Your Weekly Testing News - Issue 434

What are the hot QA topics? [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 434 | Monday 24th July 2023 | [View Online →]( LambdaTest kindly supports this newsletter [Save your seat for Testμ Online Conference!]( Learn test strategies, automation, TestDevSecOps, mobile testing, & more from industry experts from Google, Meta, AWS, Microsoft, Github, Netflix, Spotify, k6 (Grafana), Accenture, Wipro, Infosys, and more! Participate in exciting challenges to win up to $7500. Register for free now. --------------------------------------------------------------- While Simon is on holidays this week, I'm stepping back into putting together a useful (I hope) newsletter for you - Áine Let's take a look at what's happening on The Club. Lots of chatter happening on these threads [Should assertions conditions be done in the page Objects, or in the Test classes?]( [What are current biggest HOT topics in QA world?]( and [What testing terms are still causing confusion within the community?]( Some conversations are starting on [What is the easiest tool to learn for API Automation Testing?]( along with plenty more. Head over and find one that might interest you. Remember if you're new to the community? [Say hi](. 👋 I've been rummaging on our Blog feeds and cherry picked out a few that caught my eye: - [Testing Strategies for Self-Learning Systems]( - Bart Vanherck - [Pizzas and Production releases blend, don’t they? No difference in AWS as well]( - Sajitha Pathirana - [AskAppSec - Gaining Momentum]( - Lisi Hocke - [Can Generative AI Teach Me Technical Concepts?]( - Callum Akehurst-Ryan - [Handling Multiple Login States Between Different Tests in Playwright]( - Butch Mayhew - [Testing Web Accessibility- Dive into tools, myths, and facts]( - Nishi Grover Garg - [An alternative to Pairwise test design technique]( - Alexey Himself If you'd like to find more blogs to read, you can pop over to our [blog feed]( you can even get in touch to add your own blog! Let's have a quick catch up on new things with MoT. We have a Masterclass happening next week "[Grow Your Technical Confidence]( which is free to attend live. Joël Doat has written an interesting take on testing AI "[Testing Language Models With The Philosophy of Wittgenstein](. I've also put a few [Feature Spotlights]( live recently, both focusing on using AI to help generate test cases with Katalon. We now have less than 100 Early Bird tickets left for [TestBash UK]( I know most of you have been keeping up with our TestBash updates, but just in case you needed a wee reminder. Best to get your ticket before they're gone. Speaking of reminders, [TestBash Autumn Call for Papers]( closes in a few days - 31st July, so if you have any excellent ideas you'd like to add, now is the time. — Áine, MarketingBoss [A crowd of people sat down in a conference room listening to a speaker.]( 📷 Hands up, who is ready for [TestBash UK]( 📷 --------------------------------------------------------------- Helpful business posts - [How Does Automated Testing For CI/CD Help Improve Software Quality and Delivery]( — Qameta Software - [Exploring Test Data Requirements for Effective Testing]( — Enov8 - [Appium 2 Migration Guide: Migrating From Appium 1.x To Appium 2.x]( — Wasiq Bhamla - [Continuous Integration (CI) Tools Comparison: Top 5 Tools To Elevate Your CI Pipeline]( — Qameta Software - [Driving Digital Transformation and Adopting Quality Coaching: Insights from Anne Marie Charrett]( — LambdaTest - [Fostering Healthy Collaboration and Dissent at mabl]( — izzy@mabl.com (Izzy Azeri) - [Testing at the Core: Shedding Light on Digital Transformation with Maaret]( — LambdaTest - [19 Best Build Tools For Java Developers [2023]]( — Divyasshree N - [19 Best Java Build Tools For Developers [2023]]( — Divyasshree N - [The Importance of Data Quality – A Testers Perspective]( — Enov8 - [3 Times Developers Should be Testers (and 3 Times They Shouldn’t)]( — Fernando Mattos - [Selenium 3 vs Selenium 4: Key Differences]( — Akash Nagpal - [Test Management Strategies for larger Software Projects - Xray Blog]( — mariana.santos@idera.com (Mariana Santos) - [LambdaTest Integrates With Airbrake For Frictionless Error Monitoring]( — Devansh Bhardwaj --------------------------------------------------------------- Events [View all]( - Tue 25 Jul [Grow Your Technical Confidence]( - Thu 31 Aug [The Psychology of Web Performance]( - Wed 13 Sep [Understanding New Situations With Strategy Maps]( - Tue 19 Sep [Pre-TestBash UK 2023 Meetup]( - Wed 20 Sep - Thu 21 Sep [TestBash UK 2023]( - Wed 20 Sep [Testing & Quality Recruitment Fair at TestBash UK 2023]( - Wed 27 Sep [Hands on Test Automation with Playwright]( - Thu 02 Nov [ReTestBash UK 2023]( - Wed 22 Nov - Thu 23 Nov [TestBash Autumn 2023]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Calls for Contributions - [Join a Task Analysis Session]( - [Do a 99-Second Intro at TestBash Autumn]( - [Share How Your Organisation Automate Your Product]( - [Create a Feature Spotlight for TestBash Autumn]( - [Speak at an AMA or Discussion at TestBash Autumn]( - [Talk at TestBash Autumn]( - [Review Abstracts for TestBash Autumn 2023]( - [Share Your MoT Love Story]( - [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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