Learning and Teaching

  • I presented on the importance of programming and development skills for software testers at WCNGT conference held on 17-18 July at Bangalore. The presentation was arranged in the format of counter-arguments, my arguments and my notes on hypocrisy in Indian testing industry in this context (I can not comment on how the scene is outside

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  • I presented on my journey to become the software tester I am, via my poetry in the form of Hindustani couplets. Every individual lives through his/her own circumstances and decisions. I do too. This is my story.   How I Think I Became The Tester I Am from Rahul Verma

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  • What is a good test?

    While teaching a student from my SDET Lab programme, we had a good debate over what a good test is. I find Cem Kaner’s book on software testing very useful for beginners and I had given my student a copy of it as a reading exercise. A point mentioned in one of the initial chapters

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  • I presented a research paper under Innovation category at UNICOM’s Next Generation Testing conference, held at Bangalore on 11th July, 2013. My paper was able to generate a lot of interest in people’s minds for my company Test Mile and what we can offer. My paper was titled – Design of Test Automation – Principles

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  • Disclaimer (Or Before You Read Any Further) I could be wrong about what I say. What I think is based on what I observe. This post is not to insult or offend James and Michael in any way. They are two of the key individuals in the testing experts space whom I respect I lot.

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  • ( OR Why I refuse to accept that learning is only a teacher’s responsibility ) Learning takes more than listening. It needs home work to be done for days/months/years before you can understand and learn from someone. The mistake which people often commit is trying to listen to every one with the same level of

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  • Translation, Adaptation, Merging, Extending and Exemplifying using analogy as well as specific examples are essential learning techniques that I have explored as a tester. I am in the process of building expertise in my company – Test Mile – on the area of white box testing as well as India’s first white box testing course

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  • About 2 months back when I wrote about my journey to becoming an independent consultant, I did not mention that I would be founding a company by end of June. I didn’t because I didn’t know that I am going to do it so soon. This post is to announce that I have founded Test

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  • There are a lot of training companies offering trainings in several areas of testing today. They have big offices, large workforce, good marketing people, multiple trainers etc. The question is that in the light of this fact, why should an organization engage me as a coach or why should an individual attend my workshop? There

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  • Registration is now open for my 3-day Public Workshop on Web Security Testing. The workshop is scheduled for 15-17 June, 2012 at Bangalore. The workshop is best in the market in terms of its coverage, cost and method of delivery. The contents have been carefully designed & polished over the last few years as the

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