TestGuild Automation Testing Podcast

So how was your 2019? In this episode, I’ll recap the predication I made for test automation in 2019 and see how I did. You’ll also discover what testing trends I see continuing in 2020. Listen up

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Looking for some tips to help improve your automation tests? Skeptical about codeless automated testing? In this episode, Liviu Lupei, a software engineer and co-founder of Endtest, shares some unexpected ways to improve your automated tests. He also explains what Endtest is and how it might be a good fit for your team's automation needs.

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In this episode, find out why jUnit is the gold standard for unit testing Java applications. Author Cătălin Tudose will share his thoughts on JUnit testing, JUnit 5, the Java Test Pyramid and more. Listen to discover all sorts of Junit-Java-testing advice awesomeness.

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Do you struggle with creating test data for your automation testing efforts? Stop managing your test data, and start automating it. How? Find out in this latest episode as we speak with Huw Price, Managing Director of Curiosity Software. Discover how to create accurate data for every possible test, find, make, and prepare data as tests run, as well as how to develop compliant test data.

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Looking for more ways to support diversity in tech? In this episode, Tracy Lee, founder of This Dot, and Moshe Milman, co-founder of Applitools, will discuss This Dot’s new Open Source Apprentice program. Listen in to discover how this initiative invests in open source and enables energetic and passionate junior developers to achieve This Dots’ and Applitools’ vision of supporting tech diversity through open-source programs and beyond.

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a QA testing hero in a DevSecOps transformation? In this episode, Stacy Kirk, founder of QualityWorks Consulting Group, will share the superpowers you can use to champion QA in your DevSecOps journey. Listen up and learn how knowledge and expertise drive the true meaning of quality—which ultimately brings value to the end-user.

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Looking for a smarter way to run and analyze the risk of your automated tests? In this episode, James Farrier, founder of Appsurify, will share a solution called Appsurify TestBrain. Discover how its machine learning adds intelligence to your automated and manual tests, and how it automatically runs the right tests at the right time to speed up your development process. Listen up and find out how.

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Creating an automation framework from scratch is always a challenge, especially if you’ve never done it before. What tools and technologies should you use? Where do you even start? In this episode, Greg Paskal and Max VelDink from Ramsey Solutions will share their team's journey to building a world-class test automation framework. Find out what worked for them, along with tips to help you create the best automation framework possible. Listen up!

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Sick of flaky tests? Do you wish there was a way to create reliable, unbreakable tests? In this episode, Dr. Jeremias Rößler, CEO of ReTest, will share some awesome functionalities of his open-source tool, recheck-web, that can solve many of the common problems that create flaky tests. Listen in to discover a unique way to maintain your tests with minimal effort.

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In this Halloween special Paul Grossman (AKA the Dark Arts Wizard), will share some automation tales that will chill your testing bones. Listen up to discover a unique approach to dynamically identify objects in your applications. Stop being afraid of automation, and listen now.

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Is cross-browser testing still needed? In this episode, find out why it's even more critical than ever with Mudit Singh, the Director Product, and Growth at LambdaTest. Discover the different ways you can perform cross-browser testing as well as helpful testing tips Mudit has found along the way. Listen up.

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In this episode, Aparna Gopalakrishnan shares her experience on two main topics, Chai and Accessibility Testing. So get ready to discover how and why to use Chai Assertions for your JavaScript tests. And learn some best practices for your accessibility testing efforts.

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Karate is an open-source tool for combining API test automation, mocks, and performance testing into a single, unified framework. In this episode, discover how it can now also help with UI automation. Peter Thomas, the creator of Karate will share some of his favorite uses of this new feature.

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Today discover more about Smashtest, a language for rapidly describing and deploying test cases. Peter Tesler, founder, and creator of Smashtest shares how to significantly speed up your automated testing by writing tests in a tree-like format. So listen up to learn how trees represent how you think when you're testing and help you create better automated tests.

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Today we’ll be discussing Appium and Visual Testing with Wim Selles. Wim is a Netherlands-based solutions architect for Sauce Labs. He has extensive knowledge about all things automation and has helped hundreds of Sauce customers solve automation challenges in their own organizations. Wim is also known for his extensive experience using Appium for automating Hybrid and React Native apps. Don’t miss this chance to discover Appium hacks for your mobile automation efforts.

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Today Duncan Brigginshaw, co-founder and technical director at Odin Technology, will share some of the benefits of using the Scriptworks automation testing framework. Listen to discover a unique way to visually program automation for your web, mobile, and API tests.

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Today Hima Bindu Peteti will share her experience with Selenide, an open-source library that can make a significant impact in accelerating your automation software delivery by introducing concise API, shorter expressions, and many other capabilities. Listen up to discover the key features of Selenide you can use to make your automation code more straightforward, easier to read and more maintainable.

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It’s time to say goodbye and hello. In this episode, discover why I decided to rename TestTalks to the TestGuild Automation Podcast.

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Do you run an entire automation test for every build because you don’t know which one to run based on the checked-in changes? Running all tests for every check-in is time-consuming and creates lots of noise. In this episode, we’ll talk with Eran Sher from Sealights. Eran will share his thoughts on Test Impact Analytics. This approach allows you to find the minimum subset of tests that need to be executed to increase your velocity without compromising quality. Listen up!

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In this episode we’ll test talk with Rex Jones about his automation testing journey. Rex will share some hacks that have helped his testing career, as well as his thoughts on the Java testing framework TestNG.

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In this episode, we’ll talk to Mark Kardashov, CEO and Co-Founder of TestProject, a free automation framework built on top of Selenium and Appium. You may have heard that Tricentis recently acquired TestProject, and that’s one of the things we’ll be discussing today. Listen to discover what all the buzz around Test Project is, and how Tricentis plans on making it even better.

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Are you a new test engineer, or want to put yourself out there but aren’t sure how to contribute? Are you the lone tester in your organization, having to seek support outside your company? Or are you trying to start a community from scratch because your area is lacking? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, this episode is for you. Julie, Joel and Evan will share lessons learned, useful tips, and pain points based on their experience in creating communities and meet-ups from scratch.

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Do you dream of becoming a testing conference speaker, but are unsure about how to get your talk accepted at an event? In this episode, Marcus Merrell, Director of Technical Services at Sauce Labs (and one of the lead organizers of the Selenium Conference) will some thoughts on running a testing event as well as what it takes to be a competent speaker. He’ll also share some insights regarding a cool new product from Sauce Labs to help you with performance testing. Check it out!

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Do you see yourself as a torchbearer of testing truth? In this episode, Mush Honda will share how testing is changing as we move towards CI/CD. Discover how he views combining the need for speed with the mindset of testers who are not keepers of quality. Listen up!

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Listen in on this episode to get an inside look into the life of Christian Bromann, the maintainer of WebDriverIo. Christian will share the pros and cons of WebDriverIo, some extended debugging features he’s currently working on for the DevTools team at SauceLabs, plus a whole lot more. Check it out!

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Today we’ll be discussing Python test automation with the Automation Panda himself, Andrew Knight. Andrew will share the reason why he loves Python, as well as tips on how you can get started using it for all your test automation efforts.

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Are you trying to find a way to learn test automation? Or maybe you want to refresh or enhance what you already know. Today we’ll be TestTalking with Angie Jones all about ways to learn more about automation. So listen up and discover a must know resource for the automation testing community.

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In this episode will be speaking with Mats Ljunggren about Boozang, an AI-based web automation tool that is written in Javascript. It leverages HTML-snippet technology to allow it to run in any browser without extension or local installation. So listen up and discover some unique features that just might help your team with its UI testing.

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Do you like Cypress.io, but feel it’s too developer-centric for your testing team? Do you still want to use Selenium and Appium, but in a more straightforward way? If so, this episode is for you as we test talk about the automation framework Oxygen with the co-founder of Cloudbeat, Nachum Dimer. Listen up to learn about another open- source tool that might be the perfect fit for your automation efforts.

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In this episode, we’ll place Gleb Bahmutov on the hot seat to handle all of the Automation Guild’s questions around Cyress.io. Learn when you should consider using Cypress vs. Selenium and when you shouldn’t. Also, hear common questions and answers about what Cypress.io supports, plus much, much more. Listen up!

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Everyone is always looking at the latest, shiny testing tools that only support Web technologies, but what about automating mainframe apps? Rosalind Radcliffe, Distinguished Engineer at IBM, explains why mainframes still matter and how they fit into modern practices like DevOps. Listen up and discover tools and techniques to help you with your mainframe testing practices.

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Have you ever wished there was an easier way to performance test your application without worrying about how to automate it from the protocol layer? If so, you’ll want to listen in to today’s episode with the founder of Flood.io, Tim Koopmans. Tim will share why he thinks browser-level performance testing using Element can help with your performance testing efforts.

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In this episode discover what it takes to become an automation engineer in a startup with Chris Kenst. Chris also shares tips on how to improve your automation skills leveraging education and conferences. You’ll also discover an awesome resource to make sure you never miss another can’t miss testing event.

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Has the software you’ve tested ever been hacked? How do you know? I just read an article on TechCrunch that hackers went undetected in Citrix internal network for six months! Scary stuff. So in this episode, we’ll take a sneak peek at some of the sessions at SecureGuild an online conference dedicated to security testing taking place May 20-21. Listen up and discover ways to avoid security exploits like the Citrix hack.

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DevOps and Agility are only successful if your team continues to practice them every day, every hour, every minute. But how do you achieve this type of whole-team approach? In this episode, Gurushyam Mony shares some of his top practices for helping companies with their digital transformations and explains that people are as vital an aspect of this as tools are. So listen up and discover some real-world tips on how to make your people the key to your company’s digital transformation success story.

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Today we’ll be test talking with security testing expert Tanya Janca about application security and more. Tanya is passionate about application security and evangelizing software security and will share why you should be, too. Listen up to hear how Tanya can make even a topic like security fun.

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Two of the hottest new topics in our industry are continuous testing and AI/machine learning. Today we’ll be test talking with Guljeet Nagpaul about next generation Agile automation. We’ll cover codeless test automation, improving Agile quality management and more. Guljeet worked for Mercury as head of their ALM practices back in the day, so he knows his stuff. Discover what has changed since that time, and what you need to know in today’s rapidly changing automation testing landscape.

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Have you ever wondered what is programming really is, at a deeper level than the obvious answer? That’s what we’ll be test talking about today with Edaqa Mortoray, author of the new book What is programming? A Harmony of People, Code that runs the world, and the Individual behind the Keyboard. If you’ll remember from a previous TestTalks episode, Edaqa is the inventor of the Leaf programming language, so he knows a thing or two about programming. Don’t miss it

 
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One of the most common challenges for quality engineers is making the mental shift from merely pursuing pass or fail test results to understanding the characteristics and trends of tests. That’s what we’ll be test talking about today with Greg Paskal. Greg will share how to discover the personality of your application using dashboards created with ELK Stack. Listen up to discover how to create tests that are accurate and actionable.

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Do you want to build more resilient software systems? Do you like to break things on purpose? If so, this episode is for you. We’ll be Test Talking about Chaos Engineering with Tammy Butow, a principal site reliability engineer at Gremlin. Tammy will explain how to test the ways in which your system responds to stress so you can identify and fix failures before they impact your customers—saving you and your company the embarrassment of software downtime, bad publicity and lost revenue. Listen up!

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Unfortunately, not many software engineering organizations are familiar with the needs of performance testing or even have the expertise to do so. One major roadblock that prevents teams from successfully executing performance testing is a lack of training. Sometimes, just knowing where to start can be a challenge. One place to start is PerfGuild so in this episode, we’ll be talking all about the online conference dedicated 100% to helping you succeed with performance testing. Listen up.

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In today’s episode, we’ll be Test Talking with Israel Rogoza and Avishai Moshka from IncrediBuild about how you can fast-forward your entire development cycle. Discover how to reduce your builds, tests and other tasks leveraging grid computing. So if you’re looking for ways to accelerate your software development efforts without reducing the quality, listen up.

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In this episode, we’ll be Test Talking with Larry Goddard about how to create a “Klassi” automation framework. Larry will discuss some JavaScript-related test tools that have helped him create tests for UI, APIs and visual validations, as well as generate reports and run tests in CI. So listen up and discover how to improve your JavaScript-based automated testing efforts.

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There are many things that can disturb the perfect flow of front-end development and testing. However, for some reason, most people are led to believe that, whatever the answer is, it might involve new technology. But what if that was not true? What if what we actually need is a new approach, or better yet, a new methodology to guide us? In this episode, Fabio Nolasco gives a glimpse in his book Professional Front-end Architecture, explaining how front-end architects have an opportunity to act as catalysts so that good front-end code and testing can actually happen as it should in our organizations.

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Today we’ll be test talking with Anton Angelov, the CTO and co-founder of Automate The Planet Ltd, inventor of both the BELLATRIX Test Automation Framework and MEISSA Distributed Test Runner. In this episode prepare to discover more about automation frameworks and how to run your tests in parallel.

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Today we’ll be test talking with Alex Schladebeck about her views on Software Testing. Discover what linguistics has to do with testing, how to stop hating your UI tests and much more. If you're interested in software testing, you don’t want to miss this episode.

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Today we’ll be test talking with Kwo Ding all about his new Sonar WebDriver Plugin which is a static code analysis tool that helps you to follow best practices for writing WebDriver tests. If you're interested in writing clean Selenium code, you don’t want to miss this episode.

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Karate is a popular open-source project for web-service API testing. Inspired by Cucumber – it combines BDD syntax with a DSL carefully crafted to deal with HTTP. In this episode, Peter will walk through some of the features of Karate, and how it can be effectively used for testing web-service APIs. You get to hear straight from the creator of Karate the motivations for creating this framework in the first place, how it differs from the competition, and how it helps accelerate the development and quality-assurance of web-services of all kinds

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Are you or your team struggling with automation testing? Do you have a hard time getting automation buy-in from your teams? In this episode, you’ll get a sneak peek of what you’ll discover at the 2019 Automation Guild Online Conference and Community. Listen in and find out how you and your team can accelerate your test automation efforts in 2019. Register for Automation Guild now: https://automationguild.com

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Have you ever watched SpongeBob SquarePants? If so, this episode is for you as we Test Talk with Michelle Macdonald about the SpongeBob-themed talk she gave at last year’s SeleniumConf titled “Sleeping is not your best friend in automation.” Discover why “sleeping” is not optimal, and learn better ways of using waits in Selenium. Are you ready? If so, listen up!

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Are you hungry to learn more about an open-source framework? In this episode Adrian Theodorescua, a developer-turned-tester with over 17 years of experience shares his experiences with helping to create OpenTest. OpenTest is a free, open-source functional test automation tool for Web applications, mobile apps, and APIs. Based on Andre’s description, it might be the perfect solution for your team.

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