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Craft Conference Day 2

Craft Conference Day 2

For me it’s the first day of the conference, but some people already attended a workshop on wednesday. I was so curious how good the venue could be, because my last conference experience was dreadful. That had to do with the acoustics of the venue, there was echo everywhere

Budapest Day 1

My boyfriend discovered this amazing conference: Craft Conference. The conference is about software craftsmanship in general: a topic that both him and me have a huge interest in. He already had a green flag from his manager to go there, but I also would love to go. It would be

The transition to mobile testing

The transition to mobile testing

It’s marvelous how quickly humans can adapt to situations. It’s equally marvelous how quickly humans can reach a comfort zone where they like to stay because it’s so cosy and familiar. For the last 2,5 years I’ve been a frontend tester and developed my skills

My incredibly late report out of the Agile Testing Days

My incredibly late report out of the Agile Testing Days

So, three months after the the Agile Testing Days took place I’m finally presenting you my report out. Sorry for being this late, all the cool people already wrote down their thoughts. I want to take a different perspective so I will write about how the conference still influences

Test-blunders during my last project

Test-blunders during my last project

I would be the last person to boast that I am the best tester on earth. However, I also wouldn’t say that I don’t know what I’m doing. Still, I made some stupid mistakes during my last project and would like to share them with you. Hopefully

Last-minute changes in an agile project

Today I ran into this quote: “This means, that in an agile methodology the responsibility of producing a quality product is shared by ALL those involved in the process and is not the responsibility of a specific group of specialists.” It made me think about the sort of ‘panic phase’