Welcome to the 39th issue!

One of the things I want to share here again (because this newsletter has grown tenfold since I first mentioned it) is this timeless set of UI testing best practices that I absolutely love.

It's run by Stefano Magni and supported by other contributors, with the recent update made in August.

Happy testing everyone!

Dawid Dylowicz

That's a good and non-trivial question and I liked Ravisuriya Eswara's way of answering it.

In this eye-opening read, Ash Winter convinces us why thinking about performance testing is crucial to successful project delivery. I especially liked how rich in useful references this article is, including tools, books and the dos and don'ts.

This is a great example of an honest self-retrospective by Bruce that can help recognise your strengths and fight your fears as a software tester. Huge respect for transparency!

I'm all in for diversity in tech and so I enjoyed this interview with Divyanshi Asthana — a software tester — where she talks about the benefits and the challenges that women face in this industry.

And here's more about why diversity matters in software testing by Amelia Whyman.

PS. I'm proud that 33% of this newsletter readers are women!

Now, something for managers and leads. Jess Ingrassellino shared some pieces of advice on how to effectively use differentiated management to keep your team in shape.

Related to that, Johanna South wrote about 6 things you can do to be a better test manager.

Every now and then we hear that automation will eventually replace humans. While it may happen in the far, far future, I agree with Lina Zubyte's view on the crucial skills in software testing that automation is not even close attaining.

Beth Marshall has been writing a great series on building a test automation portfolio and in this part, she shares a full example of creating automated API tests using Postman with JavaScript scripts.

Burhanuddin Rashid wrote this valuable guide on running Android automated tests in the cloud using Firebase Test Lab emulators.

A solid guide by David Mello on integrating the two tools. What's handy is that the article is accompanied by a thorough video tutorial explaining the integration step by step.

For those of you using Java for test automation, Gaurav Singh prepared a helpful guide on integrating TestNG with the open-source ReportPortal to present your test automation results in a clear, visual way.

Now, that's interesting! Ajdin Mustafić shares three tools for manipulating time that can come in handy in some testing scenarios.

For the past few months, Nishi Grover did a great job summarising the Agile Testing book in a chapter-by-chapter series. This is the summary of the last chapter about Key Success Factors. Thanks for that, Nishi!

Chris Kenst put together a valuable list of last year's Software Testing conferences that published their recordings for free. So many good things in there!

Fixing a bug in production... 😂