Your Weekly Testing News - Issue 425

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Now more than ever is a good time to support your career growth and the careers of your fellow community members.

Get ready for 30 Days of Career Growth. It starts on the 1st of June 2023. Over the course of 30 days, participate in a variety of simple, short daily tasks to help you grow. From sharing goals and favourite career success stories to attending insightful webinars and mastering new techniques. Read more. 

Last week during This Week in Testing we had another discussion about AI. It continues to be a hot topic and we were curious to find more people who test dedicated AI applications and applications that use Large Language Models. Perhaps we need to find folks beyond the testing community to help us learn more. 🤔 Say hi or add to this thread if you're one of those people or can recommend someone.

🏆 Let's continue to celebrate members of the testing community. One way is via the new Contribution Leaderboard. A fun and lighthearted contribution tracker on The Club (MoT's forum and chat space). Also, have a look at or listen to all the activities on the MoT homepage to connect and encourage each other. You might've already spotted that the homepage has a new look. 🆕 These recent updates position Ministry of Testing dot com ever closer to becoming the home of testing. Check it out and let us know what you think.

 

🙋🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Join the conversation

1. Mark would like to know, what misconceptions are junior testers taught early on around testing and quality.
2. Add to the new Test Management & Leadership Wiki
3. If you were working on a project with multiple stakeholders, how would you create a testing strategy that meets everyone’s needs?
4. Jesper is keen to know what your feelings are about a root cause analysis field on your bugs reports 
5. What top tip would you give yourself if you started in Testing today? asks Ben
6. Can you help Shawn get started with API testing?
7. What do you know about the use of oracles in fields outside of testing? asks Nilanjan
8. What can you do to support your mental wellbeing? 

Have a good week.

— Simon, CommunityBoss

P.S. What can pineapple on a pizza tell you about oracles and heuristics? 🍕
 

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📖 Helpful business posts

• Mastering Application Deployments with Blue-Green Deployment Strategy — Jane Temov
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• Smart Test Cases in Allure TestOps — Mikhail Lankin 
• The impact of model-based test case design on automation — Ivan Filippov
• Using React Virtual DOM To Improve Web Application Performance — Bonnie
• A Quantum Shift in Software Testing: LambdaTest’s AI Test Intelligence Platform — LambdaTest
• Enabling Hassle-Free Local Testing With LambdaTest Tunnel Docker Extension — Salman Khan
• Live With Google Chat Integration For Efficient Bug Logging — Devansh Bhardwaj
• A Comprehensive Guide To jQuery Testing — Harish Rajora
• Dynamic Data Subsetting – The Power of Data Cloning — Enov8
• Global Accessibility Awareness Day: What You Should Know About It and Why It Matters — Pricilla Bilavendran
• 4 Ways to Use ChatGPT in Low-code Test Automation — Darrel Farris
• Accessibility is all about going the extra mile! — Manoj Kumar

🗓️ Events

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• Wed 24 May Zero Bug Policy: The Myths And The Reality
• Tue 30 May Advocating Quality Task Analysis
• Wed 31 May Understanding New Situations With Strategy Maps
• Tue 13 Jun Risk Analysis Task Analysis
• Wed 14 Jun Automated Atomic Tests With Java
• Tue 20 Jun Designing Tests Task Analysis
• Wed 21 Jun API Testing 202: Automating API checks with Postman
• Tue 27 Jun Executing Tests Task Analysis
• Tue 27 Jun Learning To Lead Before Becoming a Leader
• Tue 04 Jul Reporting Testing Task Analysis
• Wed 05 Jul How To Create Impact As A Tester And Deliver Changes Your Team Will Care About
• Tue 11 Jul Managing and Resolving Bugs Task Analysis
• Tue 18 Jul Maintaining Tests Task Analysis
• Wed 19 Jul Continuous Testing Approach For Cross-Functional Requirements
• Tue 25 Jul Communicating an Understanding of a Product Task Analysis
• Tue 25 Jul Grow Your Technical Confidence
• Thu 31 Aug The Psychology of Web Performance
• Wed 20 Sep - Thu 21 Sep TestBash UK 2023
• Wed 20 Sep Testing & Quality Recruitment Fair at TestBash UK 2023
• Wed 22 Nov - Thu 23 Nov TestBash Autumn 2023

✏️ Calls for Contributions

• Create a Video To Help Others Discover the MoT Community
• Join a Task Analysis Session
• Create a Feature Spotlight for TestBash Autumn
• Speak at an AMA or Discussion at TestBash Autumn
• Talk at TestBash Autumn
• Share How Your Organisation Automate Your Product
• Do a 99-Second Intro at TestBash Autumn
• Write for us

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