At the end of Buddha in Testing, Pradeep asks the reader to co-author the next chapter with him. So this blog post is my attempt at writing part of Chapter 5 of this book: What is the chaos that surrounds you in testing? Write now, during the pandemic a lot of people have been made… Continue reading Buddha in Testing: Chapter 5
Category: Software Testing
Technical tips for Software Testers
My software testing career tips series on Youtube is going well. So well in fact that I need to break out and collect the 4 part mini series on technical skills into it’s own blog post here. Part 1: learn command line Nothing will impress you colleagues more than your technical prowess with the command… Continue reading Technical tips for Software Testers
My Social Media Marketing Strategy
On Sunday I’ll be Interviewing Manoj Kumar who’s a Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks & a Selenium Conf Organiser. And I was chatting to Manoj about my marketing strategy as a tester. I’ve been fascinated about marketing (more than learning about test automation tools) and this blog post is a reflection on that strategy. Marketing is… Continue reading My Social Media Marketing Strategy
Code Smells and Boolean Logic
Have you ever come across a boolean in code (i.e. a TRUE/FALSE) variable and had to stop and question if TRUE meant enabled or disabled? I call this a code smell. A code smell is a surface indication that usually corresponds to a deeper problem in the system. https://martinfowler.com/bliki/CodeSmell.html Naming variables is hard One of… Continue reading Code Smells and Boolean Logic
My Testing Career Cheatsheet
Are you looking for 1 on 1 career advice from me? You can book me in via Calendly, my rates of $99 AUD for 30 minutes will apply. Here’s a PDF of useful links, tips and resources that have helped me in my career so far: 1 – Start with Why Why do you want… Continue reading My Testing Career Cheatsheet
Metrics and Quality
The superannuation and investment mobile app I’ve been working on over the last year has finally been released. It’s been on the app store for just over a month now* and this blog is about how we are using metrics to help keep tabs on the quality of our app. *You can download the app… Continue reading Metrics and Quality
Bugasura and exploratory Mobile Testing
A few weeks back, Pradeep Soundararajan; founder of Moolya testing and I were having a conversation on twitter on test strategies for mobile apps. He suggested trying Bugasura for running a bag bash. Bugasura is an android app and a chrome extension. it helps with keeping track of exploratory testing sessions and comes with screenshot annotation and jira integration. Here are… Continue reading Bugasura and exploratory Mobile Testing
Beta releases for mobile apps
My team is going through a beta release for our mobile app to get early feedback. We’ve noticed that our android app is struggling compared to iOS. It seems that having an extra hurdle with signing up for the android beta program impacts installations. Naturally we’d expect the android engagement to lag a little behind… Continue reading Beta releases for mobile apps
The Y2K bug in the year 2038
Do you remember how the world freaked out over the potential Y2K bug when the year was changing from 1999 to 2000? A large mitigation factor was a huge outsourcing effort to India and it helped to establish India as the global IT giant it is today. So when not many bugs eventuated it was… Continue reading The Y2K bug in the year 2038
Mindmaps and Heuristics for testing
I like to use mind maps to help me test. Mind maps are a visual way of brainstorming different ideas. On a previous mobile team I printed and laminated this mind map to bring along to every planning session to help remind me to ask questions like, “What about accessibility? Automation? Security? or Performance?”: As… Continue reading Mindmaps and Heuristics for testing