Testing Perspective

3-Day Web Security Testing Public Workshop: 15-17 June @ Bangalore

Rahul Verma — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:09:21 +0000

Registration is now open for my 3-day Public Workshop on Web Security Testing. The workshop is scheduled for 15-17 June, 2012 at Bangalore.

The workshop is best in the market in terms of its coverage, cost and method of delivery. The contents have been carefully designed & polished over the last few years as the content has been delivered in several platforms to hundreds of testers.

You can find all details of the workshop on Testing Perspective website: Foundations of… Read the rest

India’s First Five-Day Web Security Testing Workshop

Rahul Verma — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:33:49 +0000

I’ve put together a web security testing course for a duration of 5 days. The course includes 40 hours of workshop time, exclusive of lunch/tea breaks. This is the most comprehensive course on web security testing available as of date in India.

Having conducted the web security testing workshops up to 3 days so far, for a variety of companies and individuals, I have come to realize that certain individuals wanted more. These are the ones that are serious about… Read the rest

My Journey to Becoming an Independent Consultant

Rahul Verma — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:12:37 +0000

Effective May 1st, 2012, I would be a Consulting Software Tester, Python Developer and Coach. This is going to be a long blog post, as I want to capture this story in full, in my current state of mind -a story which I would like to read in future. It might be interesting for some of you. Let’s sail along!

The Four Deterrents

When I talked about this decision/desire, most of the people around me, told me that such decisions… Read the rest

Python – A great easter egg on braces

Rahul Verma — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:09:09 +0000

While other languages mark blocks mostly with braces or begin/end flags, Python does so using compulsory indentation ( although indentation is suggested in the former as well). Being a Python coach, I have observed that this generates a debate every time in my classes.

Today I came across this easter egg on braces which indicates what Python development team thinks about braces.

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Foundations of Web Performance Testing: 1-Day Workshop @BugDebug

Rahul Verma — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:46:14 +0000

I’m going to conduct a 1-day public workshop -”Foundations of Web Performance Testing – A Tool-agnostic Tutorial” @ BugDebug conference, Chennai on 25th March. The workshop is scheduled on the second day of the conference, day 1 being the presentations day which has an enviable speaker list for any conference. Along with my workshop, there is a workshop on exploratory testing by Pradeep Soundararajan and another one on security testing by Santhosh Tuppad. All these three would run in… Read the rest