Software Testing News – Issue 468: The First Step

One small step leads to one giant leap. [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 468 | Monday 29th April 2024 | [View Online →]( This newsletter is kindly supported by Testmo [Testmo - The #1 Unified Test Management Tool]( Script tests with individual steps and expected results, log all your findings during exploratory sessions, and track results from any automation tool or framework — all in a single, modern platform. Affordable for teams of all sizes with enterprise-grade reliability & support. Try Testmo free! --------------------------------------------------------------- What's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community? Let's go! 🚛 Accessibility - Rosie Sherry created an important collection. It features advice from Ady Stokes, Scott Kenyan, Louise Gibbs, Kim Arnett and more! [The community's guide to accessibility testing](. Automation - Nithin needs [help getting started with automation](. Where should they start? - Follow another testing trend! You'll have heard testers worry about a lack of automation skills, but how widespread is this concern? [I Feel Inadequate Without Test Automation Skills](. 📊 - How might you [reimagine the testing pyramid as a scenic ascent to quality]( Lana Begunova describes how. - Using the Robot Framework, you've established an automation layer for your API testing. [How do you build on that foundation for web UI and mobile app testing?]( Community - Last week was [Leeds Testing Atelier]( — a brilliant in-person two-track conference organised by friends of MoT, Ash Winter, Gwen Diagram, Alyssa Burlton and more. It was great to have the community gather in person. Recordings will be up on their [YouTube]( soon. - Linzi Carlin introduced us to [dealing with difficult people on software projects](. 😃 - Bug congratulations and thank you to all The Testing Planet Episode 2 contributors: Veerle Verhagen, Lisa Crispin, Ash Winter, Rosie Sherry, Rahul Parwal, Joyz Ng, Bill Matthews and Jenna Charlton. Recordings will soon be available on the MoT site for all our professional members. 🪐 - [Have you ever attended a software testing meetup in real life?]( The results are fascinating! It's also good to know that in-person meetups are making a comeback. [Check out seven MoT meetups]( - [Lisi Hocke spoke at an internal event run by Parveen Khan](. It's a good reminder to look for speakers to speak at your work events. And if you're new to public speaking, this is a great way to build your public speaking experience. - Alex Schladebeck chats with Marie Cruz and Nicole van der Hoeven about her [journey from being a tester to CEO](. - It feels good to welcome new folks on the [Q2 introductions thread](. Could you introduce – or reintroduce – yourself? 🤝 Strategy - Uncover how the transferable skills cultivated in healthcare can lead to success in software quality and testing roles. [From Radiotherapy To Quality Assurance: How A Healthcare Background Bolsters QA Excellence]( by Cristina Carrageis. 🩻 - Lisa Crispin recommends the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) [State of DevOps surveys and guide](. - Jitesh Gosai explores [how software systems fail]( by reviewing Dr Richard Cook's 18 characteristics of complex system failure applied to software. AI in Testing - During The Testing Planet Episode Two, Rahul Parwal shared the [Prompt Engineering Guide]( and a [Prompting Checklist for Testers]( which he created with Joyz Ng. Super handy! - Folks are still joining [30 Days of AI in Testing]( such as Ujjwal Kumar Singh. It's never too late to join and take the challenge. - Developer Advocate Rizel Scarlett shared how to make AI coding assistants more effective and efficient. [5 Strategies for Better Results from an AI Code Assistant]( by Lorraine Lawson. - [The 7 Best AI Custom GPTs Every Web Developer Needs]( by Pinjari Rehan. - From Brighton to Vermont, and across the North of England, these global correspondents share insights, poll results, and community feedback on [the adoption, challenges, and potential of AI in testing](. 🕵️ Tooling & Frameworks - [Apache Spark - What does going from 2.4 to 3.5 get you?]( by Steve Conway and Mike Morgan. - I enjoyed reading [the saga of WebDriver]( by Neelam Pal. 😃 Practice Testing - Can you help? Richard Hinton is looking for [challenge sites for bug finding](. 🐞 - "A is for ANOTHER BUG!" The MoT software testing glossary is taking shape. [What could you add?]( New to Testing - [What skills does a fresher need to get an interview for the first time?]( asks Marilena Ch. - [What's Your Salary Expectation Interview Question]( by The Test Lead, Juss Bailey. Blogging - Are you unsure what to blog about? Alexander Schnapper reminds us to [check The Club threads to seek inspiration](. You could always do the same to help you [write for MoT](. ✍️ Just for Fun - Inspired by a Dan Caseley comment in the [MoT Slack]( [what celebratory error messages would you like to read?]( 😅 - Still a hot topic. [If you could describe yourself as a type of tester, what type of tester would you be?]( 🌶️ Have a good week. — Simon Tomes, part of the Community Team at Ministry of Testing --------------------------------------------------------------- [A collage of photos of people gathering at the MoT Athens meetup. There is a pink monster character photobombing one of the photos.]( Gather with the testing community. [Join an event]( [Slack]( and [The Club](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗓️ Events New events are always added, so [keep checking the events page]( for up-to-date info. - [Brighton Meetup]( Wed 8 May - [Leiria Meetup]( Tue 14 May - [Human-Centric Exploratory Testing]( Wed 15 May - [Manchester Meetup]( Wed 22 May - [Episode Three: The Toolsmith]( Thu 23 May 🪐 - [Belgium Meetup]( Tue 28 May - [Athens Meetup]( Thu 30 May - [Test Exchange]( Thu 6 Jun - [Coventry Meetup]( Thu 6 Jun - [Sheffield Meetup]( Thu 13 Jun - [TestBash Brighton 2024]( Thu 12 Sep - Fri 13 Sep --------------------------------------------------------------- 📖 Industry News - [Strategies to Ensure Data Integrity and Privacy in Regulated Industries]( — Hannah Son - [REST, SOAP, and HTTP APIs: What's the difference?]( — Maggie Marshall - [Useful Heuristics for Effective Exploratory Testing]( — Beatriz Biscaia --------------------------------------------------------------- ✏️ Calls for Contributions - [Write for us]( ✍️ - [Contribute to The Testing Planet]( 🪐 We're looking for presenters, news anchors, navigators and more! --------------------------------------------------------------- [Visit ministryoftesting.com]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 Ministry of Testing, All rights reserved. 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