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John Gimber gives a few good reasons why you generally want to get fast feedback from your failing tests and what strategy you can apply to achieve that.
Furthermore, let's not forget Mike Harris's reminder that Writing test automation standards is a journey, not a destination.
Welcome to the 144th issue!
I want to share with you the true gem I found this week:
Mobile testing strategies from Airbnb, Spotify, Uber and many more.
It's super interesting to see the honest overview from engineers on their approach and struggles.
Happy testing! 🙂
Building an SQA Team in a Startup Environment
How is it to start a QA team in a startup? Putra Agung Pratama shares several valuable tips on aligning with business objectives, resource planning, recruitment strategies, test environment planning, and automation.
Furthermore, Michael Bolton has some good advice For the Interviewers: Evaluating Testing Skill.
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Oliver Martin-Hirsch explains how balancing test automation, leveraging test strategy and improving communication with the team can help you become a better tester.
Similarly, Mykhaylo-Ivan Filipenko shares Reflections on QA after 5 years: A Personal Perspective on Skills, including a few more examples.
Welcome to the 255th issue!
Today, I want to share with you two big news about the popular Behaviour-Driven Development tools.
First, Matt Wynne shared that after five years, Cucumber is back in Community Ownership. This is great news, following the concerns about this popular collaboration tool's future after SmartBear fired its founders two years ago.
At the same time, Tricentis announced the end of life of SpecFlow. This has been quickly picked up by Reqnroll which is aspiring to replace SpecFlow as the go-to BDD solution for C# projects, according to Gáspár Nagy.
It's a good time to remind everyone that tools are just tools and we shouldn't tie our test strategies, or even careers, to specific solutions.
Happy testing! 🙂
Welcome to the 171st issue!
Since the beginning of this newsletter, I've featured well over 4,000 articles and other resources on software testing.
And they're all stored online.
So if you want to learn more about a particular topic you're interested in, simply use the Search function.
For example, here are the results for metrics, Playwright or test strategy.
Hope that helps you discover even more great news.
Happy testing! 🙂
Welcome to the 250th issue!
Today, I want to share with you a great discussion on iOS Testing Strategies.
What makes it special? It only includes responses from developers of companies such as Airbnb, Spotify, Uber, and others.
Some interesting trends:
And there's much more. Even though it's from 2021, I still think it's relevant.
Happy testing! 🙂
PS. I also recommend checking out the collection of resources on How They Test on Mobile by Alexey Alter-Pesotskiy.
