metaphors and hand-drawn graphs.

Also, Arthur Tee shows examples of Blocking Bugs and Building Quality Software with the Test Pyramid.

medium.com  

The Beleaguered Page Object Model

James Lloyd shares his thoughts on over-using the Page Object Model, where other, simpler solutions may be enough.

medium.com  

Cypress UI Coverage — Track, monitor, and visualize test coverage

UI Coverage generates visual test coverage reports with no setup or instrumentation, offering clear insights into uncovered areas that everyone can understand. Increase release confidence by closing testing gaps in critical app flows, reducing incidents, and improving application quality. Request a trial of UI Coverage to get started!

cypress.io  

AJV — A Powerful Tool for JSON Validation

Have you heard of AJV? It's a helpful, open-source tool for JSON schema validation. Serdal Ozcetin demonstrates using it with Cypress and — in the second part — with Playwright.

medium.com  

Choosing the Right Automated API Testing Tool For You and Your Team

Wondering what solution to use for API testing? Shubham Sharma suggests 21 different ones, depending on your needs.

Furthermore, Nikita Belkovskiy continues the series on API Testing Showdown: Postman vs Pytest — Part 4 highlighting several pytest features that don't exist in Postman.

medium.com  

Playwright BDD testing — you don't need Cucumber!

Francesco Borzì describes playwright-bdd — a handy tool that converts your BDD scenarios into Playwright tests.

plainenglish.io  

Playwright tips and tricks #4

This is a yet another insightful compilation of useful Playwright features by Adrian Maciuc.

Also, Shiv Jirwankar shows an example of Encapsulation in Page Object Model in Playwright.

martioli.com  

What's new in Maestro: 1.39.0

Bartek Pacia describes the new features introduced in the latest release of the open-source mobile test tool — Maestro. It includes AI-powered commands such as assertWithAI and assertNoDefectsWithAI — interesting!

mobile.dev  

My 16 Years of Automation Mistakes In 21 Minutes

Test automation isn't easy. But you can avoid some of the mistakes by learning from others. Here is Nikolay Advolodkin's take on what not to do.

A great follow-up to this is Nikolay's 16 Years of Brutally Honest Automation Advice.

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Dawid Dylowicz