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What is Software Testing? - a meta model

5 minute read - Fundamentals Definitions What is Software Testing

TLDR; Modelling is a fundamental skill for Software Testers. Applying modelling to Software Testing itself allows us to communicate our testing in simple terms and we can explore how concepts build on, and relate to, each other.

Chrome Dev Tools Overview 2022

6 minute read - Evil Tester Testing Web Testing Dev Tools

TLDR; Browser dev tools change frequently. I can through the tooling from left to right and explore them to learn the capabilities.

This post provides a high level summary of the Chrome Dev Tools as they were in September 2022.

Episode 017 - Manual QA is Dead - The Evil Tester Show

6 minute read - software testing

Manual QA is dead. Companies are getting rid of their QA teams. Quality Control performed manually is phasing out of style. What can we do instead? Become coaches, assistants or advisors? We could become developers? Or we could be better testers. QA and Quality Control is not Testing. This might be how people learn.

June 2022 EvilTester.com and Patreon Content Summary

4 minute read - Monthly Summaries

Content Summary for June 2022 EvilTester.com and Patreon. Created AnyWayData.com.

Using Faker to Generate Random Data in AnyWayData

2 minute read - Test Data

Some tips and tricks for using Faker functions in AnyWayData to generate random data.

Using https cdn imports with Jest tests in JavaScript

3 minute read - JavaScript

TLDR: use moduleNameMapper to support https CDN imports in Jest.

I’m currently refactoring my application AnyWayData.com and I needed to mix cdn imports with node install includes for testing with jest.

May 2022 EvilTester.com and Patreon Content Summary

3 minute read - Monthly Summaries

Content Summary for May 2022 EvilTester.com and Patreon. And a lot of refactoring work for my Tests Data Generator and Editor.

April 2022 EvilTester.com and Patreon Content Summary

3 minute read - Monthly Summaries

Content Summary for april 2022 EvilTester.com and Patreon. In April I released the TesterHQ membership site and migrated all my courses and unreleased ebooks to the site as a Patreon Benefit.

March 2022 EvilTester.com and Patreon Content Summary

3 minute read - Monthly Summaries

Content Summary for March 2022 EvilTester.com and Patreon.

Model Based Testing Thoughts

5 minute read - Software Testing Evil Tester slogans

The following slogans were all automatically generated by The Evil Tester Sloganizer. And I then thought about what they might mean, and posted my reflections on Instagram. I’ve collated them here because they might trigger thoughts for you.