Ben Dowen is sharing his experience on #quality engineering #testing #testbash @ministryoftesting.com
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Hi, I'm Ben, The Full Snack Tester. I explore the world of software development and testing. I go on adventures as I discover the wonders of software quality. Please join me on my journey. https://www.fullsnacktester.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!
🐸 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. 💚
Friends of Good Software conference
Friends of Good Software (FroGS) - Saturday 22 February 2025 1pm CET (open space)
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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.
Brackeys@brackeys.com · 2y agoHello Bluesky! 😊 Want to learn how to make games? We've been making videos that teach you how to get started for more than a decade. 🕹️ GET STARTED: youtu.be/LOhfqjmasi0?... #gamedev #godot
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
Full Snack Knight by fullsnackgamer
Learning to make games on byte at a time
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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...
Software Testing Live: episode 01 - Breaking the bank
Tune in to witness a live software testing session. Rahul joins Ben to explore the ParaBank practice app
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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
Full Snack Knight #devlog #godot #gamedev
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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...
Full Snack Knight by fullsnackgamer
Learning to make games on byte at a time
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Great example of why you should audit tools before running them. youtube.com/shorts/0SIGN...
Why You MUST Audit Open Source Tools Before Use
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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
Day two with Godot - Game Over!
YouTube video by Full Snack Testing
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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?
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
What if, as a testing community, we’ve been hung up about the wrong thing all this time
Does 2025 Maaike agree with what 2021 Maaike wrote? I found the following in my Apple Notes just now. Read it, and then I'll tell you whether I still agree with my thoughts from 4 years prior. Spoiler...
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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...
👋 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.
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...
12 other ways you can use code to your advantage as a Quality Engineer
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 anyon...
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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.
Kylee Tilley@testingrequired.com · 2y agoI've been working on a file format spec for #HTTP requests for months now. - Requests/Responses are written as HTTP messages - Responses are assertions - Variables with environment based values, user prompted values, secret values This is not a tool! It's a file format. github.com/testingrequi...