Issue 186

COMMENT

Welcome to the 186th issue!

What are the possible career paths for testers?

Well, there's no better way to find out than to look at data. And this Reddit thread is a wonderful example of that:

What your QA career progression has been like?

Many people shared their journey so far, including the tech stack they worked in, and even the salary they got at each stage.

Enjoy the read, and happy testing! 🙂

NEWS

7 Deadly Sins For Quality Assurance: Missteps Every Tester Should Avoid

Everyone makes mistakes (even testers!), but you can avoid some of them by listening to Vincent Ferreira's advice.

Furthermore, it's worth learning from Jayateerth Katti about the Reasons Behind Common Software Testing Failure.

I hate writing test cases…

Someone on Reddit expressed their feelings about writing test cases which sparked a wonderful discussion about the test case's usefulness.

And maybe we should take a different route instead? For example, Shikha Nandal explains The Power of a Well Written User Story — A Test Engineer's Perspective.

Life after Release: Quality Approaches to Uphold Stability

Valery Kashentsev gives a thorough overview of observability practices at their company, including monitoring, on-call, and feature ownership.

My Role as Quality and Test Specialist

In this insightful article, Jeff Nyman reflects on his role as a tester and shares some great advice for all of us.

Also, Jesper Ottosen describes how his experience led him to focus on New Fields of Testing Activities.

What Does 'Quality' Really Mean in Software Development?

Continuing the theme from the last issue, this time it's Katja Obring trying to define the meaning of quality.

Furthermore, Ismail Khan wrote a thorough article explaining Why Testing Shows the Presence of Defects, Not Their Absence.

AUTOMATION

An example of front-end testing strategy @ Criteo

Xavier Dupessey shares how they approach testing front-end apps with no dedicated QA team, using a pragmatic approach to test automation on unit and UI levels.

Also, Tinashe Chinyanga explains why Developers should write tests.

Realising the Testing Pyramid by Relating Test Levels

Christian Nissen wrote a great summary of the test pyramid, listing the challenges associated with implementing it.

Tests to hold code securely in place

Last week, I featured an intriguing article on why unit tests are sensors. And this article by Bob Salmon is a great complementation of that.

Why Visual Regression Testing is Wrong?

Zhimin Zhan shares a rather uncommon opinion on why visual testing might not be the best approach to use for finding regressions.

TOOLS

Dockerizing Cypress Test Framework: A Step-by-Step Guide

Running tests in a container has several benefits. Here's Md. Abdullah Al Mamun showing us how to do it for Cypress tests.

Also, Eman Mahmoud wrote a helpful Beginner's Guide: My Personal Journey with Cypress.

Playwright with Java, Maven and TestNG

The advantage of Playwright over many other modern test frameworks is that the tests can be implemented in various languages. Here's an example of doing it in Java by Mansi Gupta.

Moreover, Cerosh Jacob explains the Efficient Test Debugging with Playwright Trace Viewer.

Should You Switch Your Test Automation Tools?

With so many new test tools coming out over the past years, you may be tempted to move to a new stack. But is it worth it? Dennis Martinez wrote a great article about it.

Ultron — simple, stable, maintainable Android UI tests

If you test Android apps using native test frameworks, such as Espresso, you might be familiar with some of the problems and complexity. That's why Aleksei Tiurin created Ultron — an open-source test framework for Android with simple syntax.

What's more, Maria Luíza wrote a detailed guide to UI Testing in Jetpack Compose with examples.

AND...

Creative testing... 😂

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Issue 186 September 18th 2023