Author: Bartek

Challenge your comfort zone

The winter bathing season have started and I see forward to another winter of discomfort. Yes, it is cold, when you need to break the ice with an axe. I am not just taking a dip, but try to stay in the water for at least 3 minutes. I...
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Python is not just a programming language.

Python is also a neat automation tool, like a calculator, that can help you with many tiny tasks.  I use it every day in test automation, like  * getting the sum of all characters in a text,  * scrapping webpages,  * decipher system encoded texts into human readable text,...
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Changing language in Excel formulas

Excel sheets are often used by test automation tools as data-sources. Writing an Excel formula is more complex, when you need to write them in other languages than English. Guess what “modulus” or “lower” is translated to in danish?  Example translations English Danish =Networkdays(…) =Antal.Arbejdsdage(…) =MOD(…) =REST(…) =CHAR(…) =TEGN(…)...
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Simple test automation

Do you find test automation complicated, unreliable, and costly? It don’t have to be; for example a spell checker is also an automated testing tool, which is intuitive, reliable, and free. The right test automation will make your life easier 😉 What simple test automation tools (like the spell...
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Book launch presentation with Rik Marselis

Rik Marselis and I was presenting the new book “Testing in the digital age, AI makes the different” in Aarhus and Copenhagen.  This is the first book about “testing with AI” and “testing of AI”, whereRik is one of the authors and I am one of the contributors (7...
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Deal with change in software development (TDD)

I often hear developers complain that the specifications, demands, and technology change to quickly. So how can developers deal with it? Change is after all the key aspect that complicates the design and development process. Often it is not even a question of delivering quality, but pure survival of the...
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