Software Testing and Development Blog Posts

TLDR; Happy New Year - And all the best for 2017 - resolve to make changes every day - don’t rely on a single point in the year.

TLDR; I avoided creating a definition of software testing for a long time because I thought it would constrain me. Instead I built a model of what I did. Eventually I generalised it to a ‘definition’ - “Testing is building and comparing models of a system to the system.”

TLDR; Rather than pursue viral marketing millions, I have a released a new application for you to use for experimenting with exploratory testing, techical web testing, and JavaScript hacking. You can find it at eviltester.github.io/TestingApp/apps/testwith/version/1/testwith.html

TLDR; Everyone can tap into humour when they are themselves and with their friends. Can you respect your work peers enough to be yourself with them and tell hard truths using humour when necessary?

TLDR; Tips for external public bug bash testers. This is not testing as you know it. Change your beliefs. Get ready in advance. Hit the system hard, hit it fast. Report quickly and well. Demoralise the other teams. “Congraturation! You Sucsess!”

TLDR; Write your CV as benefits, and build a portfolio, to become more than just another CV on the pile and help the busy CV reader see the value that you can bring to their team.

TLDR; “Let’s code a Binary Chopifier” which I plan, code as prototype to plan in an @Test method, test interactively, experiment, and release as an @Test.

Notes on JavaScript hacking for the test cellular automata game.

A retrospective of an Exploratory Testing Session with detailed notes and critiques.

TLDR; There are a lot of amazing YouTube channels to learn from. If you’re not using subscriptions on YouTube with notifications or RSS then you are missing out.