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What are the scariest testing stories you know? 👻
 

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ISSUE 95  October 30th 2021

 
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Welcome to the 95th issue!

Since it's Halloween time, I thought we could try something new.

So here's a question for you:

What are the scariest testing stories or bugs that you know? 🎃

Let me know by replying to this email or sending a message on LinkedIn.

I'll share the best stories in the next week's issue.

Happy Spooky testing! 👻

PS. I'm super happy to see there's 3,500 of us now! Thank you very much!

Dawid Dylowicz  Permalink

 
 

  NEWS  

 

Autonomous testing of services at scale

Wondering how Facebook does test automation? Well, here it is! Paul Marinescu describes how they came up with their own integration testing framework for service-oriented architecture using some clever autonomous features.

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Better Ideas At Test Design

How do you know what and how to test? Maaret Pyhäjärvi shares some valuable insights from the course she's recently taken.

And for more testing ideas, you may also be interested in the comprehensive guide to Ad-Hoc Testing by Fahim Sachedina.

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How JIRA Dashboard can make life easy for a Quality Assurance Engineer

JIRA is not only about tickets and bugs. Shushma Amarnath explains the great features of creating custom filters and dashboards that can help you track quality metrics.

Speaking of bugs, Cagri Ataseven wrote a great guide to The Software Bug Life Cycle (SBLC).

bukuwarung.com  Permalink

 

Life (of a Tester) as we know it

Mah Noor spent two years in software testing and decided to share an honest retrospection, including some solid lessons learned along the way.

Similarly, Kelly Chin wrote about interesting lessons learned from her 10-year QA journey.

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Testing is not just…

I've been enjoying Diogo Nunes's articles about the basics of testing so far and this week I want to highlight this simple explanation of what testing is and isn't.

Also, Ben Dowen shared his valuable opinion on What does quality mean to me?.

diogonunes.com  Permalink

 

Testing parties and why you might need them

How to test when there are no testers? Here's a very interesting explanation of the process that Luis Silva Hernandez and his colleagues came up with — using testing parties.

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  AUTOMATION  

 

51+ Automation Testing Interview Questions

Preparing for an interview? Try yourself and see if you can answer all the questions about test automation that Twisa Mistry prepared.

And once you get that job, you may want to apply Dennis Martinez's Tips When Starting Your First Developer/Tester Job.

qacraft.com  Permalink

 

AI/ML in Software Test Automation

Is AI really a game-changer for testing or is it all just marketing? Blake Norrish gives pieces of advice on how to tell the difference.

Additionally, David O'Keeffe explains why Machine Learning Is The Future Of Test Data Management.

medium.com  Permalink

 

Test Automation Framework (Selenium with Java) — The First Selenium Test Case

If you're interested in learning how to set up a test automation framework with Selenium in Java, Tomasz Buga is working on a great series of articles explaining everything in depth.

medium.com  Permalink

 

The best practices test automation with Selenium WebDriver

And if you already have a framework but you want to improve your Selenium test, Anton Smirnov provides a number of great tips.

Additionally, Sajitha Pathirana wrote a two-part article about handling wait conditions smarter in Selenium. Here's the second part.

itnext.io  Permalink

 

Too Much Test Automation

What happens when you end up having thousands of tests? Can it become too much? What to do then? Martin Ivison shares his thought about it, along with some great pieces of advice.

In a similar way, Mark Winteringham asks Should You Create Automation For Each Negative API Scenario?.

stickyminds.com  Permalink

 
 

  TOOLS  

 

Ddosify: High-performance load testing tool

Two weeks ago, I mentioned Ddosify — the new open-source load testing tool. And this week, NaveenKumar Namachivayam wrote a nice overview of the tool.

And if you want to know how it compares to other tools, Cakra Amiyantoro wrote a getting-started guide to Locust, a Python load testing tool.

qainsights.com  Permalink

 

TestKube — an open-source test execution framework for Kubernetes

If you use Kubernetes, you might be interested in Ole Lensmar's announcement about the new release of TestKube that now supports runners for Postman collections, Cypress tests and cURL.

Similarly, Joana Deluca Kleis wrote a guide to Integration testing with Docker and Testcontainers.

dev.to  Permalink

 
 

  BOOKS  

 

My Favourite Quotes from Jerry Weinberg's book on "Perfect Software And Other Illusions About Testing"

Whether or not you've read Jerry Weinberg's timeless book Perfect Software — And Other Illusions about Testing, you might be interested in Lavanya Mohan's list of her favourite quotes.

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  VIDEOS  

 

React Web App Testing With NodeJs, Cypress, WebDriverIO

Nikolay Advolodkin created a super-detailed and well-prepared video tutorial to testing web apps using various tools, including Cypress and WebDriverIO. There are a lot of great tips on design patterns and test design, too.

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  AND...  

 

Just testing... 😂

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