Issue #168 : Software Testing Notes
Connecting the world of professional wrestling with lessons in Quality Engineering
Hello there! 👋
Welcome to the 168th edition of Software Testing Notes, a weekly newsletter featuring must-read content on Software Testing. I hope this week has been good for you so far.
This week, we will explore:
Connecting the world of professional wrestling with lessons in Quality Engineering
How To Perform Testing Without Requirements
Testers and code reviews
Client Side Performance Testing
Testing AI Coded Apps
and much more…
📚 Testing
WrestleMania and Quality Engineering: Tag-Teaming for Excellence by Simon Prior
This is one of the more interesting analogies I’ve read in a while. Drawing inspiration from the grand spectacle of WrestleMania, Simon Prior cleverly connects the world of professional wrestling with lessons in Quality Engineering with highlighting importance of preparation, teamwork and resilience.
How To Perform Testing Without Requirements by Kirill Nikitin
Projects without clear requirements are more common than you’d think, and this article by Kirill Nikitin offers a pragmatic guide for them. The article breaks down the difference between implicit and explicit requirements, open communication, and documentation. If you’ve ever been handed a vague ticket and asked to “just test it,” this one’s for you.
Test Features, Not APIs by Gil Zilberfeld
If you are doing API testing, you should always remember that, it’s not just about testing endpoints. As Gil Zilberfeld puts it “It’s about validating the user experience behind them”. By using a simple DELETE operation as an example, the article shows how context, user roles, and system behavior can all influence how a “working” API truly performs.
Testing Will Become More Important, Not Less by Filip Hric
Many people think that with AI coding, testing field will slowly declined. Filip Hric has different take on it. The answer lies in somewhere between AI-assisted test generation, smarter test design practices and high-quality validation.
Furthermore, Rafaela Azevedo has written about Testing AI Coded Apps – Challenges and Tips.
🔍 Software Testing
⚙️ Automation
Netflix App Testing At Scale by Ken Yee
Testing a mobile app at Netflix scale isn’t your average challenge. In this detailed post, Ken Yee shares how 14 years of evolution, legacy code, and an enormous device matrix have shaped their current testing approach.
Why Code Reviews Are the Real Foundation of Product Quality (And a Game-Changer for Testers) by Niraj Subedi
We often think of code reviews as a developer responsibility, but Niraj Subedi makes a strong case for their broader impact by involving testers early in the review process. This will help teams to catch issues sooner, reduce rework, and create more testable, user-focused code.
How To Track Test Automation KPIs Using Pytest and Google Sheets by Ayoub Bounaga
Writing automated tests is great — but how do you know if they’re actually working for you? This post outlines a lightweight, clever approach to tracking test KPIs using Pytest, shell scripts, and Google Sheets to monitor everything from execution rates to per-device flakiness. It’s a practical reminder that visibility into your tests doesn’t require a complex dashboard — just a bit of scripting and the right metrics.
🔍 Test Automation
💨 Performance
Client-Side Performance - Testing Manually and Automating Perf Tests by Harmeet Singh
In this article, Harmeet Singh takes a deep dive into identifying what slows down web pages, which metrics actually matter, and how to automate testing using tools like Cypress and Playwright.
Turning OpenAPI Specs into Performance Tests — Without Losing My Mind by Ameya N.
Ameya N. shares how to automate performance test generation with Gatling directly from OpenAPI specs and how integrating this process into CI/CD pipelines.
🔍 Performance Testing
🛠️ Resources & Tools
Unlighthouse — Scan your entire site with Google Lighthouse in 2 minutes (on average).
Light my Request — Injects a fake HTTP request/response into a node HTTP server
📝 List of Software Testers
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🎁 Bonus Content
📌 OTHER INTERESTING STUFF
⭐ LAST WEEK'S MOST READ
What NOT to Do in Your Test Automation Framework - Part 1 by Katya Pereverzeva
Mastering API Testing with Mocking in TypeScript: An Intro to Mock Service Worker by Dylan Britz
😂 And Finally,
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Happy Testing!
Pritesh(@priteshusdadiya)