Ministry of Testing’s Weekly Software Testing Newsletter

What’s the biggest influencer for tool choice?

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All Things Ministry of Testing

The latest news, along with recent Dojo additions, events and interesting club posts.

• Testbash Netherlands — We’re very excited, getting ready for our next TestBash! We’ve workshops on Thursday and the conference day itself on Friday!
• Automation Week Challenges — Automation week is a week focused on problem-based learning. Those problems are automation challenges and sessions where you get to ask experts for help with your automation problems.
• Testing Ask Me Anything — Career Building — 8pm UK Time on 13th October. Lena will talk about her experience with building and switching careers. Lena will manswer any questions you might have!
• MoT Dojo Watch Party — Episode #1 — JOIN US! — Each week Mark will pick a TestBash talk from the archives, stream it via Crowdcast and then have a half-hour discussion. The first event Watch party will be 19th October at 4pm BST and we will be watching Visualising Quality by David Evans.
• What’s the biggest influencer for tool choice? — When it comes to deciding on a new tool, there can be a number of deciding factors at play.
• Pre-TestBash Netherlands Meetup — Huib Schoots and Vincent Wijnen will host a super fun Pre-TestBash Meetup on Thursday and it’s open to everyone!
• TestBash Netherlands: Post-TestBash Meetup — Join us for beer and cheese tasting. The perfect end to TestBash Netherlands.

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Community News & Podcasts

Posts from our blog & podcast feeds — you can always check out the feeds if you want more.

• How to Level-Up Your Testing Skills with Security — If you don’t think you need to worry about security, OR security testing is not your job, you’re mistaken.
• Making a Map of Risks — Exploring how “Wardley maps” can be applied in strategies for testing.
• Epsiode 843 — Google Creating A 3rd party Vulnerability Program For Android Vendors — Google is getting tired of people thinking the Android software is not as secure as it could be.
• The Testing Show: De-Risking Enterprise QA with Simon Evans — As organizations get larger or infrastructure/software becomes more relied upon, testing itself can have its share of risks.

99-Minute Workshops — October

Find out what time the workshops are happening in your time zone by clicking on a workshop.

• How to Solve Integration Issues with Contract Testing — Join Roman Segdor at 12pm UK Time — 12th October 2020
• API Testing With Postman — Join Suman Bala at 12pm UK Time — 19th October 2020
• Team Care: Making Mental Health an Agile Practice — Join Jenna Charlton at 6pm UK Time — 21st October 2020

Business

Posts selected from our business feed

• What’s Coming in Selenium 4: How Can I Contribute? — Simon Stewart will cover how the Selenium project works, who is involved, how you can get involved, and a sneak peek at what’s new in Selenium 4.
• Securing the Switcher browser extension — The Switcher is unique amongst WonderProxy offerings in that it is distributed through browser vendor stores and installed by users directly in their browsers.
• Software testing in the age of remote work — A big challenge for QA teams during the pandemic has been a lack of access to on-premise device labs.
• 5 ways Xray improves your agile testing in Jira — Is your team able to pivot with changing demands, accelerate new features, and provide the highest product quality?

Upcoming MoT Events

• 99 Minute Workshops — We have multiple workshops running during different timezones in upcoming months.
• Testing Ask Me Anything — Career Building — 8pm UK Time — 13th October 2020
• TestBash Netherlands Online — 15th — 16th October 2020
• Optimize For Remote Execution — 8pm UK Time — 22nd October 2020
• Test.bash(Online); — 29th October 2020
• TestBash New Zealand Online — 20th November 2020
• HolidayBash — 4th — 5th December 2020

Things You Might Have Missed

Articles and posts on Security, Accessibility and Automation from around the web.

• Web Accessibility: Definitions and Acronyms — Initially, learning about web accessibility, its policies, and its guidelines can seem daunting, but taking the time to learn and understand the basics is well worth the effort.
• Chrome changes how its cache system works to improve privacy — Chrome 86, launched this week, introduces new privacy-focused “cache partitioning” mechanism.
• Fitbit gallery can be used to distribute malicious apps — A security researcher discovered that malicious apps for Fitbit devices can be uploaded to the legitimate Fitbit domain and users can install them from private links.

Meetups

• Test Automation Pyramid — Online, Kuala Lumpur
• OTT Testing — Online, Spain
• Testing in Production — Online, Buckinghamshire
• Histoires d’échecs professionals — Online, France