CODING JAG - Issue 68

Welcome to the 68th edition of Coding Jag brought to you by LambdaTest!👐

Switching from Quality Assurance to Quality Assistance may seem intimidating but the QA model might be the ultimate product of a business partnership that delivers value through excellence.

This issue of Coding Jag explains the essential components of the Quality Assistance approach and much more.

News

REST is Dying. Get Rid of It.

...5 min readChrome-Extensionjavascript.plainenglish.io

This post discusses why REST is holding back technological advances and it might be time to learn about TIGER.

Helping Developers and Testers Get Along

...5 min readChrome-Extensiondev-tester.com

It's not unusual to see bickering between development and QA. Here are some tips to have both teams do their best work without constant arguing.

Gatekeeping in testing

...5 min readChrome-Extensiongerg.dev

Check out this article to know about the “tester’s mindset” myth and how gatekeeping is being used in the sense of excluding others.

Healthy Testing Habits

...5 min readChrome-Extensionthinkingtester.com

Improving health begins with good habits. Here are six testing habits you’ll want your team to adopt.

Quality Assurance Is Down. Call The Quality Assistance

...5 min readChrome-Extensionqeunit.com

Check out the key elements of the Quality Assistance model and its implementation.

Performance

How I made Google’s data grid scroll 10x faster with one line of CSS

...4 min readChrome-Extensionmedium.com

Want to display a larger dataset on Google Search Console? This article gives a detailed walkthrough on how to avoid a major scroll lag.

What to do if you cannot upgrade to JMeter 5.4.2 for Log4j Vulnerability?

...4 min readChrome-Extensionqainsights.com

Unable to update your JMeter 5.4.2? Here are some alternative options that will help mitigate the Lo4j exploit.

Automation

Automated testing patterns

...7 min readChrome-Extensionmedium.com

Testing patterns serve the goals of automated testing: specification, documentation, support to refactoring, help on locating defects. Learn about them here.

How To Switch Between iFrames In Selenium Java [Tutorial]

...9 min readChrome-Extensionlambdatest.com

There are multiple cases that can’t be automated, and there are a few that are hard to implement. Check out this tutorial on how to handle the web pages with iframes correctly.

Karma JS Testing: What, Why, and How to Get Going Right Now

...9 min readChrome-Extensiontestim.io

What is the go-to tool for Angular unit testing or even vanilla JavaScript testing? In this article, learn how to install Karma, and why you would want to use it.

Selenium vs X, Y, Z, 
, all these years

...9 min readChrome-Extensionzhiminzhan.medium.com

Stop comparing, just do real web test automation with raw Selenium WebDriver. Truth be told, Selenium is still ruling the roost. Read to know why!

Tools

11+ Best Test Management Tools

...8 min readChrome-Extensionqacraft.com

This article covers the best test management tools and their key features. Read to know them all!

Cypress vs Playwright: Which is best for E2E testing?

...10 min readChrome-Extensioncathalmacdonnacha.com

Let the battle begin! Read about the comparison between Cypress and Playwright in the format of an ADR and which tool to go with.

Product Of The Week #1: Modern Data Stack

...5 min readChrome-Extensionmoderndatastack.xyz

A platform for everything you need to know about the Modern Data Stack.

Product Of The Week #2: thirdweb

...5 min readChrome-Extensionthirdweb.com

Build Web3 projects in minutes with smart contracts you control, tools that accelerate your workflow, and intuitive SDKs and widgets for developers.

Video & Podcast

Podcast: Quality Influencer with Parveen Khan

...25 minChrome-Extensiontestguild.com

Discover how to impact a new team, Agile and DevOps tips, the What (not how) of testing, and much more. Listen now!

Video: Learn JUnit in 4 Hours

...52 min readChrome-Extensionyoutube.com

In this LambdaTest JUnit tutorial, learn how to work with the JUnit framework for Selenium automation testing.

Podcast: Why NOT unittest?

...29 min readChrome-Extensiontestandcode.com

Tune in to know 'Why NOT unittest?', or more broadly, 'What are the fatal flaws of xUnit?'

Video: Redefining test automation

...29 min readChrome-Extensionyoutube.com

Test Automation is a term everyone in testing probably hears regularly, but what is it really? Check out this video and learn what skills one needs to succeed in it.

Events

Event: Agile, DevOps & Testing - Methods & Tools Revisited

...00 minChrome-Extensionconference.unicom.co.uk

Join the conference to find methods and tools for business value through the adoption of Agile, DevOps, and Testing, and well-built software. Date of event: 23-24 Feb 2022 at 09:00am IST.