TestGuild Automation Podcast

Are you looking for a way to quickly create a disposable, flexible, container-based Selenium Grid infrastructure that has features like video recording, live preview, basic auth & online/offline dashboards? If so than this episode is for you. Diego Molina, one of the Selenium core committers, official maintainer of the Docker-Selenium project and the creator of Zalenium, shares his automation know...

In this fast-paced world of Agile and continuous testing, the need for test leaders has never been higher. So if you are responsible for creating a testing practice for your company or team--and managing the process and people-- this episode is for you. Anna Royzman, founder of A Quality Leadership Institute and creator of the Test Leadership Congress and ConTest, will share some of the critical t...

Facing Software Quality Issues? Announcing an Online Conference for Testers by Testers. 20 + Experts Reveal Their Top Software Testing & QA Secrets. Join the first-ever Testing Guild an online conference and community dedicated 100% to helping YOU with your Testing & QA efforts https://testingguild.com

Integration Testing is often one of the toughest parts of the software development lifecycle--so in this episode we'll test talk with James Penning of Get-Testy.com about the Top 5 Pitfalls when Writing Integration Tests, some tips for .NET testers, and more testing awesomeness.

Finding the right testing tool from all the available automation testing tools is tough. I've interviewed over 200 testers and developers on my TestTalks and based on this treasure trove of test automation awesomeness; I created an Ultimate Testing Tools list. Since Publishing it, I've gotten a bunch of comments asking why Katalon Studio was not on the list. So I decided to create an episode all a...

In this episode , Henrik Rexed from Neotys joins us to test talk about how he's helping to spread the gospel of performance testing earlier on the development lifecycle. Discover what the Performance Advisory Council is all about as well as how to join the online PAC events to learn more about the latest in performance testing.

The most significant challenge for an app team in today's Agile, Continuous Integration (CI), and DevOps-driven world is just making sure the app still works like it did yesterday. There isn't enough time to manually test each build, let alone craft test automation. Even when teams do try to test, it adds days of delay and thousands of dollars of cost, and yet the team is still not happy with the...

In the digital economy of today, every business is a software business, and how we create software is forever changing. So if you're looking to learn where software development and testing is heading, listen up. In this episode Jonathon Wright (The Automation Cyborg) shares his vision of Intelligent Process Automation and how it has already helped numerous companies begin to make the shift towards...

Welcome to the 200th episode of TestTalks. Thanks for your listening awesomeness! Rather than make this milestone episode all about me -- I wanted to talk more about Sauce Labs and all the innovation you've been up to. And remind folks that Sauce Labs' sponsorship is what enables me to continue doing this week after week. So listen up and discover why I'm proud to have Sauce as my exclusive sponso...

Apple introduced it's UI Testing framework (XCUITest) at WWDC 2015. The XCUITest framework enabled UI Tests to be written in Swift, Apple's own programming language, which can be understood by both QA and Developers to bridge the technology gap. In this episode , Shashikant goes over why he thinks native automation for iOS apps might be a better option than Appium or Calabash. He also goes over ot...

Developing software always involves dealing with unknowns. Unanticipated issues and changes always tend to creep in during development. But how do you deal with the unknown when planning your sprints? How do you handle unforeseen bugs? In this episode , we'll Test Talk with Kinga Witko, who'll offer some tips for dealing with the unknowns, accessibility testing and more.

Is your team doing behavior-driven development but having issues realizing the full potential of this approach? In this episode Gaspar Nagy, creator of Specflow and co-author of the book Discovery: Explore Behavior Using Examples , discusses why BDD exists in the first place and shares proven techniques and tips for getting the most out of your BDD collaboration between the business and your deliv...

Happy Easter - No Episode This Week

Do you want to discover how to perform the fastest, least expensive testing you can while still completely fulfilling the mission of testing? In this episode Michael Bolton, the world-renowned software tester, teacher, and co-author of Rapid Software Testing shares a testing mindset that will forever change the way you think about testing.

In this episode Kent C. Dodds, a full stack Javascript engineer at Paypal (as well as an instructor on egghead.io, Frontend Masters, Workshop.me and an open source enthusiast), discusses JavaScript test automation using tools like Jest and Cypress. Kent will also share best practices for developing software that is testable, as well as ways to help make testing part of your company's culture.

Our world is changing. Artificial intelligence is being employed in nearly every walk of life, from virtual assistants to self-driving cars. How will this new way of life impact software testing? What is our role…if there even is one? In this episode , Angie Jones will lead the way into the future for testers by sharing the skills you'll to know for testing AI-based technologies.

In this episode Mike Talks shares insights from his years of texting experience. Discover testing tips and techniques like biscuit testing, the scientific approach to testing, how to test fighter jets and more.

One thing I've seen teams struggle with is including Performance Testing earlier in their software development lifecycle. In this episode we'll talk with Paola Rossaro, CTO of Nouvola about how performance testing can become part of your continuous deployment life cycle, helping you achieve faster deployment of scalable applications.

In this episode , we'll be Test Talking with Michael "Fritz" Fritzius, the founder of Arch DevOps, about model-based testing. Discover what model-based testing is, how it works, when to use it and who's a good candidate for it.

Today we'll be test talking with the creator of the Citrus Integration Testing Framework, Christoph Deppisch. Citrus is an open source solution that was developed to help you automate integration tests for pretty much any messaging protocol or data format. So if you're looking to expand your automation efforts beyond lame, flaky, UI-based automated tests, this episode is for you.

Twenty percent of the population has impairments that make it difficult for them to use your application. What are you doing about it? Functional testing an app is not enough. In this episode , Manoj Kumar will discuss some ways to add accessibility testing to your suite. Manoj will also explain what accessibility testing actually is, and will outline some tools and techniques that can make your d...

Ever wonder who started the whole Selenium test automation thing? In this episode , we Test Talk with the father of Selenium, the Elon Musk of test automation, Jason Huggins. Jason shares how he started Selenium and founded Sauce Labs and Tapster Robotics. Prepare to enter the automation Matrix as Jason shares his vision of robots and test automation for the future.

Are you looking for a clear path to mobile testing greatness but not sure how to get there? Need some best practices or guidelines on how to make your Appium automation awesome? In this episode , Jonathan Lipps, one of the key contributors to Appium, makes a BIG announcement and reveals a must-have Appium resource. Listen up and discover how to succeed with Appium Test Automation.

In this episode, we recap the 2018 Automation Guild Conference and Community that occurred the week of Jan 8 -10. Here are some quick takeaways as well as insight into how the guild conference continues to evolve to help you create automation awesomeness.

In this episode , we test talk with Angie Jones, Richard Bradshaw, and Gil Tayar all about what automation trends they think that will dominate our work environment in 2018. We also cover what major skills are in high demand when hiring test engineers, and the tools and best practices required to help you deliver software faster and better.