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Which IDE should you use for Java?
There are a whole bunch of free IDEs out there that you could use with Java:
A Bugzilla exploratory testing session from the vaults
Back in 2011, I decided to try recording an exploratory testing session.
TestNet 2013 Keynote and Proxy Tutorial
In May 2013 I presented a Keynote at TestNet discussing how I have worked with, and built, Silver Bullets; cautioning people not to think they have ever found a Silver Bullet, instead to keep questing for improvement, and never stop questing.
Keynote Slides - My Quest for Silver Bullets
Silver Bullets and Magic Bullets in Software Testing
The May 2013 edition of TestNet news has an article I wrote to accompany my Keynote. The article was entitled “Silver Bullets and Magic Bullets”, it covers similar ground to the Keynote but shorter and with slightly different analogies.
Abstraction in Action for Automating Applications
The August 2012 edition of Professional Tester contains an article I wrote to help promote the Eurostar 2012 conference and my WebDriver tutorial at the conference. The article was entitled “Abstraction in Action” and it provides a brief overview of some automation code abstraction principles and models.
Selenium WebDriver Java API Cheat Sheets
I have released the cheat sheets that I provide during WebDriver training courses.
99 Seconds at Test Bash 2.0
Actual Talk Description
I’ve said in various talks that I don’t enjoy creating, justifying, or applying, definitions.
I think creating your own definition does work well as an exercise, because you can explore your vocabulary and try and create an encompassing statement of intent to cover what you mean when you use a word. And there exist, people who do the ‘definition’ thing really well. James Bach and Michael Bolton act as exemplars of this approach and freely share, discuss and debate their definitions via blogs and twitter.
What does a technical exploratory test session look like?
I wanted to provide an example of what an exploratory test session with additional “Technical” focus might look like, at the same time demonstrating some of the capabilities of modern browsers whilst comparing them to proxy servers.