Software Testing and Development Blog Posts

Testival Meetup 2019

I presented a talk on Automating Pragmatically.

Based on questions I am often asked about automating. I wanted to create a talk where I explained the models I use to help me understand automating and the approach I use for evaluating information about automating that I find online.

Logistics

• June 4th 2019

• Testival Meetup

• Event Page

The talk was recorded. I have uploaded it to Patreon, and the full talk with Q&A has been uploaded to Evil Tester Talks.

Updated and Refreshed in July 2026 - a list of tools I use for Work and Testing.

Over the years I have blogged useful links, and books etc. A lot of the pages become out of date and hard to keep track of.

So I have gathered, some of those post contents here, for easier collation and updating.

Test Tribe AMA June 2019

This was a live AMA.

Questions were uploaded to Facebook and the talk was streamed live over Facebook Live.

Logistics

• May 24th 2019

• Test Tribe Facebook Group

• Test Tribe Web Site

The talk was recorded and will be online at some point. I have also uploaded a live recording, with behind the scenes information to Patreon and Evil Tester Talks.

• Patreon.com/eviltester
• Evil Tester Talks

Video

Joy of Coding 2019

I presented a talk on lessons learned from:

• Automating
• Programming
• Teaching Programming
• Marketing
• etc.

With the main aim being to encourage the notion of learning as many skills as possible from the Software Development cannon, to give us the flexibility to respond to different projects, environments and situations.

Logistics

• May 24th 2019

• Joy of Coding Conference

Recording

The official conference recording can be watched on InfoQ.

“Why?” is an incredibly popular question.

I think it has problems. I try to avoid it when I’m consulting.

In this show we will examine “Why?” and under what circumstances I do use it.

I was asked “Which is the best link checking tool?”. And I don’t know. But I do know that I use Total Validator Pro and a Chrome Plugin called Check My Links.

I wanted to create a very simple, common sense overview of Software Testing. And that is what I have tried to do, in this blog post.

A List of Conference Talks, Keynotes and Tutorials

I have presented at conferences world wide since 2003. Most of the conferences below have links to a write up of the talks and slides.

Many of the talks are also available in my Evil Tester Talks online training with transcripts, exercises, recordings and extra content.

Learn More and Start Watching Testing Talks

Most of my speaking engagements are invited talks which are uniquely created for the event. You can contact me if you would like me to speak at your event.

What would be suitable Code Katas for people wanting to learn how to code to support their testing?