Out of all the soft skills, remote collaboration skills are one the most useful and influential skills today. With the rise in the remote / distributed team and teams splitting across geographies, timezones, locations, etc., Good remote collaboration skills can boost your performance, relations, networking, pair working, and stuff required to rock day-to-day work. Why …
1. Poor Testability2. Expectations that testers have to pinpoint every issue.3. Lack of time in testing because development took more time.4. Dev Teams not writing Unit Tests5. Lack of Test Infrastructure (Limited Test Devices, Systems).6. Not insisting on due diligence from managers.7. Not considering the time that will be lost due to task switching.8. Unavailability …
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A similar question was asked in The Test Chat Community, one month back. Here is my take on it: API automation pays nothing when one needs UI automation. UI automation pays nothing when one needs API automation. UI apps are of multiple types: Web, Desktop, Mobile, PWA, Tv, Tablets API(s) are also of multiple types: …
Ever noticed how some people possess super persuasive skills? I had learned the basics of this skill from my discussions & RST Class with James Bach along with some of my personal studies on Bug Advocacy. Recently, I came across this wonderful article from James on the Persuasion for Testers. I created this summary mindmap for myself. …
Original Question:I am into manual testing so far. Need to move to automation testing. I have worked on automation for around 8 months. I have knowledge of selenium with java. Can anyone pls guide me on how I can master automation so that it could help me to switch from manual to automation? Did I also switch to Automation …
Finding appropriate tools for boosting productivity can be a big challenge. Be it a tool to remember the passwords or to make notes, a good engineer has always made the best use of different tools. A good engineer not just understands the importance of tools but also knows the limitation of each tool. Just like …
Testing is driven by Human Judgements, Observations, Analysis, Heuristics & Biases. However, like in any other field, Biases and prejudices can be very risky for Testing. It’s good to know about them in advance and develop a questioning / investigative attitude whenever you feel you are getting biased. I have seen poor products that have come for testing …
Think on the lines of adding value. What value are you adding? Think about what problem needs to be solved? Is there a better way? Learn & Improve on Documentation. Any Tool, API, or Framework is as good as its documentation. How fast can others onboard it? Learn Design Patterns. Good naming conventions. Readable Code. …
1. Quality >>> Quantity Quality matters in long run. No matter how much you do, you will only be recognized by the quality work that you do 🙂 Quantity without quality is like a coal mine. Quantity with Quality is like a diamond mine. 2. Hard work is an underrated skill with very less competition. You will …
How Google Tests Software? Why Bug Prevention is important? What are the various contributing roles to testing? What does a SET (Software Engineer in Test) do? Read an old blog post series on the same topic by James Whittaker (2011), and here are my notes. There would have been some (lot?) of changes in this …