Your Weekly Testing News - Issue 435

Where do you hang out online these days? [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 435 | Monday 31st July 2023 | [View Online →]( Where do you hang out online these days? I see folks moving away from Twitter/X and some remaining. LinkedIn appears ever popular. Some folks are on Mastodon and also dedicated Slacks/Discords for testers. And there are other places too, such as Threads. The online space for us testing folks to hang out seems a bit up in the air. 🎢 I've put out [a handy list of testers on Bluesky](. The latest count, there are 54 testers (some are testing-related profiles) on Bluesky. It's currently invite code only yet I see this community growing as we kindly share invites with those who don't yet have access. Ministry of Testing has also been experimenting each week with [LinkedIn Live Audio events](. Just another way for us to connect online. And if not on your radar, there's [The Club](. A place for testing discussions and quick chats. Such an excellent bunch of people hang out there. 🙂 📖 NEW ARTICLE: Konstantinos shares his experiences on the secrets of successful QA leadership. This one is jam-packed with top tips and defo worth a read: [Achieving Quality And Speed: Tips For QA Leaders In Delivering Exceptional Products]( Competition time! Here's an update from Áine: "We've our first Pro Membership Competition of the year thanks to our annual partner mabl. You could win access to all of our learning content including our Workshops, Masterclasses, Courses, TestBash talks, online TestBashes and everything else! Plus, exclusive discounts to our software testing training and in-person events. 🎉" [Win a Pro Membership for an ENTIRE year! Thanks to mabl.]( One more thing. If you're attending TestBash UK this year then you might want to [get involved with this from Diana](. Who knows what surprises you might get when you arrive in Liverpool? 👀👂🤐 🙋🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Join the conversation - William would like to know [what is the best test case management tool for a startup]( - More thoughts on [where did all the test managers go]( - [Who do you write a test strategy for?]( - [What testing heuristic can you make out of your name or initials?]( - [How do we identify flaws in our accessibility tests?]( - The conversation continues about [a “go to” reference on testing terminology]( - [Specialist vs Generalist]( - Mark asks, [what causes a strategy to change?]( - [Say hi on this quarter's introductions thread]( 👋 - [Share a woohoo!]( 🏆 Have a good week. 🙂 — Simon, CommunityBoss [A group of people sat down in a conference room. There are two people at the front running the workshop. ]( 📷 [TestBash UK]( is full of workshops. Are you ready? 📷 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📖 Helpful business posts - [A Guide To Download Selenium and Set It Up On Multiple IDEs]( — Jainish Patel - [How to Lower Dependency on External Accessibility Testing]( — Bridget Hughes - [Thread.sleep() Method in Java – Complete Tutorial With Example]( — Faisal Khatri - [Maximizing the Impact of Digital Transformation on Testing: Insights from Szilard Szell]( — LambdaTest - [Hide the tech until you need it: CI integrations in Allure Testops]( — Mikhail Lankin - [Seema Prabhu’s Expert Insights on the Future of Testing]( — LambdaTest - [Overcome Flaky Tests And Unexpected Failures With LambdaTest Auto-Healing!]( — Devansh Bhardwaj - [Revolutionizing TDM for DevOps with Enov8 vME]( — Andrew Walker - [Software Testing in the Age of Digital Transformation: Brijesh Deb’s Guide]( — LambdaTest --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗓️ Events [View all]( - Thu 24 Aug [Testing Ask Me Anything on Learning Soft Skills]( - Thu 31 Aug [The Psychology of Web Performance]( - Wed 06 Sep [Continuous Testing Approach For Cross-Functional Requirements]( - 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 - [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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