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{{PersonalIntroduction}} == Intro Vincent Dirks - Software Quality Engineer ==As a versatile Software Quality Engineer, I aim to understand the nuances of the product, team dynamics, technological landscapes, and organizational structures so that I can adapt and contribute effectively. I specialize in adapting to diverse contexts, and look beyond traditional testing methodologies to consider the design of the whole quality ecosystem necessary for delivering quality software solutions efficiently.
== Skills ===== Testing ==={{SummarySkillsMatrix}}| class="wikitable"|- style="vertical-align:top;"|* Context Driven Testing* API Testing* Testing Native Mobile Apps* Testing Web Apps * Testing Firmware/Embedded systems* Testability Concepts| * Observability Concepts* Exploratory Testing (Session & Thread Based)* Visual Modelling* Metrics Driven Development (A/B Testing) * Accessibility Testing{{Work Experience}|}
=== Programming and Automation ==={{References}}| class="wikitable"|- style="vertical-align:top;"! style="text-align:left"| Javascript! style="text-align:left"| Java! style="text-align:left"| Other|-|* Node.js* Express.js* React.js* Jest* Cypress.io* Webdriver.io|* Cucumber (BDD)* Tidal Wave UI automation library* Selenium* REST Assured* JUnit, TestNG* LeJOS (Lego mindstorm) Robotics|* Appium* XCUITest* C#: Specflow (BDD)* SQL* GraphQL* C++: Arduino, ESP32|-!colspan="3" style="text-align:left"| Tools|-|colspan="3"|* Splunk (log aggregation & analysis)* Postman, Newman* Github/Bitbucket * Jenkins, Azure Devops, TFS, Google Cloud Platform{{Volunteering}} * Bash & Powershell scripting * SoapUI & ReadyAPI{{CoursesConferencesWorkshopsMeetings}|}
=== General ==={{Education}| class="wikitable"|- style="vertical-align:top;"|* Platform Engineering* Staff Mentoring & Induction* Agile Squad Master* Manufacturing Resource Planning - Logistics Manager* Physics - Weather Radar Systems, Lasers, Fibre-optics* Electrical & Electronic Engineering|}
{{Presentations}}== Work Experience == I am taking a break from work to give myself some time for self-care after some difficult periods over the last couple of years.
==Blogs & Slides= [[TTC - Dept. of Internal Affairs - Senior Test Automation Engineer]] (Nov-2023 - Jan-2024) ===:2017:*Contracting. Part of the Test Automation team for the Three Waters Project, developing a UI Automation suite in Java using the [https://wwwwave.linkedintidalcode.comdev/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?Tidal. wave]Selenium automation library
:2016:*=== [[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exploratory-testing-automated-auckland-presentation-vincentWestpac NZ -dirks Exploratory Senior Automation - Using dynamic data in automationQuality Engineer] :*[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(Apr-passion2021 -vincentNov-dirks Processes are my Passion]2023) ===:*[https://wwwServed as a Roving Automation Quality Engineer, bridging testing and automation gaps across multiple teams.linkedinTested and automated mobile apps (Appium & XCUITest), a D365 web UI (Java, Selenium, POM's), and various APIs (Java, REST Assured).com/pulse/agile-developers-need-speed-when-fast-too-vincent-dirks Agile developers' need Also undertook a secondment as a platform engineer supporting Splunk, and later developed a ReactJS web app for speed - When is fast too fast?]viewing the test environments and interconnections.
:2014:*=== [[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140923105352FirstAML -202766587Test Analyst]] (Oct-oh2020 -what-fun-it-is-to-doMar-2021) ===: Served as a quality coach for a-little-coding Oh what fun it is to do startup company developing a little coding...]:*[https:ReactJS Web App for the AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering/wwwCountering Financing of Terrorism) industry.linkedin.com/pulse/20140914032250-202766587-testers-mind-the-developers-ego Testers: mind the developer's ego!]
==What I'm reading...watching...listening= [[Weather Radar NZ limited - Weather Radar Systems Engineer]] (Jun-2020 - Oct-2020) ===:Contracting 4 days/week. Helping modify legacy weather radars with some embedded Arduino micro controllers. Designing new electronics, PCB''Regular Podcasts & publications'':*TestTalks by Joe Colantonio (link TBD):*Testing Trapeze (link TBD)s, maintaining power waveguide systems, and performing signal analysis.
:''in progress or on the to do list'':*=== [[https://leanpub.com/seleniumGrappler-webdriver-book Selenium WebDriver, From Foundations To Framework, by Alex Collins and Yujun LiangAgile Quality Analyst]] (Book Selenium AutomationJun-2020 - Oct-2020)===:*[http:/Contracting 1 day/momtestbookweek.com/ The Mom Test, by Rob Fitzpatrick, How Developed a Postman collection to talk to customers test the API and learn if your business is implemented a good idea when everyone is lying node in Google Cloud Platform to you.] (Bookexecute the collection using Newman, 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] and a simple Web UI (Book):*[https://wwwNode.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 Approachjs, Express. by Cem Kaner, James Bach, Bret Pettichord] (Book, Testingjs):*[https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Machine-Learning-to trigger test runs and-Data-Sciences-Conference/Data-Science-Summit-2016/K001/player Opening Keynote Session with Drdisplay HTML test reports. Joseph Sirosh: Azure - the Cloud Supercomputer The Web UI implemented access restrictions for AI]:*[http://www.software-testing-tutorials-automation.com/2014/02/selenium-webdriver-difference-between.html Selenium WebDriver : Difference Between findElement whitelisted IPs and findElements with example]:*[https://youtuauthenticated users.be/TUX7ntXlVkc Cucumber with Selenium] (Automation, series of videos)
:''Nov 2016'' === [[Fiserv Auckland - Intermediate Software Test Engineer]] (Jan-2017 - Apr-2020) ===:*[http:Native Mobile App functional and accessibility testing. API testing and automation. Using Postman/Newman, Specflow with C#, Javascript(Postman/socialleancanvasNode.comjs/the-canvas/ Social Lean CanvasExpress.js), Splunk for dashboards, TFS & Powershell for System deployment automation. Created a [[Postman Testrunner Framework]] a tool to help social entrepreneurs apply the rigours of Lean Startup to ventures that have social or environmental goalsfor automated API integration checks and environment health monitoring.
:''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-15Engel Consulting -years-later Uncle Bob Martin: The Agile Manifesto, 15 years laterContracting] (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-Sep 2016/ Testing Trapeze Magazine - October Dec 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==:''[[Trade Me - Senior Software Test Analyst]] (Dec -2014 - Aug-2016'' ) ===:*Part of a small squad at Trade Me, I conducted context-driven exploratory testing for software changes to the iconic website. My responsibilities included testing DBs, UIs, APIs, and mobile apps, leading deployments, conducting test planning and peer reviews, utilizing BDD and visual test tools. I gained experience with implementing agile methods, Splunk, ReadyAPI, XMind, Jira, and Confluence. I am starting on [[Katrina Clokie's Mobile Testing Pathway]] also enjoyed onboarding new staff and contributing to the test and agile guilds.
:''Nov 2016'' === [[Pre-2014 Roles]] ===:*I did a [[W3C tutorial on XPATHPre-2014 Roles#Monitor Business Machines NZ Ltd - Logistics Manager (Aug-2005 - Aug-2009)|Logistics Manager]]. I'll give it a go next time I write some web automation scripts. :*Made a , [[Pre-2014 Roles#Primary Caregiver (Sep-2003 - Jul-2005)|Caregiver]], [[Pre-2014 Roles#Bioengineering Institute - Software Engineer (Sep 2002 - Aug 2003)|Software Engineer]], [[Pre-2014 Roles#Monitor Business Machines NZ Ltd - Development & Support Engineer (Aug 1997 - Nov 2001)|Development & Support Engineer]], [[Protractor and node.js automation suite for Crimson Login PagePre-2014 Roles#Carter Holt Harvey(Tissue Group) - Production Scheduler (1994 - 1996)|Production Scheduler]]:*Made a , [[Selenium automation suite for www.provokesolutions.comPre-2014 Roles#University of Auckland - Lab Coordinator & Physics Tutor (Sep-2003 - Jul-2005 part time)|Physics Tutor]]
:''Oct 2016'' == Related wiki pages ==:*bootcamp@elementalselenium.com=== [[References_-_Full_List|References]] ===:*''Selenium'' [[References_- setting it up on my mac with Maven_Full_List#Dept. Exploring it with ole.saintkentigern.com. :*''Bootstrap'' of Internal Affairs (TTC)| TTC]], [[References_- writing a static page showing 10 iFrames to show on a mobile _Full_List#Westpac| Westpac ]], [[References_- no joy so far:*''HTML'' _Full_List#Fiserv| Fiserv ]], [[References_- showing 10 iFrames side by side horizontally, one for each subject my son has at school._Full_List#| Trade Me Motors]]
=== [[Volunteering]] ===: [[Ministry of Testing - Auckland Branch|Ministry of Testing]], Eastern Suburbs AFC, Glendowie Boating Club, MOTAT, Eastern Suburbs Montessori Primary School === [[Professional Development]] ===: Conferences, workshops, meetups etc. === [[Education]] ===:University of Auckland: ME(Elec) === [[Presentations, Posts, and blogs]] === -------- ==What I'm reading, watching, listening, learning, and trying out in 2024=====Interesting Reads===* 'Sep 2016'' [https://www.satisfice.com/download/a-context-driven-approach-to-automation-in-testing A Context Driven Approach to Automation in Testing]''' By James Bach and Michael Bolton:Quote: ''"dynamically evaluating context and selecting, designing, or adjusting our actions to solve the problems that we encounter."''*''WikiMedia'[https://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/4947 Round Earth Test Strategy]''' by James Bach:Interesting alternative to the ''"Test Automation Pyramid"''. :Quote: ''There are testing problems to consider at every level, "Quality above requires quality below".'' ===My '''[[Observability Project]]' ''===* [https://expressjs.com/en/starter/hello-world.html Express.js basic hello world] and my [https://github.com/VincentDirks/node.js-in- using the wikipedia engine -cloud node.js-in-the-cloud] repo* [https://www.atlassian.com/microservices/microservices-architecture/kubernetes-vs-docker Kubernetes vs. Docker] by Josh Campbell at Atlassian <br>:I want to learn the difference between these technologies to set see how it might apply to my [[Observability Project]] * Setting up this Docker Desktop at home to run the [https://github.com/Splunk/docker-Splunk Docker Splunk Image] ===[[Archive What I'm Reading, Watching, Listing, Learning, and Trying Out|Archive]]===:Old pre-2024 entries -------- [[#Intro Vincent Dirks - Software Quality Engineer|Back to Top]], Send [http://dirksonline.net/cvwiki and other wiki's/index.php?title=Talk:Curriculum_Vitae_-_Vincent_Dirks <u>feedback</u>]