Difference between revisions of "Curriculum Vitae - Vincent Dirks"

Postman - developing a framework that allows orchestration of calls in any API endpoint collection to mimic a number of typical user sessions with Fiserv's mobile apps. Also designing it to be re-usable across many testing, certification, and production environments, and for any Financial Institution configured in those environments. Previous API automation suites were all close tied to a specific data configuration of a mocked environment, and could not be used in fully integrated environments.

2017

Primarily focusing on learning the product and testing domain as they apply to my new Test Engineering role at Fiserv
- Extended internal SpecFlow (C#) suite of API automation checks for our interface with Card Services
- Powershell scripts to help make manual deployments more efficient.

Dec 2016

I am starting on Katrina Clokie's Mobile Testing Pathway

Nov 2016

I did a W3C tutorial on XPATH. I'll give it a go next time I write some web automation scripts.
Made a Protractor and node.js automation suite for Crimson Login Page
Made a Selenium automation suite for www.provokesolutions.com

Oct 2016

bootcamp@elementalselenium.com
Selenium - setting it up on my mac with Maven. Exploring it with ole.saintkentigern.com.
Bootstrap - writing a static page showing 10 iFrames to show on a mobile - no joy so far
HTML - showing 10 iFrames side by side horizontally, one for each subject my son has at school.

Sep 2016

WikiMedia - using the wikipedia engine to set up this cvwiki and other wiki's

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+==Blogs & Slides==
+:2017
+:*[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-should-testers-know-ab-testing-vincent-dirks/?trackingId=mZ1Rs%2BMuDeORCB5OTnMhxg%3D%3D Presentation slides for WeTest Auckland - 30-Nov-2017- What should testers know about A/B Testing?]
+:2016
+:*[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exploratory-testing-automated-auckland-presentation-vincent-dirks Exploratory Automation - Using dynamic data in automation]
+:*[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-agile-helps-you-spend-less-time-regression-testing-vincent-dirks How agile helps you spend less time regression testing]
+:*[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/processes-my-passion-vincent-dirks Processes are my Passion]
+:*[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/agile-developers-need-speed-when-fast-too-vincent-dirks Agile developers' need for speed - When is fast too fast?]
+:2014
+:*[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140923105352-202766587-oh-what-fun-it-is-to-do-a-little-coding Oh what fun it is to do a little coding...]
+:*[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140914032250-202766587-testers-mind-the-developers-ego Testers: mind the developer's ego!]
+==What I'm reading...watching...listening==
+:''Regular Podcasts & publications''
+:*TestTalks by Joe Colantonio (link TBD)
+:*Testing Trapeze (link TBD)
+:''in progress or on the to do list''
+:*[https://leanpub.com/selenium-webdriver-book Selenium WebDriver, From Foundations To Framework, by Alex Collins and Yujun Liang] (Book Selenium Automation)
+:*[http://momtestbook.com/ The Mom Test, by Rob Fitzpatrick, How to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you.] (Book, Lean Startups)
+:*[https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Fragility/dp/081297381X The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. by Nassim Nicholas Taleb] (Book)
+:*[https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Learned-Software-Testing-Context-Driven/dp/0471081124/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477450378&sr=1-8&keywords=software+testing Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach. by Cem Kaner, James Bach, Bret Pettichord] (Book, Testing)
+:*[https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Machine-Learning-and-Data-Sciences-Conference/Data-Science-Summit-2016/K001/player Opening Keynote Session with Dr. Joseph Sirosh: Azure - the Cloud Supercomputer for AI]
+:*[http://www.software-testing-tutorials-automation.com/2014/02/selenium-webdriver-difference-between.html Selenium WebDriver : Difference Between findElement and findElements with example]
+:*[https://youtu.be/TUX7ntXlVkc Cucumber with Selenium] (Automation, series of videos)
+:''Nov 2016''
+:*[http://socialleancanvas.com/the-canvas/ Social Lean Canvas] a tool to help social entrepreneurs apply the rigours of Lean Startup to ventures that have social or environmental goals
+:''Oct 2016''
+:*[https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/kenj/2014/05/19/the-future-of-quality-is-easy-with-eaasy-and-mvq/ The future of quality is easy with EaaSy and Minimum Viable Quality blog by R.K.Johnston] (Agile Testing)
+:*[https://vimeo.com/44133409 Functional Automated Testing Best Practices with Selenium WebDriver by Ben Burton] (Video, Testing, Automation)
+:*[http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code by Joel Spolsky] (Blog)
+:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality Parkinson's law of triviality (aka Bike-shedding)] (Wikipedia)
+:*[https://zxsecurity.co.nz/presentations/201607_Unrestcon-ZXSecurity_GPSSpoofing.pdf, You are not where you think you are - GPS Spoofing How to by David Robinson/Karit (@nzkarit) – ZX Security, Unrestcon 2016]
+:*[https://solavirtusinvicta.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/heuristic-testing-dice/ Heuristic Testng Dice] (Testing)
+:*[http://techbeacon.com/uncle-bob-martin-agile-manifesto-15-years-later Uncle Bob Martin: The Agile Manifesto, 15 years later] (Agile)
+:*[https://youtu.be/ZK3jSXYBNak?list=UUcyq283he07B7_KUX07mmtA 4 essential body language tips from a world champion public speaker] (Presenting)
+:*[http://www.testingtrapezemagazine.com/magazine/october-2016/ Testing Trapeze Magazine - October 2016] (Testing)
+:*[https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2016/10/07/platform-as-a-service-team-takes-even-handed-approach-to-meetings/ Hand Signals at meetings to reduce interruptions] (Agile)
+==New things I'm learning and trying out==
+:''2018''
+:* <u>Postman</u> - developing a framework that allows orchestration of calls in any API endpoint collection to mimic a number of typical user sessions with Fiserv's mobile apps. Also designing it to be re-usable across many testing, certification, and production environments, and for any Financial Institution configured in those environments. Previous API automation suites were all close tied to a specific data configuration of a mocked environment, and could not be used in fully integrated environments.
+:''2017''
+:* Primarily focusing on learning the product and testing domain as they apply to my new Test Engineering role at [[Curriculum_Vitae_-_Vincent_Dirks#Intermediate_Test_Engineer_-_Fiserv_.28Jan_2017_-_Current.29|Fiserv]]
+:** Extended internal SpecFlow (C#) suite of API automation checks for our interface with Card Services
+:** Powershell scripts to help make manual deployments more efficient.
+:''Dec 2016''
+:*I am starting on [[Katrina Clokie's Mobile Testing Pathway]]
+:''Nov 2016''
+:*I did a [[W3C tutorial on XPATH]]. I'll give it a go next time I write some web automation scripts.
+:*Made a [[Protractor and node.js automation suite for Crimson Login Page]]
+:*Made a [[Selenium automation suite for www.provokesolutions.com]]
+:''Oct 2016''
+:*bootcamp@elementalselenium.com
+:*''Selenium'' - setting it up on my mac with Maven. Exploring it with ole.saintkentigern.com.
+:*''Bootstrap'' - writing a static page showing 10 iFrames to show on a mobile - no joy so far
+:*''HTML'' - showing 10 iFrames side by side horizontally, one for each subject my son has at school.
+:''Sep 2016''
+:*''WikiMedia'' - using the wikipedia engine to set up this cvwiki and other wiki's
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