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ISSUE 101  December 11th 2021

 
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Welcome to the 101st issue!

Thanks for taking the time to ask me questions over the past two weeks.

I've just published the answers to the Ask Me Anything session.

I must admit I really enjoyed it and I'll be happy to do more of that in the future.

If you have any more questions or want to follow up on the answers, feel free to reply to this email or drop me a message on LinkedIn.

Happy testing! 😊

Dawid Dylowicz  Permalink

 
 

  NEWS  

 

Improve your development process with collaboration between designers, developers, and QAs

"QA, Dev and Design meet in one room..."

And what happens? Kacper Witas and Anna Kalemba describe the benefits of such collaboration based on their experience.

tsh.io  Permalink

 

Quality's dirty little secrets

Viktor Slavchev has a few solid points on what quality is and isn't, debunking some of the common misconceptions.

Moreover, Mike Harris explains how Improving quality creates a chain reaction.

mrslavchev.com  Permalink

 

Seven unspoken truths about Software Testing

Just like in Viktor's article, Peter Lupo did a similar breakdown of testing facts that are often overseen.

pplupo.com  Permalink

 

Testing Payments: Not just the Test Cases

Payment service is one of the most critical components of many businesses. So how do you test it? Dmytro Lukianchuk shared an insightful article about it.

medium.com  Permalink

 

The Ethical Mandate for Mistake Specialists

What testing is like? Jeff Nyman comes up with some sophisticated and accurate comparisons. It's good food for thought.

testerstories.com  Permalink

 

Why Debriefing Is The Key To Successful Exploratory Testing

Here's a great article from Callum Akehurst-Ryan explaining what debrief is and why it's a very useful skill to have as a software tester, especially in exploratory testing.

Also, Simon Tomes gives a simple explanation of Exploratory Testing As An Alternative To Scripted Testing And "Try To Break It" Testing.

ministryoftesting.com  Permalink

 
 

  AUTOMATION  

 

Definition of End-to-End Test Automation Success

How do you measure the success of test automation? Zhimin Zhan has an interesting way of putting a number on this and showing a few examples.

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

medium.com  Permalink

 

Don’t Automate Test Cases

Blake Norrish asserts that good test automation doesn't equal automating all of the manual test cases. You might also be interested in the big discussion on Reddit that this article has sparked.

medium.com  Permalink

 

How to approach a new automation task

All test automation challenges are different. However, Benjamin Bischoff created handy guidelines that can help you decide on how to deal with a new automation task.

softwaretester.blog  Permalink

 

How to refactor legacy test automation project, save code and your time

In this article, Artur Mishustin suggests what to do when you take over an existing test framework and how to navigate the refactoring.

medium.com  Permalink

 

Test GraphQL API with Postman/Newman on microservice architecture

GraphQL APIs are getting more popular, and so are the ways of testing them. Dalibor Kundrat describes how to use Postman's tool stack for that job.

Additionally, Dennis Martinez wrote a solid guide to Using Artillery to Load Test GraphQL APIs.

medium.com  Permalink

 
 

  TOOLS  

 

10 Best Email Testing Tools For Optimized Delivery

If you need to test flows including receiving or sending email, here's a handy overview of the popular free and commercial tools that you can use.

theqalead.com  Permalink

 

Selenium and Cypress with Web Automation

How do Selenium and Cypress compare? What are the key similarities and differences? Kishor Munot put together an informative comparison of these two popular tools.

medium.com  Permalink

 

Task and Test Management Tool β€” The Way We Boost Our Jira

Can you make JIRA work as a test management tool? Valeriy Lopakov proves you can! Here's an example of making it easier to store test cases, track implementation progress and see reports.

medium.com  Permalink

 
 

  BOOKS  

 

Testing in Agile World

If you haven't read the Agile Testing book, you may want to check out Fatma AkΔ±n's article that explains the key concepts and principles.

medium.com  Permalink

 
 

  VIDEOS  

 

Simplifying your test runs with make

Benjamin Bischoff demonstrates using make tool to simplify test runs with parametrised configuration.

softwaretester.blog  Permalink

 

The Most Important KPI for a Software QA Engineer (You Might Not Like It...)

Here's an interesting, 8-minute video by Nick Gilbert discussing why quality metrics are not easy to define and which ones you should and shouldn't use.

nickgilbertsqe.com  Permalink

 
 

  AND...  

 

Devs, bugs and testers... πŸ˜‚

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Dawid Dylowicz  Permalink

 
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