Issue 185

COMMENT

Welcome to the 185th issue!

Today, I want to highlight something special — Awesome Learning Resources for Testers.

It's a set of curated links, including anything from coding and testing practices to automation guides and tools.

Kudos to Mohammad Faisal Khatri for putting this together and sharing it with the community.

Enjoy, and happy testing! 🙂

NEWS

Build a Great QA Competency Framework — Part 3

In the final part of the amazing series of articles, Robbie Falck shares how to apply his career framework from both test engineer and manager perspectives.

Is It Time You Moved On from Quality Engineering?

Stuart Thomas shows the possible career paths for testers within and outside of the software testing area.

In relation to that, someone is asking for advice on Reddit: I am recently promoted to QA Manager, I need some guidance.

Meaning of quality

There've been many attempts to define what quality really stands for — but here's a simple one by Keith Klain.

And if you're interested in learning where the quality mindset emerged from in the last century, Mike Harris shares a few words about The Seedbed of a Quality Revolution.

Putting AI to the Test: A QAE's Look at Generative Models

If you want to learn how to approach testing Large Language Model-based AI (ChatGPT, for example), Lina Kulakova shares some good advice.

Why Software Has Bugs

In this concise, experience-based overview, Jayateerth Katti explains why bugs happen and what can be done to mitigate them.

Also, maybe We need to talk more (as testers), as Callum Akehurst-Ryan suggests.

Zero to Manual QA Roadmap

Steven Boutcher wrote an honest guide for someone looking to start a career in software testing based on his own experience.

Furthermore, Bruna Chagas explains what it means: I'm QA and I'm a chameleon.

AUTOMATION

Improving Your Testing Abilities: 5 Easy Tips

Omri Bashan shares a few handy tips on good practices for test automation, showing some examples in Python.

Similarly, Ryan Craven advocates for The Value of Maintainable Test Code.

Soft Assertions in Test Automation

"Soft assertions do not fail the test immediately if the condition is not met. Instead, they log the error and continue with the test. This is useful for verifying non-critical conditions."

It's a helpful overview of soft assertions by Cerosh Jacob, including an example.

The 4 Destroyers of Any Automation Test Script

What are the most common causes of test flakiness? Joe Colantonio explains and shares advice on how to avoid them.

And since one of them is missing a locator strategy, here are 5 Steps to Implementing an Effective Locator Strategy for Seamless Automation Testing by Ahtisham Ilyas.

Unit Tests Aren't Tests, They're Sensors

Unit tests may have several purposes, but this inspiring opinion by Sam Cooper shows a different perspective from what we commonly believe.

BOOKS

The Art of Software Testing, from Glenford Myers

Wondering what The Art of Software Testing book is about? José Sobral wrote a detailed summary, providing examples in various languages.

VIDEOS

Cypress 13: A Walkthrough of Test Replay (Debugging Made Easier)

In this 8-minute recording, Jarad Saunders gives a detailed overview of the recently announced New Test Replay Feature in Cypress 13.

AND...

Root cause... 😂

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Issue 185 September 9th 2023