March 2019 Content Summary

TLDR; Another month of lots of content with tools, blog posts, patreon and links

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Tools & Code

I wrote a couple of Chrome Extensions, and updated my testing practice apps.

• Useful Chrome Snippets Viv Richards and I have created a little chrome extension with some useful JavaScript snippets. Based on another Chrome extension I’ve been writing with slightly less useful JavaScript snippets.
• Testing Apps I updated my testing apps so that the REST API and the GUI app have better multi user support.
• Rest Listicator is on Heroku a practice test REST API
• The Pulper is on Heroku The Pulper practice GUI testing app is on Heroku

Site Updates

I’ve been updating my sites and migrated more content over to EvilTester.com

• Migrated my Conference Page Archive

I also updated my services pages to describe in easier format what I do. If you want any consultancy help with testing or development then these pages might help.

• Remote Code Reviews If you want to improve your Test Automation but don’t want onsite consultancy then I can review your code remotely and offer feedback and mentoring.
• Test Automation Improvements - Quick Starts, Next Level, Proof of Concepts
• Bespoke Consultancy
• Agile Coaching

Did you know I have a free guide on “What is Agile Software Testing?”

Blog Posts

All my YouTube videos are embedded within blog posts, so I haven’t listed the videos separately.

• How to View URL Query Parameters using Browser Dev Tools
• February 2019 EvilTester.com and Patreon Content Summary
• Are there any programming Katas related to testing?
• What is Software Testing And Why Do We Test Software?
• Which is the best link checking tool?
• Chrome functionality or extensions for responsive web testing?
• Review of Emmet Re-view Chrome extension
• Episode 009 - The Why? Special - The Evil Tester Show

Podcast

The Evil Tester Show had 2 new episodes released

• What is Software Testing? a discussion of definitions and trying to keep things simple.
• The Why Special how and when to ask questions that get relevant answers, rather than asking “Why?” all the time

Things that caught my eye

I usually post things that catch my eye on Twitter

• Machine Learning - Learning Path a curated ordered list of machine learning resources
• Every Google account has access to a 5 gig cloud VM
• Random Data when Automating
• The Architecture of Open Source Apps Books are available online
• Free hosting options for personal apps and projects not just Heroku
• Smells to refactoring cheat sheet
• Zero to hero security testing course ongoing security testing course with live videos
• Building fast interpreters in Rust
• An overview of K6 performance testing tool

I mentioned a few other things on Twitter but if you scroll through my timeline then I’m sure you’ll find them

Patreon

Some of this is overlap with the blog and YouTube. When I release a YouTube video I also provide it ad-free to Patreons and create a blog post for it. And I discuss my blog posts in more detail with extra thoughts over on Patreon. I also create unique content on Patreon, so there is usual more released on my Patreon site than publicly.

Patreon Posts For March 2019

• BDD, GDA and GAL
• Are we constantly re-inventing the testing we perform?
• New $5 benefit coming soon
• Abstractions Scale When Libraries Fail
• All Models are Useful - revisited
• Newly arrived - Experiencing The Impossible
• New Podcast - The Why? Special
• I, We, You They - the language of influence illustrated in bad and good speeches
• Book Bundle on attitude, courage to speak, negotiation
• Software Testing Checklists?
• JavaScript Bot Showcase Chrome Extension
• Alfred Adler’s Early Recollection technique and courage to speak up
• How to develop a a ‘say what needs to be said’ attitude
• Another Affordable Screen Recording Tool
• Perceptual Positions
• Pulper Test App On Heroku
• Do you really need to write that tool?
• Using Chrome for responsive web testing
• Review of Emmit Re:View Chrome Extension
• That’s not right - reactions to other code and approaches
• Personal Resources - Brief Therapy
• Is Automation the most contentious topic in testing?
• What are you changing? What are you working on?
• Study hard in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
• What is Software Testing, a Simple Explanation
• What is a context free definition of software testing?
• Releasing a Chrome Extension to the Store
• Automating Manual Script Generation
• Code Katas for testing
• Which link checkers do you use?
• February 2019 Content Extracts
• Do what only you can do

I release a PDF which has the full text of all my blog posts and patreon posts as a Patreon benefit to make it easier for Patreon supporters to catchup in batch mode.

You can gain access to the content on Patreon for only $1 a month at patreon.com/eviltester. Supporters gain access to downloadable PDFs of the content and micro courses e.g. How I Test - Web App, Test Ability Audit and more