Details of the Software Testing and Development Conference Presentations, Tutorials and Keynotes from Alan Richardson| www.eviltester.com
Thoughts and lessons learned from years of Agile Development Consultancy and Mentoring. A Commonsense Video Guide to Agile Software Testing and Development The short video above introduces you to Agile Testing and Alan’s thoughts on how to improve. These are practical and well grounded, often commonsense answers and suggestions. Don’t BE Agile. Instead develop with Agility. Explains the principles of Agile Testing Testing is part of the software development process, we have to learn to cr...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
A list of books that have helped me improve my Testing and thinking around testing. About A Software Testing Recommended Reading List. These are not affiliate links. Pick and choose from the list anything that seems interesting. I only recommend books which I have read, and which have actually influenced how I test, consult, manage, approach Agile Projects, and develop software. Recommended Software Testing Reading List The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World The Political Br...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
TLDR; Can we use ChatGPT to help us learn new skills and tools? Yes. I used ChatGPT to short cut my initial steps with Playwright. Having programming knowledge really helped to ask questions and understand errors in the answers though. Learning Playwright Java With Chat GPT This video shows how I used ChatGPT to start learning Playwright with Java: Watch on YouTube Learning Playwright I’ve been a long time user of WebDriver, and that would still be my default for automating web applications...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
How will AI impact testing and what skills do we need to develop to survive.| www.eviltester.com
TLDR; Can we use the free version of claude.ai with chat prompts to vibe code a browser based game? Yes, so long as we keep the game small. Oh, and you better save your artifacts because claude might lose your conversation details. Vibe Coding With Claude This video shows how I used Claude.ai to Vibe code a game: Watch on YouTube Vibing I’ve successfully used Code augmentation tools like co-pilot, and locally with continue.dev paired with ollama and CodeLlama. I never really felt comfortabl...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
TLDR; Can we use the Chrome Dev Tools AI Assistance to generate code that automates an application from the Javascript console? Answer: Yes we can. Prompt to generate code, iterative amendment of prompts required. Using AI Assistance to Generate Automated Execution Code This video shows how I used the Chrome Dev Tools AI Assistance to generate code to automate a simple application from the Javascrip console: Watch on YouTube Automating From Console For years, I have written code to automate a...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
Welcome to a new episode of The Evil Tester Show, where host Alan Richardson simplifies the over complicated world of test strategy. Drawing on years of experience creating test strategies and plans, Alan explains the real difference between strategy, approach, and plan. Explaining that what really matters isn’t following templates or writing elaborate documents, but actually thinking through problems, understanding risks, and communicating those ideas clearly. In this episode, Alan explore...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
TLDR; There are a lot of Software Testing Podcasts. Use this comprehensive list as your startingpoint. Podcasts Overview There are almost too many Software Testing Podcasts out there. But, I try to keep up to date with industry trends and podcasts are a good way to do that. I’m only including podcasts that are released on audio and are subscribable with audio podcast software. Some of these have video as well, which I view as a bonus. I’m not including any podcast which is generated by AI...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
NotebookLM is a free and fast way of gaining early insight into the content of YouTube Videos and other content.| www.eviltester.com
Episode list for The Evil Tester Show - A Software Testing Podcast with a different attitude| www.eviltester.com
Tips and Tricks for success with the Software Testing Job Market of 2025 from Jack Cole| www.eviltester.com
What does practicing mean for Software Testing?| www.eviltester.com
Tools do not have to be complicated, they can be simple scripts run from dev tools. This tutorial explains the writing of a CounterString tool.| www.eviltester.com
This episode explores how to navigate context in testing environments, adapt our approaches, and effectively challenge and evolve systems. Discover the importance of context-driven testing in software development, exploring models, adaptability, and useful practices. This was released to Patreon supporters early, with full transcript and no ads. Notes These were the notes I used to create the podcast from. They are not a transcript. What is Context? There is no such thing as Context Driven Te...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
TLDR; Often the process of modelling is more important than the models, we carry forward what we learn rather than remodel consistently. I was looking through old folders of notes to feed to the shredder and paused to comment on some graphical models prior to the shred. Over the years I’ve kept too many old notes and it is now shredding time. Photos of Scraps As I worked through a “Test Modelling” folder I found a scrap of paper with the following diagrams: Code focused testing: System ...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
A cheat sheet to remind myself the most important kubectl commands. If I do forget then I recommend the VS Code Kubernetes plugin and remember to use --help if you get stuck, start with kubectl --help . I had to use kubernetes again after not using it for about a month and I had forgotten everything I had learned before. So I rummaged through my previous notes and collated the commands I’ve mostly used. To help them stick in my head I categorised them with natural language terms “Where am...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...
TLDR; Updated code for Selenium WebDriver Course for WebDriver v4 free online and released Open Source Profile conference video for free. Selenium WebDriver Code Updates When I removed my Selenium WebDriver course for sale and made it available to Patreon supporters only this was because I didn’t really have time to update the videos. I have however, been updating the source code. The full code for the course has been updated to: Selenium WebDriver 3.141.59 Selenium WebDriver 4.10.0 The cod...| EvilTester.com on EvilTester.com - Exploratory Testing, Automation, Developme...