Welcome to the 171st issue!

Since the beginning of this newsletter, I've featured well over 4,000 articles and other resources on software testing.

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Happy testing! 🙂

Dawid Dylowicz

If you're looking for inspiration on quality metrics, this is a fine overview by Damián Moga who grouped them into three categories: QA process, incident management and quality culture.

After moving to a new company, Robbie Falck defined a comprehensive QA progression framework. This part is about defining roles and responsibilities for each seniority level.

In relation to that, James Thomas explains why Testers are Gate-Crashers, not gate-keepers.

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Following the extensive QA salary survey on Reddit that I shared a few weeks ago, here's yet another thread where testers share their compensation.

You can hear about AI everywhere now, so some of you may wonder how the tester's role needs to adapt. Patrick Ramser shows an interesting point of view.

It's a good question that many testers ask themselves at some point in their career. And here comes Reddit community with some advice.

Aliou Sarr gives a detailed overview of the UI testing strategy for their iOS app that allowed them to increase test coverage.

If you're looking for good practices on implementing tests and test frameworks, here's a helpful thread on Reddit.

Additionally, Lakshmanan Chellappan explains How to improve Automation execution efficiency.

Kostiantyn Teltov created a full-of-examples overview of design patterns for test automation. Handy!

Wondering how to structure your test automation project? Maria Golubeva explains with examples.

You may also want to follow Žiga Petek's advice on using The Arrange-Act-Assert Pattern for structuring your tests.

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Numanhan Duran put together a solid getting-started guide to contract testing with examples.

Similarly, Akkul D N also wrote A detailed introduction to Contract Testing.

What are the best practices for achieving stable and effective builds on CI? Ilya Shubinsky gives some good advice.

Mahesh Wankhede gives a few pieces of advice on choosing the test automation tool and explains why it depends on the project's needs.

Interested in visual testing using Cypress? Balaji Kumarasamy explains how to set up and run it.

Additionally, Gleb Bahmutov shares how to Use Required Test Tags Instead Of Skipping Tests.

Testing mobile apps? Courtney Zhan wrote a step-by-step guide to one of the most popular tools for the job — Appium.

Similarly, Kshitij Sharma demonstrates how to Streamline Mobile App Testing with Detox: A Practical Guide.

If you like BDD but don't want to rely on tools such as Cucumber, Irfan Mujagić explains how to build your own framework in JavaScript.

Playwright has had some significant updates recently. Here's Debbie O'Brien and Andrey Lushnikov explaining all about it.

Sprint planning... 😂

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Dawid Dylowicz