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2024⁵

February²

On integration testing examples

February 11, 2024 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

On the value of a test engineer

February 1, 2024 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

January³

On interview tasks for the test automation engineer

January 27, 2024 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

On ignoring recommendations and quality

January 20, 2024 · 2 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Why are we testing?

January 18, 2024 · 2 min · Oleksandr Romanov

2023²

April¹

Useful books on testing, automation and engineering

April 8, 2023 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

March¹

Get file content from Github repository

March 25, 2023 · 2 min · Oleksandr Romanov

2022¹⁶

October¹

On choosing and changing languages for test automation

October 30, 2022 · 9 min · Oleksandr Romanov

September¹

On test engineer’s maturity

September 25, 2022 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

August¹

Testability and how to improve it

August 14, 2022 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

July¹

The most complicated automated tests

July 17, 2022 · 6 min · Oleksandr Romanov

June⁴

Under The Hood: How Git works?

June 26, 2022 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Merkle Trees

June 19, 2022 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

High Tech - Low Test or Problems with Modern Testing

June 12, 2022 · 8 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Blockchain for Test Engineers: What is blockchain?

June 5, 2022 · 7 min · Oleksandr Romanov

May⁵

Blockchain for Test Engineers: P2P networks and Gossip protocol

May 29, 2022 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Distributed Systems

May 22, 2022 · 8 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Digital Signatures

May 15, 2022 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Encryption

May 8, 2022 · 8 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Hashing

May 1, 2022 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

April²

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Roadmap

April 24, 2022 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Tips on reading books

April 15, 2022 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

February¹

Quick comparison of gRPC testing tools

February 11, 2022 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

2021²¹

December⁴

My results in 2021

December 31, 2021 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Why does the tester need to bother about distributed systems?

December 23, 2021 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

How to test randomness?

December 10, 2021 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

What does it mean ’to test a blockchain’ and which knowledge do you need for it

December 1, 2021 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

August³

Load testing for gRPC services with Gatling

August 23, 2021 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Do’s and dont’s of test automation interview

August 9, 2021 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Challenges in testing blockchain-based applications

August 2, 2021 · 6 min · Oleksandr Romanov

July⁴

Book Review: Designing Data-Intensive Applications

July 26, 2021 · 2 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Automation In Scala: Publish Allure reports with Github Actions

July 19, 2021 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Should You Use Contract Testing?

July 12, 2021 · 6 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Modern Problems With Test Automation

July 5, 2021 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

June⁴

Getting Started With Testing Microservices

June 28, 2021 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Paper Review: Non-Deterministic Concurrency Bugs

June 21, 2021 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Automation in Scala: API tests for gRPC service

June 12, 2021 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

My biggest testing regrets

June 6, 2021 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

May⁶

Paper review: Simple Testing in Distributed Systems

May 31, 2021 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Test tasks for automation engineers: do we need them?

May 18, 2021 · 6 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Automation In Scala: Allure Reporting

May 17, 2021 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Automation In Scala: Basic Selenium Tests

May 12, 2021 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

How to send and receive emails in automation tests

May 5, 2021 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Magic of Spring Boot testing: UI and API tests

May 3, 2021 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

2020⁷

May⁴

Conducting courses for QA Engineers

May 29, 2020 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Making automation better

May 20, 2020 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Time traveling through Git history

May 5, 2020 · 2 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Magic of Spring Boot testing: Data-driven unit tests

May 3, 2020 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

April³

Course review: Java and Spring courses at Pluralsight

April 26, 2020 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Measuring test automation

April 25, 2020 · 6 min · Oleksandr Romanov

Book Review: Software Engineering At Google

April 21, 2020 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

2019²

October¹

Turning automation education upside-down

October 17, 2019 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

April¹

Easy way to test Spring Boot microservices

April 2, 2019 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

2018²

November¹

Explaining git flow for newcomers

November 8, 2018 · 1 min · Oleksandr Romanov

September¹

Tuning up test pyramid for microservices

September 10, 2018 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

2017⁴

July¹

Working with unix init scripts from Serenity

July 13, 2017 · 4 min · Oleksandr Romanov

April²

Assuring REST with Serenity

April 22, 2017 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

How complex and challenging testing can be

April 6, 2017 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

February¹

The one where browser suddenly restarts with Serenity

February 6, 2017 · 2 min · Oleksandr Romanov

2016⁶

December¹

The one with coding challenges for newcomers

December 19, 2016 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

November²

The one with unique requests to web application

November 8, 2016 · 2 min · Oleksandr Romanov

The one where scenario is run from feature file

November 7, 2016 · 2 min · Oleksandr Romanov

October¹

The one with Cucumber DataTables

October 3, 2016 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

July²

The one with custom transformer for Cucumber in Scala

July 27, 2016 · 3 min · Oleksandr Romanov

The one where Cucumber meets Scala with SBT

July 15, 2016 · 5 min · Oleksandr Romanov

2024 5

February 2

On integration testing examples

On the value of a test engineer

January 3

On interview tasks for the test automation engineer

On ignoring recommendations and quality

Why are we testing?

2023 2

April 1

Useful books on testing, automation and engineering

March 1

Get file content from Github repository

2022 16

October 1

On choosing and changing languages for test automation

September 1

On test engineer’s maturity

August 1

Testability and how to improve it

July 1

The most complicated automated tests

June 4

Under The Hood: How Git works?

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Merkle Trees

High Tech - Low Test or Problems with Modern Testing

Blockchain for Test Engineers: What is blockchain?

May 5

Blockchain for Test Engineers: P2P networks and Gossip protocol

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Distributed Systems

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Digital Signatures

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Encryption

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Hashing

April 2

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Roadmap

Tips on reading books

February 1

Quick comparison of gRPC testing tools

2021 21

December 4

My results in 2021

Why does the tester need to bother about distributed systems?

How to test randomness?

What does it mean ’to test a blockchain’ and which knowledge do you need for it

August 3

Load testing for gRPC services with Gatling

Do’s and dont’s of test automation interview

Challenges in testing blockchain-based applications

July 4

Book Review: Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Automation In Scala: Publish Allure reports with Github Actions

Should You Use Contract Testing?

Modern Problems With Test Automation

June 4

Getting Started With Testing Microservices

Paper Review: Non-Deterministic Concurrency Bugs

Automation in Scala: API tests for gRPC service

My biggest testing regrets

May 6

Paper review: Simple Testing in Distributed Systems

Test tasks for automation engineers: do we need them?

Automation In Scala: Allure Reporting

Automation In Scala: Basic Selenium Tests

How to send and receive emails in automation tests

Magic of Spring Boot testing: UI and API tests

2020 7

May 4

Conducting courses for QA Engineers

Making automation better

Time traveling through Git history

Magic of Spring Boot testing: Data-driven unit tests

April 3

Course review: Java and Spring courses at Pluralsight

Measuring test automation

Book Review: Software Engineering At Google

2019 2

October 1

Turning automation education upside-down

April 1

Easy way to test Spring Boot microservices

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