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Whether you’re a tester, software developer, or elsewhere in the tech industry, we all know that technology (and AI in particular) have seen a big jump over the past couple years. Many have understandably had concerns with retaining relevant skills as we move further and further into uncharted territory. What steps have you taken to help ensure your place in your line of work is secure? Are the fears of artificial replacement overblown? Is there anything you think we should prepare for? 

After some of the things I’ve read from people in the forum, I’m curious- what do you think makes a good tester? What sort of qualities and traits should someone have if they want to get into testing? Can anyone do it or does it take a certain type of person? 

Question: How does continuous integration help in the DevOps lifecycle, and what are some common CI best practices? Answer in the comments below. Next task will be live tomorrow on Oct. 9.

Question: Explain the advantages of using version control systems like Git in DevOps. Answer in the comments below. Next task will be live tomorrow on Oct.8.

Hello,I'm a college student, trying to gather more and more knowledge about test automation with AI. That's why I chose Testim, but my free trial expired already, so I can't try all the AI-powered functionalities Testim can offer.My question is, if it's possible to run a web-app over localhost in Testim, to which I've implemented mutation tests? I'm aware that in the free plan there's only the Testim cloud grid, but still I'd love to reproduce the auto improve functionality of this Testool with my error-filled local code of the web-app. I've written tests with the localhost's URL as the starting point (my server built with Node.js and Express and gets run before the automated tests), but instead of the auto improved steps I get a warning that the locators have significantly changed. That's not quite the auto improve behaviour I'm looking for or the one displayed in the documentation. Would someone be nice enough to lend me some of their thoughts on the matter an

The topic of "Feature Flags and Feature Toggles: A Strategy for Controlled Rollouts" is a valuable discussion point for developers interested in optimizing their release processes.  What are Feature Flags and Toggles Feature flags (also known as feature toggles) are a development technique that allows you to turn specific features or parts of your application on or off at runtime. They are essentially conditional statements in your code that determine whether a particular feature should be visible or active for end-users. This enables developers to have granular control over feature releases and updates.Do you use features flags?What is your experience with them?Any benefits/drawbacks that you want to share?

Hi There, I would like to hear from the industry experts based on their experience into software test automation, what are the key responsibilities of a Test Architect in automation projects? Looking forward to an interesting conversation and inputs 😀

Can anyone provide an example of how to validate data in an Excel sheet downloaded via a TestIM test case?I viewed the example provided here, but it only shows the means to extract the number of sheets in the spreadsheet and the title of the sheets, it does not provide an example of how to retrieve values from a cell (the value at cell A3 of the sheet) for example?I’m rather new at creating custom actions so any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I know it is hard to find the time to do extra work after work but do you have any side projects at the moment or plan on starting any? You can also write if you started a side project and never finished ( I know I had a few of those). I am really curios to see if people still do IT related content after work or if they do somenthing else. If you want I can even start: I try to post on my youtube channel at least once a week but it does show that I do not invest that much time in there at the moment.

Anyone knows specific tests to be done while testing the Enterprise Browser TEsting?

what are the possible steps you think a beginner in testing career can take after completing academic training in manual testing?

 In this video, @alistair_cockburn , a leading figure in software architecture, provides invaluable insights into Hexagonal Architecture. Hexagonal Architecture is a design concept that separates an application's core logic from its external dependencies.In this video, Alistair tackles a fundamental question: "How many hexagons should you create for large and complex applications?" Alistair Cockburn's responses offer clarity on this crucial aspect of Hexagonal Architecture, helping you make informed architectural decisions. Learn more about Hexagonal Architecrure in this article. 

What would be considered the similiarities and differences between DevOps and DevSecOps. Will DevSecOps replace DevOps in future?

What is some other popular framwork apart from Appium for Mobile native app automation. Both IOS and ANdroid share same code base

Why is there a "hexagon"? Why the 6 sides? And how important is it?

With the increase in remote work and online services, cybersecurity has become more critical than ever. Did it have any impact on your work?Did your company add new security guidelines?Has it made you more aware of security risk?What are you thoughts on the matter?

Hey Shiftsync community! 👋 I hope you're all having a fantastic Friday. Today, I want to dive into a topic that has been a hot debate in the tech world for a long time – should we deploy on Fridays? 📅 Opinions on this matter are as diverse as our favorite programming languages, and I'd love to hear your thoughts and stories on this! Here's my take: I'm a firm believer that Fridays are a day for wrapping up the week, reflecting on accomplishments, and preparing for a well-deserved weekend. Rushing a deployment at the end of the week might lead to increased stress, last-minute issues, and the risk of having to work over the weekend to resolve unforeseen problems. That being said, I know some teams who swear by Friday deployments, arguing that it allows them to catch and address issues promptly, should they arise. They claim it gives them a head start on Monday, and it aligns with agile principles of continuous delivery. 

DevOps ways of working are designed to both accelerate the flow of work and simultaneously improve the quality, reliability and scalability of digital products. But research data suggests this hasn’t yet worked for everyone and that the majority of organisations are stalling in their implementations, unable to reach higher levels of capability. Where are you at with DevOps in your organization? Is it everything you hoped it would be? (Best answer wins a copy of Investments Unlimited!)

Can I ask how the community handles Date Pickers? The GenerateDate action function doesn’t work for me because the field expects the user to select day, month and year from the date picker dialogue box. Date Pickers are commonplace so I can’t be the first to face this challenge, but I can’t find an answer anywhere?Thank you for any help you can offer. John 

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When you learn a programming language you usually do not learn it for a very narrow and specific purpose. Or do you?Do you think that you can say that there is somenthing like Java for testers? And if there is what does that mean? What do you learn?

What do you spend more time doing during a day?Writing new tests? Fixing old tests?

Hey everyone, so I have a question for all of you. Recently, I have started my first ever Meetup group and before that I already went to couple of developer meetups, but I was wondering what do usually expect on the Meetups you are attending (two standard talks + networking afterwards or just one longer presentation)? Also are there any testing Meetups you are attending/enjoying?