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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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OWASP Top Ten
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The most common security vulnarabilities
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Great to meet Ady Stokes
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It was great to meet and sharing thoughts with Ady at MoT 4.0 London meet-up. Ènjoyed!
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Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)
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Definitions of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)
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Rabi'a spotted an accessibility issue with the MoT sign-in page as the password couldn't be seen (unmasked) and reported it. Thankfully, it was fixed very quickly by Andrew Morton. Thank you both.
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Rabi'a Brown flagged an accessibility issue with the MoT password not being able to be seen (unmasked) and Andrew fixed it very quickly. Thanks Andrew!
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The 6 most common digital accessibility bugs and how to fix them
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Everyday accessibility testing your whole team can do
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Unit testing
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Definitions of Unit testing
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The Test Automation Pyramid
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Definitions of The Test Automation Pyramid
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I wanted to add this star for inspiring discussions.Male mental health and topics are a taboo in my part of the world. When I read Ady’s message. It helped me understand a lot of things going with my life.I am grateful that we could discuss about such topics. Thanks, Ady. You matter.
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 37
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Can you find Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – Taken during the social get-together, the evening before Day 1 of TestBash 2024.
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Lateral and critical thinking
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Sarah works quietly, mainly in the background, making sure everything is going in the right direction. She works with so many people to make sure everything runs smoothly to deliver great articles, but particularly when it comes to the Essentials Certificate. There is so much organising of people, edits, copy, etc. that goes unseen, but is vital to ensuring the end product is all pulled together and delivered for the MoTaverse. Thank you Sarah, for all you do.
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For being the first one to RSVP for the Pre-TestBash social!
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I took this photo of SpaceSeagull and it seemed like a great writing prompt to say 20 things about TestBash.
1. It was started because I was jealous of design conferences having all the fun, I t...
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1. Where have you travelled from to be here today?
2. What have you enjoyed so far?
3. What are you looking forward to?
4. Who are you looking forward to meeting today?
5. Have you met [Name of...
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As teased yesterday, I made a rug of Bug!
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Where are the best sources of test automation information out there?
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This badge is awarded to a member who has given a 404 talk
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"Probably my favourite parody song of all. Glad you liked it. "
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"Thanks Lisa, glad you liked it and thank you for sharing some great points on the value of pairing too. "
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"Awesome"
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Component testing
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Definitions of Component Testing
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Infrastructure Testing
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Definitions of Infrastructure Testing
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Cache
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Definitions of Cache
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Legacy Applications
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Definitions of Legacy Applications
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What are "bad automation habits"?
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Thought worker
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Definitions of Thought worker
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Pairing to get un-stuck
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I loved Ady Stokes' post on getting stuck, and ways to get unstuck, https://www.ministryoftesting.com/articles/how-to-get-unstuck-a-guide-for-testers-or-anyone-else-who-feels-stumped . It prompted ...
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Temptare Omnia - Test all the things
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Temptare Omnia - Test all the things
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We all seek an identity, a brand, or something to help people remember us. I've played with a few logo designs over the years, but wanted something with my name on. I decided to try using AI to cre...
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We all seek an identity, a brand, or something to help people remember us. I've played with a few logo designs over the years, but wanted something with my name on. I decided to try using AI to cre...
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Accessible Hashtags
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Advice on making your hashtags more accessible on social media #MakeThemReadable
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Thanks for showing up for TWiT!
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Classic words from Ben Dowen during an episode of This Week in Testing.
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Thanks for introducing STEC learners to tools that support accessibility testing. Good to see WAVE and IBM's Equal Access Accessibility Checker in action. What a helpful video in STEC Module 16.
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