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Automate for yourself first

Nov 20, 2021 - 11 minute read - Software Testing Test Automation Evil Tester

TLDR; Automating Strategically is hard. Sometimes we need to work tactically and learn, before we move forward. Sometimes we automate for ourselves so that we benefit, before attempting to automate for the project.

October 2021 EvilTester.com and Patreon Content Summary

Nov 14, 2021 - 3 minute read - Monthly Summaries

Content Summary for October 2021 EvilTester.com and Patreon.

How to Release a Chrome Extension to the Chrome Store

Nov 14, 2021 - 4 minute read - Evil Tester JavaScript Chrome Extension

Writing a Chrome Extension is pretty easy (getting it in the Chrome Store is much harder!). In this post I describe the steps to release an extension.

Jacoco Java Coverage Reporting - minimal configuration for Junit 4 and 5

Nov 14, 2021 - 2 minute read - Java For Testers Java Jacoco Code Coverage

Jacoco can be used for coverage reporting from maven for both JUnit 4 and JUnit 5

T.O.T.E - Test, Operate, Test, Exit for Software Testing

Nov 1, 2021 - 9 minute read - Modelling Essays

Wherein the TOTE (Test Operate Test Exit) model is used to explore the nature of feedback and abstraction of test phases and map the TOTE model on to TDD, Exploratory Testing, Design processes, Analysis, Learning, Decision Making and Problem Solving.

A Random Test Data Table Editor Tool

Oct 30, 2021 - 7 minute read - tools

What happens if you combine a table editor with test table generation? You get a tabular random table generation tool.

Fiddler Notes and UseCases

Oct 16, 2021 - 6 minute read - Tools Proxies Case Study Technical Web Testing

This is a collation of edited older posts on Fiddler, explaining how I usee it to bypass restrictive proxy settings for tool configuration, remove headers, change browser verbs when accessing pages.