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5 Things That Will Impact The Future of Software Testing
By Raj Subramanian
From the way we look at software, evaluate risks, think about complexity, design our test approach and strategy, and help to release a stable product to the customer, technology has had an influence on how we test software. And that influence will only continue as technology advances. On a high level, here are five key things we're already seeing that are going to shape the future of software testing.
6 essential skills every quality assistance engineer should develop
By Mark Hrynczak
What type of QA engineer are you? Quality Assurance, or Quality Assistance?
Asynchronous Tasks with Falcon and Celery
By Michael Herman - Submitted by Og Maciel
Asynchronous tasks are used to move intensive, time-consuming processes, which are prone to failure, to the background so a response can be returned immediately to the client.
This post looks at how to integrate Celery, an asynchronous task queue, into the Python-based Falcon web framework. We'll also use Docker and Docker Compose to tie everything together. Finally, we'll look at how to test the Celery tasks with unit and integration tests.
Breaking the Test Case Addiction (Part 1)
By Michael Bolton - Submitted by Miroslaw Dlugosz-Zalewski
Why do some tech leaders (for example, CTOs, development managers, test managers, and test leads) jump straight to test cases when they want to provide traceability, share testing efforts with stakeholders, and share feature knowledge with testers?
My life as a Digital Nomad: A story about Cryptocurrencies, Javascript and Affiliate Marketing
By Maxence Cornet - Submitted by Og Maciel
This story is highly correlated with the cryptocurrency bull market of 2017, when a tremendous amount of money was flowing towards the market. Building the exact same side project right now wouldn't be so effective.
Shifting Testing Left Is a Team Effort
By Mark Franssen, Jan Jaap Cannegieter
Shift-left is an approach to software development where testing is performed earlier in the lifecycle—in effect, moved left on the project timeline. Shifting left does not refer only to dynamic testing, or actually running the system; it also can refer to static testing, so it means conducting reviews and inspections too, as well as more unit and integration testing instead of GUI-based testing.
Trouble hiring senior engineers? It's probably you
By Alexander - Submitted by Miroslaw Dlugosz-Zalewski
It's mostly there to generate some buzz and convince you to pre-order a book, but they do propose interesting point of view: "When hiring senior engineers, you're not buying, you're selling.
Where to Start with Edgar Allan Poe
By Amanda Pagan - Submitted by Og Maciel
The Master of Macabre, the Father of American Gothic, Detective Fiction, and the Short Story, Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. Best known for his dark tales of horror, psychological terror, and madness, Poe's own life was marked by both internal and external tragedies that undoubtedly shaped his work.