Test With Zest: Software Testing News - Issue 466

What's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community? Let's go! 🛫  

AI in Testing

• Bug congrats to everyone who took part in the 30 Days of AI in Testing challenge. Incredible to see so much knowledge shared in such a short space of time. One to revisit! There's also been a lot of gratitude shared amongst the community. 😍

• It's been cool to read how the community have experimented with building locally hosted Large Language Models via Colaboratory. How did they get on and what could you try? 

• "It's been so much fun, the exercises well designed and it's taken my knowledge of AI up a few levels. Well worth the time invested. 😀 " The final post of 30 Days of AI in Testing from Ash Winter. Days 26 to 30. What a champion! 

• Mirek Dlugosz shares his reflections on participating in 30 Days of AI in Testing. Great to hear that Mirek became more of a prolific writer during the process plus advice on how to approach a 30 Days of Testing challenge.

• Poojitha Manam, Rahul Parwal, Ansha Batra and more describe an ideal AI Test Buddy. What would yours do?

• Testing AI – How to create Automated Prompt Testing With Playwright by Stuart Thomas.

• Time to get creative. How would you visualise the future of AI in Testing? Excellent ideas from Adrian, Rahul and Joyz. 🖼️

Automation

• HOT TOPIC: What maintenance do you have to carry out on automated checks? 🌶️

• Automated Testing in Xcode: Leveraging XCTest and UI Testing for Robust App Quality by Naresh Kukkala.

• Tom Riglar would like to hear your questions about automated mobile testing.

• Congrats to Can Ö.  and Łukasz Kamiński for earning MoT Certificates in Test Automation. 🏆

• Paul Grizzaffi wonders, does test automation make our jobs easier?

• "I'm an advocate for incorporating a robust testing regimen into the development process - a combination of unit tests and integration tests that work hand-in-hand." Peter Merrill explores the truth about "fast" software development.

• HOT TOPIC: What makes automated tests/checks flakey? 🌶️

• There's still time to add to this poll and ongoing commentary. What percentage of your testing efforts involve test automation?

Heuristics and Oracles

• I recently reviewed the Software Testing Test Ideas Hive Mind (STTIHM) article and added three new entries from Konstantin Sakhchinskiy. Are you running out of test ideas? Use STTIHM to step into the mind of another tester!

• Remember these GIT commands!! A handy cheatsheet from Sagar Bhatt.

Quality

• Rich Jordan on quality and failure.

Accessibility

• Camelia Sfirlea shares why the Google Accessibility Scan Tool isn’t enough and 💻Andreea D. offers advice on accessibility testing for mobile apps.

• "This specific blog explores how mouse dependent elements can create barriers online for users who rely on a keyboard or other assistive technology to interact with a website." The need for keyboard accessibility on website elements.

CI/CD

• Streamlining Java (Spring Boot App) Development: Maven, SonarQube, and Docker on EC2 with GitLab CI by Sarat Chandra Motamarri.

Performance Testing

• Quality Sense Podcast S5E5 | Performance Testing with Guillaume Betaillouloux.

Test Management

• Nazneen Ahmad shares 21 Free Test Management Tools And Their Features.

Leadership

• How to transition into a managerial role by Melissa Fisher.

• How do you mitigate the risk of someone leaving a company?

User Acceptance Testing

• Julie Hughes recommends a book called Simple UAT, by Julie Green. I've added it to the Software Testing Books wiki. 📚

Career Growth

• Philippa Jennings lands a new job and Patrick Murphy reflects on a tough journey yet finally lands a job. Bug congrats to both of you! 🏆

• Bug Hunter Sam shares a job-hunting update. Can you help?

• Beth Marshall bigs up Connor Westley as Connor bigs up Beth and Angie Jones. That's the power of a test automation portfolio! 

• Lee Marshall 🏴‍☠ would like to know what is stopping you from changing how you work.

• Moneybox are hiring a Senior QA Engineer. Check out the MoT jobs board. 

Community

• Ignoring some of the technical glitches (sorry about that!), Episode One of The Testing Planet was a success. 🪐 Thanks to everyone who joined and to those who contributed. It was great fun with lots of knowledge shared. It's always nice to receive public praise, thanks, Michail Nikiforos. 🤩

Have a good week.

— Simon Tomes  

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🗓️ Events

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• Test Exchange Thu 18 Apr

• Munich Meetup Tue 23 Apr

• The Testing Planet - Episode Two: The Machine Thu 25 Apr

• The Testing Planet - Episode Three: The Toolsmith Thu 23 May

• Athens Meetup Thu 30 May

• TestBash Brighton 2024 Thu 12 Sep - Fri 13 Sep

📖 Industry News

• How to Identify, Fix, and Prevent Flaky Tests – Deepika Kale

• Exploratory testing for non-functional requirements: Beginner's guide – Ivan Filippov

• Bug vs Defect: What’s the difference and why does it matter? – Maggie Marshall

• Allure Testops 4.24.0 Feature Review – Mikhail Lankin

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