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TestGuild Automation Podcast

Joe Colantoniotestguild.com
TestGuild Automation Podcast (formally Test Talks) is a weekly podcast hosted by Joe Colantonio, which geeks out on all things software test automation. TestGuild Automation covers news found in the testing space, reviews books about automation, and speaks with some of the thought leaders in the test automation field. We'll aim to interview some of today's most successful and inspiring software engineers, and test automation thought leaders.
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Episodes

175: Blockchain Application Testing with Rhian Lewis

In this episode, we'll be test talking with Rhian Lewis about Blockchain application testing. I assume that you've been hearing a lot about Blockchain and Bitcoin (I know I have), but how many of us have actually begun to roll up our sleeves and tried to determine what we need to do to get started testing these types of applications? Rhian is a trailblazer in this space and shares what you need to know about Blockchain applications, as well as testing advice on how best to approach this technolo...

Oct 22, 201737 min

174: Machine Learning in Test Automation with Oren Rubin

What if there was a way to make your tests more reliable with less manual maintenance involved on your part? Something like a record and playback solution with built-in machine learning that creates self-improving, stable test runs? Sound like science fiction? Well, listen up and discover the second wave of AI-powered test automation with the creator of TestIm.io Oren Rubin. Oren shares his 20 years of experience in creating innovative solutions like his latest creation, Testim. In this episode,...

Oct 15, 201733 min

173: Making Automation Work for Every Build with Danny McKeown

In this episode , Danny McKeown of Paychex test talks about how his small tools group supports nearly one hundred Agile teams in their automation efforts. Danny will share how his team is able to lead other teams to implement and succeed with their automation testing. You'll also discover how Paychex assesses progress with their maturity model.

Oct 08, 201732 min

172: Mobile Testing Pyramid with Kwo Ding

Do you struggle to decide when to use a browser emulation (in case of hybrid apps), mobile simulators/emulators and real devices? In this episode , Kwo Ding will review his mobile test pyramid approach and discuss best practices about when to use what. Kwo will also reveal his tips for how to best structure and execute mobile test and more!

Oct 01, 201727 min

171: CI Awesomeness With Test Automation with Greg Sypolt

In this episode , we'll be Test Talking with Greg Sypolt about Automation, CI and DevOps. You'll discover how to transform your new or existing automated tests in order to speed up development and reduce maintenance impact. Greg will also share some ways in which his team is working towards achieving Continuous Integration (CI) and DevOps excellence through their test automation efforts.

Sep 24, 201736 min

170: All Day DevOps with Derek Weeks & Mark Miller

In this episode , we Test Talks all about All Day DevOps . All Day DevOps is a FREE online community responsible for creating the world's largest DevOps conference. Our 2016 inaugural, 15-hour live online conference attracted 13,500 registered attendees. All Day DevOps 2017 will offer over 100, 30-minute sessions across six tracks in all time zones, simultaneously. Tracks include CI/CD, Modern Infrastructure and Monitoring, DevSecOps, Cultural Transformations, DevOps in Government, and the newly...

Sep 17, 201736 min

169: Critical Thinking in Testing with JeanAnn Harrison

Automation testing is awesome. But sometimes using a little old fashioned critical thinking is the only thing way you can achieve a test that actually finds the bugs in your application. In this episode , JeanAnn Harrison will share how critical thinking has aided her in her testing efforts, and how she has applied it throughout her long and successful career. You're going to discover some great techniques as well as some questions to ask yourself when creating your tests in order to identify ri...

Sep 10, 201736 min

168: Testing @ the Speed of Concurrency with Mike Millgate

Learn the what, why and how of testing with concurrency. In this episode , Mike shares his automation journey from in-house machine testing to cloud-based testing. You'll also discover some lessons Mike learned while working on the HealthCare.org project.

Sep 03, 201736 min

167: Automation Carnal Knowledge with Cassandra H. Leung

Today we'll be Test Talking with Cassandra Leung about her upcoming presentation at Agile Testing Days on 5 Ways Automation is Like Sex and Why your Careers Isn't Doomed Without it. Cassandra shares her experience with automation and addresses many of the false claims, and misunderstanding managers and testers may have about automation. So get ready to discover how to have more pleasurable testing experiences with or without automation....

Aug 27, 201733 min

166: Running Tests in Parallel in the Cloud with Nikolay Advolodkin

Is your automation test suite taking hours to run? Are you having issues with debugging and analyzing automated test failures? In this episode , we'll Test Talk with Nikolay Advolodkin, the founder of UltimateQA about the pros and cons of a few test cloud providers as well and some other test automation awesomeness.

Aug 20, 201740 min

165: Top 12 PerfGuild Q&A Performance Tips

In this episode , I'll recap some of the top questions and answers I received during the PerfGuild Conference. PerfGuild was the first ever-online conference 100% dedicated to performance testing. So if you're involved with performance testing in any way, you'll definitely benefit from this episode.

Aug 13, 201732 min

164: Digital Mobile & Emerging Technologies with Amir Rozenberg

I've recently have been getting lots of request from test talks listeners asking about newer advanced test automation capabilities. So that's what will be Test Talking about today with Amir Rozenberg. In this episode , you'll discover how some emerging technologies are going to affect your digital mobile testing efforts.

Aug 06, 201729 min

163: Sauce Labs Test Analytics with Lubos Parobek

In this episode, we Test Talk with Lubos Parobek all about the brand new feature recently announce by Sauce Labs --Test Analytics. Test Analytics is the latest addition to the Sauce Labs Automated Testing Cloud. Whats awesome about the Test Analytics feature is that it will help you to reduces the time spent on analyzing test results by providing users trends on key metrics so that they can track down failures faster! So listen up and discover how to speed up your test automation debugging effor...

Jul 30, 201724 min

162: Shift Left Mobile Application Testing with Satyajit Malugu

Over the years, most testing efforts have been steadily shifting left to earlier in the development lifecycle. For web apps, testing and test automation have been gradually shifting into the development, design, and requirements phases of our software development lifecycles. But what about mobile development and testing? That's what we'll be Test Talking about today with Satyajit Malugu: How to Shift-Left Mobile Application Testing. Listen and learn about mobile testing, mocking tools, emulators...

Jul 23, 201732 min

161: The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide with John Sonmez

As software engineers, we need to stay up to date with our technical skills and more. If you're like me, you sometimes wish there was a manual on how to stay ahead. If you feel the same way as I do listen up because In this episode we Test Talk with John Sonmez author of the new book The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide: How to Learn Programming Languages Quickly, Ace Your Programming Interview, and Land Your Software Developer Dream Job . My only issue is that I wish John named it the...

Jul 16, 201736 min

160: Online Performance Testing Conference with Joe Colantonio

Are you or your team struggling with performance testing or are you afraid to release your application the wild because you simply don't know how it's going to perform under load? In this episode, you'll discover how PerfGuild can help you. PerfGuild is the first ever 100% online conference dedicated solely to performance testing. We're bringing together 15 plus of some of the best experts in the world when it comes to performance testing. Listen up to hear why performance testing is more import...

Jul 09, 201731 min

159: With Great Judgement Comes Great Responsibility with Paul Grizzaffi

In this episode , Paul Grizzaffi explains responsible ways to approach automation, as well as some of the knowledge we need in order to be responsible. He also shares insights into automation responsibility from his own career, including how to use proper judgment with all our testing efforts. So listen up and learn how to avoid test automation forays into irresponsibility.

Jul 02, 201734 min

158: Test Conference Enlightenment with Greg Paskal

After attending a test conference do you sometimes wish a presentation or workshop could have been better? If you're like Greg the answer is yes. In this episode Greg shares his thoughts on his latest experience at STAREAST as well as some key takeaways and related thoughts he found himself pondering about automation after his experience. ring about automation after his experience.

Jun 25, 201736 min

157: Automation Delivery Channels with Maciek Konkolowicz

Today we'll to be test talking with Maciek Konkolowicz about automated delivery channels. In this episode you'll discover what automated delivery channel actually is, as well as what bottlenecks to avoid, why refactoring is not always the right choice, how to get a quicker feedback loop, how to set up consistent environments and much, much more. Listen up and discover how to take your automated test execution to the next level....

Jun 18, 201735 min

156: Performance Testing Monitoring with Andreas Grabner

In this episode Andreas Grabner will discuss how to get started monitoring the performance of your application using tools like Dynatrace's free Appmon . Discover some key performance indicators you need to know when analyzing your application performance logs. Andy will also share some of the common performance patterns he has seen after helping hundreds of folks analyze their performance issues....

Jun 11, 201734 min

155: TestArchitect Team - Freemium Awesomeness with Hung Q. Nguyen

Are you looking for an automation alternative to open source that's easy to work with for non-developers? Are you also looking for a solution that is easy to design and scale? If so, TestArchitect by LogiGear might be the perfect fit for your team. And after you hear the big announcement near the end of this episode, you'll be surprised at just how easy it is to get started. Check it out and discover how TestArchitect can help everyone on your team get started with test automation....

Jun 04, 201734 min

154: The Digital Quality Handbook with Eran Kinsbruner

In this episode we'll test talk with Eran Kinsbruner, author of the brand new book The Digital Quality Handbook – a guide for achieving continuous quality in a DevOps reality . As mobile and web technologies continue to expand in almost all industries, it's critical to understand how to take existing practices for mobile and web apps to the next level. So listen up and discover how to successfully implement digital transformation for your company in an ever-changing technical landscape....

May 28, 201730 min

153: Creator of the Leaf Language Talks Testing with Edaqa Mortoray

In this episode we'll test talk with Edaqa Mortoray , creator of the Leaf programming language. Edaqa currently works at Fuse , where he's in charge of layout and animation and helps drive much of the firm's testing efforts. He'll cover testing from a developer's perspective as well as topics as far and wide as "Will the automator be replaced by the automated?" You don't want to miss it!...

May 21, 201732 min

152: Fun With Fluent Testing with Andrew Krug

Are you still unsure about whether automation is really software development? In this episode Andrew Krug, founder of LazyCoder.io, shares some test automation techniques as well as some reasons why you should considers yourself a developer. Andrew asserts that if the main program you're leaving open on your computer all day is an IDE, you're a developer. Still not convinced? Listen up and discover how to take your automation developer skills using Fluent Testing Techniques to a higher level. Ch...

May 14, 201725 min

151: Say Goodbye to Traditional Script-based Frameworks with Jeff Fillegar

In this episode you'll discover how to say goodbye to traditional, script-based frameworks as we Test Talk with Jeff Fillegar, a DevOps and QA consultant for Tricentis . Jeff was an automation engineer long before he began working for software tool vendors like HPE and Tricentis, so he really knows his stuff. And with his experience as an automation engineer, he knows some solutions vendors can offer to truly benefit testers in the real world....

May 07, 201729 min

150: Functional Programming Property Based Testing with Eric Normand

In this episode we'll be Test Talking about Functional Programming and Property- Based Testing. As a tester, I feel it's important to understand the latest trends and techniques in software development. Especially if it's a developer-based testing technique that we can educate our programmers about to help create better quality software. Eric Normand is the founder of PurelyFunctional.tv , where he develops Clojure training materials as well as on-site and in-person training in Clojure-related t...

Apr 30, 201730 min

149: Moving From Selenium Grid to the Cloud with Anshul Sharma

In this episode Anshul Sharma, a lead automation engineer, discusses how Emmi Solutions made the move from testing on an in-house Selenium Grid to the Cloud. She also shares her top tips on how to expand test coverage while moving toward a full, continuous integration workflow.

Apr 23, 201728 min

148: Foundations of Modern Software Testing with Rex Black

Rex Black, the founder of RBCS , author of more than 13 books and one of the first testing thought leaders I ever began following way back in the 90's joins us in this episode of TestTalks . Rex shares a bunch of tips and tricks to help you improve your testing efforts.

Apr 09, 201743 min

147: Continuous Testing Management Made Easy with Eran Sher

Almost every company I know is currently going through some sort of digital transformation. The speed with which QA is getting builds from development teams is increasing. But how do you know that the changes introduced by a new build are actually covered by your regression tests? In this episode Eran Sher , the CEO and co-founder of SealLights.io , shares some ways in which to deal with these issues (and more!) to greatly improve the quality of your unit and regression tests....

Apr 02, 201731 min
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