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Leaner Testing

One of the great things about being the editor of The Testing Planet is it forces me to walk the testing talk. My conscience won’t allow me to read and write about great thinking and advancements in the world of testing without at least trying to be at the forefront of inspiring and implementing them. [...]

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Changing Times.

We recently announced how The Testing Planet is changing.  Please read how on our blog.  It is important! We hope to make a smooth transition.  The next edition of The Testing Planet has been created. Delivery of them have arrived and we will be posting them out this week.  Our website will be undergoing a [...]

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The State of Security? (And free downloads)

Learn from the past, and work towards a better future.  As testers we always seem keen to learn about security testing, but the reality of becoming an expert in the challenges security faces can be daunting. We’ve managed to source the first three reports on the State of Security from VeraCode, you can download these [...]

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Testing for Kids – Free Download

Would you like to see the next generation of testers to start their training young?  I would! I teach my boys about testing in a very informal sense.  They often comment on computers, games and design – their challenges, problems and bugs!  I help them out where possible and often have to explain that programs, [...]

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Evil Tester is back. Ask him a question, if you dare

The Evil Tester Question Time is back! This is your chance to ask a very Evil Tester a question and get some scrumptious and devious answers to your most pressing problems resolved.  Anything goes here! Selected (great & challenging & humorous) questions will be answered in the next edition of The Testing Planet.

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An Interview with Stefan Butlin – Founder of TestPad

We recently came across a new test management tool, TestPad, which takes a different approach to test management.  Along our journey we met and spoke to the founder of TestPad, Stefan Butlin. What is Testpad? Testpad is an online tool to plan and execute manual testing, whether that’s making ad-hoc testing less ad-hoc, steering exploratory [...]

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The Monday Times

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How To Test Documentation

[Got a testing tip? Why not share it?] This is a follow up to the previous article - Documentation and The Tester. Proof Read for Spelling and Grammar - Some may sneer at the notion of a technical writer making simple errors. That’s silly. The hard part is organizing information and presenting it cogently. Give me that, [...]

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Test Idea Generation – with Stack Overflow

[Got a testing tip? Why  not submit it and get published?] I’m sure we’ve all had days where we need a bit of help coming up with test ideas.  Even more so if the area of technology we are dealing with is new. One way to get a feel of where things can go wrong is to [...]

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