May 2020 Content Summary

TLDR; May content contains links to free videos and new podcasts.

The content on Patreon is accessible 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

Twitter Summary for May 2020

This summary is pulled from reports generated by Chatterscan.com (A free Twitter Client)

I filter by user @eviltester, show retweets, and replies. Then look in the page source to find the markdown to copy and paste.

I was promoting:

• I am speaking at Eurostar online in November - Super Early Bird pricing ends 14th Jun
• The Evil Tester Show - Episode 11 - “What Should I Be? Programmer or Tester?”

• The SauceCon 2020 talks have been uploaded to YouTube. I’ve embedded my full talk on my conference page:
• Podcast Alert: @fltoledo and I discussed testing for his podcast and you can listen to part 1 via the @abstractaus site https://t.co/YYGatixRts page also has a free transcript #softwaretesting -

Things that caught my eye:

• Angie Jones - live stream of automating Tic Tac Toe Game using Java -
• @melthetester: Webinar on Modern Testing Principles -

Blog Posts For May 2020

• April 2020 EvilTester.com and Patreon Content Summary

  • Content created and collated for EvilTester.com, Patreon and Social for April 2020

• SauceCon 2020 Conference Talk Replays Available

  • The replays for all SauceCon 2020 talks are available

Patreon Posts For May 2020

I released a new micro-course on Patreon based on my SauceCon talk “Automating Tactically vs Strategically”

• Migrated away from BootStrap

  • I’ve been wanted to remove BootStrap from my EvilTester.com site for quite some time. Migrating away from frameworks can be hard.

• Extra 004 - Problem Solving

  • Extra content from Talk and Micro Course - Automating Tactically vs Strategically.

• Automating Tic Tac Toe in the browser with JavaScript

  • A JavaScript version of automating tic tac toe game. Initially automated by Angie Jones.

• An update on Sales Tax

  • Patreon sales tax update.

• Extra 003 - Impact on my work

  • Extra content from Talk and Micro Course - Automating Tactically vs Strategically.

• Gaming and Testing, Testability and Automatability

  • Notes on Gaming and Testing and Testability.

• Extra 002 - Sub-optimisation

  • Extra content from Talk and Micro Course - Automating Tactically vs Strategically.

• Extra 001 - Agile Is Not Always Strategic

  • Extra content from Talk and Micro Course - Automating Tactically vs Strategically

• Automating Tactically and Strategically micro course coming soon

  • Announcing the upcoming bonus videos for my Automating Tactically and Strategically talk as a micro course.

• Sometimes CSS is Magic

  • Frameworks increase risk by adding more code, where simpler CSS could help.

• RestMud newer version live

  • Live version of RestMud for Patreon supporters.

• RestMud Development and Testing Approaches

  • Some notes on automating the RestMud game.

• Testing and Direct Marketing

  • Some comparisons between Direct Marketing and Software Testing.

• JSoup for fast HTTP and HTML Integration Automating

  • I added some fast HTTP tests to RESTMud using JSoup

• Unit Testing Legacy Code and Code Coverage

  • Notes on revisiting restmud to make it more strategic.

• Working practices built around failure

  • Tips for working around OS crashes and powercuts.

• SauceCon Recording Process

  • About Saucecon recording process.

• Saucecon Talk ‘Automating Tactically and Strategically’

  • Practice recording for my Saucecon talk - Automating Tactically and Strategically

• Useful DeckSet update and online presentation tip

  • Useful Deckset update recommended for zoom or window sharing remote calls.

• John Seddon on Patreon

  • Description of some things I have learned from John Seddon’s Patreon offer of access to their elearning platform.

• How to get a better job

  • Drayton Bird’s how to get a better job pamphlet

• Abstractions does not mean strategic

  • I think we associate abstractions with ‘good’ code e.g. Page Objects, etc. But we can still use those for tactical work.

• Using JSoup to convert HTML to Markdown

  • I’m working on my conversion from Patreon HTML to Markdown. And now using JSoup as an HTML parser.

• Saucecon next week and some notes on the talk

  • I’m presenting online at Saucecon next week. Some notes during the creation of the talk.

• Content Then Format

  • Write content as simple as possible, then format. With pdf ebook attached.

• Recent Newsletter Content

  • This is the basic content that I Sent out in my newsletter this moring. So if you’re on Patreon, you don’t really have to subscribe.

• Software Testing Books You Must Read ebook

  • content of my ‘Software Testing Books You Must Read’ ebook

• HUGO Solution

  • A solution to the HUGO issue I was facing, with some lessons learned on problem Dissolution.

• Can you help me test a patreon Oauth login flow?

  • Spin off project using the Patreon API

• Content Summary for April 2020

  • This is a list of content I posted to, or found useful, on Twitter. And stuff I posted to my blog, and Patreon for April 2020

• April 2020 Collated PDFs

  • Collated PDF for April blog posts and Patreon posts.

• Future of Testing Exercises

  • Exercises from the extras of the Future of Testing Webinar.

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