Ministry Of Testing

A quick chat with the Angry Weasel himself, Alan Page! He is bringing an excellent talk about modern unorthodox and counterintuitive practices in testing that he’s experienced in his expanse roles at Microsoft. Alan’s talk is entitled: “Testing without Testers (and other dumb ideas that sometimes work)” - but there’s nothing dumb about it, man. View the TestBash Philadelphia line up and book tickets!

We’re so happy to welcome Lanette Creamer to TestBash! This episode digs into a few points of the research that inspired her talk “Test Like a Cat (Not a Dog)“ where she extrapolates some of the most bizarre facts about cats that you might never have imagined. We also take a few minutes to talk about the cat and dog metaphor extended into how we collaborate with developers. Meow. View the TestBash Philadelphia line up and book tickets!

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In celebration of TestBashNY Mark Tomlinson speaks to Tanya Kravstov about her experiences with test automation which has included little automation and 100% automation, if that is even possible!?

In celebration of TestBashNY Mark Tomlinson speaks to Helena Jeret-Mae who speaks of her ideas behind her story of the path of becoming a software tester.

In celebration of TestBashNY Mark Tomlinson speaks to Martin Hynie. Who speaks of his recent talk at TestBash Brighton and looks to the future with his ideas behind his workshop at TestBashNY.

In celebration of TestBashNY Mark Tomlinson speaks to Anna Royzman (the Queen of TestBashNY about her ideas and activities around her workshop she is co-hosting with Martin Hynie.)

In celebration of TestBashNY the very entertaining Mark Tomlinson speaks to Kate Falanga about some of the problems she sees in testing and what we can do about them.

In celebration of TestBashNY coming up Mark Tomlinson talks to Selena Delesie about her leadership focused workshop and talk. Tune in to find out how Selena is bringing awareness to what is happening to themselves and the people they work within their organization. Change is going to happen. Get insights into Selena's approach to how you can optimally adapt and lead with change.

In celebration of TestBashNY coming up Mark Tomlinson talks to JeanAnn Harrison about mobile testing. Isn't everyone a mobile tester now? Why are we still needing to bring people up to speed? JeanAnn talks about the different kind of mobile apps and tests that need to be considered. Tune in!

In this podcast Rosie had the pleasure of speaking with Kristel from Testlio. In this interview we talk about Kristel's journey from a seed of an idea towards a funded startup in the software testing world. Testlio are focused on making good (mobile) testing easier to happen in a postive way both for the clients and the testers. We talk about how she started, challenges along the way and where they are heading.

Rosie Sherry interviews Richard Bradshaw to talk about automation in testing. Richard is an independent tester, very active in the testing community, a conference junky and more well known as the Friendly Tester. In this podcast we talk about: The difference between automation in testing and test automation Where on should testers start when thinking about automation in testing? What are the different types of tools testers could be consider? How can scripting be used within automation in testing Test Tools that can help us test faster and better How should a tester decide what to test? And where should they start? Tips on getting support from other non-testing team members Resources mentioned: Richard Bradshaw Dave Haeffner Alan Richardson Daniel Knott

I had the pleasure of speaking to Amy Phillips about her experience of helping get the startup she works for (SongKick) testing their software. I've known Amy since her early days at SongKick and I have always been intrigued about how she does testing in a fast paced environment and as the only tester hired within the company. I often look to startups in how they operate, not just in testing, but as a whole business. People who work in these environments often have lots of freedom and respect in the decisions and activities they perform. Whilst startups may fail a lot, they also learn from these failures and the experiments they try. Because of the above, I believe the testing community can learn a lot on how to improve our craft from the world of startups. And Amy certainly has some great insight into this! In this podcast we talk about: How Amy got the testing process started and the approach she uses How important decisions are made How Amy gets away with doing less testing Teaching the whole team