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• Convert Chrome Dev Tools Recording to WebDriver Java Code Using Free OpenCode AI Agent (2025-11-24)
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• WebDriver with Java Overview (2025-11-13)
• An overview of the dummy practice web page Basic Web Page (2025-11-04)
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• Automating an Accessibility Evaluation Report using Deque Axe and Selenium Webdriver (2025-09-26)
• What tool to choose for Web UI Test Automation? (2025-09-25)
• List of the Top Software Testing Newsletters (2025-09-12)
• Agile Testing (2025-09-01)
• Recommended Reading (2025-08-31)
• Using Free Chat GPT to learn Playwright Automating in Java (2025-08-26)
• Using Free Claude.ai chat interface to Vibe Code a Browser Javascript Game (2025-08-15)
• Using Chrome Dev Tools AI Assistance to Automate UI from Javascript Console (2025-08-09)
• The 21 Best Software Testing Podcasts (2025-08-04)
• Using YouTube and Google NotebookLM For Speed Studying (2025-08-02)
• Modelling Software Testing for Naming and Understanding (2024-08-25)
• Kubernetes kubectl cheat sheet (2023-11-15)
• Updated Github Repos and Released Conference Talk (2023-07-30)
• Recruit And interview people. Do not just fill roles (2023-07-15)
• Triangle Problem Testing (2023-07-15)
• Behind the Scenes: Tools and workflow for blogging on blogger and writing for other reasons (2023-07-10)
• On Modelling (2023-07-10)
• Applications to Practice Testing and Automating (2023-03-02)
• What is Software Testing? - a meta model (2023-01-22)
• Chrome Dev Tools Overview 2022 (2022-09-22)
• Using Faker to Generate Random Data in AnyWayData (2022-06-21)
• Using https cdn imports with Jest tests in JavaScript (2022-06-04)
• Model Based Testing Thoughts (2022-03-19)
• 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. (2022-02-21)
• Lesson Learned - I'm not ready for that vs I could do but choose not to (2022-02-20)
• Lessons Learned - Experts Make Stuff Up, They Don't Know Everything (2022-02-18)
• 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 (2022-02-17)
• 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? (2022-02-13)
• Skip your intros (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 (2022-02-12)
• Adopt a Personal Approach to Exploratory Testing (2021-12-28)
• Cypress AG Grid Automation (2021-12-09)
• Tactic - Automate for yourself (2021-11-20)
• How to Release a Chrome Extension to the Chrome Store (2021-11-14)
• Jacoco Java Coverage Reporting - minimal configuration for Junit 4 and 5 (2021-11-14)
• T.O.T.E - Test, Operate, Test, Exit for Software Testing (2021-11-01)
• Generate Random Tabular Test Data (2021-10-30)
• Fiddler Notes and UseCases (2021-10-16)
• API Testing Challenges - How To Use Simulation Mode (2021-08-01)
• API Testing Challenges - How To Use Mirror Mode (2021-08-01)
• Q - Can we use Automated Execution to find defects? A - Yes (2021-07-23)
• Do we need Testers? What is the right question to ask? (2021-07-11)
• Claude Shannon on Creative Thinking Strategies (2021-06-26)
• Q. Do you have to be negative to be a tester? A. No (2021-06-20)
• Are testers there to make development look good? (2021-06-16)
• QA is a process not a role and is not testing (2021-06-08)
• Learn Test Automation By Taking Short Practical Steps (2021-02-26)
• JUnit and TDD for Testing (2021-02-20)
• Poetry and Software Testing (2021-02-13)
• A Trail of Code (2021-01-27)
• A Meta Reason for Locator Ids (2020-11-19)
• Using Code Coverage As a Review Tool (2020-09-07)
• REST API Open Source Workshops (2020-08-20)
• Automating Calculator From Console (2020-08-19)
• Unit Testing FAQs (2020-08-07)
• API Testing Challenge - Debrief - POST challenger 201 (2020-07-31)
• Automating To Detect Change (2020-07-17)
• Ordering Headers In HTTP Requests with RestAssured and UniRest (2020-07-06)
• RestAssured Tips for Proxies and Logging (2020-07-06)
• Because sometimes it's hard... some tips for "Working with WebDriver" (2020-06-30)
• Data Driven Tests in JUnit 4 with Parameterized Tests (2020-06-27)
• Using Static Analysis to improve your Java Coding (2020-06-24)
• Basic Differences Between JUnit 4 and Junit 5 (2020-06-23)
• JUnit HTML Reports (2020-06-23)
• Junit 4 vs 5 - using both in same project (2020-06-23)
• How to fix Java Language Level Issues (2020-06-22)
• What is Software Testing? My working definition. (2020-06-21)
• What is Software Testing? - definitions (2020-06-21)
• How to Turn on and off JavaScript in Firefox and Chrome (2020-06-15)
• Comparing Automated Tic Tac Toe GamePlay Implementations (2020-06-11)
• Effective use of Thread.sleep (2020-06-09)
• You can submit to Conferences (2020-06-06)
• How and Why to use Variation in Software Testing (2020-06-03)
• Humpty Dumpty - "a tale of risk and... other stuff" (2020-06-02)
• Automate Playing Tic Tac Toe online game using JavaScript from the browser console. (2020-06-01)
• Tips for Presenting Online (2020-04-22)
• JavaScript Resources (2020-04-14)
• Automation Coverage (2020-04-09)
• Observation vs Interrogation (2020-03-23)
• What does it take to find bugs? (2020-03-09)
• Software Testing and Spies in The Art of War (2020-02-14)
• Collated Collection of Evil Tester Comics (2020-01-02)
• Risks, Issues, Benefits Of Tactically Automating Twitter Case Study (2019-12-03)
• Automating Deselection and Unchecking of Twitter Interests (2019-11-25)
• How to Ask for Help (2019-11-22)
• HTTP Proxy Testing Tips (2019-11-18)
• Good Testing Requires Technological Understanding and Appropriate Tools (2019-11-01)
• On being Good, Automation as Testing and Diagrams vs Models (2019-10-29)
• Reflections on Names, Nasty, Variation and Mystery (2019-10-22)
• How to Randomize your Software Testing Thought Process (2019-10-18)
• LEAPWORK Overview (2019-08-30)
• Example of modelling an application flow as a diagram for Software Testing (2019-08-14)
• I need a tool... no, you need to work on the system (2019-07-17)
• An Introduction to API Based Documentation Automating (2019-07-12)
• How to write a link checker in the browser with Vanilla JavaScript (2019-07-02)
• AccelQ Overview (2019-06-20)
• Recommended Study Subjects (2019-06-02)
• Recommended Tools to Support Testing (2019-06-02)
• Which Link Checking Tools Do You Use? (2019-03-09)
• What is Software Testing And Why Do We Test Software? (2019-03-06)
• Are there any programming Katas related to testing? (2019-03-04)
• How to View URL Query Parameters using Browser Dev Tools (2019-03-02)
• 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 (2019-02-28)
• A Deep Dive investigation of a live bug in Github (2019-02-27)
• Demo of CounterStrings in Action finding a live bug in Github (2019-02-26)
• Questions and Answers About Software Testing (2019-02-25)
• CloudApp Screenshot Tool Review (2019-02-22)
• JavaScript Tutorial Creating a CounterString tool in Chrome Browser Dev Tools Snippets (2019-02-19)
• Hacking JavaScript Games - Accessing private javascript variables at runtime via debugging (2019-02-12)
• How to Practice your JavaScript, Software Testing and Test Automation (2019-02-07)
• How to Pretty Print JSON using Browser Dev Tools (2019-02-04)
• How to bypass no paste controls on a web form (2019-02-03)
• What is Boundary Value Analysis? Software Testing Technique explained with real world examples. (2019-01-24)
• A Tactical Automation Case Study - Java, JavaScript, API and Dev Tools (2019-01-14)
• Pro Con Critical Evaluation - but What If? (2019-01-09)
• Merging Blogs Test Report (2018-12-28)
• Tips for a Successful Test Automation Proof of Concept (2018-12-05)
• Moved Site to HTTPS (2018-12-04)
• Do not look for Cheap Black Friday Deal​ Testing (2018-11-23)
• Digital Marketing FIT Small Business Influencers (2018-11-04)
• Postman Snippets to Assert API response status codes (2018-11-02)
• Instagram Private Information not private on Business Accounts (2018-11-01)
• Amending HTTP Traffic within a Browser - Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge (2018-10-26)
• How to Take Screenshots in a Browser (2018-10-24)
• Luck, Opportunity and Contextual Advice (2018-10-05)
• What If Courage was Contagious? (2018-09-21)
• What if we don't use the words verification and validation? (2018-09-11)
• Do you answer your own rhetorical questions? (2018-09-04)
• Test Automation ROI Exercises (2018-08-28)
• How To Invest In Testing (2018-08-23)
• Click bots for social media and beyond (2018-08-21)
• Exploratory Testing Clean Recon Live Example (2018-08-15)
• Exercise - how many ways to count the values in a json array returned from a REST API call? (2018-07-29)
• Using a Travel Router for Mobile Testing (2018-07-05)
• Live Web Exploratory Technical Testing Session Example (2018-07-03)
• Freemind Scripting for Markdown Presentation Generation (2018-06-29)
• Notes on Shift Left in Testing and Software Development (2018-06-11)
• The Question - Are there any Software Testing super heroes? (2018-06-01)
• Google Advanced Searches - Google Dorks (2018-05-30)
• On Hacking and Being Hacked (2018-05-15)
• Protect The Square and Buggy Games (2018-05-09)
• CounterString Algorithms (2018-05-08)
• When Management Systems Restrict Testing - Crowdsourced Functional and Security Testing Mismatch (2018-05-04)
• How to install cURL on Windows (2018-03-29)
• Using the Turnkey Linux VM for Tracks Testing (2018-03-23)
• Automated Execution for Acceptance Testing - Java JUnit FizzBuzz (2018-03-20)
• TDD - Test Driven Development - Java JUnit FizzBuzz (2018-03-04)
• A practice exploratory testing session - javascript button game (2018-03-02)
• Problem Solving as Software Development (2018-02-23)
• Considering a Career in Software Testing? (2018-02-21)
• Testability vs Automatability - in theory (Free Bonus Video Inside) (2018-01-12)
• Proof of Concept vs Minimum Viable Product (2017-12-24)
• Automating Storify and Twitter Using JavaScript From the Dev Tools (2017-12-18)
• Agile Testing Books List (2017-11-27)
• What is Agile Testing? The Evil Tester's Guide To Agile (2017-11-17)
• The Evil Tester's (Mini) Guide To Agile (2017-11-16)
• A Treatise of Buggs (2017-11-09)
• What is Regression Testing? Software Testing FAQs and Definitions (2017-10-24)
• Test Automation and Test Process Modelling - an evolutionary and pictorial explanation (2017-09-22)
• Overcome Impostor Syndrome for Public Speaking (2017-09-15)
• Course Branding Image Revamp and the Google Image Search Tool (2017-09-07)
• I wish companies offered functional bug bounties - not just security bug bounties (2017-08-30)
• A Diagram for a Logical Model of Automating With Abstraction Layers (2017-08-26)
• 3 Reasons to use Insomnia REST Client in your Exploratory API Testing (2017-08-18)
• Use your malevolent powers for good (2017-07-17)
• Using Browser Dev tools to investigate and bypass GUI error reporting bugs (2017-07-13)
• Are you stable, or complacent? Is it time to experiment yet? (2017-07-10)
• How to improve your software testing skills by following Isaac Newton's strategies (2017-07-07)
• How to use your testing skills to bag a SNES Classic Mini Pre-Order (2017-06-29)
• Quaere, Heuristics, Mnemonics, and Acronyms (2017-05-24)
• Dev Ops Article in May Test Magazine (2017-05-21)
• How to use JavaScript Bookmarklets to Amend Web Page Example [Tutorial Text and Video] (2017-05-19)
• Notes on Structured Analysis and System Specification by Tom Demarco (2017-04-27)
• Do you know what your framework is doing? A quick use of WebPageTest. (2017-04-26)
• Notes from Glenford Myers Advances in Computer Architecture (2017-04-25)
• A Quick Intro To BookMarkLets (2017-04-24)
• Lessons from the making of "Are you Experienced" (2017-04-21)
• Lessons from "Platoon Leader" by James McDonough (2017-04-20)
• Normal is the rarest of all states (2017-04-19)
• Input -> Process -> Output - I test Systems (2017-04-18)
• That moment where you should have automated but didn't (2017-04-13)
• Notes on Representation and Meaning: relating Programming, Testing, Coding and Checking (2017-03-12)
• Ambiguity Detection and Weaponisation for Software Testers (2017-03-08)
• Harness Your Ruthless Efficiency as MVP in testing and development (2017-02-17)
• Should I test at the GUI Level or the API Level? (2017-02-15)
• How to test a text adventure game - some notes on Testing RestMud (2017-01-31)
• What do you do? As a Tester, when you are asked for ROI calculation (2017-01-12)
• Recognise and Improve Your Personal Test Process (2017-01-03)
• 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 (2017-01-02)
• Happy Testing New Year (for 2017) (2016-12-31)
• Software Testing Definitions and Models - How and Why to Create your own Definition (2016-12-16)
• A testing challenge for you "I T.E.S.T with A.T.T.I.T.U.D.E" (2016-12-12)
• Taking Software Testing More Seriously By Using Humour (2016-12-09)
• Lessons learned and tips for testing from public bug bash events (2016-12-08)
• How to improve your CV and improve your chances of finding your next software testing job (2016-12-07)
• Hacking JavaScript Games - Cellular Automata - Supporting Notes (2016-12-01)
• A retrospective critique of an exploratory testing session (2016-11-29)
• Software Testing YouTube Channels to Subscribe to - and how to subscribe (2016-11-24)
• A live exploratory testing session recorded (2016-11-21)
• Q: when do we prefer manual testing over automated testing? A: Hmmm.... (2016-10-25)
• A Case Study in Creating a Conference Presentation using Markdown (2016-10-06)
• Adhoc testing of incrementally developed HTML and CSS (2016-09-29)
• You can improve your JavaScript skills and have fun at the same time (2016-09-28)
• How to Use Chrome Developer Tools JavaScript Source Snippets (2016-09-26)
• How to use the JavaScript Console for Technical Web Testing (2016-09-23)
• How to Treat your Application as an API - "App as API" (2016-09-22)
• How to write a simple random test data sentence generator (2016-09-21)
• Difference between hacking, cheating and automating? (2016-09-19)
• Lessons learned from Automating - Instantiated (2016-09-16)
• Hacking JavaScript Games to improve your testing (2016-09-14)
• Responsive Web Testing (2016-09-14)
• Stop finding simple bugs. Use Automated Validation tools early. (2016-09-13)
• Introducing Pious Sanctimonious Standard Compliance Boy (2016-09-13)
• Batch validation of HTML as part of your web testing with Total Validator (2016-09-09)
• What could possibly go wrong? And what to do about it? (2016-09-08)
• Dear Evil Tester: I think that if I 'learn automation' I can get a new job FAST (2016-09-06)
• Dear Evil Tester "I want to keep my testing skills up to date otherwise I might not get another job" (2016-09-06)
• Dear Evil Tester: I think that if I 'learn automation' I can get this specific type of job (2016-09-06)
• A Model of Automating (2016-09-05)
• Dear Evil Tester: "How can I learn Automation?" (2016-09-02)
• We test REST even if it isn't REST (2016-07-22)
• On Workarounds and Fixes (2016-07-22)
• An Open Answer to an Open Letter (2016-07-15)
• How to Watch Repositories on Github via a NewsFeed (2016-04-08)
• Join the Anti Test-Automation Brigade Article for Testing Circus Magazine (2016-04-04)
• Everyday Browsing to improve your web testing skills - Why? (2016-03-31)
• Coding for workarounds so you know when they are not needed (2016-03-24)
• What is the Role of a Tester on Agile Projects? (2016-03-22)
• The Making of "Dear Evil Tester" (2016-03-10)
• Lessons Learned Testing the House of Test contest app (2016-02-29)
• I did not know Firefox could do that: Syntax Error Highlighting in "View Page Source" (2016-01-18)
• Dear Evil Tester, Who is Stafford Beer and Why should I care? (2016-01-11)
• Technical Testing with MS Edge and "the user will never do that" (2016-01-08)
• Test Automation in Cybernetics And Management (2016-01-07)
• Lessons learned from Black Ops Testing - Testing a JavaScript library (2015-07-14)
• Lessons Learned Testing QA Mail for Black Ops Testing (2015-05-12)
• Some API Testing Basic Introductory Notes and Tools (2015-01-26)
• My search for easy to use, free, local HTTP servers (2014-12-18)
• An exploratory testing example explored: Taskwarrior (2014-09-24)
• Lessons learned testing Command Line Applications from Black Ops Testing Webinar (2014-09-23)
• Using Wireshark to observe Mobile HTTP Network traffic (2014-09-10)
• How to convert VirtualBox to VMWare and install the ethernet device drivers (2014-08-14)
• Testing Circus Magazine Interview with Alan Richardson (2014-05-11)
• Back to Basics: How to use the Windows Command Line (2014-02-17)
• Introducing Virtualbox modern.ie Turnkey Virtual Machines for Web Testing (2014-02-13)
• How to emulate mobile devices using Chrome browser (2014-02-06)
• How to use Jira to subjectively track and report daily on your testing? (2013-11-22)
• Create a local WiFi hotspot for testing using connectify.me (2013-10-25)
• Android and IOS Screen Capture, Streaming and ScreenRecording tools for Mobile Testing (2013-10-04)
• WinMerge Revisited - my default file and directory comparison tool (2013-09-27)
• 10 Experiments to Improve Your Exploratory Testing Note Taking (2013-09-06)
• 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? (2013-08-30)
• Don't go live with simple security problems - 10 tips to help (2013-07-23)
• A Bugzilla exploratory testing session from the vaults (2013-05-31)
• Abstraction in Action for Automating Applications (2013-05-04)
• Silver Bullets and Magic Bullets in Software Testing (2013-05-04)
• What does a technical exploratory test session look like? (2013-03-06)
• Selenium Simplified Webinar 002 - Page & Domain Objects (2013-02-22)
• V-Model Reclaimed (2013-02-11)
• Selenium Simplified Webinar 001 - Getting started (2013-02-08)
• NLP For Testers (2012-02-17)
• Q: What is Testing? A: look inside... (2012-02-17)
• Build your own model of software testing – or rediscover one from several thousand years ago (2011-10-31)
• Build your own model of software testing – "the quotes" (2011-10-29)
• Running out of email addresses when you test? (2011-09-20)
• How Can I Estimate My Testing? (2011-06-28)
• Tutorial on Burp Suite Repeater and Intruder (2011-04-21)
• Paranoia as a learning and testing strategy (2011-03-14)
• Sub-cultural Testing Influences gone mainstream #1 – The Assassins Creed (2011-03-12)
• Dangerous Test Concepts Exposed - QA and 'Types' of Testing (2011-03-08)
• Exploratory Testing Lessons from the Tao Te Ching (2011-02-24)
• A Tester is For Life Not Just For Christmas ebook interview (2010-12-01)
• A poor man's testing Head Up Display (2010-03-19)
• Do you still remember your first 'real' test (2009-02-18)
• Notes on the evolution of my exploratory testing documentation style (2009-01-16)
• Software Testing, A Funny Business (2008-07-23)
• Test Driven JavaScript using QUnit (2008-06-06)
• Evil Tester and The Agile Team (2008-05-18)
• A Short History of my ISEB Software Testing Certification involvement (2008-05-04)
• 5 books I recommend to software testers that most testers have probably never read (2008-04-22)
• Challenge your assumptions and presuppositions to identify useful variation (2008-04-18)
• Software Testing Lessons from Brief Counselling and Therapy (2008-04-11)
• Create Software Test Ideas Fast Using Presentation PreparationTechniques (2008-04-08)
• A generalised model for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) (2008-03-09)
• How to do software User Acceptance Testing (UAT) really badly (2008-03-07)
• A simple explanation of dependency injection (2008-03-04)
• My Novice Mistakes in Test Driven Development (2008-02-28)
• Some Notes on Software Testing Waste - my lean perspective (2008-02-20)
• Notes on 'abstraction' and 'equivalence classes' in Software Testing (2008-02-11)
• ISEB, and the train that won't stop going (2008-02-08)
• My notes on how to study for ISEB foundation (2008-02-06)
• ISEB testing certification, fear, and the hiring dilemma (2008-02-01)
• I thought you were a tester but... you're programming (2008-01-30)
• Agile Acceptance Testing (2008-01-21)
• 5 Exploratory Test Documentation Lessons (2008-01-19)
• "Martial deals with surprise" - GTD related to testing (2008-01-18)
• Adhoc Automating Using SQL For WordPress Migration (2007-12-28)
• AutoIt free basic Windows Automation (2006-06-17)
• Can the words that we use affect our thinking (2006-04-26)
• Being Resourceful when your hands are tied (2004-08-04)
• Help Yourself - Self Education for Software Testers (2004-01-04)
• Tom Gilb Competitive Engineering Courses (2003-10-20)
• Popular testing phrases #57 - Testing should start early (2002-04-01)
• The Actor's Ways and Means (2002-03-11)
• Finding Faults with Software Testing (2002-02-13)
• An exploration of, and notes on, the process of Test Scripting (2002-01-16)
• An exploration of, and notes on, model path analysis for Testing (2002-01-15)
• Modelling Tesla for Software Testing (2002-01-04)
• Charity Shop Shopping For Software Testing Books (2002-01-04)
• The Cost of DIY Quality (2002-01-04)
• Software Testing Book Reviews (2000-02-03)