Sinopsis
TestTalks is a weekly podcast hosted by Joe Colantonio, which geeks out on all things software test automation. TestTalks covers news found in the testing space, reviews books about automation and speaks with some of the thought leaders in the test automation field. Well aim to interview some of todays most successful and inspiring software engineers and test automation thought leaders.During the interviews, the spotlighted engineer will tell us about his or her testing experience, sharing their successes and failures as well as which testing techniques are working for them right now. Well all learn more about testing through these talks hence the name TestTalks.
Episodios
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Automation Testing Trends for 2021
03/01/2021 Duración: 25minDon't let your testing efforts fall behind — it’s time to prepare for the New Year. In this episode, I’ll share my insights about upcoming test automation trends gleaned from my popular Test Guild podcasts interviews, as well as my yearly Automation Guild survey. Discover the skills, best practices, and frameworks you need to know to stay employable in a post-COVID-19 changing dev/test world in 2021. Don’t miss it! ** Register now for Automation Guild 2021! **
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Automating your Pipeline Using Jenkins and Go with Greg Paskal
20/12/2020 Duración: 29minAutomated Pipelines are critical for testers to know. In this episode, frequent guest Greg Paskal, author of Test Automation in the Real World, will share an example of how his team has achieved automated pipelines using Jenkins and Go. Discover the benefits of this approach, lessons learned, and how you can apply his tips to your pipeline implementations. Don’t miss it! Also, don't forget to time is running out on getting the sale price for the 5th annual Automation Guild online conference Feb 8-12. Register now: https://guildconferences.com/ag-2021/
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Why You Need to do API Performance Testing with Patrick Poulin
06/12/2020 Duración: 28minIt's almost 2021. Are you still not doing API Automation? Did you know that API performance testing is also critical for delivering reliable APIs to your customers? In this episode, Patrick Poulin, CEO of API Fortress, will explain how to unify your functional and nonfunctional API testing, allowing you to use existing functional tests as load tests. Listen up to learn ways you can gain a holistic understanding of your API performance and how to stress test endpoints and full API flows.
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Accelerate Test Coverage Using TestRigor with Paul Grossman & Artem Golubev
29/11/2020 Duración: 33minWant a way to accelerate your test coverage and eliminate test maintenance? In this episode, Paul Grossman, an SDET at Utopia solutions, and Artem Golubev, Co-founder at testRigor, share a tool that allows you to easily create automation using a behavior-driven plain English approach to writing tests. Learn the benefits of this approach and hear real-world implementation stories of how it has helped others with their test automation.
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Reliable & Fast Synthetic E2E Monitoring with Tim Nolet & Hannes Lenke
22/11/2020 Duración: 34minHow’s your automated API and E2E monitoring strategy? In this episode, Tim Nolet and Hannes Lenke, co-founders of Checkly, will share why active monitoring for modern development/DevOps is essential, how Puppeteer and Playwright fit. And that monitoring production is great, but catching bugs before they hit production is even better. Discover all the benefits of leveraging your existing automation tests for synthetic monitoring in your pre-production and production environments. Listen up!
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Career Advancement for Testers with Raj Subrameyer
15/11/2020 Duración: 37minDo you want to find your dream job and become a successful tester? In this episode, Raj Subrameyer, author of the new book Skyrocket Your Career shares his advice on career advancement for testers. Discover the skills you need to achieve your goals in the new year and set yourself miles apart from your competition.
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Front-end Performance User Experience Testing
08/11/2020 Duración: 34minAs we head into the holiday season, the topic of front-end performance testing will become even more critical. In this episode, you’ll learn ways to start optimizing your application front end to give your users a quicker experience. Discover tools and techniques to get your team involved in your front-end testing efforts earlier in your SDLC.
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Selenium 4 and What's Next with Simon Stewart
01/11/2020 Duración: 38minHave you tried Selenium 4 yet? In this episode, the creator of Selenium WebDriver, Simon Stewart, talks all about what new features you need to know about in the latest Selenium release. Discover what WebDriver BiDi is, what’s changes to expect in Selenium 4, and why Selenium 4 will be the point where Simon steps away from the project :(
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Leading Quality Book with Ronald Cummings-John
25/10/2020 Duración: 37minWhat is the true meaning of quality? In this episode, Ronald Cummings-John, author of Leading Quality: How Great Leaders Deliver High-Quality Software and Accelerate Growth, will share how to influence and align your company’s definition of quality so that you can deliver the best possible experience to your clients. Discover the techniques successful leaders use to make their strategic decisions. You’ll also learn which tools will ensure that your team is in alignment for achieving common goals.
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Educating Future Generations of Testers
11/10/2020 Duración: 32minThe education of our future generation of testers is critical! In this episode, Simon Prior will share some ways to coach up your teams to become testing leaders in your organization. Discover the skills you need to grow, and how hiring with Neurodiversity in mind can help in numerous ways. Don’t miss it!
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Writing Great Specifications with Kamil Nicieja
04/10/2020 Duración: 28minMost testers I know complain about using BDD. In this episode, Kamil Nicieja, author of Writing Great Specifications Using Specification by Example and Gherkin, will talk about using BDD correctly. Discover how to capture executable software designs in Gherkin following the SBE method. Listen in to learn to choose the best scenarios, write them in a way that anyone can understand, and ensure anyone can easily update them.
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When and How Security Testing Should be Done
27/09/2020 Duración: 33minIf you're a tester, you might be wondering why you should care about security testing. In this episode, I'll discuss why having security testing skills is more important than you might think. Discover some security topics that can help advance your career, and get a preview of some of the actionable sessions and speakers on the docket of this year's SecureGuild online conference.
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Root Cause Troubleshooting with Bnaya Peretz
15/09/2020 Duración: 27minTests break. When they do, you need to find the root cause quickly. In this episode, Bnaya Peretz, a developer at Testim, will discuss an open-source tool to help troubleshoot Puppeteer and Playwright tests. Discover how to save time troubleshooting failed tests, speed up your release cycles, and increase your ROI.
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AI Self Healing Test Recorder with Eldar Kravetsky
09/09/2020 Duración: 28minNot many things are more annoying to an automation engineer than a UI with dynamic elements that change their locators with every test script run. In this episode, Eldar Kravetsky, co-founder, and CTO of TestProject, will share how their AI-enabled test recorder can help with dynamic elements and more. Discover how the AI-Powered, Self-Healing capabilities in TestProject’s Smart Recorder can automatically handle test maintenance and debugging, and keep your tests running smoothly.
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Building a Real-World Automation Robot Framework with Dave Martin
06/09/2020 Duración: 25minI love real-world automation success stories. In this episode, Dave Martin will share how he created a Robot Framework from scratch that regularly runs about 50,000 tests and has a dozen contributors. Discover features and best practices for implementing Robot Framework in your organization. Listen up!
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Shift left in End-to-End Testing using AI with Bertold Kolics
30/08/2020 Duración: 35minHow can AI help with end-to-end testing? In this episode, Bertold Kolics, a Software Quality Manager at mabl, shares his thoughts on AI as well as the danger of generalization in software testing. Discover the functionality of mabl beyond browser testing, and sone vendor-agnostic tips for end-to-end testing in general.
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Scaling Automation Testing at Startup with Priyanka Halder
23/08/2020 Duración: 27minCreating reliable automation is hard, especially at scale in a startup. In this episode Priyanka Halder, Head of Engineering at GoodRx will share her highly-successful automation strategy. Discover how to overcome some of the biggest automation challenges, advice on what to avoid, and how her team has one of the industry's lowest fail rates. You don't want to miss this one!
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TestProject OpenSDK with Kevin Dunne
16/08/2020 Duración: 29minIf you are on social media, you’ve probably seen folks discussing the free TestProject automation framework. With the release of their new OpenSDK, there’s, even more, to be excited about. In this episode, Kevin Dunne will talk about the most recent version of their OpenSDK. Discover what’s new in this significant milestone that can make your Selenium and Appium automation efforts easier.
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Cypress and QA Strategy with Marie Drake
09/08/2020 Duración: 30minHave you tried Cypress.io yet? In this episode Marie, a principal test automation engineer at News UK and Cypress Ambassador will share her reason for selecting Cypress as one of her main testing tools. Discover the benefits of using Cypress, as well as Marie’s QA strategy for selecting and using tools for UI Automation, Visual Validation, Accessibility testing, and more.
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ScalaTest for API Testing of MicroServices with Zubair Haque
02/08/2020 Duración: 36minHave you heard of ScalaTest? In this episode, Zubair Haque, a senior SDET, will share what ScalaTest is and how it can help you with your API microservices automation testing. Discover a way to create clear tests and executable specifications to improve your code and communication. Listen up!