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The pdfs collating the content below are on this post for Patreons.

- https://www.patreon.com/posts/36657634

Highlights

I presented a Webinar on The Future of Testing, sponsored by Virtuoso. You can watch the full webinar with QA by signing up on the Webinar site. And you'll be able to watch a short talk from me, and a Q&A with Adil Mohammed from Virtuoso and Joe Colantonio.

The section of the live webinar recording for my talk has already been released to my Patreon site, and I will upload it with additional bonus extras (about an hour of extra content) to my Evil Tester Talks bundle, later this month.

I released a new podcast episode, with tips on How to Present Online.

Twitter Summary for April 2020

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I was promoting:

• A Future of Testing webinar with Joe Colantonio @joecolantonio and Adil Mohammed @adilmd from Virtuoso, sign up for free to watch a replay of the event https://t.co/kXyGnz0ZcU -Patreons already have access to the live recording of my talk, and the exercises.
  I will be adding the talk and at least an hour of extras to Evil Tester Talksthis month
  
• I will present an online tutorial at Eurostar in November. You can find information about the programme here https://t.co/sO4XTe3Xeu #SoftwareTesting https://t.co/zCh3e5hqrD -

Things that caught my eye:

• RT @testingcurator: Check out "#Testing Bits - April 12th - April 18th, 2020" https://t.co/leTyZhomnB (47 posts!) featuring bloggers -
• RT @HypnInfoSec: New blog post: "Hacking Unity Games (PART 2) - Manipulating game state with Frida" -
• RT @kdnuggets: Mathematics for #MachineLearning: The Free eBook - KDnuggets https://t.co/jrOnwRta66 https://t.co/BWB94wcdOy -
• list of online test courses, very useful. -
• This was a fun challenge. I used the approaches I describe in my Test Automation U course to automate it -
• The Cybernetics of Respect for People: “Act always so as to increase the number of choices.” “Respect for people/Humanity” from @harish_josev blog -
• RT @testingcurator: Check out "#Testing Bits - March 29th - April 4th, 2020" (63 posts!) featuring bloggers -
• Some curated bug bounty automation links from @PentesterLand -
• RT @psiinon: I must admit I am puzzled by this whole "@zaproxy OR @Burp_Suite" thing. If you are a pro pentester then you should know the s…
• RT @MariiaHutsuk: @11vlr , thanks for this opportunity for new voices like mine to share the thoughts in one #80SoftwareTesters book
• I do try the Intigriti challenges, but I haven't succeeded yet. The solutions help me understand how far I got into the solution, and educate me for the next time. https://t.co/VytZcuDm33
• RT @saucelabs: Get excited about #SauceCon Online! We've got a great lineup of experts speaking, such as @jennydoesthings @eviltester @tech…
• Plenty of posts and videos here to deconstruct and potentially identify new opportunities for your own test approach. https://t.co/06iiQdiUGW
• RT @ministryoftest: We've picked out the top Automation talks from all of our #TestBash conferences.
• I've just added a watch on this repo and starred it, so I can stay up to date with changes https://t.co/OQ1KFNnAvF
• RT @nalanpog: Concise, worthwhile read on the differences between #exploratory (hypothesis seeking) and #confirmatory (hypothesis testing)…

Blog Posts For April 2020

• March 2020 EvilTester.com and Patreon Content SummaryContent created and collated for EvilTester.com, Patreon and Social for March 2020
  
• How to assess coverage of automation?Coverage requires some sort of model. We can organise code to support review against a mental model, and some models are executable. Other models we compare against the output of execution.
  
• Tips For Learning JavaScriptI get asked a lot for resources to learn coding and particularly JavaScript, so here are some resources.
  
• The Evil Tester On-demand Online ConferenceI have a collection of on-demand conference talks and webinars available for only $10
  
• Episode 012 - How to Present an Online Talk - The Evil Tester ShowIn this podcast we share tips on how to present online.
  
• Tips for Presenting OnlineTips for Presenting Online at online conferences and webinars
  

Patreon Posts For April 2020

• Future of Testing ExercisesExercises from the extras of the Future of Testing Webinar.
  
• 4 ways of treating problems - illustrated by dependency exampleI hit an interesting set of dependency issues today. And I can see I was only on the 2nd rung of Ackoffs problem treatment hierarchy.
  
• Questions from Future of Testing WebinarApparently there were more questions than we had time to answer on the Webinar. These are my basic answers for the initial set of questions.
  
• Future of Testing Webinar RecordingLocal recording of my future of testing webinar presentation.
  
• Behind the scenes - Future of Testing WebinarA short behind the scenes look at how I created the presentation for the 'Future of Testing' webinar
  
• The Core of TestingThe core of testing means that there will always be a role for testers.
  
• Unit Tests Allow Confident ActionOne of the useful things about unit testing is that it gradually helps move your project from tactical to more strategic.
  
• Automated Dependency Upgrade RisksSome notes on dependency management risk that bit my site.
  
• Podcast transcript Presenting Online Tipspodcast episcoe transcript for presenting online tips
  
• Next Podcast - How To Present At An Online ConferenceThe adfree early access version of the video of my podcast.
  
• Hunting Machiavelli QuotesSome quotes on predicting, and advocating for, the future.
  
• Chris Voss - Negotiation Interview VideoA recommended video interview with Chris Voss
  
• Defect Writing Exercise: Cause, Effect, Impact, SolutionBased on the earlier exercise, does taking a different focus on defects change how they are written and raised?
  
• Integriti Easter Security Testing ChallengeIntegriti latest security testing challenge provided some insights into noise vs data vs information. And 'when do we stop?'
  
• Moral Dilemmas in Testing Live SitesEffect of automating a live site, finding a minor data leak.
  
• Learning JavaScript Tips Videotips for learning JavaScript video
  
• Standard For Software Component TestingThe draft BCS Standard For Software Component Testing links
  
• A Testing Exercise - Dynamic ButtonsA testing exercise using one of the pages at testpages.herokuapp.com
  
• Form Follows Function - Technical Web TestingMy form of testing may be limited by the functionality open to me, I need to keep understanding the technology and tooling capabilities.
  
• Automating Connection RequestsI implemented some tactical automation to support processing inbound connection requests.
  
• How to train yourself - exercisesReading, watching, making notes... all of that is important for learning. But exercises are where it really kicks in.
  
• How to assess Test Automation CoverageThis is a video I will release to YouTube. I'm uploading it here ad-free and with the addition of a transcript.
  
• Language phrases describing automatingI recommend taking steps to isolate yourself from the power of the phrase 'Test Automation' as it frees up your mind.
  
• Content Summary for March 2020Content Summary for March 2020
  
• March 2020 Collated PDFsMarch 2020 Collated PDFs - all blog and patreon content collated into pdfs
  
• Automation Exercise - Admin Login PagesI created a page to experiment with infrastructure abstractions.