How Do You Implement In-sprint Automation?

Read the latest weekly software testing news and find out about all the new upcoming events and workshops. Plus, find out how you can help the community. Be part of the conversation. 

  • by Simon Tomes
  • Feb 8, 2022
  • 8 min read

Hi,

A mentor can provide incredible support for someone on their testing journey. And it's a two-way benefit for both mentor and mentee. Have you considered it? Who might you mentor in the community? How might you set that up and for how long? Now I'm also reminded of this excellent podcast chat with Melissa and Martin on mentorship.
 
Have a great day!
- Simon, CommunityBoss



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Join us for Xray “What’s new” - feature highlights webinar

Join us on Feb 16 at 4:00 pm GMT and watch a live demo of the latest features for Server/DC including test parameterization, modular tests, and API improvements. Have questions? We'll have a live Q&A with an Xray Product Manager. 

 


What's New With Ministry of Testing?


Understand what contract testing is and identify key differences between contract tests and integration tests. Join Peet's Introduction To API Contract Testing With Pact workshop on Wednesday 9th at 12pm GMT. 

📄 NEW ARTICLE: What is it about TestBash that makes it so appealing to hosts? "I wanted to host a MoT event as a way of being a part of the community and using my skills to help showcase others." Callum shares their experience in The Awesome Power Of Hosting Test.bash(); 2021.

January saw the beginning of small event experiments with the community. Find out what happened and what's next! And please do let Simon know if you'd like to co-host and facilitate.

Can you help?

→ Claudia would like to know how you gently introduce a scrum team to TDD or shift left?
→ "How do you highlight the courses you have taken during a career gap, on a CV/resume?" asks Sailaja
→ Sunny would like to understand how to implement in-sprint automation? 

Interested in Ministry of Testing's goals for 2022? Mark reveals all about growth, curriculum, building in public, and the testing community. 🎯

Get to know some of the team behind Ranorex. Ranorex is one of our Annual Partners for 2022, supporting our software testing community.



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Do you have what it takes to ace API testing?

APIs have a key role in achieving interoperability between many types of applications. Therefore, the functionality, performance, security and reliability of APIs must be tested. This guide walks you through the definitions, challenges and solutions required to ace API Testing.


 

Register for these 99 Minute Workshops 



 

Take on these 99 Minute Challenges

  • API Automation Challenge with Mark Winteringham - Wed, 16 Feb 2022, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT. Can you send an HTTP request to an API and check the response contents are correct in 99 Minutes?
  • Visually Model an Application Challenge with Mark Winteringham - Wed, 9 Mar 2022, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT. Can you create a visual model of an application in 99 Minutes?



 

Join these Online Events

Enjoy connecting with a local testing community? These online MoT Meetups are worth attending.

👉 MoT Cork: Performance Testing Tools - Vegeta and Locust - Thu, 17 Feb 2022, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM GMT
👉 MoT Sfax: Good Exploratory Testing Tactics for Taking Over Testing - Wed, Mar 3 2022 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM BST


 

Attend these in-person Events


🎟 Automation in Testing - Brighton – Mon, 28 Mar 2022 - Wed, 30 Mar 2022. Automation is everywhere, its popularity and uptake have rocketed in recent years and it’s showing little sign of slowing down. Attend this multi sell-out training course to learn how to be successful with automation - it's more than knowing how to code.

🎟 TestBashX Brighton – Thu, 31 Mar 2022. We're finally able to bring TestBashX to you! TestBashX is our new TestBash software testing conference experience and will debut in Brighton. As always, Ministry of Testing is closely collaborating with local testers and this time all-around awesome community member Emma Keaveny is working with us to bring this innovative event to you.

🎟 TestBashX Edinburgh – Thu, 28 Apr 2022. Our super MoT Edinburgh Meetup organiser Craig Wylie is working with us to bring this innovative event to you.


 

Discover Useful Business Posts


What are the top 5 software testing trends of 2022? Giridhar shares details on how they can benefit your organization.

QA managers and other stakeholders in a company do not have enough time to get into the granular details of each and every project they are managing. Find out how testing status reporting can help.

Accessibility has not been included in early pipeline testing due to the inability of traditional accessibility tools to both scale across an enterprise and meet the velocity requirements of modern release cycles. It's time to shift left with accessibility testing. 

How are organizations driving technology adoption and getting more people involved in testing? Quality leaders from three companies covered these topics and more in this roundtable discussion.


 

Get Closer to the Community


How might you lead and shape a testing team? Watch Daniel's video as he introduces the 8-point Testing Wheel. A useful model to help team leaders support, guide and coach each person in the team on an individual level. ☸️

Check out the latest accessibility considerations and news via Ady's excellent February roundup, including advice on the importance of language when writing or speaking publicly on a disability-related subject.

Shivshankari shares all the things they wish they knew at the start of their career. Excellent advice for anyone new to their testing career. 

Need a set of questions to help you form a test strategy? Look no further than this very handy template from Meg. 

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Simon Tomes

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Simon works in the community team at Ministry of Testing and his pronouns are he/him. Currently learning to be a better community enabler, he has a passion for all things testing with a career in various testing roles since 2003. He particularly enjoys promoting and sharing the value of exploratory testing.

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