I’m doing two tutorials (including one together with Janet Gregory) and a track session at StarEast 2011 (see my News and Events page for more details or click to see the brochure). If you use the discount code SKWS you can get $200 off, and if you book before March 4 you also get Early […]
Read MoreMy First Weeknight Tester Session!
I’ve been wanting to try Weekend Testing for ages, but I’m usually swamped on the weekends. The European chapter that does Weeknight Testing (@WNTesting on Twitter; hashtag #WNTesting) works great for me because the time ends up being during my lunchtime. I tried it for the first time today. Our mission was to do functional […]
Read MoreMeet Ernest
My Agile Testing Days tutorial is almost full, so my motivation here is not to advertise it, but to invite you to meet one of my donkeys, Ernest. I tried to make the video with both Ernest and Chester, but it was very windy outdoors that day and Chester was fidgety, we couldn’t get a […]
Read MorePodcasts
Podcasts are a nice way to learn about new topics, pick up new ideas and hear the experiences of other testers and agile practitioners. I highly recommend the Testing Podcast site for informative interviews with a wide range of testing practitioners. This interview with Michael Kircher of Software Engineering Radio was posted in June 2010 […]
Read MorePublished on InfoQ: A Tester’s Learning Journey
InfoQ just published an article I wrote to try to inspire more testers to grow their skills. It begins: The software industry is changing fast. More and more teams put testing up front and center; they use tests to drive development. New and improved automated test frameworks and drivers burst onto the scene every month. […]
Read MoreTeam Commitment to Quality
There are so many test frameworks, drivers and other tools out there I want to try. For example, Selenesse has been at the top of my list of things to try for months (and I’ll get to it sometime soon!) However, I couldn’t resist the offer from Pekka Klarck, one of the Robot Framework contributors, […]
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