Software testing news – Issue 482: Appreciating the value of testing
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Community
Welcome, Sylvia Czarnecki . They are new to testing and say?hi on the Introductions thread. Perhaps you could do the same.
Trends: No tester is an Island! Are you curious about how often communities of practice meet? Jesper Ottosen explores the data.
Daniel Billing announces that he's back via the MoT Slack. Aj Wilson , Fiona Reavley and Javier Aguirre Flores share welcome messages. Welcome back, Dan. It's good to see you! ??
A new meetup!?The very first Glasgow Meetup is happening on the 28th of August. ??
Is there a local meetup you could get involved in? How about helping them find a speaker or someone to run a workshop?
New collection:?The Community's Guide to 99 Second Talks. Short sharp lessons and reflections from the community. Who could inspire you today?
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Tooling
What is Cypress? How does it help? Where to get started? Who is it for? How can I see Cypress in action? This collection hopes to have answers to all your Cypress needs. The Community's Guide to Cypress.
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Heuristics
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Accessibility
Thank you Conor O'Neill for reminding TestBash speakers to ensure presentations are accessible.
The anatomy of accessible forms: Best practices by @Uday Shetty.
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Automation
"My test didn’t fail an assertion, and it didn’t throw an exception or crash, however, it didn’t test the correct things, it didn’t check the correct workflows. So, by all accounts it failed because it didn’t provide value or cover any actual business need." – Sean H. Source.
Bug congrats to Mark Ingram and?Gregory Gonzalez Lopez for passing the MoT Foundation Certificate in Test Automation. ??
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Tester value
More advice on how to share your value without getting people's backs up.
"I have curated a list of resources that I believe will significantly empower our software testing journey. This is not just a list; it’s a living repository of knowledge, curated with care, and can be enhanced by the collective wisdom of our community." Can you help Rahul Parwal by adding to this repo? ??
Remind me again. Ash Winter shares his take on what developers think of testers and testing. ???
Is fear-driven testing holding your software quality back? by José Carréra Alvares Neto .?Discover strategies to find a way forward in imperfect circumstances.
New collection:?A software tester's guide to influence. ??
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Strategy
What steps can we take to improve our testing process for critical bugs missed during testing?
What is trinity testing and how does it help? Handy post from Julian Harty .
How do you convince stakeholders that BDD is not Testing? asks Rahul Parwal.
I keep letting bugs go live on purpose. What should I do? ??
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Requirements
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Anti-patterns
Two red-coloured leave buttons leave Bob Salmon sharing thoughts about usability.
Ady Stokes would like to know, what’s the worst anti-pattern you have seen?
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AI in Testing
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Mobile testing
James Wadley recommends The Community's Guide to Mobile Testing and the TestBash Mobile 2022 collection, via the MoT Slack.
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Good times! Join the testing community at TestBash.
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Certifications
Cassandra H. Leung has sparked a hot topic discussion. It's great to see Cassandra be so conversational with their replies. How agile can ISTQB really be?
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Security testing
?? Security in Golang: How to Protect Your Applications from Common Vulnerabilities?by Serhii Kotenko ???? .?
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Just for fun
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New events are always added, so keep checking the events page for up-to-date info.
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