Join active discussions on QA, quality engineering, test automation, and testing with leading software testing professionals. Get answers, share knowledge, and grow your testing career.| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
I’m Jennifer, a QA professional with about 1.5 years of experience in manual testing. I’ve had an account on MoT for awhile but besides some testing APIs workshops I did back in 2023, I haven’t been very active. I’m based in Toronto and recently received a scholarship for the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate and I’m excited to sharpen my skills over the coming months while I job hunt. I hope to expand my skills into test automation and I’ve already started a Playwright ...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Heya everyone Been a while! But great to be back to the club. AI based apps are everywhere, and companies have incorporated it into their existing offerings in one way or the other, in small and big ways. Ignoring all the hyped apps, looking into just usecases that are truly a value add, even in the smallest of ways.. testing them have been such a precarious thing. The aspect that an input drastically affects the output that comes out is now actually a feature and not a bug! How is everyone l...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
As a new joiner, how do you effectively handle context switching between multiple projects—especially when you’re still trying to learn a new application, unfamiliar technologies, and settle into a new company and team? What strategies help when you begin picking things up, but then get moved to a different project?| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
I have a feature that is currently blocked, and there are some test cases from other features that depend on it. Should I continue testing or stop until the blocker is resolved? How can I determine that I should stop testing because of this blocker? And is it acceptable to stop testing since there are dependent test cases?| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
I really enjoyed your article and learning about your experience!| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
and here is the next question from the community Something feels odd in software testing - Software Testing Community Question No. 6| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Here is Cnarios- a good site for all the scenarios, challenges and interview questions for free.| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
I wish we could draw some doodle there to make the MOT Pages more creative from UI/UX perspective.| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
When I was doing my graduation in engineering, for the first two years I was only familiar with development i.e. coding and programming. When I entered my 3rd year of engineering and some of my seniors got placed as testers, so they told me about testing and things related to it. Most of them were on projects that followed the waterfall model, so they would describe their daily corporate life as very chill. They would tell me that for the whole day they remain chill or outside the office, and...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Thanls for sharing links, @mikeharris I will check them out.| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Being a part of This Week in Testing: STEC Edition, the subject of portfolios came up. I’m curious. As you are working through STEC, what are you using for your portfolio? Would you be willing to share it here so others can see living examples?| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Hello there! Consider a monolithic application where: Actions can generally only be performed via the UI. The UI can’t be decoupled from backend functionality. The majority of backend functionality can’t be triggered via API. The application relies on scheduled jobs to process data. The application stores everything in a single database. If you were tasked with finding a way to set up integration tests for such a system, how would you approach it?| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
It couldn’t resonate more with me. I always think about the Jeff Goldblum quote from the original Jurassic Park “You’re scientists were so preoccupied with the fact that they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”. With AI, it doesn’t have a moral compass…it only responds based on the data it has access to. AI doesn’t know whether it should do something, the context behind what you’re prompting…only humans can do that. There is a murderous frenzy right now in the...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
When I first got into APIs, I remember feeling stuck. Everyone was talking about endpoints, requests, responses, headers, methods, but where could I actually practice without breaking something real? I wanted to experiment, make mistakes, and see how APIs really worked and that’s exactly why I built RESTful-Booker: a buggy little API playground that resets every 10 minutes. It’s designed so you can experiment, make mistakes, and see how APIs behave in practice. For example, if you send a ...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Thanks for all the responses everyone. This really stuck out for me from Gary: I think this is what I’ve seen in the early stages of refinement meetings in my current role. The caveat is that the project is quite new for everyone so we’re still figuring out the best way to do refinements but I think it’s important for everyone to be aware of the stories and tickets before, during and after a refinement session and that refinement doesn’t have to be the be all and end all for the stori...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
You missed CloudQA, that is an interesting tool. We use Virtuoso.| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
@the_testing_game, From my experience, Testsigma’s no-code setup and integrations make it quite effective for web and mobile testing. However, the extent of its functionality needs to be evaluated in detail for embedded systems. Interaction with hardware, device drivers, or low-level communications is typical in embedded testing. Testsigma, on its own, is not likely to offer full support for these. Handling the hardware aspects would likely need additional custom scripts or tools. On the in...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Dear MoT Team, I’ve encountered a bug with the like/unlike functionality in a newly created memory on my profile. Here are the details: Issue Description: Like/Unlike Action: When I click “like” and then “unlike” on a memory, the status shows as “unliked,” but the action doesn’t actually register correctly. It appears as if it’s unliked, but the memory is still technically in the “liked” state. Subsequent Unlike Action: After trying to “unlike” again, I receive a 404...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Occasionally we all experience those instances when a bug pops out unexpectedly, leaving us in one of three states: head-scratching confusion, uncontrollable laughter, or desperate panic. It might be some bizarre fringe case or something so glaringly simple that it’s astonishing it ever existed. Let’s share and learn together!| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Sometimes a new feature idea lands on your desk and you think, “Looks harmless enough, but what if it isn’t?” That’s where testers shine. We’re the ones poking at the edges, asking the “what if” and “who’s thought about” questions before anyone’s knee-deep in code. You don’t need all the answers, just a healthy dose of curiosity and the nerve to ask questions that help everyone see the bigger picture. To put that curiosity to the test, here is a scenario where you can ...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Listened to a fabulous discussion on This Week in Testing | Ministry of Testing where @nat @lhughes @preetig @eamond15 and @simon_tomes shared their experiences on attending conferences and tips for testbash. It’ll be my first time attending TestBash and I’m sure I won’t be the only one in that position. So for those who have been before and the regular attendees, what would be your tips for the newbees like me to get the best out of our experience? What should we be prepared for?| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Hello 👋 , I just caught up on the brilliant Leading with Quality episode with Jenny Bramble: The quality revival. I found it interesting what @jennydoesthings said about changes in the last 5 years or so, including a remote-first switch up with many companies and although this is a more inclusive approach to working, how that has affected quality and collaborative working. What I liked was was how she coined the change as going from an ‘opt-out culture to an opt-in culture’. She ...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Join active discussions on QA, quality engineering, test automation, and testing with leading software testing professionals. Get answers, share knowledge, and grow your testing career.| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Read my MoT article, “When hiring software testers doesn’t work (and what to do BEFORE you hire them).” It explores an inconvenient truth: sometimes folks who say “hiring software testers causes more harm than good” are actually onto something. This isn’t because quality work doesn’t matter (it does!) but because teams often hire software testers without knowing what they actually need. They chase test automation fixes for deeper organizational problems. Or they expect quick win...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Join active discussions on QA, quality engineering, test automation, and testing with leading software testing professionals. Get answers, share knowledge, and grow your testing career.| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
What is the best way to document API test scenarios or test cases. In my experience, I have used Postman and Paw(Rapid API) for testing end points and have saved them as a collection. Whenever there is a change, open the collection and test it. However, testing an API is playing around with a combination of key- value pairs sent as part of Request and validating the response we get. I am unsure how to document what we have tested and how to document what all are automated. We have so many tes...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Manual QA testers often start with no-code tools because coding takes time to learn. But these tools usually lock you in with no clean way to export tests or scale as projects grow. I’m early in exploring a hybrid tool that lets you create, edit, and run test suites in no-code or code, and generate an exportable Playwright project that’s easy to understand and extend with code when needed. Just curious if this sounds like a common headache or if it’s just mine. Would love to hear what o...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
toptal.com list these as the 10 Common Web Security Vulnerabilities Injection Flaws Broken Authentication Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) Security Misconfiguration Sensitive Data Exposure Missing Function Level Access Control Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Using Components With Known Vulnerabilities Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards We would love to create a community-curated collection of glossary entries that: explains what each of these thing is, o...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Hey guys. This is one of my favorite topics in the testing area nowadays. I recently read one article from Gergely Orosz about How Big Tech does Quality Assurance and many reflections came to my mind. I have seen more and more companies going for an approach where the dev teams take the QA role. It is important to highlight the word “role”, since even though there is no QA professional inside the team, the process and activities to guarantee the quality are not neglected. The whole dev te...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
When I talk about tools with testers, I most often hear about UI or API automation tools. However, testing includes a very rich set of activities where innovation and efficiency can be brought. What types of tools do you use to boost your testing activities? Here are some examples that I will give to set some context: Exploratory Testing (Test Data): Bug Magnet, Counterstring, Fake Filler UI UX Testing: Measure It, What font?, ColorPick Eyedropper, UX Check, Resolution Test Scripting (Prepa...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Rahul Parwal is a Software Tester from India. He is a recipient of the prestigious Jerry Weinberg Testing Excellence Award. Rahul is an avid reader, blogger, and conference speaker who likes to share his thoughts on various social media platforms. Recently, he has also been inducted as a LambdaTest Spartan, & a Browserstack Champion for his work in the field of software testing. Presently, he works as a Senior Software Engineer with ifm engineering in India.| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
I enjoy breaking down software at any different level. Therefor I became a tester! I like to hunt for bugs & security flaws on bug bounty programs. You can always count on me for a Testing Dojo, Exploration Night or some good old fashion Bug Hunting!| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Value based tester and manager, relationship and people growth lover. Non believer in one methodology is the best and codeless automation.| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Testing applications developed with AI coding tools is a unique experience—equal parts fascinating and frustrating. While these tools speed up code generation, the code they produce often lacks scalability, context integration, and overall quality. This makes the role of testers and quality engineers more critical than ever. In my post, “Testing AI-coded applications: practical tips for software testers”, I share real-world experiences from testing projects that relied on AI-generated c...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
In this module, you’ll explore technical testing, what it means to be a technical tester and how tools can support (but never replace!) your thinking. You’ll discover how understanding system layers, picking the right tools, and applying critical judgment helps testers work more effectively across all kinds of software. Whether you’re inspecting the browser with DevTools, experimenting with an API client, or trying out AI-powered tools, this module will help you approach tools with conf...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
Hi lovely people ❤ So I was just doing some automation and was struggling to find one web element in Chrome Web browser, what I found is really interesting so I thought to share with you all here and I am confident that it will be useful tip for many of you if not already known 🚀 💜 Chrome version: Version 138.0.7204.101 Chrome has added built-in AI agent to ask anything regarding any web element and understand CSS like never before. Right Click to “Inspect the pag...| The Club: Software Testing & Quality Engineering Community Forum | Ministry o...
