An Automation Conversation

3 min readNov 28, 2017

The latest links, discussions, articles and more

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TestBash Australia 2018

We are excited to announce that we are bringing TestBash to Sydney, Australia on 19th October 2018 in partnership with Anne-Marie Charrett and David Greenlees! It will be a single day conference and we are now accepting papers! So apply now if you would like to speak at TestBash Australia.

Technical Mobile Testing

Over the three day course, you will become familiar with a whole host of tools and even build some of your own that utilise mobile frameworks. Tools that will immediately make mobile testing easier.

Podcast — An Automation Conversation

In this podcast, The Super Testing Bros talk to Akshay Sud and Francis Ho about their approaches to automation, why it’s not something to be afraid of, and how to get started if you’re new to automation.

Designing Tests: What’s The Difference Between A Good Test And A Bad Test?

I don’t believe there is such thing as a good test or a bad test. There are many different types of tests and all of them can be of value to a tester. The quality of a test will determine the value of the test.

TestBash Circus Activities

In this series, are all the activity cards and activity resources that our wonderful speakers and TestBash Philly helpers designed. So why not dip in? Have a go at some of the activities with your own teams and maybe even run a circus of your own!

Michael Bolton’s Hamilton Inspired Rap From TestBash Manchester

As the title might suggest, Michael Bolton did a rap on testing, it was definitely a memorable way to close out TestBash Manchester.

The Club

We’ve picked a few topics of interest from The Club for you to read, contribute and generally get involved with.

Why Do You Go To Conferences?

Recently Maaret shared a blog post Why Do I Go to Conferences? Why do you go to conferences? Or if you don’t go: what’s stopping you from going to conferences?

GDPR and Test Data Privacy

We as testers are dealing with tons of Test Data, which often handle personal data, we must rethink out Test Plans and Test Scenarios and start dealing with masked, disguised data.

Community Posts

Highlighting a selection of blog posts from the testing community.

Community Boss So Far — Life at The Ministry of Testing

“It’s hard to believe that just over 3 months ago I became Community Boss for Ministry of Testing. It’s been a crazy start but so much fun!”. Find out what Heather has been up to!

The missing link between testing and automation — Mr.Slavchev

“From my point of view, testing and automation are simply talking in different languages and aligned towards different goals, which is the reason why there’s initial misunderstanding in the communication between both.”

Testing Blogs

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41 Definitions of Software Testing — Chronicles Of Testing
Seven steps towards professional testing — Antti Niittyviita
Integration Testing with Spring: A Custom Configuration — Everyday Unit Testing
Must have skills for Agile Testers — a key to the entire team’s agility — testwithnishi
Using Fiddler AutoResponder for quick service or response mocking — g33klady’s adventures in software testing
The Architecture of a Micro-Framework — Stories from a Software Tester
Test Autonomy Levels — Appdiff
How Code Reviews can improve Software Quality? — Knowledge Tester
Technical Reviews and Organizational Renewal — Gerald Weinberg’s Secrets of Writing and Consulting
Inclusive Conferences — Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin
How to give advise and support about a topic when you barely know anything about it — A Priori
Once more about writing asserts… — Your Test Automation Hub

Testing Chatter

We keep a close eye on our two slack groups — testers.chat and our MoT Slack. This is what they’ve been sharing.