Deborah Reid
Deborah Reid
Lead Test Engineer
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Deborah has been testing for about 15 years now. She is currently Lead Test Engineer at Bloom and Wild group. She specialises in exploratory and risk based testing with a passion for accessibility. Deborah has written a course for MoT on an Introduction to Accessibility Testing as well as an article on speaking at a Conference for the first time, spoken at an AMA on Soft Skills and more!
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Spotted this within an app recently and made me giggle - doesn't it look and sound appealing!
25 Aug
Proud and excited moment today when I noticed I had reached 404 stars!What number should my next goal be?!
4 Aug
Seeing this sign whilst I was out last night, I was reminded of the famous "panda eats, shoots and leaves" joke which demonstrates how adding or removing commas completely changes a sentence from d...
31 Jul
A local restaurant posted an image on their Instagram and outside their door earlier stating:"Due to the heatwave, we have made the decision to close the kitchen for hot food from 2pm today.Salads,...
25 Jun
Thinking about public speaking? Or is your first speaking gig just around the corner? This article shares Deborah's experience of speaking at a conference for the first time and how it might help you.
20 Feb
Backend
The backend is the server-side part of an application that users do not directly see or interact with. It handles hidden tasks like data storage, processing logic, and communication between systems.
Frontend
The frontend is the user-facing part of a website, mobile app, or software system that people directly see, touch, and interact with.
Colour blind
Colour blind (or colour vision deficiency/CVD) means having a reduced ability to see differences between certain colours. Most people who are colour blind can still see colours, but they have trouble telling specific hues apart鈥攎ost commonly red and green.It's important to consider this when doing accessibility testing especially colour contrast.
Network throttling
Network throttling testing is the practice of intentionally slowing down internet connection speeds to simulate how a web application or mobile app performs under slow, latent, or unreliable network conditions.It can be part of performance testing or conducted separately.Developers and QEs use this technique to see what end-users with poor coverage or slower mobile connections (such as 3G or slow 4G) will experience, rather than just relying on the ultra-fast speeds typically available in a corporate office.
In The Wild Testing
The practice of evaluating software applications under real-world conditions with actual end-users, unconstrained by simulated or controlled laboratory environments. It allows Quality Engineering (QE) teams to assess performance, usability, and functionality across highly fragmented device types, network speeds, and operating systems.Examples include but are not limited to: testing your website or mobile application whilst walking around, internet reception varying including connecting to unreliable cafe wifi, losing connection completely on the underground train etc.
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Mary's lamb is a trap
I did a lightning talk at a conference about this last year! I used Old MacDonald as my example :D . It was inspired from a talk I saw by Emily O鈥機onner.
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I remember this!
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I was sad to miss your talk but hope to watch when they share the videos!
AMA Answer: While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of a cake can vary considerably?
I love the comparison of baking (something I love) with QE, I hadn't realise the number of overlaps! Thanks for sharing Demi
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Nice!
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