CODING JAG - Issue 69

Welcome to the 69th edition of Coding Jag brought to you by TestMu AI!👐

As 2021 draws to a close, it is a good time to unwind and also think about how you could achieve more success as a tester in 2022. With new ideas and technologies already emerging, 2022 promises to be an interesting year. Our skills as testers will likely determine the customer reception of these products and services.

This issue of Coding Jag features some tips to help you accomplish all your testing goals in 2022.

But hey, while you are here, we’d like to thank our subscribers for all the love we’ve received throughout the year! We’d also like to thank our authors and the global testing community for being our pillars of strength. We wish you all a Happy New Year!

News

Achieve Success With Your Testing Goals for 2022

5 min readChrome-Extensiondev-tester.com

As 2021 ends, you're most likely thinking about how to improve your testing game in 2022. Here are some tips to help you reach your goals in the new year.

Keeping testing up to speed with development

5 min readChrome-Extensionmedium.com

Want to know what keeps testing up to speed with development? Here's an article to help you and your team find the answer.

Why does the tester need to bother about distributed systems?

5 min readChrome-Extensionalexromanov.github.io

Check out this article to know how distributed systems help prevent a lot of problems in your products and the misconceptions around them.

Robot Framework and the Myth of Embedded Devices

5 min readChrome-Extensionvisible-quality.blogspot.com

This blog discusses why you should understand architectures well enough to take an informed stand.

Use a fake server (not only) for testing your UI

5 min readChrome-Extensionroertbb.hashnode.dev

This article presents the idea behind creating a fake server, and shows an example of how it could be used (not only) in tests.

Performance

Common Performance Management Mistakes

4 min readChrome-Extensiondzone.com

This article takes a look at the most common performance mistakes and anti-patterns in distributed cloud-based architectures.

What’s new in Apache JMeter 5.4.3?

4 min readChrome-Extensionqainsights.com

The Apache JMeter team released its next minor version of JMeter 5.4.3 for the Log4j security vulnerability. Check out to see what’s new in Apache JMeter 5.4.3.

Automation

JUnit 5 vs. TestNG: Choosing The Right Framework For Selenium Automation Testing

7 min readChrome-Extensiontestmu.ai

In this blog, explore the contrast between the JUnit 5 and TestNG from the perspective of Selenium WebDriver.

Don’t use hard assertions everywhere!

9 min readChrome-Extensionsajithatharaka.medium.com

This article deep dives into why assertions are an important part of test automation as they help in identifying problems in the system being tested.

Automating Shadow DOM with Selenium WebDriver

9 min readChrome-Extensionzhiminzhan.medium.com

This article gives a detailed walkthrough on how to drive web elements inside a shadow root on a web page.

7 trends changing continuous delivery and release automation

9 min readChrome-Extensiontechbeacon.com

Here are seven trends to look out for before you move software delivery pipelines to some form of CI/CD.

Tools

5 Top Automated Testing Tools for 2022

8 min readChrome-Extensionmedium.com

This article covers the top 5 automated testing tools and their key features. Read to know them all!

Handling API with Cypress

10 min readChrome-Extensionareeshaaltaf96.medium.com

Various test frameworks for various platforms have been introduced throughout time. Here’s a quick explanation of how to use Cypress to manage your project's API and more.

Product Of The Week #1: LT Browser

5 min readChrome-Extensiontestmu.ai

LT Browser is the perfect tool for designers, developers, and enthusiastic amateurs who want to create great-looking & well-performing responsive websites or web apps. Instantly View, Build, and Debug your website on 50+ mobile, tablet, & desktop viewports.

Product Of The Week #2: monqlab

5 min readChrome-Extensionmonqlab.com

Proactively monitor and help IT teams prevent possible outages while minimizing costs and efforts with Monq.

Video & Podcast

Podcast: 7 Effective E-commerce Website Testing Techniques

25 minChrome-Extensionsoftwaretestingpodcast.com

Tune in to know the 7 e-commerce techniques that make sure the website continues to keep users happy by delivering effective performance.

Podcast: pseudo-TDD

29 min readChrome-Extensiontestandcode.com

In this episode of Test & Code in Python, Paul Ganssle explains what he calls pseudo-TDD, a way to keep your commit history clean while still ensuring that your tests pass with each commit.

Video: Introduction to Docker for Javascript Developers (feat Node.js and PostgreSQL)

29 min readChrome-Extensionyoutube.com

What purpose does docker serve by building a fullstack Node.js app complete with frontend and PostgreSQL database? Check out this video to know more.

Events

Event: QA Global Summit’22

00 minChrome-Extensionevents.geekle.us

Be a part of Geekle's Global Summit for QA Engineers. The event will take place on February 15-16, 2022. Get your tickets now!