Issue 213

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Welcome to the 213th issue!

There are plenty of great news in this issue:

starting with an insightful 2024 State of Testing™ report by PractiTest,
through a discussion on whether software testing is the right career,
to a detailed overview of SafeTest — the new test framework for web apps.

So, enjoy the read and happy testing! 🙂

NEWS

Automation vs Testing

Despite a big shift in the industry towards test automation, Lana Begunova rightly points out that it's merely a part of what testing is about, emphasising the importance of human involvement.

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Over-Testing and Under-Testing

How do you find the balance between mitigating critical risks and not compromising delivery speed? Here's some advice.

I feel like I chose the wrong career

Someone expressed their feelings on Reddit, which sparked a big discussion among the testing community where some people share a similar sentiment, while others have a more positive outlook.

Quality Engineering Basics: Quality Metrics

Continuing the series explaining the essential parts of Quality Engineering, this time Brienna Ransom suggests different types of quality metrics on bug, product and automation levels.

The Quality Assurance Engineer Is a Risk Manager

Vlad Georgescu shares a great point of view on a QA role, quoting examples from their organisation and the impact they've had.

Furthermore, we can also view QA as an Act of Mentorship, as Jeff Cave points out.

AUTOMATION

Empowering Automation Testing: Automation Testing Strategies — Part 1

Venkatesh Subramanian wrote a great, detailed overview of several test levels that make up the test automation strategy.

POM vs. PAM: Achieving Efficient Test Automation with the Right Pattern

Wondering about the difference between the Page Object Model and the Page Action Model? Irfan Mujagić's got you covered.

Furthermore, Michael Kutz explains various Tangles in Test Code: Hidden Arrange/Given/Setup.

Test Automation Roadmap: Cherry-pick

In another article of the series about the five mindsets of Test Automation Roadmap, Sander van Beek describes the cherry-pick one.

The Pitfalls of Code Coverage

It's hard to disagree with any of the four points on code coverage that David Burns brought up here.

What programming language for test automation?

Of course, it depends on your particular situation, but here's what the testing community thinks about suitable programming languages for test automation in general.

TOOLS

8 Ways To Retry: Finding Flaky Tests

Tomas Fernandez describes several tools' features that can help you resolve flaky tests in each popular language.

API Testing Showdown. Postman vs Pytest. Part 3

Nikita Belkovskiy continues the great series on comparing Python with Postman for API testing. This part is about the Postman Flows feature.

Introduction to the first Playwright project

Just starting with Playwright? You may enjoy Kostiantyn Teltov's helpful and thorough guide.

Also, Luciano Renzi shows how to Simplify Tests by Using a Main Page Object Class in Playwright.

QA Manager thinks that automation with Selenium is useless

Is the manager right? Here's yet another interesting discussion on Reddit with different points of view. Also, the conversation continues in this thread.

Wacat — Tests your web application against cat chaos

"Imagine, you leave your computer for a while and go to pick up a cup of coffee. Meanwhile, your cat walks over your keyboard and causes some chaos."

We may fear AI taking over our jobs, but what about a cat?! Well, Wacat, to be exact. Created by Mika Tapanainen.

VIDEOS

From Head of QA to Freelancing — Interview with Leonardo Lanni

This is an interesting 28-minute interview with Leonardo Lanni hosted by Daniel Knott, discussing the story and experience of moving from a QA leadership position to freelancing.

Netflix SafeTest: A Breakthrough in Automation Testing

I've mentioned SafeTest previously, but thanks to this interview hosted by Joe Colantonio, we have a unique chance to learn about it in more detail directly from the creator — Moshe Kolodny . You can also read more about it in this article.

AND...

Release day testing... 😂

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Issue 213 March 31st 2024