Matthew Bretten's guest appearances

Matthew Bretten

Ministry of Testing

Matt Parker

Beth Marshall

Amy Phillips

David Williams

Michael Bolton

David Burns

Jonathan Wright

Janet Gregory

Lisa Crispin

Alex Schladebeck

Chris Armstrong

Abby Bangser

Marie Drake

Karen Greaves

Jenna Charlton

OwlTail

Our latest castaway is Matthew Bretten, joining us to discuss his upcoming adventure in presenting a talk titled "You Can Become A Toolsmith Too" at the inaugural Test.bash(); Manchester. Continuing the discussion from the previous episode about toolsmiths, Matt shares examples of how testers can break into creating valuable tooling, finding developer allies, and there's some meta-discussion about preparing and running technical workshops. Matt's song selections are linked to different pivotal moments of his life, touching upon his favourite live artists, the films that he watched growing up, video games, and the Manchester musician with a connection to Matt's grandmother. If you'd like to catch up with Matt, you can find him on Twitter @matthewbretten. Matthew's Links:  Let's Talk About Tests, Baby Screen Testing - Hackers Test.bash(); Manchester 2018 Football Manager YouTube: Frank Klepacki - Hell March Let's Talk About Tests: Episode 94 (TestBash Manchester 2017 retrospective) Twitter: Marton Hipszki Twitter: Liz Keogh Twitter: Swarnim Kumari Ministry of Testing: Tester Types e-book IFTTT (If This Then That) Ministry of Testing: How To Use Python To Automate Almost Anything Twitter: Kristoffer Nordström Wikipedia: Music of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas  Regular Links:  Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter

Our latest castaway is Matthew Bretten, joining us to discuss his upcoming adventure in presenting a talk titled "You Can Become A Toolsmith Too" at the inaugural Test.bash(); Manchester. Continuing the discussion from the previous episode about toolsmiths, Matt shares examples of how testers can break into creating valuable tooling, finding developer allies, and there's some meta-discussion about preparing and running technical workshops. Matt's song selections are linked to different pivotal moments of his life, touching upon his favourite live artists, the films that he watched growing up, video games, and the Manchester musician with a connection to Matt's grandmother. If you'd like to catch up with Matt, you can find him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewbretten" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@matthewbretten</a>. Matthew's Links: <ul> <li><a href="https://letstalkabouttests.xyz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Let's Talk About Tests, Baby</a></li> <li><a href="https://screentesting.libsyn.com/ep-7-hackers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Screen Testing - Hackers</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/test-dot-bash-2018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Test.bash(); Manchester 2018</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.footballmanager.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Football Manager</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SQVvfFTcEk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube: Frank Klepacki - Hell March</a></li> <li><a href="https://letstalkabouttests.xyz/index.php/2018/01/04/ep-94-sound-effects-and-overdramatics-the-retrospective/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Let's Talk About Tests: Episode 94 (TestBash Manchester 2017 retrospective)</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mhipszki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter: Marton Hipszki</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/lunivore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter: Liz Keogh</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/_swarnim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter: Swarnim Kumari</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/tester-types-the-e-book" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ministry of Testing: Tester Types e-book</a></li> <li><a href="https://ifttt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IFTTT (If This Then That)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ministryoftesting.com/dojo/series/how-to-use-python-to-automate-almost-anything" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ministry of Testing: How To Use Python To Automate Almost Anything</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kristoffer_nord" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter: Kristoffer Nordström</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia: Music of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas</a></li> </ul> Regular Links: <ul> <li>Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ministry-of-testing/id1046372364?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ministryoftesting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff4S2TMvBY-kCH0ILeU0BNykHv7adQJ6izHK7AuDP8XhO5tw/viewform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sign up to be a guest on the show</a></li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/studleyuk/playlist/5bBsHd7Se0ZUtC7penIXPc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/428032-testers-island-discs---castaway-recommendations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/TestersIsland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow us on Twitter</a></li></ul>

Testers' Island Discs Ep21 - Matthew Bretten

Bas Dijkstra

The awesome Super Testing Bros (Dan Barrow &amp; James Espie) have agreed to do some pre-TestBash Manchester interviews with the event's speakers. This one features Matthew Bretten and Bas Dijkstra. Matthew is running a workshop on API testing, and Bas is talking about trusting your automation. They chat with Dan and James on those very topics. Find out more about TestBash Manchester and tickets.

The awesome Super Testing Bros (Dan Barrow &amp; James Espie) have agreed to do some pre-TestBash Manchester interviews with the event's speakers. This one features Matthew Bretten and Bas Dijkstra. Matthew is running a workshop on API testing, and Bas is talking about trusting your automation. They chat with Dan and James on those very topics. Find out more about <a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-manchester-2017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TestBash Manchester and tickets.</a>

API Testing and Automation With Bas Dijkstra and Matthew Bretten