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10 Essential Skills of a Successful Software Tester
 

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ISSUE 65  April 2nd 2021

 
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Welcome to the 65th issue!

Yesterday it was April Fools' Day and Stack Overflow totally nailed it.

I mean, we all love to copy the code from there, right?

So now, when you try to do that, a small window pops up saying that you only have 2 copy/pastes left.

But what happens when you hit the limit?

Well, then you need to buy their shiny new copy/paste tool designed specifically for that job — The Copy/Paste Key. 😂

Brilliant!

And here you can try it yourself.

Happy testing pasting!

Dawid Dylowicz  Permalink

 
 

  NEWS  

 

10 Essential Skills of a Successful Software Tester

If you need some inspiration, Helena Hrubesova published a solid list of ten skills and attitudes that can help you become a better software tester.

youintechnology.com  Permalink

 

Common Database Testing Problems

Testing databases is not trivial as Kovid Rathee explains. Luckily, he also shares some solutions for the problems around it.

medium.com  Permalink

 

Getting into Toptal as a Software Tester

If you're thinking of becoming a software testing freelancer, you may find this detailed guide by Mate Ajduković on getting into Toptal helpful.

Additionally, Željko Kostić wrote a decent piece on getting started in software QA.

medium.com  Permalink

 

Testing and the Path to Quality

We all want to build quality software, and testing is a critical part of that challenge. Remember that quality is the destination, and that testing is only the vehicle we’re using to help us with that journey

Here's a good read where Alan Page tells us why customer plays such a huge role in defining quality of a product and how testing can help teams get better at it.

testproject.io  Permalink

 

10 experts advise aspiring test automation engineers

Matthew Heusser and Carl L. Shaulis did a great job asking software testing experts for specific resources to help other test automation engineers learn more.

Similarly, Kalei White recently shared tips and insights from 11 members of the testing community.

techbeacon.com  Permalink

 
 

  AUTOMATION  

 

Efficient end-to-end testing for React Native apps with Nix and Saucelabs

Testing React Native apps? Andy Pagès describes a clever way to use NixOS to speed up Android apk builds for further testing on cloud devices with Appium.

smarketshq.com  Permalink

 

Getting Started with Appium for Android Kotlin on macOS in 10 Minutes

Anton Angelov shares a quick step-by-step guide to installing, setting up and running Appium tests on Android. Kudos for all the useful code snippets!

automatetheplanet.com  Permalink

 

How to Know Your Test Automation Project Is Doomed

This is a very insightful article from Dennis Martinez about how some organisations introduce risks to test automation projects and how you, as a contributor to such projects, can spot them.

dev-tester.com  Permalink

 

Stimulus, response, check: The core of test automation

I enjoyed Paul Grizzaffi's reasoning behind the three pillars of effective test automation: action, response and check.

techbeacon.com  Permalink

 

TDD changed my relationship with Software Testing

I liked Clarice Abreu's journey of growing as a software developer and learning the importance of doing test automation during feature implementation.

medium.com  Permalink

 
 

  TOOLS  

 

An introduction to @testing-library: Part 2

Following the first part that I mentioned last week, Kieran Roberts once again does a great job describing in detail the possibilities of the Testing Library.

kieranroberts.dev  Permalink

 

Getting Started with Goose

Yet another load testing tool! I haven't heard of Goose before but NaveenKumar Namachivayam did a solid review of this tool written in Rust.

qainsights.com  Permalink

 

Rest your eye with AyeSpy — Visual testing

Sania D'Souza gives a nice overview of AyeSpy — an open-source visual testing tool that can do 40 screenshot comparison in a minute.

dev.to  Permalink

 

Selenium 4 New Features by Examples in Ruby

While Selenium 4 is getting closer to a full release, it's a good time to check out its features. Here's a list of them with examples in Ruby by Zhimin Zhan.

And for even more features, see Anton Smirnov's overview of the DevTools protocol in Selenium 4.

medium.com  Permalink

 
 

  BOOKS  

 

Expanding On the Tester Bill of Rights

If you read the famous Agile Testing book, you may remember the Tester Bill of Rights included there. Here's a great effort by Jonathan Thompson who gives more context about them.

dev.to  Permalink

 
 

  VIDEOS  

 

Exploratory Testing: How to do it with Practical Example

I liked this quick 12-min overview of exploratory testing by Pramod Dutta explaining what it is and also showing how to do it in practice using a bunch of helpful tools.

scrolltest.com  Permalink

 
 

  AND...  

 

Testing the new NVIDIA graphic card... 🤣

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