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Reflection on 34 years in testing 😲
 

Software Testing Weekly

 

ISSUE 73  May 28th 2021

 
COMMENT

  COMMENT  

 

Welcome to the 73rd issue!

Have you ever heard of StackOverflow?

I bet you have!

They just announced the 2021 Developer Survey.

In my opinion, it's the most important software engineering survey of the year.

And I believe testers have a lot to say in this regard, too.

So let's take the survey and show where we — testers — stand at.

Happy testing!

Dawid Dylowicz  Permalink

 
 

  NEWS  

 

34 Years in Testing

It's rare to find reflections on software testing over such a long time. So this alone should be a great reason to read it. But when I add that it's coming from no one else than James Bach himself, it suddenly becomes THE article to read this week.

satisfice.com  Permalink

 

How to go from Software QA to Software Developer

Thinking of moving from testing to development? Diego Casillas has some great pieces of advice on how to take the leap.

techcareerswithdiego.com  Permalink

 

Performance Testing of Short Video Apps

I bet not many of you work with video streaming. But if you do, you know it's not trivial to test at all. I used to be on that boat too and I wish that Domeniks Bisofs had written this article back then.

testdevlab.com  Permalink

 

Shift-left testing done early catches production bugs

Here's a great overview by Anna Kalemba of the shift-left testing that emphasises the importance of getting QA and testing involved early in the project.

tsh.io  Permalink

 

Why is Acceptance Criteria Key to Product Quality

What are the best practices for writing acceptance criteria? Prashant Kumar explains the why and the how in a very clear way, including a robust example at the end.

medium.com  Permalink

 
 

  AUTOMATION  

 

An End-to-End Guide of Load Testing

What's load testing all about? Nicole van der Hoeven clearly laid out the key concepts, explained how to choose the right tool for the job, and shared an example of implementing and executing a load test.

abstracta.us  Permalink

 

BDD is Not Automation Testing

Behavior-Driven Development is about much more than just test automation or tools. It's a process that in order to work efficiently, has to be implemented in full. So I liked how Seb Rose and Gáspár Nagy pointed out what's wrong and how to fix the problem.

testguild.com  Permalink

 

Effectiveness of GUI Test Automation — Your Thoughts?

Anyone familiar with the test pyramid knows that end-to-end UI tests are the most expensive to write, run and maintain. Fine, but what people really think about it? There are some decent insights in the comments of this Reddit thread.

reddit.com  Permalink

 

Mobile web automation testing with Appium

I liked Aurélien Lair's example-based guide to mobile testing with Appium, showing how it can be useful in a real scenario.

medium.com  Permalink

 

Running Parallel Functional Tests

Amit Michaely explains why test parallelisation is important and how to achieve it effectively, based on examples in Go that query MongoDB and Redis.

Additionally, Islam Taha wrote an interesting two-part article on Cypress parallelization with the Orchestrator. You can find the second part here.

medium.com  Permalink

 
 

  TOOLS  

 

Performance Testing iOS apps with Appium and XCode Instruments

As Sandeep Dinesh proves, Appium is not only useful for functional testing, but also for performance testing of iOS mobile apps! Especially when combined with the XCode Instruments.

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

medium.com  Permalink

 

Why you should not use Cypress for API tests

You may know that Cypress — the popular tool mostly used for web test automation — allows API testing, too. But is it the right tool for it? Leonardo Galani doesn't think so and gives some valid reasons.

medium.com  Permalink

 
 

  AND...  

 

This is the tester we need...! 😂

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