# Mathias 

![Mathias](../images/portrait/ml-portrait.jpg)

Rooted in DIY crafting and interest in language, patterns, and human connections.
In school years first self taught steps where made towards computer systems and programming.
While studying computational linguistics Mathias branched out into different areas of the computer technology realm.  
His motivation is to spread the knowledge and hands-on possibilities of contemporary tools, reduce scepticism about them, and empower anybody interested to get hold of them and use them to their own benefits.
And in particular in software <!-- textlint-disable apostrophe --> development's <!-- textlint-enable apostrophe --> facette of quality assurance he found his profession.


## Role

In these fields Mathias can contribute with expertise:

- Testing (ISTQB certified)
  - Test automation
  - Test conception
  - Test design
  - Consulting on test strategies and tools
  - Setup of test environments
  - Agile testing
  - Manual testing
  - Exploratory testing
- DevOps
- Frontend development
- Design-Eye

And with a hands-on mentality, he can also contribute to other areas and familiarise himself with new approaches and tools to get an idea or project to work.


## Expertise & Projects

Based on a degree in computational linguistics, Mathias found interest and contributed to different fields and projects.

- Supporting the [Gradido software project](../projects/gradido.md)
  - Test automation
  - Testing concept
  - Agile testing
  - Frontend development
  - Translations
- Contributing to eHealth projects while working for web agencies
  - Testing concept
  - Conception and test planning
  - Test automation
  - Agile testing
  - Manual testing
  - Exploratory testing
- Translations for OSS projects
- Contribution to open source gaming 3D multiplayer engine
  - Porting from Java to C++ and patching
  - Setting up and maintaining build systems for Unix operating systems
  - Patching


## Approaches & tools

### Testing approaches

- [Test-driven development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development)
- [Behavior-driven development/testing](https://www.bddtesting.com/)
- Testing by concept and plan
- Exploratoy testing (based on intuition and experience)


### Test automation

- [Robot Framework](https://robotframework.org/)
- [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/)
- [Cypress](https://www.cypress.io/)
- [Selenium](https://www.selenium.dev/)
- [Appium](https://appium.io/)
- [RSpec](https://rspec.info/)
- [Insomnia](https://insomnia.rest/)
- [Cucumber](https://cucumber.io/) and [Gherkin](https://cucumber.io/docs/gherkin/)
- [Katalon Studio](https://katalon.com/)


### Test management & reporting
- [Trac](https://trac.edgewall.org/)
- [TestRail](https://www.gurock.com/testrail/)
- [Xray](https://www.getxray.app/)
- [Github Issues](https://docs.github.com/en/issues)
- [GitLab Test Cases](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/test_cases/)
- [Jira bug tracking](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/features/bug-tracking)


### Frontend development

- [Vue](https://vuejs.org/)
- [Quasar](https://quasar.dev/)


### Programming & markup languages

- [Javascript](https://www.javascript.com/)
- [Python](https://www.python.org/)
- [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/)
- [C++](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B)
- [HTML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML)
- [CSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS)
- [LaTex](https://www.latex-project.org/)


## Further commitments and interests

Besides computer technology there are commitments and interests in

- Delicious and healthy food and cooking
- Music - rhythms and lyrics
- Human connections
- Literature
- Time exchange
- Connecting the dots


## Spoken languages

- German (native speaker)
- English (business fluent)


### Profile

[GitHub](https://github.com/mahula)