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Episode 81: It’s the small things that count

This week I talk to Andrew Morton about unit tests! We cover the basics of units tests: what they are, and what they do. We also cover unit tests as documentation, pitfalls to avoid, and some tools you might see in the wild. References and resources we mention: https://github.com/testingchef/bad-units – A repo of bad unit

Ep 80: Who lives, who dies, who tells your story

1JuneletstalktestsUncategorized

Manchester is my adoptive city, and I am even more in love with it after this week. Strange to feel pride and be heartbroken at the same time. I was hoping to get a bee tattoo but all the tattoo parlours have been overwhelmed by demand, so I may get one at a later date,

Ep 79: It Takes Two (Rebroadcast)

18MayletstalktestsUncategorized

Back in October last year, I spoke to Maaret Pyhäjärvi about pair testing. We did a session of pair testing then recorded our debrief/thoughts on the session. It is a great episode, and the shownotes are full of great resources, including the mindmap we used during our session. However, the editing and sound quality was

Ep 78: May the Testbash be with you

4MayletstalktestsUncategorized

So this week we finally discuss Testbash Brighton and the freshly announced Testbash Manchester! First, Testbash Brighton. Testbash was awesome as always. Brighton moved to a new venue but all the normal Testbash awesomeness applied! Conference Day Takeaways Nice to see a focus on empathy Empathy for developers Empathy for customers – Tito customer

Ep 77: The sonic screwdriver won’t get me out of this one

20AprilletstalktestsShow NotesInterview, security

This week I talk to Dan Billing! (Check out his podcast: Screen Testing (co-hosted with another friend of the show Neil Studd!)) We cover how to get into Security Testing, a brief look into the mindset of security testing, and share resources to allow you to start Security Testing ethically, legally, and without making your Sys

Ep 76: You don’t own the bug

6AprilletstalktestsUncategorized

This week I talk about Bug Advocacy! This came swirling into my mind after seeing a couple of older blog posts about the matter and it turns out I have feelings on Bug Advocacy! Definition: Simply put bug advocacy is that: advocating for a bug. Advocating that it should be prioritised and fixed. There are

Ep 75: What is the plural of syllabus?

29Marchletstalktests2 CommentsUncategorized

A few weeks ago I took part in Weekend Testing Europe, and I enjoyed it so much we did a whole episode on it! There is a blog post on the site that covers the scenario and discussions: http://weekendtesting.com/?p=4496 I was in Group C (the C stood for Cool): http://weekendtesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/WTEU73-Group-C.pdf Our mission was to imagine

Ep 74: Around the World in 80 Tests

9MarchletstalktestsUncategorized

Firstly: This month is #TryPod, a month where podcasters, and people who love podcasts bring podcasts to those who do not listen to them. I share the love for some of my latest subscriptions here Secondly: Matt and I will both be at Testbash Brighton! come say hi if you’re there 😀 And now, onto

Ep 73: There is no spoon!

23FebruaryletstalktestsShow Notesbiases, Interview, podcast, QA

This week on the show we’re talking to Maaike Brinkhof about cognitive biases! There are so many biases, but we talk about a few here, and share some resources for learning more. Why are we biased? Four categories Too much information → We filter it Not enough meaning → We fill in the gaps The

Ep 72: Mayday! Mayday!

10FebruaryletstalktestsUncategorized

Today, in a first of what will probably be a semi-regular series: ‘How is [career] like testing’, we cover Air Crash Investigations. Investigating what has caused an accident/bug First action? Find the black boxes! (logs/monitoring) Collect all of the evidence (effects of the bug, clues in data that led to it, eye witness accounts) Come