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NEWS
Forget about job titles! Testing leadership for all
Can you be a leader in testing without a formal role? Following the article I featured last week, Jesper Ottosen shares more details about it.
Also, In your company, who represents the QA at a management level?
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Modelling for Naming and Understanding Testing
Naming in testing can be confusing. Alan Richardson shares his journey of understanding and defining testing concepts over time.
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Prepare to shift down
This is a great suggestion by Maaret Pyhäjärvi to invest more in focusing on lower levels of testing, especially in the age of generative AI.
I've also enjoyed an interesting discussion on Reddit regarding Shift-Left and Shift-Right Testing, started by Joseph DeFilippo.
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Rather than replacing testers, AI will elevate their productivity
Cristiano Caetano shares his point of view on the possible positive impact that AI development will have on testers jobs.
And this is an interesting, related thread: Who is out there testing AI and what is your experience?
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Shifting from Quality Assurance to Quality Engineering
Brienna Ransom explains in simple words what it takes to shift from traditional QA to Quality Engineering and why it's beneficial.
And since it requires a whole-team approach, Cassandra H. Leung advises what to do when faced with questions: Why Are You Asking Me to Test?
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AUTOMATION
Assertions in Page Object?!
There are various opinions on whether you should write assertions directly in page objects. Here are some good thoughts by Ivan Karaman on that.
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Developer tests — web focused
This time, Daniela Carvalho F. N. Neves shares a lot of great tips on how to properly test web apps on mobile.
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The real reason you have 29 dev and test environments
Tom Akehurst explains how over-reliance on end-to-end testing can lead to such a situation and why it's better to focus on testing on lower levels.
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What do you fix when you fix a test?
This is a great reminder by Joep Schuurkes on the importance of investigating failing tests with a desire to understand the real root cause.
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TOOLS
Fluent Wait in Selenium 4: The most comprehensive guide
If you want to know how to implement smart waits in Selenium using Java, Priyanshu Shekhar created a detailed tutorial with code examples.
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Flutter end-to-end test using Patrol
Have you heard of Patrol? It's an open-source UI testing framework for Flutter apps. Fariz Kahfi explains its features in more detail.
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Mastering Mobile Testing in Playwright: Simplify Your Workflow with TypeScript Decorators
This is a great, detailed guide by Roman Khomitskyi explaining how to leverage Playwright and TypeScript features for efficient testing web apps on mobile.
Similarly, Stefan Judis wrote a handy article on How to apply Playwright test steps with TypeScript decorators.
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WICK-A11Y Cypress Plugin: Your Unstoppable Ally for Smashing Accessibility Barriers
Testing for accessibility? Sebastian Clavijo Suero created a helpful Cypress plugin called wick-a11y and comprehensively described its features.
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VIDEOS
Expert Talk on AI in Testing
It's always a pleasure to listen to the experts. Daniel Knott invited Jason Arbon to talk about testing AI as well as using AI for testing.
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The Unheralded Success of the Selenium Project
If you're curious about the origins of Selenium and its path to becoming one of the most popular tools used in test automation, here are some great insights from one of its creators — Jason Huggins. Interviewed by Jason Baum.
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Dawid Dylowicz
Welcome to the 235th issue!
Today, I want to ask you for recommendations.
I'm looking for great resources on testing in machine learning.
And I don't only mean GenAI or LLM — I mean all types of machine learning models.
Do you know any? Please send them here.
Thanks and happy testing! 🙂
Dawid Dylowicz