Welcome to the 83rd issue!

Wondering what 80,000 software engineers have to say about the state of tech?

Well, check out the just-published results of Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021!

It surely is the most important survey of the year for anyone who wants to stay up to date with the latest trends.

And this one is particularly interesting because it comes after a full year of remote-first work.

So enjoy the read and happy testing!

Dawid Dylowicz  

Mailsac API — The Easiest Way to Write Email Integration Tests

Testing email flow is hard. But it doesn't have to be. Mailsac API allows you to easily test sending and receiving emails in your tests. It's fast, reliable and secure. See the code.

mailsac.com  

A Journey in Test Engineering Leadership: Applying Session-Based Test Management

This is a very interesting article on test management by Djuka Selendic, explaining how to apply the timeless Session-Based Test Management in practice.

infoq.com  

Creating a Quality Strategy

How would you create a Quality Strategy? Kristin Jackvony shares plenty of tips, covering practices such as test planning, tooling, development, releases, maintenance, and more.

Speaking of practices, Jamaal Todd wrote a great one about Can We Overcome Testing Bottlenecks?.

thinkingtester.com  

How Competitor Analysis Can Help Software Testers

Putting yourself in the customer shoes is one of the best software testing practices. But what about competitors? As it turns out, there's a lot to learn from them, too. Thanks for explaining, Prashant Hegde.

testproject.io  

Test Debt Fundamentals: What, Why & Warning Signs

You may be well aware of the importance of technical debt. But what about test debt? Well, like any other debt, it's better settled early. Antoine Craske shares some good insights about it.

On the other hand, Lance Johnson warns not to overdo it in his recent article about Can Prioritizing Quality Backfire?.

qeunit.com  

Tester roles and services

Testers wear many hats, no doubt about it. But it's the first time I see someone name them! Maaret Pyhäjärvi put together this cool list. So, how many hats do you wear?

Also, an important addition to that is Cassandra H. Leung's article about Persons of Interest: A Tool for Minority, Underrepresented and Marginalised People.

blogspot.com  

The Whole Team Approach to Continuous Testing: Study Notes

If you like to learn from graphical tables and mind maps, you won't find anything better this week than this great collection of study notes on continuous testing by Apoorva Ram and Rahul Parwal.

In a very similar fashion, Emna Ayadi shared about Continuous Testing Throughout the SDLC.

synapse-qa.com  

Challenges in testing blockchain-based applications

More and more projects are based on Blockchain which naturally creates demand for testing these solutions. But how? Oleksandr Romanov points out some challenges.

And if you're looking for code examples, Nazeeh Vahora shared a great one about Testing Solidity Smart Contracts.

github.io  

Continuous Integration Benchmark Metrics

How would you measure the robustness of your CI solution? Michael Küsters suggests six key metrics that can help you assess and improve the pipeline.

blogspot.com  

End-to-End Testing and Feedback Loops

End-to-end tests are challenging to write, hard to maintain, and take a long time to run. Andrei Rusu explains how you can shorten the feedback loop using the right tools in the right way.

And a great addition to that is Laura Cressman's article about 3 End-to-End Testing Pitfalls to Avoid.

nightwatchjs.org  

Testing GraphQL (Playground, Postman, Supertest/Chai)

Katarzyna Kmiotek shared a great guide to testing GraphQL using three different approaches. She also followed up with another article about Testing GraphQL with Karate.

And if you want to learn more about GraphQL itself, Wai Foong Ng prepared a great comparison of GraphQL vs. Rest API: Data Fetching In Python.

katk.dev  

What is Automation Testing: The Ultimate Guide

After blogging for over ten years, I realized that I never defined what automation testing is.

This is a very humble preface to what turns out to be an amazing, all-in-one guide to test automation. Grab a drink of your choice, sit comfortably and enjoy reading what Joe Colantonio has to say about it!

testguild.com  

A Complete Guide to iOS Testing Frameworks

Here's a truly great overview of all the popular iOS test automation frameworks. Harish Rajora not only listed the pros and cons but also shared short code snippets so that it's easier to feel what they're all about.

testproject.io  

BigTest Interactors: the design systems testing ally

Charles Lowell and Jeffrey Cherewaty present a new tool called Interactors — an interesting open-source library inspired by Page Objects that helps structure, share, and reuse UI testing practices, using Cypress as an example.

frontside.com  

What the Heck Is the SpringExtension Used For?

Do you test in Java? If you wondered what SpringExtension is all about in JUnit tests, Philip Riecks explained it very thoroughly in this article.

rieckpil.de  

2018 Software Testing Conferences with Free Video Recordings!

What's wrong with 3-year-old conference videos? Nothing at all! Chris Kenst put together a list of freely accessible videos from 2018 software testing conferences. It's great, so happy watching!

testingconferences.org  

Stress Testing vs Load Testing

I enjoyed this 9-minute video where Cody Beardsley explains what load and stress testing are, how they compare and when they should be run. Short, informative and well-delivered.

bixly.com  

2021 Testing Bootcamp – Your Tickets Are Waiting…

Whether you’re just getting started or already a testing expert, you definitely want to take part in this adventure hosted by TestProject! Join 3 test automation summer sessions with cool gifts, surprising guests, new certificates and 1 exciting #TestProjectBootcamp2021 challenge. Save your seat now!

testproject.io  

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Dawid Dylowicz