Author: Ben Weese

  • Testing with Postman: Variables

    Testing with Postman: Variables

    Sorry it has been a while but I recently moved job and house, so life has been hectic. Next we will discuss variables. There are a lot of different variables you can use like Collection, Environmental, path, and others. The…

  • Testing with Postman: Getting Started

    Testing with Postman: Getting Started

    I am writing a Postman Series to show the full extent of what a software tester can do with this tool. I spent a year learning and cultivating my Postman knowledge because at the time I wanted to show my…

  • From Manual to Automation

    From Manual to Automation

    Return of QA Hipster I started my QA Journey back in 2013 and it has been a crazy ride to get to where I am today. As unique as my story might be there are many out there who started…

  • Common Sense, is a Super Power!

    ​This week the Ministry of Testing Bloggers club has decided on “What’s the non-technical skill that every tester should have, but most don’t seem to?” Being a tester move have a very technical mind. A lot of time with intelligent…

  • Take a Look, It’s in a Book

    This week the Ministry of Testing Bloggers Club is tackling “What non-testing focussed book do you wish you’d been given on your first day testing.” I have been working in the realm of manual testing for years. Over that time…

  • To QA or Not to QA That Is the Question

    This sprint for the Ministry of Testing Bloggers Club the topic was “Critic some widely known/accepted concept in the testing community” Being that I have never really been a full fledged member of a testing community I don’t know what…

  • Give Yourself Time to Learn and Grow

    Well, I am back after 2 years off, and I have a lot of new stuff to blog about. I have recently joined the Ministry of Testing’s Blogger’s Club, a group dedicated to blogging about testing by providing topics, blogging together…

  • My last Post

    I worked on this site and blogging about testing for 10 months and it was great to see it grow and to see everyone reading and responding to what I had to offer. This was a great learning experience and…

  • Taking a break

    Lately I have had some things happen in my personal life that I have not been able to keep up with all my side projects. I will be back up running as soon as I can and may even be…

  • Requirement Analysis

    Finding the requirements for the software can be hard but a tester has to know when the software breaks and what it takes to run the software. If the tester runs at minimum requirements and it breaks then the requirements…