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I’m Hilary Weaver-Robb, also known as g33klady on the Internets. I’m a Software Engineer in Test in Detroit, I tweet a lot (@g33klady), and swear a lot, too.

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CodeMash 2017 Recaps

January 16, 2017 by Hilary

Another CodeMash here and gone. I got in around 450 tweets this year – seemed like I didn’t attend as many sessions. Here are the recaps (via Storify) for the sessions I attended! Precompilers (Tues and Wed) Commutication: Moving Ideas with Words with Damian Synadinos Hands On Techno-Fashion with Kimberly Clavin and Jonathon Stevens Storify: https://storify.com/g33klady/codemash-2017-days-1-and-2-precompilers …

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Using SQL Databases and REST together in Integration Automation with C# and NUnit

October 23, 2016 by Hilary

EDIT: One mindful reader noted that I should be using good practices to protect my code from SQL Injection. So there are some updates below, and the code is also updated! I used this as my guide: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqlcommand.parameters.aspx One part of my talk and resources on Testing RESTful Web Services that I hinted at but didn’t …

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She used this one neat trick to model JSON as classes in C#, and her audience was stunned!

October 12, 2016 by Hilary

I recently presented my talk Testing RESTful Web Services for the first time at the QL Technology Conference in Detroit. In this talk, I cover why we should test web services, and how to test RESTful web services both with tools like Postman, and C# and NUnit. I was not prepared for, mid-demo, resounding applause …

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CAST 2016 Recaps

August 11, 2016 by Hilary

CAST 2016 was held in Vancouver, BC. This was my first time to Vancouver, but I love the Pacific Northwest, so I was pretty sure I was going to love it there. Spoiler alert: I loved it in Vancouver! I’m so happy I got to attend CAST this year, after missing last year due to …

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Kalamazoo X 2016 Recap

May 6, 2016 by Hilary

Basically, Kalamazoo X 2016 was fucking intense. I’m still processing, I may have more to write later, but I had to at least Storify and get out some thoughts before the initial bits went away: https://storify.com/g33klady/kalamazoo-x-2016-tweet-recap I’m proud to help make sure KalX happens, and I hope to help make it happen every year. I need …

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BestConferenceEver = KalamazooX

April 4, 2016 by Hilary

KalamazooX is the “non-technical conference for technical people”. It really is the best conference I’ve ever attended, and I go every year since the first one I went to – no exceptions. The best part about this conference, is that it’s SO FREAKIN’ CHEAP for the value! At $75 for standard registration, $35 for students, even …

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Suggested (to me) Books on Leadership

January 16, 2016 by Hilary

I recently tweeted for suggestions on books about self leadership, and leadership in general – especially books that personally helped people. I wasn’t looking for “I heard this book is great” but rather “this book helped me to become a better leader” etc. I’m compiling the list here because I got a variety of suggestions …

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CodeMash 2016

January 10, 2016 by Hilary

CodeMash 2016 was awesome, as per usual. This year, I think we had a much larger turnout of testers than before. We even had some testing related open spaces! I wasn’t able to go to all of the sessions I wanted to, but I live-tweeted the ones I did attend! I ended CodeMash with about …

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Coding the right thing: not just for developers

May 31, 2015 by Hilary

This tweet came across my feed recently and I emphatically agreed: It occurs to me, however, that we as testers sometimes don’t see ourselves falling into the category of needing such advice. There’s the oft repeated “coding the right thing rather than coding the thing right”: We throw together a script that walks through the …

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Should All Testers Be Automators? The Argument I’m Tired Of, But I Argue Anyway

May 2, 2015 by Hilary

It has come up recently, in several conversations – what is the ideal tester skillset on a team? Some folks are in the “make them all automators” camp, or “teach them all programming”, or even “get rid of manual testers”. I find that I have strong feelings in this argument, but perhaps my thoughts aren’t …

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