In this episode of Chris Harbert's podcase, we talk about my journey into test automation, the similarities between application and test code, and my approach to API testing. Listen here ..read more

I added a new overview of my talks and events schedule and all slides and abstracts of my most recent talks to this website. They can be found under the Talks & Events header menu or the Event calendar page! If you are interested to have me speak at your conference, please contact me via LinkedIn ..read more

I just released my new open source project "Sandboy Surefire Reporting". It is a very clear and concise alternative report generator for Surefire XML files. https://github.com/bischoffdev/sandboy ..read more

In about seven years of being active in software testing, I never got to experience any one of the Agile Testing Days conferences as a visitor or speaker. So I was very thrilled when two of my submitted papers were accepted for AgileTD in Cologne, Germany. The location AgileTD Open Air is held at "Blackfoot Beach" at the Fühlinger See (a pretty big lake) in Cologne, Germany. Since Düsseldorf is only a short train ride away from Cologne, this was probably the shortest distance I ever had to travel for a conference. The whole conference takes place on the beach, so it's naturally sandy and bree ..read more

Writing a book is a daunting task, especially when it's about a technical topic like API testing with Karate. This is my journey from the first empty page to the finished book which officially launched today! What? A book? I never seriously thought about writing a book. During my career, I had written quite some blog posts and two magazine articles but never something too extensive and in-depth. So it came quite as a surprise when I was approached by Packt Publishing to talk about a potential project. Unfortunately, I was not the right person for what they had in mind. I won't disclose the in ..read more

I was interviewed by <Packt> Publishing about the process of writing the book "API Testing with Karate" with them. You can read the complete interview on the Packt website ..read more

I was a guest at Joe Colantonio's Test Guild automation podcast. We spoke about various automation topics, the Karate framework, my new book and code smells. Head to the to Test Guild website to watch or listen ..read more

My book "Writing API Tests with Karate" is finally available for pre-order! ? If you're interested in API #testing in general, or the powerful Karate testing framework in particular, this book is for you. ? https://www.amazon.com/Writing-API-Tests-Karate-applications/dp/1837638268 ..read more

Gek-Hui Yeo from SAP UK and I will be part of a EuroSTAR 2023 webinar about API testing. This will be hosted by Peter Thomas from Karate Labs. April 26, 2023, 14:00 CEST, register here ..read more

I revisited Chicago after 13 years, this time to attend my first overseas conference as a speaker - I presented my talk "Identifying Code Smells". This is my review of the conference. Technically, I have presented overseas before once while working at Ubisoft. There, I attended the Ubisoft Developer's Conference in Montreal, Canada. However, in this context, it does not really count because it was only an internal conference. Also, this was way before I started my real speaking adventure with topics revolving around software development and testing. The travel chaos On March 27, I was suppose ..read more