Don't Start Your Automation Strategy With Tools
Most testers new to automation tend to dive in to finding tools for their work. Reaching for tools first is usually a huge mistake.
Great piece by Dennis Martinez explaining why it's better to learn about what you'll test before you learn what you'll use to test.
How To Test Microservices Effectively
Testing in microservices architecture might be challenging. Denis Peganov shares some best practices and suggestions for a good test strategy.
How to implement an efficient QA Strategy from scratch?
Aziz Souabni wrote a practical, step-by-step guide to implementing a QA strategy and improving the quality standards of your application.
Related to that, Adam Fanello cleverly explains Software Testing Strategies to non-developers.
Bug Bash: Strategies for Shipping with High Quality
I like bug bashes. They allow the team, and even the company, to come together and test their product. Katerina Presnetsova wrote a great overview of how to organise it, including a handy template.
Introduction to Selenium Test Automation and Test Framework
If you want to set up your own test automation framework, you may want to check out Afsal Backer's basic example of Selenium in Java.
Moreover, Tomasz Buga shared a decent piece about Selenium's Page Loading Strategies and Waits in Java.
When to consider Contract Testing?
Contract testing can be a great addition to the test strategy, especially for systems with a microservices architecture. Krzysztof Przekwas describes how and when to use it.
Achieving higher test coverage: Our approach to UI testing on iOS
Aliou Sarr gives a detailed overview of the UI testing strategy for their iOS app that allowed them to increase test coverage.
Designing a QA Strategy for a Machine Learning application
The goal of this article is to serve as a guide for all the quality analysts facing the need of designing a test plan for a system that implements an artificial intelligence model based on supervised learning.
More and more applications use machine learning nowadays so this guide by Leonardo Pace may come in handy sooner than you think!
A good addition to that is this solid article by Enrique A Decoss on Machine Learning & Quality Assurance.
Automation Strategy — How to Automate the Data Displayed in a Table
The practical test automation examples are often the ones you can learn the most from in the shortest time. Here's a good one by Ravisuriya Eswara.
Mobile Test Automation Best Practices
If you test mobile apps, you might be interested in this detailed guide by Anand Bagmar. There are lots of good tips ranging from the test strategy to tooling and execution in the cloud.
