Presentation at conference and great feedback

I was very happy to give a presentation at #TAHelsinki conference concerning my future book about software testing for kids of 10-99  : ) with dragons and knights theme. Lots of great feedback. Many people indeed want to give children some Testing knowledge, and not only Coding knowledge : ).

I presented the main characters and explain how testing knowledge is explained in interesting terms. All the attendees also got to draw their own dragon - a most outstanding and interesting software defect they have encountered. It was lots of fun! And some great ideas for the book : ).

The book is almost ready in Finnish, but crowdfunding is needed for illustration and making it hardcover, and also I need to translate it to English on the same go. Share this campaign and back it yourself at Indiegogo portal https://igg.me/at/dragons-out-book   #softwaretesting #children #book #dragons

View my presentation in English and in Finnish.

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