Welcome to the 149th issue!

I know you'll be curious to check this one out.

Reddit's QA Salary Survey 2022 is here!

There are tons of insights on compensation shared by software testers from all over the world.

Enjoy! 🙂

PS. You can also have a look at the last year's survey.

Dawid Dylowicz

Many of you may be wondering how we can use AI and Machine Learning to practically help us with testing. Well, Itzik Shabtay turned a thought into a working solution that decides by itself what tests should be run depending on the changes in the release. What a brilliant idea!

In this short read, Jesper Ottosen demonstrates three examples of projects where the standard way of thinking about testing may not be the best.

You may also want to learn from Marinus Kuivenhoven about how to Start with Threat Modeling.

Rahul Parwal created an interactive version of Lena Pejgan's helpful Checklist for Web Applications that you can use for tracking the progress directly in your browser.

In this detailed overview, Natalia Savastiuk describes the role, responsibilities and desired skills of software testers working in product-focused companies.

However, You most probably don’t need a QA certification as Ștefan Toma explains.

Shivam Gohel emphasises the importance of strong leadership in software testing by describing several areas of impact.

Got interested? Shivam also advises how to Build a strong quality-focused organization: A top-down approach.

A great article by Javier Lopez describing why contract tests are so valuable and how to implement them in practice using test doubles.

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Shoaib Shaikh explains the meaning of each letter of this helpful mnemonic:

Moreover, Rawand Lahweg shares the Top 3 proven best practices for Test Automation in her opinion.

Curious about how to set up a test framework from scratch for a web app, including UI, API, and database interactions? Oleksandr Podoliako shares his approach using Java as an example.

Wondering when you should test? Inspired by a poll on LinkedIn, Dennis Martinez shares his thoughts on the pros and cons of testing before, during and after development.

If you use Cypress for test automation and you wonder how to set up your test data — look no further. Filip Hric has got you covered.

Looking for ways to test APIs on your mobile devices? Chris Achinga gives an in-depth overview of the API Tester app, available for both the iOS and Android platforms.

Jason Arbon created App Quality — a smart app that analyses the reviews and tells you what to focus on to win in your app's category. Very helpful!

How would you test your tests? Kirshi Yin gives some hints on using mutation testing with Pitest to do that.

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OpenAI has recently released some major tools (ChatGPT being an absolute game-changer). Beth Marshall shows how we can apply them in software testing.

Furthermore, Gary Parker gives another example of Augmenting QA processes with OpenAI.

This is a HUGE list of software engineering books recommended by no one else than Gergely Orosz himself. Kudos!

Want to learn Playwright in practice from a video tutorial? In a one-hour session, Dilpreet Johal explains how to use the tool to navigate through and test the FIFA World Cup website.

Well done... 😂

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Dawid Dylowicz