Issue 147

COMMENT

Welcome to the 147th issue!

Today, I want to give a huge shoutout to Kamran Ahmed and all contributors for creating the long-awaited resource:

The QA Engineer Roadmap.

I'll let you explore it right away. You can also suggest improvements here.

Happy testing! 🙂

NEWS

Feel Free to Deploy on Friday

I like Dennis Martinez's way of thinking about challenging the status quo of the "No Release on Friday" mindset.

And in another bold opinion, Elizabeth Zagroba suggests removing the old tickets and bugs by introducing a Half-Life Rule For Your Backlog.

How to apply DORA metrics for mobile development

The famous DORA metrics are now used by many engineering teams. Roldán Galán explains how they can work for mobiles, too.

Furthermore, Venkat Ramakrishnan shares some interesting insights from the report DORA Metrics 2022: Reliability And Delivery.

How to write an efficient test case with examples

If you're wondering what makes a good test case, Fidaa Berrjeb shares some good tips.

And once you have them, you may want to learn about the 1-2-3 model to test coverage from Maaret Pyhäjärvi.

How does your team measure UX quality?

User experience is an important factor in the end-product quality perception. Eve Weinberg gives some great advice on how to measure and improve it.

Testing Deep and Shallow (3): Determination

Continuing the series on shallow and deep testing, Michael Bolton explains the importance of determination in the latter.

Furthermore, Michael shares three short examples explaining Risk in the Wild, based on recent events.

Testability Revisited

"When you start working on a project, what steps do you take to establish the testability of the product?"

Ravisuriya Eswara gives a lot of tips for answering this question.

What's more, Vernon Richards answers the 3 Questions That Will Break Your Testers Reliance On Developers So That They Can Become Powerful Quality Advocates.

AUTOMATION

9 Dos and Don’ts in Test Automation Moving Forward To 2023

This is a good reminder from Daniel Knott on what some of the good and bad test automation practices are.

Similarly, Sahil Puri gives four tips on how Not to let your automation project FAIL with the below Dos and Don'ts.

And finally, Kassidy Kelley shares Five test automation challenges and how to overcome them.

Test Driven-Development with E2E Tests

Tiger Abrodi shares an interesting concept. While this approach might not work in all cases, it's a good example of writing end-to-end tests before implementation using Cypress.

Testing GraphQL APIs

If you work with GraphQL APIs, this very detailed guide to writing tests in Ruby by Zhimin Zhan and Courtney Zhan may come in handy.

Note: If you can't access the full article, simply open it in a private tab.

Will GitHub copilot replace automation test engineers?

One question, big discussion. If you haven't heard of GitHub Copilot yet, it's an AI tool that generates code for you.

Write tests smarter, not harder

Maxim Schepelin emphasises the real purpose of tests and gives solid advice on how to approach test automation and which areas to focus on first.

AND...

"Only" 10 bugs... 🤣

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Issue 147 November 30th 2022