Ben Dowen is sharing his experience on #quality engineering #testing #testbash @ministryoftesting.com

OK I know I'm late to this, but #StardewVally, just getting into it... Love it...

@bitmoji.bsky.social oh no! The new style Bitmoji are not my style at all. I loved the old ones. How do I get my old ones back? I can't use the new ones, they are... Awful!

Off By One xkcd.com/3062

🐸 The next Friends of Good Software #FroGSConf Open Space is this Saturday! If FroGS means nothing to you, read frogsconf.nl. If you're already a fan, check that the schedule works for you at bit.ly/frogs-feb2025. I hope you can make some time for it; it's better when you're there. 💚

This is where I started a few weeks ago! Thank you @brackeys.com for this excellent tutorial. I completed it, and continued my learning by adding things on and slowly evolving it. Having the assets pack to start me off made it so easy.

A small #bugfix today, and my first time editing on my Mac Air laptop vs my Windows Desktop. I love for flexible #godot is! I fixed the stutter on the movement of the small platform, now using _process instead of _physics_process. fullsnackgamer.itch.io/full-snack-k... #devlog #gamedev

Roses are Red Testing is hard So are poems Quality

Exciting things are happening. Come watch Software Testing Live, Thursday the 20th of February, 6:30pm GMT (UK). Episode 1: Break the bank, with @parwalrahul.bsky.social www.ministryoftesting.com/events/softw...

It's been a few days, I've made a few updates: - HTML5 export with touch buttons for mobile - Add celebration on victory for collecting all coins - Bug fixes to enemy collision Gameplay video: youtu.be/OzP6tMp_Ecw Play the game: fullsnackgamer.itch.io/full-snack-k... #devlog #godot

Game Dev in #godot day 3. Today: - Disabled movement while dead - Introduced a 2nd faster enemy slime - Learned how to export for web and run locally - Uploaded an early prototype to itch.io Link: fullsnackgamer.itch.io/full-snack-k...

Great example of why you should audit tools before running them. youtube.com/shorts/0SIGN...

Day two of game dev in #Godot, for fun and learning. Today I: - Introduced my kids to Godot - Added lives and game-over - Heads up display for lives and score - Extended the game level youtu.be/fhBccIiG148

Not all painters are artists, and not all artists paint. Some artists paint, and some painters make art. People who do both, likely relate the two, and might miss that others do it differently. Do, must all QEs first be Testers? What if I asked, must all QEs, first be Devs?

MoT Software Testing Essentials Certification is here.

Why? Why does my Mac Pro choose 9am to do a forced update, just when my meeting is about to start. Not even a boring meeting, a knowledge sharing workshop with one of my Devs to get the team all able to run a service locally. Urg.

Win. Today I set a reminder for tomorrow morning to help me remember my context and continue with my work. This helped me log off on time, instead of continuing because I was in a flow. I'll let tomorrow me tell you if this worked.

The words were flowing, and boy, they are not pretty! I am pissed off, and when I am pissed off, I curse a lot. I found a post from 2021, and I compare my words from 4 years ago with how I feel about it today. It being: the focus of the testing community on "quality" #blog #tech #IT

I’ve recently been exploring the differences, between the role of a Quality Engineer, and other roles in Software Quality. In this post I will discuss a few key points that have mattered to me, and setting my context, in different companies and teams. www.dowen.me.uk/posts/contex...

Blogged: www.dowen.me.uk/posts/tactic...

👋 Meet Cassandra Leung. A Quality Coach, Scrum Master, and UX enthusiast specialising in exploratory testing and test strategy. Her community contributions include articles, talks, and input on the MoT Club. https://www.ministryoftesting.com/p/cassandrahl

Your Jira board is not the actual work. It's a simplification and also restricted in its structure by the capabilities of Jira. Your work is likely more interconnected than you board is showing you.

🐻 Bearly Fit Update! 🐻 If you're interested there's a link to the full vlog at the end of the video. - Create / Edit nutrition logs / notes - Clone meal periods / whole days - Export logs to CSV / JSON - Search / Create / Clone Food - Nutrition reporting - Updated Settings UI #fitness #app

When you realise you've pushed your .env file to GitHub... 😬 Testing isn’t just finding bugs; sometimes it’s about preventing and recovering from these moments. #DevFails #TestingLife #LessonsLearned (thanks James Wadley for another meme on MoT slack)

Question for testers: When was the last time an engineer thanked you for finding issues early? If you're drawing a blank, you might be stuck in the gatekeeper trap. More on this next week...

The one obvious way Quality Engineers can use code to their advantage, is building out automated regression checks, in various forms. Here are some other ways you can use code as a QE, or indeed anyone involved in developing or testing software. www.dowen.me.uk/posts/12-oth...

100% coverage (code or test) does not mean you have full coverage. Even with mutation testing you can still have test cases that aren't covered.

Damn, this is something to reflect upon...

@testingrequired.com is doing interesting things, check them out.

grateful for having pushed through, hopeful for what's to come | A Tester's Journey: 2024 - What a Wild Ride www.lisihocke.com/2024/12/2024...

Here is a non-exhaustive list of books, sites, and courses I recommend for those new to digital accessibility or those already in the field who seek to continue their education. These are the resources I constantly use to further my understanding and knowledge A very long thread below 👇

Merry Christmas 🎄

Wishing you a very Merry Snackmus and a Happy New Year.

🎄✨ #AdvenTesters - Day 20: Ben Dowen Celebrating @fullsnacktester.bsky.social today! Not just a community celebrator, but also a source of practical advice, ensembling sessions, and true friendship. Plus, he smashed his New Year’s resolution, making it onto the #TestBash stage this year! Yay Ben! 🎉

Why does your company want users? What are you offering them, and why should they want your product? What does success look like? Simple questions, not easy to answer. Make sure your team and your organisation is thinking about the fundamentals. Otherwise, you can get lost in the details.

We created a starter pack for software testing and quality people. Drop a comment to be added in. go.bsky.app/DVX3b4h

@simontomes.com asks "What is retesting and why is it important?" Do you have a contribution for this subject? To join the conversation over on @ministryoftesting.com The Club. #Testing #Software #Community club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-is-re...

Is your company doing an end of year code-freeze? How might you make the most of this opportunity, to help improve quality ahead of more deployments in the new year? #Software #Quality #Testing

With some parts I had laying around, plus some reasonable deals for new parts, I just built a small gaming PC based on the Ryzen 5600gt, built in graphics only. Plays Minecraft and Roblox just great at 1080p, plenty enough for my kids to enjoy. Yes, there are newer platforms, but not this cheap!

For whoever needs to hear it, you're already more technical then you think, being technical is not jus writing code, and testing is a highly technical skill. #SoftwareTesting #YouAreTechnical

#UKSnow snow day.

It's great to see such a movement towards Blue Sky. A huge thank you to the many software and technology folks who are now following me. I will start to post here more often now the community is growing. 😊

@duckinggreyduck.bsky.social Happy Birthday 🎂

Had a blast at #FroGSconf today! 🐸 Joined two very insightful conversations, on finding employers who value quality by Markus Tacker, and on improving a company's quality culture by @sannetized.bsky.social. Really enjoyed building a practice app in an ensemble with @fullsnacktester.bsky.social! 1/2

Really looking forward to the free online Software Teaming Conference 2024, learning together with amazing folks - and giving my latest workshop "Capture the Flag Together: Security for Everyone"! 🤩 See you there? agilenewengland.org/software-tea... #softwareTeaming #ensemble #security

I usually don’t watch my own talks but… everyone should watch this keynote extravaganza ++ extra everything with @developer-sam.bsky.social youtu.be/zBQn6BSWgH8?...

Last night @fullsnacktester.bsky.social spoke at my local meetup, MoT Coventry, on "Learning to love technical interview questions". I made a sketch note of his talk, and that is the first time he has had one done. A well done talk from Ben, which he hadn't been able to rehearse 🥳

It's been a while since I posted on my YouTube, but as the @testingpeers.bsky.social Conference CFP closes this weekend, I wanted to encourage you all to take a look and what's going & consider how you could get involved. #PeersCon #Testing #Conference #Community #CFP youtu.be/OcOZ6rbC41E

Miss my recent Masterclass "Teamwork Makes the Full-Stack Dream Work"? Got an @ministryoftesting.com Pro account? Then go feast on the recording! www.ministryoftesting.com/masterclasse...