Archive Index of All Blog Posts

There are 534 posts to read through:

• 2025-11-20 | Using Free OpenCode AI Agent to create Page Objects for WebDriver with Java
• 2025-11-13 | An overview of WebDriver with Java
• 2025-11-04 | An overview of the dummy practice web page Basic Web Page
• 2025-11-04 | An overview of the Software Test Pages, a dummy practice web testing application
• 2025-10-07 | Software Testing Podcast - Migrating Test Automation - The Evil Tester Show Episode 027
• 2025-09-26 | Automating an Accessibility Evaluation Report using Deque Axe and Selenium Webdriver
• 2025-09-25 | What tool to choose for Web UI Test Automation?
• 2025-09-17 | Software Testing Podcast - Portfolio Projects - The Evil Tester Show Episode 026
• 2025-09-12 | List of the Top Software Testing Newsletters
• 2025-09-06 | Software Testing Podcast - The Respect Episode - The Evil Tester Show Episode 025
• 2025-09-01 | Agile Testing
• 2025-08-31 | Recommended Reading
• 2025-08-26 | Using Free Chat GPT to learn Playwright Automating in Java
• 2025-08-18 | Browserstack Community Day 2025 - Skill Development in an Age of AI
• 2025-08-15 | Using Free Claude.ai chat interface to Vibe Code a Browser Javascript Game
• 2025-08-09 | Using Chrome Dev Tools AI Assistance to Automate UI from Javascript Console
• 2025-08-07 | Software Testing Podcast - The Strategy vs Plan Episode - The Evil Tester Show Episode 024
• 2025-08-04 | Best List of the Top Software Testing Podcasts
• 2025-08-02 | Using YouTube and Google NotebookLM For Speed Studying
• 2025-06-28 | Software Testing Podcast - The Software Testing Job Market in 2025 with Jack Cole - The Evil Tester Show Episode 023
• 2025-03-18 | Software Testing Podcast - Practicing Testing with James Lyndsay - The Evil Tester Show Episode 022
• 2025-01-04 | Software Testing Podcast - Context In Context Driven Testing - The Evil Tester Show Episode 021
• 2024-08-25 | Modelling Software Testing for Naming and Understanding
• 2023-11-15 | Kubernetes kubectl cheat sheet notes
• 2023-07-30 | Updated Github Repos and Released Conference Talk
• 2023-07-15 | Recruit And interview people. Do not just fill roles
• 2023-07-15 | Testing The Triangle Application
• 2023-07-10 | On Modelling
• 2023-06-18 | Software Testing Podcast - The Test Automation Pyramid Episode - The Evil Tester Show Episode 020
• 2023-06-04 | Software Testing Podcast - The Test Cases and Test Scripts Episode - The Evil Tester Show Episode 019
• 2023-05-21 | Software Testing Podcast - The Manual Testing Special - The Evil Tester Show Episode 018
• 2023-03-02 | Applications to Practice Testing and Automating
• 2023-01-22 | What is Software Testing? - a meta model
• 2022-09-22 | Chrome Dev Tools Overview 2022
• 2022-08-25 | Software Testing Podcast - Manual QA is Dead - The Evil Tester Show Episode 017
• 2022-06-21 | Using Faker to Generate Random Data in AnyWayData
• 2022-06-04 | Using https cdn imports with Jest tests in JavaScript
• 2022-03-19 | Model Based Testing Thoughts
• 2022-02-21 | How far should you go in your investigation of a defect?
• 2022-02-21 | Is there such a thing as an Evil Tester? Poking holes is good.
• 2022-02-21 | Why Speak at conferences? write blogs? - To get your message out.
• 2022-02-20 | Lesson Learned - I'm not ready for that vs I could do but choose not to
• 2022-02-18 | Lessons Learned - Experts Make Stuff Up, They Don't Know Everything
• 2022-02-17 | Automating API Tip - Use minimum, fail assert less, pass assert more
• 2022-02-17 | Use Leaderboards and Counts as Triggers and Trends, not for Motivation
• 2022-02-13 | A beginner's guide to software testing - Claims, and Expectations.
• 2022-02-13 | Software Testing Techniques are Model Based, not White/Grey/Black Box
• 2022-02-13 | Tester Role vs Testing Process. Anyone can Test. Are we testing well?
• 2022-02-12 | Skip your intros, jump straight to the value, edit out the fluff
• 2022-02-12 | What is a Software Developer? Programmer? Tester? A Career Aspiration?
• 2022-02-12 | Q. How to learn software testing? A. Identify, Try, Apply
• 2022-02-11 | Software Testing Podcast - Automation Biases - The Evil Tester Show Episode 016
• 2021-12-28 | Adopt a Personal Approach to Exploratory Testing
• 2021-12-09 | Cypress AG Grid Plugin for Test Automation
• 2021-11-20 | Automate for yourself first
• 2021-11-14 | How to Release a Chrome Extension to the Chrome Store
• 2021-11-14 | Jacoco Java Coverage Reporting - minimal configuration for Junit 4 and 5
• 2021-11-01 | T.O.T.E - Test, Operate, Test, Exit for Software Testing
• 2021-10-30 | A Random Test Data Table Editor Tool
• 2021-10-16 | Fiddler Notes and UseCases
• 2021-08-01 | API Testing Challenges - How To Use Simulation Mode
• 2021-08-01 | API Testing Challenges - How To Use Mirror Mode
• 2021-07-25 | API Testing Challenges 37 and 38 - How To - Use Bearer Tokens
• 2021-07-25 | API Testing Challenges 35 and 36 - How To - POST Unauthorised 401 403
• 2021-07-25 | API Testing Challenges 34 - How To - POST amend secret note 200
• 2021-07-25 | API Testing Challenges 33 - How To - GET authorized secret note 200
• 2021-07-25 | API Testing Challenges 32 - How To - unauthorized secret note 401
• 2021-07-24 | API Testing Challenges 31 - How To - forbidden secret note 403
• 2021-07-24 | API Testing Challenges 30 - How To - authentication passed 201
• 2021-07-24 | API Testing Challenges 29 - How To - authentication failed 401
• 2021-07-23 | Q - Can we use Automated Execution to find defects? A - Yes
• 2021-07-18 | API Testing Challenges 25, 26, 27, 28 - How To - Status codes 405, 500, 501, 204
• 2021-07-18 | API Testing Challenge 24 - How To - POST JSON accept XML
• 2021-07-17 | API Testing Challenge 23 - How To - POST XML accept JSON
• 2021-07-17 | API Testing Challenge 22 - How To - POST todos (415)
• 2021-07-17 | API Testing Challenge 21 - How To - POST todos create todo with JSON
• 2021-07-17 | API Testing Challenge 20 - How To - POST todos create todo with XML
• 2021-07-17 | API Testing Challenge 19 - How To - GET todos Invalid Accept Header 406
• 2021-07-11 | Do we need Testers? What is the right question to ask?
• 2021-06-26 | Claude Shannon on Creative Thinking Strategies
• 2021-06-20 | Q. Do you have to be negative to be a tester? A. No
• 2021-06-16 | Are testers there to make development look good?
• 2021-06-08 | QA is a process not a role and is not testing
• 2021-05-29 | API Testing Challenge 18 - How To - GET todos No Accept Header 200
• 2021-05-29 | API Testing Challenge 17 - How To - GET todos XML as Preference 200
• 2021-05-29 | API Testing Challenge 16 - How To - GET todos any 200
• 2021-05-09 | API Testing Challenge 15 - How To - GET todos json 200
• 2021-04-25 | Saucecon 2021 - Talk
• 2021-04-23 | API Testing Challenge 14 - How To - GET todos xml 200
• 2021-04-21 | API Testing Challenge 13 - How To - OPTIONS todos 200
• 2021-04-12 | API Testing Challenge 12 - How To - DELETE todos/id 200
• 2021-03-07 | API Testing Challenge - How To - POST todos/id 200
• 2021-02-26 | Learn Test Automation By Taking Short Practical Steps
• 2021-02-20 | Can we use JUnit and TDD for Testing?
• 2021-02-13 | Poetry and Software Testing
• 2021-01-30 | API Testing Challenge - How To - POST todos 400
• 2021-01-30 | API Testing Challenge - How To - GET todos 200 filter
• 2021-01-27 | A Trail of Code - 001 Find Dupes and Delete
• 2021-01-24 | API Testing Challenge - How To - POST todos 201
• 2021-01-24 | API Testing Challenge - How To - HEAD todos 200
• 2020-12-15 | API Testing Challenge - How To - GET todos id 404
• 2020-11-19 | A Meta Reason for Locator Ids
• 2020-09-17 | API Testing Challenge - How To - GET todos id 200
• 2020-09-16 | API Testing Challenge - How To - GET todo 404
• 2020-09-12 | Open Source Profile - Keynote at the Open Quality Conference
• 2020-09-07 | Using Code Coverage As a Review Tool
• 2020-09-03 | API Testing Challenge - How To - GET todos 200
• 2020-09-02 | API Testing Challenge - How To - GET challenges 200
• 2020-08-27 | Software Testing Podcast - Exploratory Testing Government Guidance - The Evil Tester Show Episode 015
• 2020-08-20 | REST API Open Source Workshops
• 2020-08-19 | Automating Calculator From Console
• 2020-08-17 | Software Testing Podcast - How to Recruit Testers - The Evil Tester Show - Episode 014
• 2020-08-07 | Unit Testing FAQs and Lessons Learned
• 2020-07-31 | API Testing Challenge - Debrief - POST challenger 201
• 2020-07-31 | API Testing Challenge - How To - POST challenger 201
• 2020-07-23 | BrowserStack - Breakpoint 2020 - Talk
• 2020-07-17 | Automating To Detect Change
• 2020-07-06 | Ordering Headers In HTTP Requests with RestAssured and UniRest
• 2020-07-06 | RestAssured Tips for Proxies and Logging
• 2020-07-02 | Fluent Helper Classes for SlowLoadableComponent Page Objects
• 2020-07-02 | How to Create Fluent Page Objects
• 2020-07-02 | What are my next steps after writing my first Selenium WebDriver test?
• 2020-07-02 | Difference between Selenium WebDriver getText and getAttribute
• 2020-07-01 | Why Does Selenium Not Work With This Alert?
• 2020-07-01 | How to Select a Web Element using CSS when id containing '.'
• 2020-07-01 | Why has my WebDriver Browser Not Closed?
• 2020-07-01 | How to Use a Fluent Wait DSL with WebDriver
• 2020-07-01 | Why is my SlowLoadableComponent not waiting?
• 2020-07-01 | How to Capture HTTP Messages with WebDriver
• 2020-06-30 | A minimal WebDriver based DSL
• 2020-06-30 | How to Amend the JavaScript of the Web Application Under Test With WebDriver
• 2020-06-30 | How to synchronise on application state
• 2020-06-30 | Because sometimes it's hard... some tips for "Working with WebDriver"
• 2020-06-29 | How to Trigger Blur Event with WebDriver Java?
• 2020-06-29 | How to highlight elements in use with Selenium WebDriver?
• 2020-06-27 | Data Driven Tests in JUnit 4 with Parameterized Tests
• 2020-06-26 | Software Testing Podcast - How to Get a Job in Testing - The Evil Tester Show Episode 013
• 2020-06-24 | Using Static Analysis to improve your Java Coding
• 2020-06-23 | Basic Differences Between JUnit 4 and Junit 5
• 2020-06-23 | Generating JUnit HTML Reports
• 2020-06-23 | Using Both JUnit 4 and Junit 5
• 2020-06-22 | How to fix Java Language Level Issues
• 2020-06-21 | What is Software Testing? My working definition.
• 2020-06-21 | What is Software Testing? - definitions
• 2020-06-15 | How to Turn on and off JavaScript in Firefox and Chrome
• 2020-06-11 | Comparing Automated Tic Tac Toe GamePlay Implementations
• 2020-06-09 | Can we effectively use Thread.sleep?
• 2020-06-06 | You can submit to Conferences
• 2020-06-03 | How and Why to use Variation in Software Testing
• 2020-06-02 | Humpty Dumpty - "a tale of risk and... other stuff"
• 2020-06-01 | Automate Playing Tic Tac Toe online game using JavaScript from the browser console.
• 2020-05-12 | SauceCon 2020 - Automating Tactically and Strategically
• 2020-04-28 | Virtuoso Webinar - The Future of Testing
• 2020-04-22 | Software Testing Podcast - How to Present an Online Talk - The Evil Tester Show Episode 012
• 2020-04-22 | Tips for Presenting Online
• 2020-04-14 | Tips For Learning JavaScript
• 2020-04-09 | How to assess coverage of automation?
• 2020-03-31 | Software Testing Podcast - Programmer or Tester? - The Evil Tester Show Episode 011
• 2020-03-23 | Observation vs Interrogation
• 2020-03-09 | What does it take to find bugs?
• 2020-02-14 | Software Testing and Spies in The Art of War
• 2020-01-31 | Which programming language should I learn?
• 2020-01-02 | Collated Collection of Evil Tester Comics
• 2019-12-14 | A Guide to Testing Web Applications - Remote Talk
• 2019-12-03 | Risks, Issues, Benefits Of Tactically Automating Twitter Case Study
• 2019-11-25 | Automating Deselection and Unchecking of Twitter Interests
• 2019-11-22 | How to Ask for Help and Support Online
• 2019-11-18 | Tips for testing with HTTP Proxies
• 2019-11-12 | How to model data shared by Page Objects?
• 2019-11-01 | Good Testing Requires Technological Understanding and Appropriate Tools
• 2019-10-29 | On Goodness, Automation and Modelling
• 2019-10-22 | Reflections on Names, Nasty, Variation and Mystery
• 2019-10-18 | How to Randomize your Software Testing Thought Process
• 2019-09-11 | Abn Amro Internal Quality conference - Keynote and Tutorial
• 2019-08-30 | Overview of LEAPWORK Web Automating Tool
• 2019-08-14 | Example of modelling an application flow as a diagram for Software Testing
• 2019-07-17 | I need a tool... no, you need to work on the system
• 2019-07-12 | An Introduction to API Based Documentation Automating
• 2019-07-02 | How to write a link checker in the browser with Vanilla JavaScript
• 2019-06-20 | Overview of AccelQ Web Automating Tool
• 2019-06-15 | Software Testing Podcast - The Automate or Die Special - The Evil Tester Show Episode 010
• 2019-06-04 | Testival Meetup June 2019
• 2019-06-02 | Recommended Tools
• 2019-06-02 | Recommended Subjects For Study
• 2019-06-01 | Test Tribe AMA 2019
• 2019-05-24 | Joy Of Coding Conference 2019
• 2019-03-22 | Software Testing Podcast - The Why? Special - The Evil Tester Show Episode 009
• 2019-03-09 | Which is the best link checking tool?
• 2019-03-06 | What is Software Testing And Why Do We Test Software?
• 2019-03-06 | Conference Presentations by Alan Richardson
• 2019-03-04 | Are there any programming Katas related to testing?
• 2019-03-02 | How to View URL Query Parameters using Browser Dev Tools
• 2019-03-01 | Software Testing Podcast - What is Software Testing? - The Evil Tester Show Episode 008
• 2019-02-28 | How to Write a Chrome Extension from JavaScript Snippets code
• 2019-02-28 | A Deep Dive investigation of a HTML search button bug in Github
• 2019-02-27 | A Deep Dive investigation of a live bug in Github
• 2019-02-26 | Demo of CounterStrings in Action finding a live bug in Github
• 2019-02-25 | Questions and Answers About Software Testing
• 2019-02-22 | CloudApp Screenshot Tool Review
• 2019-02-20 | Software Testing Podcast - Finding Tools Special 2019 - The Evil Tester Show Episode 007
• 2019-02-19 | JavaScript Tutorial Creating a CounterString tool in Chrome Browser Dev Tools Snippets
• 2019-02-12 | Hacking JavaScript Games - Accessing private javascript variables at runtime via debugging
• 2019-02-07 | How to Practice your JavaScript, Software Testing and Test Automation
• 2019-02-04 | How to Pretty Print JSON using Browser Dev Tools
• 2019-02-03 | How to bypass no paste controls on a web form
• 2019-01-25 | How to download a file with RestAssured
• 2019-01-24 | What is Boundary Value Analysis? Software Testing Technique explained with real world examples.
• 2019-01-22 | How to convert SVN Subversion to Git on Windows
• 2019-01-16 | How to install Bonobo Git Server On Windows
• 2019-01-14 | A Tactical Automation Case Study - Java, JavaScript, API and Dev Tools
• 2019-01-09 | Pro Con Critical Evaluation - but What If?
• 2018-12-28 | A Testing Case Study for Merging Blogs
• 2018-12-28 | Is Selenium IDE a Tactical or Strategic tool?
• 2018-12-28 | Two Java Beginner Coding Tips
• 2018-12-05 | Tips for a Successful Test Automation Proof of Concept
• 2018-12-04 | Technical risk of moving to https
• 2018-11-23 | Do not look for Cheap Black Friday Deal​ Testing
• 2018-11-12 | Eurostar Conference 2018 - Keynote and Tutorial
• 2018-11-04 | JUnit5 Assertion Migration Strategy
• 2018-11-04 | Digital Marketing FIT Small Business Influencers
• 2018-11-02 | Postman Snippets to Assert API response status codes
• 2018-11-01 | Instagram Private Information not private on Business Accounts
• 2018-10-27 | Agile Testers Conference 2018 - Technology Based Technical Testing
• 2018-10-26 | Amending HTTP Traffic within a Browser - Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge
• 2018-10-24 | How to Take Screenshots in a Browser
• 2018-10-05 | Luck, Opportunity and Contextual Advice
• 2018-09-21 | Lead without authority by having courage
• 2018-09-11 | What if we don't use the words verification and validation?
• 2018-09-07 | Software Testing Podcast - The Workarounds Special 2018 - The Evil Tester Show Episode 006
• 2018-09-04 | Do you answer your own rhetorical questions?
• 2018-08-28 | Test Automation ROI Exercises
• 2018-08-23 | How To Invest In Testing
• 2018-08-21 | Click bots for social media and beyond
• 2018-08-15 | Exploratory Testing Clean Recon Live Example
• 2018-08-07 | How to Bypass .click() and issue a click event
• 2018-07-29 | Exercise - how many ways to count the values in a json array returned from a REST API call?
• 2018-07-13 | MVP and API Thinking When Coding
• 2018-07-05 | Using a Travel Router for Mobile Testing
• 2018-07-03 | Live Web Exploratory Technical Testing Session Example
• 2018-06-29 | Freemind Scripting for Markdown Presentation Generation
• 2018-06-28 | London Tester Gathering Workshops 2018 - Testability Audit
• 2018-06-11 | Notes on Shift Left in Testing and Software Development
• 2018-06-01 | The Question - Are there any Software Testing super heroes?
• 2018-05-30 | Google Advanced Searches - Google Dorks
• 2018-05-22 | National Software Testing Conference 2018
• 2018-05-15 | On Hacking and Being Hacked
• 2018-05-09 | Protect The Square and Buggy Games
• 2018-05-08 | CounterString Algorithms
• 2018-05-07 | Some Similarities Between Java And JavaScript
• 2018-05-04 | When Management Systems Restrict Testing - Crowdsourced Functional and Security Testing Mismatch
• 2018-05-01 | Software Testing Podcast - The Rejection Special 2018 - The Evil Tester Show Episode 005
• 2018-04-26 | Overview of Spark and HTTP Testing with JUnit
• 2018-04-25 | When would I choose basic HTTP libraries rather than using RestAssured?
• 2018-04-24 | Migrating from JAXB XML processing to XStream
• 2018-04-08 | How to learn Java with Exploratory Programming
• 2018-03-29 | How to install cURL on Windows
• 2018-03-23 | Using the Turnkey Linux VM for Tracks Testing
• 2018-03-20 | Automated Execution for Acceptance Testing - Java JUnit FizzBuzz
• 2018-03-15 | UKStar 2018 - Workshop March with Gustav Kuhn on Magic, Cognition and Testing
• 2018-03-04 | TDD - Test Driven Development - Java JUnit FizzBuzz
• 2018-03-02 | A practice exploratory testing session - javascript button game
• 2018-02-23 | Problem Solving as Software Development
• 2018-02-21 | Considering a Career in Software Testing?
• 2018-02-15 | Rabobank - Utrecht - Feb 2018 - How to Test with Agility
• 2018-02-12 | Your Automated Execution Does Not Have to Be Flaky
• 2018-01-12 | Testability vs Automatability - in theory (Free Bonus Video Inside)
• 2018-01-04 | Software Testing Podcast - New Year Special 2018 - The Evil Tester Show Episode 004
• 2017-12-24 | Proof of Concept vs Minimum Viable Product
• 2017-12-18 | Automating Storify and Twitter Using JavaScript From the Dev Tools
• 2017-12-07 | How to organise resource files for tests using Maven and Java
• 2017-11-27 | What is Agile Testing? The Books List
• 2017-11-24 | Software Testing Podcast - Black Friday Special - The Evil Tester Show Episode 003
• 2017-11-17 | What is Agile Testing? The Evil Tester's Guide To Agile
• 2017-11-16 | The Evil Tester's (Mini) Guide To Agile
• 2017-11-10 | Software Testing Podcast - Provocative Therapy and Quality Coaching - The Evil Tester Show Episode 002
• 2017-11-09 | A Treatise of Buggs
• 2017-10-26 | Software Testing Podcast - The Evil Tester Show Podcast Episode List
• 2017-10-26 | Software Testing and Development Blog Posts
• 2017-10-26 | Selenium WebDriver Test Automation Blog Posts
• 2017-10-26 | Java For Testers and Test Automation Blog
• 2017-10-26 | Evil Tester Blog Posts
• 2017-10-24 | Software Testing Podcast - Halloween Special 2017 - The Evil Tester Show Episode 001
• 2017-10-24 | What is Regression Testing? Software Testing FAQs and Definitions
• 2017-10-20 | Agile Tour London, October 2017 - Effective Software Testing For Modern Software Development
• 2017-10-13 | Simple ways to add and work with a `.jar` file in your local maven setup
• 2017-10-12 | How to Diff Java Code in IntelliJ - 3 ways to use the Compare Tool
• 2017-10-05 | Java 1.9 Reflection and Package Access Changes
• 2017-09-22 | Test Automation and Test Process Modelling - an evolutionary and pictorial explanation
• 2017-09-19 | FiSTB Testing Assembly, September 2017 - Tutorial and Keynote
• 2017-09-15 | How to overcome Impostor Syndrome and use your brain's learning mechanisms to improve your public speaking skills
• 2017-09-14 | Sigist September 2017 - "Learning in Public" - A presentation skills workshop
• 2017-09-07 | Course Branding Image Revamp and the Google Image Search Tool
• 2017-08-30 | I wish companies offered functional bug bounties - not just security bug bounties
• 2017-08-29 | Why does my code throw a null pointer exception? - common reason
• 2017-08-26 | A Diagram for a Logical Model of Automating With Abstraction Layers
• 2017-08-18 | 3 Reasons to use Insomnia REST Client in your Exploratory API Testing
• 2017-07-17 | Use your malevolent powers for good
• 2017-07-13 | Using Browser Dev tools to investigate and bypass GUI error reporting bugs
• 2017-07-10 | Are you stable, or complacent? Is it time to experiment yet?
• 2017-07-07 | How to improve your software testing skills by following Isaac Newton's strategies
• 2017-07-06 | Implementing PATCH Verbs with Gson Jaxb and Spark Framework
• 2017-07-05 | Architecting a Testable Web Service in Spark Framework
• 2017-06-29 | How to use your testing skills to bag a SNES Classic Mini Pre-Order
• 2017-06-14 | An introduction to Refactoring Java in IntelliJ using RestMud as an Example
• 2017-06-07 | Nordic Testing Days 2017 - Keynote, Workshop, Tutorial
• 2017-05-24 | Quaere, Heuristics, Mnemonics, and Acronyms
• 2017-05-21 | Dev Ops Article in May Test Magazine
• 2017-05-19 | How to use JavaScript Bookmarklets to Amend Web Page Example [Tutorial Text and Video]
• 2017-05-15 | Let's Test 2017 - Evil Tester’s Testing Games of Evil Testing
• 2017-05-11 | OdinSTAR 2017 - EuroSTAR and Norway Computer Society - Keynote and Workshop
• 2017-04-27 | Notes on Structured Analysis and System Specification by Tom Demarco
• 2017-04-26 | Do you know what your framework is doing? A quick use of WebPageTest.
• 2017-04-25 | Notes from Glenford Myers Advances in Computer Architecture
• 2017-04-24 | A Quick Intro To BookMarkLets
• 2017-04-21 | Lessons from the making of "Are you Experienced"
• 2017-04-20 | Lessons from "Platoon Leader" by James McDonough
• 2017-04-19 | Normal is the rarest of all states
• 2017-04-18 | Input -> Process -> Output - I test Systems
• 2017-04-13 | That moment where you should have automated but didn't
• 2017-04-13 | JSoup Tip How to get raw element text with newlines in Java - Parsing HTML and XML with JSoup
• 2017-03-23 | Fusion Birmingham Meetup - 23rd March 2017
• 2017-03-21 | Test Focus Group - London - 21st March 2017
• 2017-03-17 | Mistakes using Java main and examples of coding without main
• 2017-03-12 | Notes on Representation and Meaning: relating Programming, Testing, Coding and Checking
• 2017-03-08 | Ambiguity Detection and Weaponisation for Software Testers
• 2017-02-27 | UKStar 2017 - Test Automation and People Conversation
• 2017-02-17 | Harness Your Ruthless Efficiency as MVP in testing and development
• 2017-02-15 | Should I test at the GUI Level or the API Level?
• 2017-01-31 | How to test a text adventure game - some notes on Testing RestMud
• 2017-01-26 | How to misuse ‘Automation’ for testing, fun and productivity - TestBash Netherlands 2017
• 2017-01-20 | Resolutions and Trends in Software Testing Xebia Meetup
• 2017-01-12 | What do you do? As a Tester, when you are asked for ROI calculation
• 2017-01-12 | Lightning Talk - Automating Tactically vs Strategically
• 2017-01-09 | If you want to automate, you learn to code - Test Automation Guild 2017
• 2017-01-03 | Recognise and Improve Your Personal Test Process
• 2017-01-02 | Hack the JavaScript Evil Tester Sloganizer to Generate Random New Year's Resolutions
• 2017-01-02 | Lessons Learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger Applied to Software Testing
• 2016-12-31 | Happy Testing New Year (for 2017)
• 2016-12-16 | Software Testing Definitions and Models - How and Why to Create your own Definition
• 2016-12-12 | A testing challenge for you "I T.E.S.T with A.T.T.I.T.U.D.E"
• 2016-12-09 | Taking Software Testing More Seriously By Using Humour
• 2016-12-08 | Lessons learned and tips for testing from public bug bash events
• 2016-12-07 | How to improve your CV and improve your chances of finding your next software testing job
• 2016-12-05 | Let's Code - Binary Chopifier - Just Enough Code and Tooling to Start
• 2016-12-01 | Hacking JavaScript Games - Cellular Automata - Supporting Notes
• 2016-11-29 | A retrospective critique of an exploratory testing session
• 2016-11-24 | Software Testing YouTube Channels to Subscribe to - and how to subscribe
• 2016-11-21 | Question: Can selenium be used for real world testing? & Does it take longer than manual?
• 2016-11-21 | A live exploratory testing session recorded
• 2016-10-25 | Q: when do we prefer manual testing over automated testing? A: Hmmm....
• 2016-10-21 | How to create and release a jar to maven central
• 2016-10-20 | Sometimes a headless browser might meet your needs
• 2016-10-06 | A Case Study in Creating a Conference Presentation using Markdown
• 2016-09-29 | Adhoc testing of incrementally developed HTML and CSS
• 2016-09-28 | You can improve your JavaScript skills and have fun at the same time
• 2016-09-27 | How to fix IntelliJ issues by looking in the IntelliJ log
• 2016-09-26 | How to Use Chrome Developer Tools JavaScript Source Snippets
• 2016-09-23 | How to use the JavaScript Console for Technical Web Testing
• 2016-09-22 | How to Treat your Application as an API - "App as API"
• 2016-09-21 | How to write a simple random test data sentence generator
• 2016-09-19 | Difference between hacking, cheating and automating?
• 2016-09-16 | Lessons learned from Automating - Instantiated
• 2016-09-14 | Hacking JavaScript Games to improve your testing
• 2016-09-14 | Responsive Web Testing
• 2016-09-13 | Stop finding simple bugs. Use Automated Validation tools early.
• 2016-09-13 | Introducing Pious Sanctimonious Standard Compliance Boy
• 2016-09-09 | Batch validation of HTML as part of your web testing with Total Validator
• 2016-09-08 | What could possibly go wrong? And what to do about it?
• 2016-09-06 | Dear Evil Tester: I think that if I 'learn automation' I can get a new job FAST
• 2016-09-06 | Dear Evil Tester: I think that if I 'learn automation' I can get this specific type of job
• 2016-09-06 | Dear Evil Tester "I want to keep my testing skills up to date otherwise I might not get another job"
• 2016-09-05 | A Model of Automating
• 2016-09-02 | Dear Evil Tester: "How can I learn Automation?"
• 2016-08-17 | How to Debug WebDriver JavascriptExecutor in Java
• 2016-08-16 | How to debug chained WebDriver `findElement` methods in Java
• 2016-08-08 | How to convert a breakpoint into a conditional breakpoint in IntelliJ
• 2016-08-04 | Question: What is the best Page Object framework for Java?
• 2016-08-02 | Is JUnit only for unit testing? What about system testing or UAT?
• 2016-07-22 | We test REST even if it isn't REST
• 2016-07-22 | On Workarounds and Fixes
• 2016-07-20 | How to investigate and debug a Selenium WebDriver `@Test` error
• 2016-07-19 | How to debug Java with IntelliJ: breakpoints, evaluate expression, watches and variable view
• 2016-07-15 | An Open Answer to an Open Letter
• 2016-06-28 | Risk Mitigation Using Exploratory and Technical Testing Webinar
• 2016-06-02 | Does dependency between test execution imply lack of abstraction layers?
• 2016-05-17 | National Software Testing Conference 2016
• 2016-04-14 | An example of creating a 'tool' using @Test methods without building a Java application
• 2016-04-08 | How to Watch Repositories on Github via a NewsFeed
• 2016-04-04 | Join the Anti Test-Automation Brigade Article for Testing Circus Magazine
• 2016-03-31 | Everyday Browsing to improve your web testing skills - Why?
• 2016-03-24 | Coding for workarounds so you know when they are not needed
• 2016-03-22 | What is the Role of a Tester on Agile Projects?
• 2016-03-22 | What is a Java `main` method - simple example
• 2016-03-15 | SIGIST 2016 Keynote
• 2016-03-10 | The Making of "Dear Evil Tester"
• 2016-02-29 | Lessons Learned Testing the House of Test contest app
• 2016-02-03 | Tabara de Testare 2016
• 2016-01-18 | I did not know Firefox could do that: Syntax Error Highlighting in "View Page Source"
• 2016-01-11 | Dear Evil Tester, Who is Stafford Beer and Why should I care?
• 2016-01-08 | Technical Testing with MS Edge and "the user will never do that"
• 2016-01-07 | Test Automation in Cybernetics And Management
• 2015-11-16 | Agile and Automation Days, Poland, Krakow November 2015
• 2015-11-06 | Eurostar Mobile Deep Dive 2015
• 2015-10-04 | TestWorks Conference Keynote 2nd October 2015
• 2015-07-24 | Lessons learned from a cloud grid bug
• 2015-07-21 | Generic Selenium WebDriver Grid Configuration Handling to use BrowserStack, Saucelabs and TestingBot
• 2015-07-17 | Using travis-ci.org for checking code on github
• 2015-07-14 | Lessons learned from Black Ops Testing - Testing a JavaScript library
• 2015-06-28 | Test Automation Day Keynote 18th June 2015
• 2015-05-12 | Lessons Learned Testing QA Mail for Black Ops Testing
• 2015-04-29 | Test Management Summit 2015
• 2015-04-01 | Tabara de Testare 2015
• 2015-03-06 | How to learn to code Java without using a 'main' method
• 2015-01-26 | Some API Testing Basic Introductory Notes and Tools
• 2015-01-23 | Black Ops Testing Workshop January 2015
• 2015-01-21 | Switching between Java versions on a Mac
• 2014-12-18 | My search for easy to use, free, local HTTP servers
• 2014-11-10 | Agile Testing Days 2014
• 2014-11-04 | Oredev Developer Conference 2014
• 2014-10-12 | StarWest 2014 - Automation Tutorial and Track Session
• 2014-09-24 | An exploratory testing example explored: Taskwarrior
• 2014-09-23 | Lessons learned testing Command Line Applications from Black Ops Testing Webinar
• 2014-09-10 | Using Wireshark to observe Mobile HTTP Network traffic
• 2014-09-04 | FAQ: Should I use JUnit or TestNG, which is better?
• 2014-08-14 | How to convert VirtualBox to VMWare and install the ethernet device drivers
• 2014-05-26 | Let's Test 2014
• 2014-05-11 | Testing Circus Magazine Interview with Alan Richardson
• 2014-05-05 | StarEast 2014
• 2014-04-29 | Test Management Summit 2014
• 2014-02-17 | Back to Basics: How to use the Windows Command Line
• 2014-02-13 | Introducing Virtualbox modern.ie Turnkey Virtual Machines for Web Testing
• 2014-02-06 | How to emulate mobile devices using Chrome browser
• 2013-12-22 | Should you use WebDriverWait instead of Asserts?
• 2013-12-10 | Software Development Summit 2013 Keynotes- Helsinki
• 2013-12-05 | SIGIST Panel Winter 2013
• 2013-11-22 | Question: What else do I need to master?
• 2013-11-22 | How to use Jira to subjectively track and report daily on your testing?
• 2013-10-25 | Create a local WiFi hotspot for testing using connectify.me
• 2013-10-18 | Evil Tester's Guide to HTTP Proxies and Developer Tools
• 2013-10-17 | Black Ops Testing
• 2013-10-04 | Android and IOS Screen Capture, Streaming and ScreenRecording tools for Mobile Testing
• 2013-09-27 | WinMerge Revisited - my default file and directory comparison tool
• 2013-09-20 | FAQ: Why do I only see test that fail in IntelliJ and not the tests that pass?
• 2013-09-18 | Do "Enable Auto-Import" in IntelliJ for "Maven projects need to be imported"
• 2013-09-17 | Chapter on Date and Time added to Java For Testers
• 2013-09-06 | 10 Experiments to Improve Your Exploratory Testing Note Taking
• 2013-08-30 | FAQ: Why are my JUnit 4 asserts showing as deprecated
• 2013-08-30 | How would you check that a www web site redirects to a mobile site?
• 2013-08-22 | Maven Troubleshooting FAQs and Tips
• 2013-07-24 | How to write a keyword driven test framework - an historical perspective
• 2013-07-23 | Don't go live with simple security problems - 10 tips to help
• 2013-06-20 | Some Handy IntelliJ Code Completion Keyboard Short Cut Tips
• 2013-06-12 | How do I get started installing what I need to write Java?
• 2013-06-07 | Which IDE should you use for Java?
• 2013-05-31 | A Bugzilla exploratory testing session from the vaults
• 2013-05-25 | Keynote - Experiences With Exploratory Testing
• 2013-05-20 | The Evil Tester's Guide to Web Testing
• 2013-05-06 | Keynote- My Quest for Silver Bullets and HTTP Proxy Tutorial
• 2013-05-04 | Silver Bullets and Magic Bullets in Software Testing
• 2013-05-04 | Abstraction in Action for Automating Applications
• 2013-04-17 | Selenium WebDriver Java API Cheat Sheets
• 2013-03-22 | 99 Seconds at Test Bash 2.0
• 2013-03-06 | What does a technical exploratory test session look like?
• 2013-02-22 | Selenium Simplified Webinar 002 - Page & Domain Objects
• 2013-02-13 | Patterns for Automating - Some Twitter Feedback
• 2013-02-11 | V-Model Reclaimed
• 2013-02-08 | Selenium Simplified Webinar 001 - Getting started
• 2013-01-06 | BDD and How to Manage Technical Testers
• 2012-12-04 | Eurostar Webinar : Evil Tester's Guide to Technical Testing
• 2012-11-12 | Eurostar Conference 2012 - Keynote
• 2012-08-21 | API Overview - Categorising WebDriver – Navigation, Interrogation, Manipulation
• 2012-05-25 | Testing Hypnotically
• 2012-05-16 | Thinking Visually in Software Testing
• 2012-03-01 | The Evil Tester's Guide to Eeevil
• 2012-02-17 | Q: What is Testing? A: look inside...
• 2012-02-17 | NLP For Testers
• 2011-10-31 | Build your own model of software testing – or rediscover one from several thousand years ago
• 2011-10-29 | Build your own model of software testing – "the quotes"
• 2011-10-01 | The Missing Years
• 2011-09-20 | Running out of email addresses when you test?
• 2011-08-01 | Web scraping as a Test Design Approach using Selenium 2.0
• 2011-06-28 | How Can I Estimate My Testing?
• 2011-04-21 | Tutorial on Burp Suite Repeater and Intruder
• 2011-03-14 | Paranoia as a learning and testing strategy
• 2011-03-12 | Sub-cultural Testing Influences gone mainstream #1 – The Assassins Creed
• 2011-03-08 | Dangerous Test Concepts Exposed - QA and 'Types' of Testing
• 2011-02-24 | Exploratory Testing Lessons from the Tao Te Ching
• 2010-12-01 | A Tester is For Life Not Just For Christmas ebook interview
• 2010-03-19 | A poor man's testing Head Up Display
• 2009-02-18 | Do you still remember your first 'real' test
• 2009-01-28 | Exploring Open Source Test Tools
• 2009-01-16 | Notes on the evolution of my exploratory testing documentation style
• 2008-07-23 | Software Testing, A Funny Business
• 2008-06-06 | Test Driven JavaScript using QUnit
• 2008-05-18 | Evil Tester and The Agile Team
• 2008-05-04 | A Short History of my ISEB Software Testing Certification involvement
• 2008-04-22 | 5 books I recommend to software testers that most testers have probably never read
• 2008-04-18 | Challenge your assumptions and presuppositions to identify useful variation
• 2008-04-11 | Software Testing Lessons from Brief Counselling and Therapy
• 2008-04-08 | Create Software Test Ideas Fast Using Presentation PreparationTechniques
• 2008-03-09 | A generalised model for User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• 2008-03-07 | How to do software User Acceptance Testing (UAT) really badly
• 2008-03-04 | A simple explanation of dependency injection
• 2008-02-28 | My Novice Mistakes in Test Driven Development
• 2008-02-20 | Some Notes on Software Testing Waste - my lean perspective
• 2008-02-11 | Notes on 'abstraction' and 'equivalence classes' in Software Testing
• 2008-02-08 | ISEB, and the train that won't stop going
• 2008-02-06 | My notes on how to study for ISEB foundation
• 2008-02-01 | ISEB testing certification, fear, and the hiring dilemma
• 2008-01-30 | I thought you were a tester but... you're programming
• 2008-01-21 | Agile Acceptance Testing
• 2008-01-19 | 5 Exploratory Test Documentation Lessons
• 2008-01-18 | "Martial deals with surprise" - GTD related to testing
• 2007-12-28 | Adhoc Automating Using SQL For WordPress Migration
• 2006-06-17 | AutoIt free basic Windows Automation
• 2006-04-26 | Can the words that we use affect our thinking
• 2005-03-01 | Context Driven Testing, A Personal View
• 2004-11-29 | Alternative Test Tools In Action
• 2004-08-04 | Being Resourceful when your hands are tied
• 2004-06-01 | NLP For Testers, A Brief Introduction
• 2004-01-04 | Help Yourself - Self Education for Software Testers
• 2003-12-01 | Be a Better Tester, Be a Beta Tester
• 2003-10-20 | Tom Gilb Competitive Engineering Courses
• 2003-06-19 | Practical Experiences in Graph Based Testing
• 2002-04-01 | Popular testing phrases #57 - Testing should start early
• 2002-03-11 | The Actor's Ways and Means
• 2002-02-13 | Finding Faults with Software Testing
• 2002-01-16 | An exploration of, and notes on, the process of Test Scripting
• 2002-01-15 | An exploration of, and notes on, model path analysis for Testing
• 2002-01-04 | Modelling Tesla for Software Testing
• 2002-01-04 | Charity Shop Shopping For Software Testing Books
• 2002-01-04 | The Cost of DIY Quality
• 2000-02-03 | Software Testing Book Reviews
• 0001-01-01 | Behind the Scenes: Tools and workflow for blogging on blogger and writing for other reasons