Collaborating to build better software

A goal for growth This year I set myself a goal: Increase my confidence talking about software testing and bring my joy of testing to people who build software but are not specialised in testing. To kick things off I went in search of an audience that…

Anatomy of test automation 2nd Edition

A year or so ago, I had some ideas about the broader topic of Automation, and how it takes more than a sequence of steps with some assertions to make it successful. My original post can be found here: https://dev.to/dowenb/anatomy-of-test-automation-e…

Dark new look and feel

If you’re a returning visitor, first of all, Thank You!, you might have already noticed things look a little different. I have updated the theme I am using from Architect to Chirpy. This brings a number of useful features: Dark mode (optional) Search …

Ten years in testing, ask me anything!

July 2012, now a little over ten years ago I started as a Software Test Engineer at Citrix Systems, in the model village of Cambourne in Cambridgeshire, UK. Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of testing a lot of great software, covering a huge range of…