Your Weekly Testing News - Issue 421

What could you do to help create the next generation of testers? [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 421 | Monday 24th April 2023 | [View Online →]( This newsletter is kindly supported by Vornex [TimeShiftX – Travel in Time, Test with Ease]( TimeShiftX lets you time travel your software to test date and time sensitive functionality and code such as year-end, daylight savings, and billing. Employ instant time travel inside Active Directory & Kerberos without code or system clock changes and removing all pain points. --------------------------------------------------------------- What could you do to help create the next generation of testers? Lots of folks in the community are doing their bit to support the next generation of testers. Nicola Lindgren wrote a book: [Starting Your Software Testing Career](. Johanna South shares [five things QA Engineers can do to ace an interview](. Simon Prior and the Testing Peers continue to [help folks get into testing](. I recently shared [three ways to launch a career in software testing](. Ministry of Testing is creating a modern, open-source curriculum for those looking to get into software testing. [Have a look at this list of tasks a Junior Test Engineer would complete]( as part of their job. We collated this list from over 160 surveys taken by Junior Testers, Managers and recruiters in the community. We'd love to get your feedback before we move to the next stage of creating the curriculum. It's a great way to give back to the next generation of software testers. 🙋 Learn, share your knowledge, add to the following - Hong wants to know [how to demonstrate you're serious about moving into a testing role]( - Eric is curious about [writing Selenium/Appium automation that checks Apple Pay on iOS devices with web pages]( - [How do you promote your value as a tester/QA?]( - [A long-time manual tester is unsure of where to go next]( - Mark would like to know [how has context contributed to successes and failures in delivering valuable automation](. - [What’s one thing you like about a tool you no longer use?]( - [What changes to your CV/Resume have helped you?]( - What's missing from the [products, places, apps and websites to practice software testing wiki?]( Have a good week. — Simon, CommunityBoss --------------------------------------------------------------- This newsletter is kindly supported by Parasoft [What software quality challenges are you facing?]( Join the Automated Software Testing & Quality Summit on May 16, 2023 to hear from industry leaders about how to handle challenges, address quality issues, and achieve business goals. Gain insights on ways to automate and accelerate testing and deliver robust applications. --------------------------------------------------------------- 📖 Helpful business posts - [Data or Database Virtualization – Understanding the Difference?]( — Andrew Walker - [Allure Report in March 2023: time, geography and scale]( — Mikhail Lankin - [Build Quality Digital Experiences with CSS Assertions and Soft Assertions | mabl]( — Juliette MacPhail and Karen Cheng - [Katalon Pricing and Alternatives: A comprehensive Guide]( — Maggie Ferris - [The Need For An Integrated Enterprise Test Execution Environment]( — Mohan Bachu - [Contemporary Exploratory Testing with Maaret Pyhäjärvi]( — QA Therapy Podcast - [Using Production Data for Software Testing]( — Enov8 - [39 Top Python Frameworks To Look For In 2023]( — LambdaTest - [CSS Content-Visibility: A Game-Changer For Web Page Loading Speed]( — Anurag Gharat - [Test Environment Metrics & VSM]( — Niall Crawford --------------------------------------------------------------- 📚 Reading List of the Week We have another fantastic reading list to share with you for the week. This reading list is all about [Software Testing Essentials]( and focuses on the fundamentals of testing. It contains helpful lists of testing resources, answers to common testing questions and quick start guides into more technical aspects of testing. It’s an essential reading list for anyone getting started in the world of testing. If there's an article in there that you think someone would find useful then please do share. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗓️ Events [View all]( - Tue 25 Apr [Mastering Test Orchestration with Playwright]( - Wed 26 Apr [Identifying Codified Oracles In Automated Test Design]( - Wed 03 May [API Testing 201: API Testing Tools]( - Wed 10 May [Hands on Test Automation with Playwright]( - Wed 17 May [API Testing 202: Automating API checks with Postman]( - Wed 24 May [Zero Bug Policy: The Myths And The Reality]( - Wed 31 May [Understanding New Situations With Strategy Maps]( - Tue 27 Jun [Learning To Lead Before Becoming a Leader]( - Tue 25 Jul [Grow Your Technical Confidence]( - Thu 31 Aug [The Psychology of Web Performance]( - Wed 20 Sep - Thu 21 Sep [TestBash UK 2023]( - Wed 20 Sep [Testing & Quality Recruitment Fair at TestBash UK 2023]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🤝 Calls for Contributions - [Give Feedback on a Job Profile]( 🆕 - [Write for us]( Stay up-to-date with the community via the [Ministry of Testing Community Timeline]( [read an article]( or [watch a talk](. 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