Sun, 18 December 2016
Since I’m getting ready to put on my first online conference dedicated to automation, I thought it would be fun to hear about Google’s Test Automation Conference (GTAC) from one of its participants – Greg Paskal. |
Sun, 11 December 2016
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Sun, 4 December 2016
Today we’ll be test talking about Pester with Adam Bertram, author of multiple Pluralsight courses on PowerShell, and founder of AdamTheAutomator.com. I’m a big believer in the fact that infrastructure code -- just like test automation code -- should follow the same rigor as your application code. |
Sun, 27 November 2016
On today’s show we’ll be Test Talking about keyword-based automation (also known as action-based testing) with Hans Buwalda, CTO of LogiGear and a pioneer in action-based methodologies of testing and automation. |
Sun, 20 November 2016
I don't think there’s a more popular topic in test automation nowadays than DevOps. While many folks I speak with have a process in place for most of their applications, one area some are struggling with is how to apply DevOps best practices to their mobile app initiatives. |
Sun, 13 November 2016
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Sun, 6 November 2016
I’m excited to announce that registration for the Automation Guild Conference 2017 is now open! If you’re involved in test automation on any level, you won’t want to miss this one-of-a-kind, online event. Anyone who is familiar with test automation knows how difficult it is to create automated tests that are reliable and maintainable. Most automation project don’t succeed – but you can do better. Automation Guild will save you valuable time and headaches, because you’ll discover from some of the top automation engineers in the industry what works for their successful projects. In fact, the goal of the Automation Guild conference is to help YOU perfect the craft of creating automation awesomeness and accelerate your automation career. With over 25 speakers, many in-demand automation skills and topics will be covered, including Selenium, GitHub, Continuous Integration, DevOps, REST testing, visual validation testing and more. Whether you’re currently involved in automation or just beginning, we’ve got you covered with either a new tool, technique or best practice that will improve or jumpstart your current testing situation and help you avoid common mistakes that can ruin any automation effort. So are you ready to accelerate your automation efforts and career? Register NOW and join us to make this an epic conference of automation awesomeness!
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Sun, 30 October 2016
On this show we’ll address an extremely common problem most automation engineers have to deal with – running cross-browser tests. Meaghan Lewis a test automation engineer at Lever and a former employee at Thoughtworks (the folks that gave us Selenium). She’ll be giving us a sneak peek at her Selenium Conference presentation: Making Cross-Browser Tests Beautiful. |
Sun, 23 October 2016
Communication skills are critical for succeeding in anything you do. This is especially true for folks that work in teams that are involved in the creating and testing of software. On today’s show we’ll test talk with Damian Synadinos about his presentation Workshop: Commutication – An Exploration of Idea Transfer with Words. Damian will share ways in which you can improve your communication skills and avoid the misunderstandings that may be preventing your team from creating automation awesomeness.
Direct download: ttDamianSynadinosCommunicationSkills125.mp3
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Sun, 16 October 2016
I’d like to make a big announcement! It was announced late last week that Selenium 3.0 has been officially released. This is huge. |
Sun, 9 October 2016
Sure -- you might be working really hard, doing everything that is needed for testing your software, but is what you’re doing really the most efficient way to test? In this episode Melissa Tondi, head of SQE at ShopatHome.com (and one of the best-known thought leaders in the quality engineering space) breaks down the testing process and helps us identify areas that traditionally cause the highest number of inefficiencies within test teams. So listen in and hear what it takes to build a world-class testing organization.
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Sun, 2 October 2016
In this episode, we’ll be test talking with Dave Cadwallader, a senior engineering manager in automation infrastructure, about a fleet of proven, open-source test automation tools developed by WalmartLabs that can help you succeed with automation. |
Sun, 25 September 2016
Have you ever wondered how gaming companies test their video games? If so, this episode is for you. Amber Race, a senior test developer at Big Fish Games, gives us an insider’s peek at how she approaches game testing. |
Sun, 18 September 2016
Metasploit is a cool open-source framework for conducting penetration tests. Not only does it help you conduct your tests, but it has a bunch of modules that can help you scan a target system looking for vulnerabilities. |
Sun, 11 September 2016
Are you looking for an awesome mobile grid solution like Sauce Labs, but don’t yet have a budget for this type of service? Although using an existing Cloud-based service is optimal, there are times when -- and reasons why -- having your own in-house mobile grid setup can be useful. |
Sun, 4 September 2016
Feeling hungry? Have you ever binged on tacos? Do you remember how the first one tasted and thought it couldn’t get much better? But by the time you got to your third and fourth you may have started to tire of the tacos. (You’ll have to listen to this show to find out how this analogy translates to testing!) In this episode, Gregory Schmidt serves up some testing tamales in the form of optimum marginal utility as applied to test value that will help you take your testing “YUM” factor all the way to 100. |
Sun, 28 August 2016
Today we’ll be test talking with the founder of Performance Wisdom, Rebecca Clinard, about performance testing and the most frequent rookie mistakes folks make with performance testing. Do you have a web or mobile application you need load tested to determine its scalability limitations? Are you unsure of your tool, technology or skill set requirements? If you’re thinking about getting into performance testing or want to know how you can help your teams with performance-related tasks, you won’t want to miss this episode.
Direct download: ttRebeccaClinardPerformanceTesting117.mp3
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Sun, 21 August 2016
On today’s show we’ll test talk with Andy Tinkham, a software testing expert with over 20 years’ experience, about his views on modern testing. Andy will discuss how testing has evolved, what we as testers need to know, and how we are all responsible for helping to shape the future of testing. Within the philosophy of modern testing there are a series of principles that Andy has broken down into four pillars: Context First, Testers are Not Robots, Using Multiple Lenses for Test Design, and Providing Useful and Timely Information. If you’re a tester who wants to continue being a tester in the 21st century, you’ll want to listen up! Check it out. |
Sun, 14 August 2016
On today’s show I’ll be test talking with Maaret Pyhajarvi, a collaborative software specialist with emphasis on testing, all about mob testing, pair testing, exploratory testing and more. Maaret has a soft spot for hands-on testing, and for helping teams grow and build successful products and businesses. |
Sun, 7 August 2016
Are you struggling with managing you BDD efforts? Wishing you had a central location for your BDD where everyone can contribute to creating a common, domain-specific language as well as help refactor changes across multiple teams spread out across the globe? If so, Hiptest might be the tool for you. Hiptest is an open-source, modern test management collaborative platform for Agile teams that was designed to help you deliver better software faster. On today’s show we’ll be speaking with Laurent Py, co-founder and product manager at Hiptest, all about how to create more collaborative BDD. |
Sun, 31 July 2016
Today we’ll be test talking with Angie Jones about why we need more women and minorities in tech, as well as automation with Java. Angie is a consulting automation engineer at LexisNexis and an inventor with more than 20 patented inventions. On top of all that, she has been featured in Ebony magazine as one of the country's top young leaders under the age of 30, you definitely don’t want to miss this show.
Direct download: ttAngieJonesWomenAndMinoritiesInTech113.mp3
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Sun, 24 July 2016
It’s the middle of 2016 – a good time to take a mid-year pulse of what’s going on in the test automation community. In this episode we’ll TestTalk with Greg Paskal, author of Test Automation in the Real World and Director of Quality Assurance-Automation at Ramsey Solutions, A Dave Ramsey Company, all about his latest “testing in the real world “survey to find out what folks are currently succeeding and struggling with in their test automation efforts. |
Sun, 17 July 2016
What is pair testing? It’s exactly what it sounds like -- two people on the same machine, trying to complete a test together. |
Sun, 10 July 2016
Coming up with a solid plan for the right test coverage mix for your mobile app testing efforts can sometimes feel like a black art. And like with all black arts, you usually end up paying the price with bad results.
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Sun, 3 July 2016
Today’s show is all about how to improve your Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) efforts as we TestTalk with Matt Angerer, an SR Solutions Architect for Results Positive. In this episode Matt shares with us a methodology called RPALM that will help you improve you ALM efforts. |
Sun, 26 June 2016
The testing dead have risen, and they’re hungry…consumed with an unnatural desire for bad automation practices to feast on. Your test automation efforts are crumbling, and they’re coming for you next. What do you do? Matt Barbour, Senior Director of Engineering at Comcast Silicon Valley, shares with us some lessons learned about end-to-end testing from Zombieland. Listen up and discover how to escape the coming test automation zombie apocalypse. |
Sun, 19 June 2016
Are you just starting off with Appium and not sure where to begin? Not sure which tool to use for your mobile testing automation efforts? In this episode, James covers the basics of how to get started with mobile testing using Appium. |
Sun, 12 June 2016
Today we'll be test talking with Derick Baily, a software developer and founder of watchmecode.net , a community dedicated to learning JavaScript, Node.js RabbitMQ and more. He is also one of the co-hosts of my favorite podcast, Entreprogrammers. |
Sun, 5 June 2016
On today’s show we’ll be test talking about data strategies in testing with Paul Merrill, Principle Software Development Engineer in Test and Found at Beaufort Fairmont, a consulting company dedicated to ridding the world of bad code. Many of the testers I know have a testing or automation framework strategy, but most seem to overlook having a data strategy in place. It doesn’t matter what automation framework you’re using; if you haven’t planned how you will manage the data your tests need in order to interact with the system(s) under test, you’re in trouble. A data strategy is a combination of procedure and infrastructure that affects the way tests interact with data to simulate your systems under test. That’s what today’s show is all about. Check it out.
Direct download: ttPaulMerrillDataStrategiesInTesting105.mp3
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Sun, 29 May 2016
One of the top issues I find when trying to automate applications is how to test custom controls. I know I’m not the only one; one of my most popular posts is on what to do when UFT doesn’t recognize an object. I believe one of the most overlooked solutions is to actually contact the custom control vendor to ask whether they have a solution to the problem.. |
Sun, 22 May 2016
Today we’ll be test talking with Paul Grossman, AKA the “Dark Arts Automation Engineer” about his five secrets of test automation. I’ve been following Paul for a long time on Linkedin, Facebook and other automation boards. He’s always posting useful test automation tips and tricks to help out the testing and automation community, so it was great to finally speak with him -- and he did not disappoint. I think you’re really going to enjoy this episode. Check it out!
Direct download: ttPaulGrossmanFiveAutomationSecrets103.mp3
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Sun, 15 May 2016
I love open-source tools. Sometimes, however, a team might not have the skills needed to create a proper test automaton framework, or else the technology the team is working with doesn’t lend itself to being a good fit for an open source test tool. |
Sun, 8 May 2016
In this episode we’ll Test Talk with one today’s most well- respected testing authors and speakers, Lisa Crispin. Lisa shares with us some of her favorite Agile testing techniques, including how mob testing can help your team rub out bugs one defect at a time, as well as how your team can benefit from testing group hugs. Lisa’s mission is to bring Agile joy to the software testing world and testing joy to the Agile development world, and I think it really comes through in this episode. |
Sun, 1 May 2016
What better
way is there to celebrate a milestone than speaking with a living
legend? Gerald
Weinberg has been developing and testing software for over 50
years, and was one of the engineers who worked on the first
American NASA space program (Project
Mercury), where he designed and implemented the space tracking
network focusing on the first multi-programmed operating
systems. |
Sun, 24 April 2016
In this episode we’ll be speaking with Neeraj Tripathi about his Principles of Software Quality Management. What I really like about this episode is that Neeraj has a ton of experience with software quality management and has worked across multiple organizations on many cross-functional teams. I think his breadth of knowledge really shines through in this episode. So if you’re having issues with software quality management, prepare to hear some knowledge bombs because Neeraj shares actionable advice for almost all the questions I asked of him.
Direct download: ttNeerejTripathiSoftwareQualityManagement99.mp3
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Sun, 17 April 2016
Do your test automation efforts leave you feeling depressed and bored, like Marvin the Robot in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? Do you wonder what the meaning of test automation really is? Good news! In this episode we’ll be speaking with Mark Fink, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Test Automation, where he’ll reveal the answers to all your burning test automation questions. |
Sun, 10 April 2016
This episode is a special treat, because we’ll be speaking with the actual HPE team that tested HPE’s new testing tool, LeanFT. Today we’ll be TestTalking with Hagay Avisar, the leader of HPE’s automation Center of Excellence, Ayelet Dasa a software engineer who focuses on test automation, Aviad Diamant the Lead for LeanFT’s Quality Team, and Malcolm Isaacs a senior researcher at HP. So get ready to get a behind-the-scenes, insiders look at how a functional test tool vendor goes about testing its own products. |
Sun, 3 April 2016
Tired of getting crushed by bugs? Learn some testing Kung Fu to help you dominate any defect that comes your way. You need to be quick, and you need to recognize when something's not working. You need to be as Bruce Lee said "like water" so you can change your testing approach quickly. In this episode you’ll discover some new testing techniques to improve your testing efforts with David Greenlees, a black belt tester and author of the Software Testing as a Martial Art – There is no One Style. |
Sun, 27 March 2016
Hi its Joe just wanted to quickly let you know that there is no TestTalks interview this week. I’m a deacon for a church and we have all our family over for Easter so I’ve been wicked busy preparing for Sunday festivities. But hey, don’t worry we’ll be back next week with an awesome interview with David Greenless about his new book Software Testing as a Martial Art . I also have interviews scheduled with Mark Fink author of the book The Hitchhikers Guide to Test Automation and an interview with HPE’s development team to learn about how they used their own tools for their testing efforts. And If you have an automation success story you’d like to share on an upcoming episode, let’s talk! Send your suggestions to:joe@testtalks.com So stay tuned and as always test everything and keep the good --Peace!
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Sun, 20 March 2016
Managers and engineers can often get lulled into thinking automation is easy. After all, how hard can automation be? You record yourself interacting with the application, then play it back. Done. But how many of us have been burned by that type of thinking? I know I have. It’s up to us as automation engineers to educate the people around us about automation best practices and techniques if we are to have a prayer of surviving in this fast-paced, Agile DevOps world. |
Sun, 13 March 2016
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Sun, 6 March 2016
There have been many changes in the software testing industry in the last several years. Those of us who have been testers for a while know that testing is an actual professional craft; nevertheless, many folks coming out of college – and even some of our own developers – have no idea about testing techniques and tools.
Direct download: ttAnnaRoyzmanQualityLeadershipInstitute93.mp3
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Sun, 28 February 2016
Many test teams have undergone major changes over the past few years. With more and more companies moving towards Agile and DevOps best practices, companies are scrambling to understand how the role of testers fits into this new way of developing software. In this episode, Perze Ababa shares with us his experience in running a testing organization in the 21st century, and discusses the tools and techniques that can help anyone improve their testing efforts. |
Sun, 21 February 2016
Are you sick of having to build yet another test automation framework from scratch? I think too many test engineers resort to building automation solutions from scratch without first investigating what other solution might be out there. Why reinvent the wheel? In this episode Pekka Klärck, the creator of the Robot Framework, talks about how it might be just what you’re looking for in an open source test automation framework. |
Sun, 14 February 2016
Paul covers many things in this episode, including hunting down elusive, intermittent issues that can cause your automaton to randomly fail due to actual product defects. You’ll also discover how to socially engineer your test automation efforts with empathy and conversations in order to build relationships that will help your automation thrive. This episode is chock-full of good test automation practices, so listen up! |
Sun, 7 February 2016
I feel that test data management is one of the biggest challenges to creating reliable test automation across multiple environments. One solution I’ve been hearing more and more about is virtual data. So this episode is all about test data management using data virtualization. |
Sun, 31 January 2016
If you're not growing you're dying? My question to you is which one are you? Don't be a factory worker tester. The key to success in any technology career is the love of learning and constantly working on your skills. In this episode Mike shares cores concepts like Visual Validation Testing. Metric and Leadership skill and much, much more to equip you to become the best next generation tester you were meant to be. |
Sun, 24 January 2016
Don't let your testing efforts fall behind — its time to get ready for the new year. In this episode, I share my insights about upcoming trends in testing gleaned from my popular TestTalks podcast interviews. Discover the skills, best practices and frameworks you need to know to stay employable in a changing dev/test world. |
Sun, 17 January 2016
Appium is a cross-platform, open-source, mobile UI automation framework. It allows you to write UI tests for your mobile apps, Android iOS and some other OSs. |
Sun, 10 January 2016
One of the biggest problems with learning Selenium is all the various information you need to piece together in order to get started. It’s easy to get frustrated and filled up information overload and end up not making any progress with learning Selenium. Have you ever wished there was a quick jump-start guide that could get you started with test automation without all the bells in whistles, but a concise good practices approach to learning Selenium? Well this episode is for you as we speak with Dave Heaufffner about his new book The Selenium Guidebook – Java edition. |
Sun, 3 January 2016
This being the first episode of 2016, I thought it would be a good idea for us to do a testing tune-up. I love automation and testing tools, but I think we can sometimes be easily distracted by cool automation scripts or a sweet new testing tool we’ve discovered rather than focusing on why we’re doing what we are doing and making sure that it’s actually helping our team to create quality software. |