The trouble with GUI automation
It’s difficult I think people have a tendency to greatly underestimate the difficulty of writing a good GUI-automation suite. It’s not as simple […]
Testers and developers – blurring the line
I’m a tester who used to be a developer. I find my developer skills to be very useful in my job as […]
Testing with emails
Testing a product like Campaign Monitor means dealing with a lot of emails as test data. Here are some things I’ve learned […]
Break stuff
Why do testers say that they like to “break” software? First of all, good testers should know that they don’t “break” software […]
Off the beaten track
You learn a lot more when things don’t quite go to plan, than when everything goes smoothly. So here’s a story I […]
Why writing blog posts can be as difficult as shipping software
First you have the inspiration phase – you’ve got this great idea, so many thoughts on the topic and you can’t wait […]
Rockstar testing
I often hear about “rockstar developers”, but I never hear about rockstar testers. Which makes me think we could do with a […]
Considering job title change to “Technical Voorlooper”
Lately I’ve been using a little ruby script (made by fellow Campaign Monitor tester James Martin) to generate random strings of words […]
Haiku dedicated to a special automated test script
Unhindered and wild Null pointer errors no obstacle A majestic beast
Getting started with test automation
Test automation seems to inspire mixed reactions in the testing community. There are those who believe it’s absolutely essential, and those who […]