33 - Interview with Philip Riecks

In this episode I'm interviewing Philip Riecks. Philip is a self-employed IT consultant who is regularly sharing content, recipes, tips & techniques, especially on the topics of testing and Spring Boot. We're talking about how Philip's ideal day looks, the Pomodoro technique, schedules, keyboard, desk, work setup, testing, setup, running the test suite, testing pyramids, ping pong test development, Spring context tests, Testcontainers, Spring testing, Selenium, Selenide, Philip's book about testing, task & time management, favorite book, IntelliJ shortcuts & productivity tips. You can find Philip on Twitter @rieckpil and rieckpil.de Recommended books: - Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod - The ONE Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan Deep-dive masterclass on Testing Spring Boot applications: https://rieckpil.de/testing-spring-boot-applications-masterclass/ From Zero to Production with Spring Boot and AWS: https://stratospheric.dev/ 30 Testing Tools And Libraries Every Java Developer Must Know: https://rieckpil.de/testing-tools-and-libraries-every-java-developer-must-know/