Software Testing and Development Blog Posts

I spoke at the Test Automation Guild on January 2017 and present “If you want to automate, you learn to code”.

If you want to automate, you learn to code, and you learn to code well.

“Automate” doesn’t mean “Automate Testing” it means “Automate part of your test process”.

You need to learn to code to do that with the most options open to you.

We’ll look at some ‘we do this alot’ and ‘we want to automate’ activities which we can use tools for. But we’ll also see that we are limited by the tools.

I believe that everyone has a unique and personal test process. Also, when we accept this, we can grow our testing skills further and faster than if we pursue the traditional path of learning a common body of knowledge.

An exercise in JavaScript console hacking.

TLDR; Start emulating people, use your job to learn, keep training, identify other people’s strategies, experiment to see what works for you, make your own tools, harness your uniqueness.

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.