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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) ===:''2018'' :* <u>Postman</u> Part of a small squad at Trade Me, I conducted context- developing a framework that allows orchestration of calls in any API endpoint collection driven exploratory testing for software changes to mimic a number of typical user sessions with Fiserv's 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. Also designing it to be re-usable across many testingI gained experience with implementing agile methods, Splunk, ReadyAPI, certificationXMind, and production environmentsJira, and for any Financial Institution configured in those environmentsConfluence. Previous API automation suites were all close tied I also enjoyed onboarding new staff and contributing to a specific data configuration of a mocked environment, the test and could not be used in fully integrated environmentsagile guilds.
:''2017'' === [[Pre-2014 Roles]] ===:* Primarily focusing on learning the product and testing domain as they apply to my new Test Engineering role at [[Curriculum_Vitae_Pre-2014 Roles#Monitor Business Machines NZ Ltd - Logistics Manager (Aug-2005 - Aug-2009)|Logistics Manager]], [[Pre-2014 Roles#Primary Caregiver (Sep-2003 - Jul-2005)|Caregiver]], [[Pre-_Vincent_Dirks2014 Roles#Intermediate_Test_Engineer_Bioengineering Institute -_Fiserv_.28Jan_2017_Software Engineer (Sep 2002 -_Current.29Aug 2003)|FiservSoftware Engineer]] :** Extended internal SpecFlow , [[Pre-2014 Roles#Monitor Business Machines NZ Ltd - Development & Support Engineer (CAug 1997 - Nov 2001)|Development & Support Engineer]], [[Pre-2014 Roles#Carter Holt Harvey(Tissue Group) suite - Production Scheduler (1994 - 1996)|Production Scheduler]], [[Pre-2014 Roles#University of API automation checks for our interface with Card Services :** Powershell scripts to help make manual deployments more efficient.Auckland - Lab Coordinator & Physics Tutor (Sep-2003 - Jul-2005 part time)|Physics Tutor]]
:''Dec 2016'' == Related wiki pages ===== [[References_-_Full_List|References]] ===:*I am starting on [[Katrina Clokie's Mobile Testing PathwayReferences_-_Full_List#Dept. of Internal Affairs (TTC)| TTC]], [[References_-_Full_List#Westpac| Westpac ]], [[References_-_Full_List#Fiserv| Fiserv ]], [[References_-_Full_List#| Trade Me Motors]]
:''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 PageVolunteering]]===:*Made a [[Selenium automation suite for www.provokesolutions.comMinistry of Testing - Auckland Branch|Ministry of Testing]], Eastern Suburbs AFC, Glendowie Boating Club, MOTAT, Eastern Suburbs Montessori Primary School
:''Oct 2016'' === [[Professional Development]] ===:*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 horizontallyConferences, workshops, one for each subject my son has at schoolmeetups 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-the-cloud node.js-in-the-cloud] repo* [https://www.atlassian.com/microservices/microservices-architecture/kubernetes-vs- using docker Kubernetes vs. Docker] by Josh Campbell at Atlassian <br>:I want to learn the wikipedia engine difference between these technologies to set see how it might apply to my [[Observability Project]] * Setting up this cvwiki 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 other wiki'sTrying Out|Archive]]===:Old pre-2024 entries
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