Welcome to the 33th edition of Coding Jag brought to you by LambdaTest!š
Brandan Eich created JavaScript in an effort to reduce the complexity of developer programming- as a āglue languageā, if you will. It was made to be fun and easy to use, making it a natural choice for developing web pages or building software. But if you are looking to create a stable and maintainable test framework, then JavaScript is clearly not the right choice.
Donāt agree with the statement above? This edition will tell you why JavaScript is not suitable for web test automation & much more!
News
Wading through having been a solo tester for 6 months and trying to find direction for my career in the din and the dark, Testing Stories was a beautiful beacon just at the time I needed it.
Attempting to assess product quality by asking humans to manually interact with every feature just doesnāt scale. When it comes to testing, there is one clean answer: automation.
Iāve found that when I'm creating tests, they provide 4 categories of benefits. Having these categories helps me to see how to write better tests and helps me see what to improve when I am feeling a particular pain.
The three pillars of observability are not good enough for production debugging. For a code-level root cause analysis you need radical observability.
If you sat through a set of business management classes, chances are you've heard your teacher joke about quadrants being *the* model.
Performance
If you want to conserve bandwidth on your website and get a faster loading website, Lazy Load images JavaScript is the way to go. This blog explains how to lazy load images using three different methods.
MongoDB shared a lot of information on how we do performance testing and even open sourced some parts of it.
Automation
In this Python Nose tutorial, we deep-dive into the Nose framework, a test automation framework that extends unittest and further leverage Nose to perform Selenium test automation.
JavaScript is OK for developing apps, but not for functional test automation, where its audience extends beyond programmers. Ruby is a far better choice.
In this post, I address one of the questions that I didn't get a chance to answer at the Automation Guild Conference 2021 : Why should automation be done by the dev team?
Introducing test automation at work isn't as simple as mentioning it and hoping to get a positive response. You need to lead the way to get others on board.
Tools
Paid exploratory testing tools offer more in-depth knowledge, but the free ones come with valuable functionalities. So, how can you choose the right tool to conduct exploratory testing for your software application?
If you're looking for an API testing tool with a graphical interface, you may want to check out Chris Bongersā getting-started guide to Insomnia.
LT Browser is the perfect tool for designers, developers, and enthusiastic amateurs who want to create great-looking & well-performing responsive websites or web apps. Instantly View, Build, and Debug your website on 45+ mobile, tablet, & desktop viewports.
Clerk adds secure authentication and user management to your React or Next.js app,š Essential security features like 2 factor auth and device management,š Conversion-optimized Sign Up and Sign In forms,šØ Built-in theming and open APIs for easy customization.
Others
In this episode Lagan Khare, a Manager of Quality Engineering with more than 13 years of experience, shares her insights into QE and integrated automated testing into DevOps and Agile.
In this video, Execute Automationā has explained how to perform Cross Browser testing using MSTest on the LambdaTest platform.
The Testing Peers podcast looks at how unexpected or anti-climactic events in our lives apply to us in the workplace.
Events
In this upcoming webinar, Harshit Paul will hitch up with Sanjay Kumar, Inventor and creator of Selectors Hub, to educate you on various fundamentals around Xpath and Locators in Selenium.