Software testing news – Issue 475: QA or the highway

What does your career path look like? [An illustration of a bespectacled orange monster creature. It's reading a newspaper. The text "your weekly testing news" is displayed alongside the Ministry of Testing logo.]( Issue 475 | Monday 17th June 2024 | [View Online →]( This newsletter is kindly supported by Testsigma [Quick, Reliable Salesforce Testing: Automate 10X faster in Simple English]( Testsigma introduces low-code test automation for Salesforce ensuring fast and dependable automation. 10X faster test development with low-code, zero-set-up solution. The cloud-based platform adapts to changes since it relies on Salesforce's metadata to locate elements, ensuring unbreakable, accurate up-to-date tests. --------------------------------------------------------------- What's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community? Let's go! ⛷️ Community - It's a great time for meetups! [Take a look at what MoT Athens recently got up to]( plus more [photos](. And check out new meetups in [Gothenburg]( [Bengaluru]( [Brighton]( and [Leuven](. ✨ - Callum Akehurst-Ryan invites you to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month with this wonderful talk, [Visibility matters: You are not alone](. Watch it and be sure to share it with your network. And gift or get yourself [the t-shirt everyone will wear this summer]( 🏳️‍🌈 - Every Friday some of the community meet for a chat during This Week in Testing. We've turned it into a podcast! Here are the [24th of May]( and the [31st of May]( episodes. Available on the [MoT site]( and [YouTube](. - Aj Wilson and Christine Pinto shared a tonne of helpful advice and reflections during a The Testing Planet News recording about Communities of Practice. They were both excited to be there. Find out what they shared during [Episode Four: The Practitioner on Thursday 27th June]( — it's open to all. - "I'd love to be a resource for positive growth for you, as so many have done for me." Community friend, Karen Tests Stuff, shares a video update about her journey moving from the US to The Netherlands: [Make it Grow](. - [Where is TestBash Ambassador, Emily O'Connor?]( Have you seen her? 🕵️ Career Growth - [Bango are hiring a QA Engineer]( via Cristina Lanca Carrageis. Plus check out opportunities at Scopic and Metalab on the [MoT jobs board](. - Community Star, [Adam McAnirn, is open to work](. As is MoT Brighton organiser and all-round legend, [Kim Knup](. - [Bug congrats to Alison Edwards]( who joins Meta as a QA Manager. 🏆 - Aj Wilson shares a [Virtual Career Fair aimed at women](. - Great [advice on public speaking]( from Liz Fosslien. - Now available to register: [a new Test Exchange on the 25th of July 2024](. It's a good place to help each other grow. Essentials - Nguyen Minh is new to testing and would like your help. [What skills should they focus on?]( - [Have an opinion]( says Callum Akehurst-Ryan. - [What are Models?]( (In 99 Seconds). - [A Software Tester is…?]( and many other [Testing Trends](. Thank you for your insights, Ady Stokes. 📊 Distributed Teams - Register for this new partner webinar: [Managing Distributed QA Teams: Strategies for Success]( with Chris Faraglia. CI/CD - [Do you release on a Friday?]( (bonus points for sharing why). 😮 Accessibility - It's not only testers who focus on the details. Dave House focuses on [buttons and non-text contrast](. - [What makes a good accessibility strategy?]( asks Shiv Parekh. - [Three Reasons to Start Prioritizing European Accessibility Act Compliance Now]( by Level Access. Test Strategy - [Let's celebrate Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory's books](. 📚 - [Simple instructions increase value and quality]( highlights David Williams. - [Are you in favour of adopting formal test cases?]( [A poll: Text Are you in favour of adopting formal test cases? Yes 74% No 26% 427 Votes 5d left]( Quality Culture - [Bla Bla Bla, Lots of QA Talk and Vague Implementations: How to Foster a Culture of Quality in Real Practice?]( There's plenty of practical advice in this post from Karla Mieses. Metrics - Melissa Fisher is preparing her talk for TestBash and asks your opinion: [How do you track progress?]( Platform Engineering - Via the [MoT Slack]( Kirsten Reher shared a handy article about platform engineering. [Platform Engineering: Creating a Paved Path to Reduce Developer Toil]( Mobile Testing - Doreen Weekley wonders, [how do you test mobile/cellphone numbers from around the world?]( - Inspired by a recent conversation with Ben Dowen and Piotr Wicherski during This Week in Testing, we created [A Community's Guide to Mobile Testing](. 📱 Automation - [Connor Westley creates his first project for his Test Automation Portfolio](. Nice one, Connor. - Bug congrats to David Stuart and Jake Schram for earning [MoT Certificates in Test Automation](. 🎉 - "I utilized Playwright with TypeScript to comprehensively test various features. To ensure reusability across the project, I implemented a page object model." [Learn more from Olawale Ibitoye](. - [How granular should I go when testing that settings changes are being registered in a config service?]( asks Wesley Whitaker. - [Cypress Framework -Beginner Guide]( by Dilkushi Jayaweera. - Noemi Ferrera discusses [structuring logical tests](. Unit Testing - [What is a mock? Dummy? Stub? Spy?]( Ivan Karaman has got you covered. - [Goals of Unit Testing]( by Team Merlin. Exploratory Testing - [What is Yattie and how does it help?]( with Shubham Narkhede and [more 404 tool talks](. AI in Testing - [Supercharging Your Test Automation Code With AI Assistance In Your IDE]( by Valentin Agapitov. Integrate AI into your IDE to boost your coding efficiency and tackle errors. 🤖 Test Data Management - [I assume not every type of software needs test data management?]( asks Hanan Rehman. Just for Fun - (Literal) [load testing anyone]( 😃 I hope you have a great week. — Simon Tomes, part of the Community Team at Ministry of Testing --------------------------------------------------------------- This newsletter is kindly supported by BrowserStack [Appium and BrowserStack Join Forces as Strategic Partners]( 🚀 Big news! Appium and BrowserStack have partnered to revolutionize mobile app testing. With BrowserStack’s real device cloud and Appium’s vibrant community, expect incredible advancements. Appium users can now get special premium access to BrowserStack's top-tier App Testing products. Check it out! --------------------------------------------------------------- [A large group of people on a stage with their arms raised. 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