CODING JAG - Issue 77

Welcome to the 77th edition of Coding Jag brought to you by TestMu AI!👐

An exception can be described as something that does not follow rules. Therefore, testing for exceptions can be a challenging thing to do. But to figure out how to do these tests, we need to understand the ins and outs of the exception and dissect the reasons to truly ace the testing.

In this issue of Coding Jag, we explore why are testing exceptions harder than they seem and more.

News

Set of skills for Software Tester

5 min readChrome-Extensiontestingtraveler.com

In this article, get familiar with the 5 soft skills and 5 technical skills that might be crucial for every tester.

How My Team Tests for Now

5 min readChrome-Extensionvisible-quality.blogspot.com

Here is how the author’s team goes about their software testing. Read it to delve into the professional life of a seasoned testing specialist.

Testing Exceptions: Harder Than It Looks

5 min readChrome-Extensionxp123.com

Check out why testing exceptions is one of the harder tests to do and how do you trigger the exception to do these tests.

Downloaded vs Cloud-Based Testing Software

5 min readChrome-Extensiontestinggarage.blogspot.com

Why are these the most repeated words in the testing community? Here's a blog post on its interpretation and the understanding of it.

Google cloud functions with Jest and Playwright

5 min readChrome-Extensionmedium.com

Here's how we can achieve serverless automation testing using Google cloud functions with Jest-Playwright.

Performance

Measuring user flow performance with Lighthouse and WebdriverIO

4 min readChrome-Extensionhughmccamphill.com

Explore Lighthouse's new user-flow API that allows lab testing at any point within a page's lifespan using WebdriverIO.

Automation

Complete Automation Testing – Is It Feasible?

7 min readChrome-Extensiontestmu.ai

In this blog, get the answers to questions like what does it mean to implement a complete automated testing strategy? Is it even feasible? And does fully automated QA guarantee quality?

Conquer Overwhelm When Starting With Test Automation

9 min readChrome-Extensiondev-tester.com

If you're a tester working in a company transitioning toward automated practices and don't know where to begin, here are a few tips to help make your journey smoother.

How to Verify API Interfaces Using Automated Contract Test?

9 min readChrome-Extensionblog.devgenius.io

Here's a simple guide on how to automate API contract verification for Spring Boot applications.

Case Study: Automated Testing ‘Login with Remember Me’ in Selenium WebDriver

9 min readChrome-Extensionzhiminzhan.medium.com

Check out this step-by-step guide to developing this slightly tricky automated End-to-End test for this common web app feature.

Tools

Best API Testing Tools in 2022

8 min readChrome-Extensioncloudytechi.medium.com

Get familiar with the best API testing tools you can use to take a look at APIs for ideal integration, strength, performance, and whatnot.

Quick comparison of gRPC testing tools

10 min readChrome-Extensionalexromanov.github.io

Compare and contrast among GUI tools for testing gRPC services in this post.

Product of the week #1: Specify

5 min readChrome-Extensionspecifyapp.com

Unify your brand identity by collecting, storing and distributing design tokens and assets — automatically.

Video & Podcast

Video: How To Interact With Web Elements In Selenium WebDriver❓

25 minChrome-Extensionyoutube.com

Want to learn how to write a test script in Selenium? In this video learn how to write your first test script in Selenium using Java by interacting with different web elements.

Podcast: Software Telemetry with Jamie Riedesel

52 min readChrome-Extensiontestguild.com

In this episode of TestGuild, Jamie Riedesel, staff engineer at Dropbox with over twenty-five years of experience in IT and author of the Manning book Software Telemetry Reliable logging and monitoring, shares how to succeed with Telemetry.

Video: What Should Software QA Do?

29 min readChrome-Extensionsoftwaretestingmagazine.com

In this video, know more about what the test team should be doing in an organization.

Events

Event: TestBash Leadership

00 minChrome-Extensionministryoftesting.com

On March 10, 2022, join the first of six TestBashes online with the Ministry of Testing, where the hosts discuss about Leadership.