TestGuild Automation Podcast

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WebDriverIo v8 Must Know Features with Christian Bromann Dec 04, 2022

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Want to know all about the latest release of WebDriverIO? In this episode, Christian Bromann, a full-stack engineer passionate about Open Source and Open Standards, shares everything you need to know about the latest version, 8.0. Discover the new version's primary goal and what enabled them to continue dependency updates and avoid security issues. Hear all about their newly implemented Action API interface and the streamlined way WebdriverIO deals with global objects using the test runner. Listen up!

Speeding Up Automation Analysis with Ruslan Akhmetzianov and Natalia Polyakova Nov 27, 2022

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How do you handle how to debug a bunch of automated testing failures? Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out why some tests failed. In this episode, Ruslan Akhmetzianov, DevRel Lead, and Natalia, a quality engineer at Qameta Software, share ways that you can speed up your automation analysis. Discover how to handle flaky tests, what tools and approaches help speed up automation, and much more.

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Next Generation Functional Visual Test Automation with Tobias Müller Nov 20, 2022

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With DevOps, more releases than ever are being generated, leading to many unexpected customer-side problems. What do you do? In this episode, Tobias Müller CTOs at Progile and lifelong tester, shares his experience with automation, especially in regulated environments. Discover what problems regulated customers face because of DevOps, how to handle typical challenges in regulated markets and how next-generation functional visual test automation can help.

Confession of an AI Testing Skeptic with Chris Trimper Nov 07, 2022

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Are you an AI-in-testing skeptic? Or maybe you are a believer. In this episode, Chris Trimper, an Enterprise QA Automation Architect at Independent Health, shares his team's journey to adopting AI practices and technologies in testing. Discover what he learned investigating AI technology to help with test case authoring, automating, and how AI could aid his team of testers. Listen up to see if finding a peaceful coexistence of AI and software testing is possible.

Playwright Performance Testing with Katarzyna Kmiotek Oct 30, 2022

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Did you know you could re-use your Playwright functional testing for performance testing? In this episode, Katarzyna ("Kat") Kmiotek, a Quality Engineer at Zoopla, shares her experience integrating Playwright tests with Artillery. Discover what Artillery is, how to integrate it with Playwright, and things to watch out for when creating performance tests. Also, don't forget to sign up to receive the Automation Guild 2023 early-bird discount: https://guildconferences.com/ag-2023/

Low-Code vs. No-Code: Which is better for Automation with Larry Goddard Oct 23, 2022

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Low-code/no-code test automation solutions are on the rise. But should you use them? In this episode, Larry Goddard, an Automation Architect and creator of klassi-js, and I, along with Jehan Coetzee from Inspired Testing, chat about the pros and cons of this approach. What is no code? Is it different than low code, and in what way? Does it change the role of automation engineers? Where do you start? Learn some strategies and tips for success. Also, don't forget to vote for the Automation Guild sessions you'd like to see at the 2023 event. Vote now (testguild.com/vote)!

Halloween Special 2022 with Paul Grossman Oct 16, 2022

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Automation, losing a job, and Halloween can all be scary. In this episode, the Dark Arts Wizard Paul Grossman joins us for our annual Halloween special to share all kinds of ghoulish testing knowledge. Discover tips on how to handle being laid off, quick automation testing wins, why no-code is not the boogie man, deciding between open source and vendor tools, and much more automation tricks and treats!

Future of QA Chat with Industry Experts with Joe Colantonio Oct 09, 2022

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Last week I had the honor of hosting a roundtable at StarWest for Karate Labs. This technology-agnostic session covered everything from how to make automation more reliable, testing culture, API testing, troubleshooting failures, and much more. It was well attended and had great audience participation. So in this episode, I will share what we talked about for the Future of QA with testing experts Sneha Viswalingam, Prashant Patil, Eric Driggs, and Anthony Staffier. Listen up!

Security Test Methodology for Testers with Mike Spanbauer Oct 03, 2022

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I think testers should be involved in security testing. So in this episode I will share a session that Mike Spanbauer, Customer Architecture & Field CTO, Security at Juniper Networks, gave at the last Secure Guild online conference on Developing a Security Test Methodology. Discover the four pieces that make up his approach and some essential tips for implementing your own. Do you want to hear more about security testing? OR would you rather have a separate podcast dedicated to security? Let me know at joe@testguild.com.

Testing for Good with Nikolay Advolodkin Sep 25, 2022

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Want to learn more about automation testing and contribute to a good cause simultaneously? In this episode, Nikolay Advolodkin, founder of UltimateQA and a Sr Solutions Architect at Sauce Labs, shares all about his event Testing For Good. Discover what's new in open-source automation, trends based on data from Sauce labs, what is the Testing For Good event, and much more.

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