Welcome to Testing References News. This website is your one stop shop for the latest news from the software testing community. It provides an overview of the latest articles from the weblogs about software testing. Currently the articles from 330 weblogs are included.
Then When I started my career, I advocated for using the appropriate words and glossary when talking about Software Testing. I observed practitioners questioning, debating, arguing, and challenging the words and glossary used in Software Testing.
by Testing Garage
Saturday 1 April
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Finally, the Options (ChromeOptions) class customizes the ChromeDriver sessions and helps us perform operations like opening the Chrome browser. Code Walkthrough: Step 1: Import the necessary Selenium libraries to run the test script, including the WebDriverWait class and expected_conditions that provide the explicit wait.
by LambdaTest
Friday 31 March
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There are also test tools using artificial intelligence (AI) to help you get to DevOps and increase your quality by delivering the kind of productivity improvement to QA never seen before. To learn more about the productivity advantage of AIQ, watch the on-demand webinar, Autonomous Software Testing, or schedule a customized demo with the Appvance team.
by Appvance IQ Blog
Friday 31 March
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18 Best Android Testing Tools For 2023 Sushrut Kumar Mishra Posted On: March 31, 2023 168 Views 25 Min Read Over time, the app market has gotten extremely competitive. In addition, Robotium provides extensive documentation for easy navigation, information to get started, and a robust API, making it accessible to developers of all experience levels, from novice to advanced.
by LambdaTest
Friday 31 March
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The system was easy to use and it was good to spend a few minutes chatting with my host, Sandeep Garg, to go over the nuts and bolts of how the session would be facilitated. Thanks also to the participants for their many questions, I hope I provided useful responses based on my experience of adopting an exploratory approach to testing over the last 15 years or so!
by therockertester
Friday 31 March
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One Year of Pairing by Zeljko Filipin Introduction Late in 2021 and early in 2022 my team at work read Lessons Learned in Software Testing (Kaner, Bach, Pettichord), as part of our book club. I think pairing is a great way to solve problems and share knowledge but also socialize.
by Filipin.eu
Friday 31 March
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I moderated our two testing experts in our discussion of selectors: - Christian Bromann, WebdriverIO - Filip Hric, Cypress In each article, we're going to compare and contrast the approaches between these two frameworks. For the purposes of the demo, the app is wrapped over a component test, allowing Christian to work with web on the console to easier show you how to find certain elements on the page.
by Applitools
Thursday 30 March
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The key outcome of risk-based testing is to ensure that software is of high quality and meets the needs and expectations of stakeholders by identifying and mitigating the most significant risks that could impact the success of the application. We have expertise in end-to-end testing services for international clients across different industry domains like telecom, healthcare, BFSI, retail & eCommerce etc.
by TestingXperts
Thursday 30 March
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Rik Marselis is Principal quality consultant at Sogeti and chairman of the TMAP special interest group and has been Programme Chair of the EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference. The EuroSTAR Conference has been running since 1993 and is the largest testing event in Europe, welcoming 1000+ software testers and QA professionals every year.
by EuroSTAR Huddle
Thursday 30 March
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Now, I've been active in the testing and automation space for a while now, and at the risk of coming off as a grumpy old man (and depending on who you ask, you might not be too far from the truth..), personally I don't see much value in these predictions. Instead, in this newsletter, I wanted to share with you some of the perspectives I've gained over the last 16 years, referring to what people may consider trends, but what I think is much more a natural evolution of the way we write and test software.
by On Test Automation
Thursday 30 March
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Within its emerging phase, the LambdaTest YouTube channel has become one of the most popular, with 16.1K subscribers offering videos on topics around Selenium, Cypress, TestNG, pytest, and many more to uplift the knowledge and skills in the software testing domain. The tutorials on the channel cover a wide range of subjects, including programming languages like Java and Python and automation testing tools like Selenium WebDriver, WebdriverIO, and Cucumber.
by LambdaTest
Wednesday 29 March
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Testm (TestMu) Conference by LambdaTest is an annual global online testing event that brings together all testers/developers, community leaders, and industry experts from different countries to share their thoughts, experiences, and knowledge about the latest trends and best practices to follow. Attendees of WCQI 2023 will discover how quality processes and methodologies support their organizations' response to risks like supply chain, financial pressures, and global volatility, as well as how they help foster an excellence culture and a solid, long-lasting foundation for success.
by LambdaTest
Wednesday 29 March
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In my opinion, the pros and cons of each tool are as follows: Zephyr: - Good that it's directly in JIRA - Free edition for ten accounts - Not user-friendly formatting steps - Steps disappear by a system issue TesRail: - Clearly functionality - Not user-friendly formatting steps - Not free edition - BDD support Testomat.io - New platform - Can store manual and automation tests in one workplace - JIRA integration - BDD support - Test automation Integrations Choosing TMS depends on the project, needs, costs and etc. In addition, you can configure notification of requirements changes, and accordingly, this will be a signal for QA to check if the test cases are up-to-date.
by testomat.io
Wednesday 29 March
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Digital transformation is essential for remaining competitive, yet less than one-third succeed. Establish a culture of quality and improve how your team builds software with testing metrics that keep your entire organization on the same page.
by mabl
Wednesday 29 March
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- Increased test coverage: Organizations manage multiple automation tools and frameworks across teams, making it challenging to obtain a clear picture of where a given release stands in terms of quality. Users can organize tasks hierarchically, schedule reviews, create and track issues and defects, and apply test case results from automation tools and continuous integration servers.
by LambdaTest
Wednesday 29 March
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To watch the session on-demand recording just check out the link: applitools.info/6ob A recurrent question is if AI is going to steal our jobs. There are many people sharing how you can do it and I will be sharing soon as well, just need to finish a research using ChatGPT haha And yes there are new jobs already being created, for example: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3503646880/ Not everybody knows, but on that day I had my myopia laser surgery booked last minute and was rushing to go to the hospital, so apologise for being a bit all around the place !
by Rafaela Azevedo
Wednesday 29 March
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A great example of this is University of Illinois' College of Applied Health Sciences site. This will however, for automated accessibility checks, raise a lot of red flags - that you'll then need to address.
by Nicky Tests Software
Tuesday 28 March
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- Advice as a hiring manager from my experience as QA Lead at a healthcare startup in the UK, where I will touch on not only the technical aspects of the interview but also the behavioral and situational based questions we ask candidates, providing tips on how to prepare as well. ICYMI: Get connected, be inspired, and sharpen your skills with on-demand expert session recordings from Test Automation University Conference 2023.
by Applitools
Tuesday 28 March
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As a result, many companies are turning to Cypress automation as a reliable and efficient tool for their testing needs, helping them save time and resources while delivering high-quality software. Its intuitive and user-friendly interface makes it easy to learn and use, while its powerful testing capabilities provide developers with a reliable way to ensure that their applications function as intended.
by TestingXperts
Tuesday 28 March
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Whether it is a big billion-dollar firm like Amazon or a freelancer showing his portfolio, a website is an indispensable part of your business that helps increase potential clients' interest in your products. Some common factors include cluttered layouts, confusing navigation, slow page load times, unresponsive design, and poor quality or irrelevant content.
by LambdaTest
Tuesday 28 March
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In this new episode of Voices of Community, our special guests, Sai Krishna, Lead Consultant, ThoughtWorks, and Srinivasan Sekar, Lead Consultant, ThoughtWorks, have teamed up with Manoj Kumar, VP-Developer Relations & OSPO at LambdaTest to share their tips and to answer your questions on how to build a clean and effective test automation framework! Behavior Driven Development (BDD) is just using the Gherkin language to add steps on top of functions, so the underlying implementation remains the same.
by LambdaTest
Tuesday 28 March
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Automation testing is designed to assist and augment the work of software quality testers, not replace them. The EuroSTAR Conference has been running since 1993 and is the largest testing event in Europe, welcoming 1000+ software testers and QA professionals every year.
by EuroSTAR Huddle
Tuesday 28 March
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QA people play an incredibly important role in ensuring application quality that, in turn, transfers to brand equity. To see AIQ in action, schedule a customized demo with the Appvance team to learn how AI can help you protect your brand equity.
by Appvance IQ Blog
Tuesday 28 March
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Important Note: I highly suggest you double check anything that ChatGPT recommends or tells you, including asking for links for any claims it makes regarding studies. Note: I would be careful of putting in private company information into ChatGPT, including detailed requirements, like those mentioned in answer to my first question.
by Nicky Tests Software
Monday 27 March
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by Applitools
Monday 27 March
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I was featured on the current BrowserStack Champions Spotlight. Previous Post All articles by Benjamin Bischoff, Test Automation Engineer.
by Benjamin Bischoff
Monday 27 March
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- Mission statement - details the customer-focused purpose, and values - Objectives and goals - what are the customer needs and expectations? For instance, in payment tests, we would need mock credit card details to invoke a successful transaction.
by LambdaTest
Monday 27 March
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At the same time, users will not have significant questions or concerns and will have provided positive feedback about the software's quality and readiness. Consider intensive, repetitive manual tests or tasks (such as data loading) for early automation.
by Origsoft
Monday 27 March
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