Welcome to the 47th issue!

2020 is coming to an end but there are still some (mostly free) testing events planned for the last month of the year which I find interesting.

Firstly, Yogesh Khairnar shared what upcoming testing events he's recommending to attend.

Secondly, Enrique A Decoss and others are organising a free Super Reads @ 12.12 event where 12 authors will write unique articles sharing their experiences on various topics.

And lastly, I always recommend Software Testing Conferences site for staying up to date.

Now, enjoy the news!

Dawid Dylowicz

These are some common and uncommon practices to embed a culture of quality in the team or even a company, nicely listed out by Simon Prior.

Kristin Jackvony gives a few great pieces of advice on how to build your brand and reputation as a software tester.

Similarly, Beth Marshall described a useful set of Strategies & Tips For Improving Your Testing Reputation.

Hats off for this great overview of the feature development process by Kim Hart. I liked the stage of visual review done by designers before the feature goes to the QA stage. I also liked the part about adding meaningful data-test attributes that improve automated testing by miles.

Very well said, Maaret Pyhäjärvi!

What a well-done guide to manual accessibility testing by Rachel Leggett this is! The biggest value for me is the clear instructions on HOW to actually perform those tests.

Selenium is a great all-rounder but it's not a tool for everything. I've seen some of the scenarios listed here by Nikolay Advolodkin that were tested with Selenium (email is the classic one) and I can confirm there are better ways and tools to do it.

Different rendering times of the elements in the browser often make automated tests flaky. So, here Conan Theobald explains how to implement your own waitFor method in Puppeteer that makes sure that elements are present before performing any action on them.

If you're wondering how to effectively simulate testing web on various mobile screen sizes, this handy script for Cypress by Gustavo Miguens will make your life so much easier.

It's a well-written article where Brian Elgaard explains how using BDD together with larger units and fewer test doubles can improve unit testing. All that complemented by C# code examples and a lot of accurate references to external resources.

Note: If you can't access the full article, simply open it in a private tab.

The new version of Xcode brings in some exciting features in testing. And this is an amazing guide by Rony Rozen that explains them all. Enjoy!

Having worked on two mobile testing projects in the past, I couldn't agree more with Jas Manigundan on the importance of keeping mobile UI tests in the same repository as the app's codebase and, ideally, use the native frameworks to test them.

Filip Hric shared a list of useful plugins for Cypress, such as file upload, drag and drop and more.

Cypress 6.0.0 has just been released and it brings in some major changes to network stubbing with its new cy.intercept method, as explained here by Amir Rustamzadeh.

There are plenty of choices when it comes to bug tracking tools and you can find some interesting options in this list prepared by Aditi Mokasdar.

Here's a concise description of Implementing Automated Software Testing released in 2009. Although it may seem old, the principles included in this book can still apply today.

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