Welcome to the 127th edition of Coding Jag, brought to you by LambdaTest!👐

In today's fast-paced world, test automation has become an essential part of the software development process. 

However, not all test automation projects are successful, and many of them fail to deliver the expected results.

In this issue of Coding Jag, we'll explore the reasons why test automation projects fail and how we can avoid those pitfalls.

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LambdaTest now allows you to run end-to-end Cypress tests on macOS Ventura. Test your web applications across 40+ different browsers running real macOS Ventura. 

In addition, we also released new browser versions for automation testing. 🌐  

• Chrome 110 Beta, 109
• Firefox 110 Beta, 109
• Edge 108 Beta, 107

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• 45+ Speakers 
• 10,000+ Attendees 
• 2000+ Minutes 
• Live Q&As 

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Welcome to the 126th edition of Coding Jag, brought to you by LambdaTest!👐

According to a Gartner Report – “By 2026, at least 60% of I&O leaders will use Digital Experience Monitoring to measure application, services and endpoint performance from the user’s viewpoint, up from less than 20% in 2021.” 📈 

Join us on February 21st, 2023, for the next episode of Voices of Community on From Chaos to Control: Observability and Testing in Production 📺 

🕛  8:30-9:30 PM IST | 10:00-11:00 AM EST

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Speakers 🎤 

• 👤 Vanya Seth - Head of Technology, Thoughtworks India
• 👤 Manoj Kumar - Vice President of DevRel and OSPO, LambdaTest

In this talk, Vanya Seth will explore the concept of observability and how it facilitates the concept of testing in production. She will also discuss why it is important for Test/Quality engineers to advocate for an observability strategy and how it can help improve the system's overall reliability. 

Key Takeaways 🗝️ 

• Observability vs. Monitoring (disambiguating the difference)
• How observability helps in answering important questions about the functioning of a business process in a microservices architecture.
• The role of Quality engineers in advocating for an observability strategy.
• Importance of having a comprehensive strategy for ensuring system reliability.
• How to implement an effective observability strategy and make the most of testing in production.

The LambdaTest Test Analytics platform has been upgraded with several new features. and enhancements. 📊 

Let's take a look 👇 

• Support for filtering the dashboards by a particular time and date selection. This will help you get more precise results at the required timestamp.
• Ability to edit the Dashboard Layout that helps you arrange your widgets according to the alignment of your choice.
• New feature to copy or clone the existing dashboard with all the widgets and configurations, the same as the source dashboard, to explore more detailed insights by adding more widgets or filters without disturbing your current dashboard.
• View the Job runs by Time Span Summary on every graph widget added for HyperExecute in the Dashboard. This feature is exclusive to HyperExecute users.

Bonus Additions

SmartUI Testing: LambdaTest Automation now allows you to perform visual regression testing using Puppeteer, Storybook, and GitHub App.

📕 Refer to the below guides to get started:

• Visual Regression Testing with Puppeteer
• Visual Regression Testing with Storybook
• Visual Regression Testing with GitHub App

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Welcome to the 125th edition of Coding Jag, brought to you by LambdaTest!👐

In the testing process, it is never too late to reevaluate how quality is defined. 

Today's fast-paced and constantly evolving technology landscape may not accept the quality standards that were acceptable a few years ago.

In this edition of Coding Jag, we will discuss the latest best practices for defining quality in software testing.

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RELEASE VERSIONS: 1.96 & 1.97

Here are some latest enhancements and new features in LambdaTest's HyperExecute. 👇

 ✅ Job Alerts on Slack

Now get instant updates about the progress of your tests, use HyperExecute, and integrate it with Slack. You will get updates on the status of your jobs along with other important details. 

Furthermore, you can also go to the job directly by clicking on View Job, which is provided at the bottom of the alert.  

If you want to get a detailed walkthrough on how to set up Slack alerts, please refer to our guide on Slack integration. 

✅ Job Reports as an Email

You can now receive your job reports directly as an email. 

Just specify your email ID in the HyperExecute YAML file and use the partialReports flag to get the job report on it. 

partialReports:
  frameworkName: testng
  location: target/surefire-reports/html
  type: html
  email:
    to: 
      - <your_email_id@example.com>
      - <another_email_id@example.com>

For more details, go through our documentation - Receive the Job Report as an Email.

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Hey folks 😀 

We've got some new features for you this week. Check them out 👇

Test on New Browsers 

Browser Testing: Perform live-interactive online browser compatibility testing on the newly added browsers. 🌐 

• Chrome 109 Beta, 108, 107, 106, 105, 104
• Firefox 109 Beta, 108, 107, 106, 105, 104, 103
• Edge 109 Beta, 108, 107, 106, 105, 104 
• Opera 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89

Screenshot: Capture automated screenshots to ensure a flawless digital experience on the following browsers. 📷 

• Chrome 108, 107, 106, 105, 104
• Firefox 108, 107, 106, 105, 104, 103
• Edge 108, 107, 106, 105, 104 
• Opera 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89

New Geolocation

Support for new IP Geolocation - Ashburn is now available. 🌍 

Improvements

A few improvements have been made to adding inputs from the keyboard on Windows OS. 📝 

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Welcome to the 124th edition of Coding Jag, brought to you by LambdaTest!👐

Testing is the process of determining if a system or its component(s) satisfies the requirements. Debugging, on the other hand, is the act of locating and fixing problems or flaws in a computer program.