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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

257: Oxygen Appium Selenium Made Simple with Nachum Dimer

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.

Jun 16, 201935 min

256: Cypress.io Hot Seat Questions with Gleb Bahmutov

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!

Jun 09, 201924 min

255: Mainframe DevOps Testing with Rosalind Radcliffe

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.

Jun 02, 201932 min

254: Making Load Testing with Real Browsers a Reality with Tim Koopmans

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.

May 26, 201924 min

253: The Life of a Solo Automation Engineer with Chris Kenst

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.

May 12, 201931 min

252: Security Testing in 2019 with SecureGuild

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....

May 05, 201922 min

251: People Practices in Digital Transformations with Gurushyam Mony

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 stor...

Apr 28, 201933 min

250: Pushing Security Testing Left, Like a Boss with Tanya Janca

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.

Apr 21, 201937 min

249: Next Generation Agile Automation with Guljeet Nagpaul

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.

Apr 14, 201931 min

248: What is Programming with Edaqa Mortoray

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

Apr 07, 201932 min

247: Discover The Personality of Your Application with Greg Paskal

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.

Mar 31, 201935 min

246: Chaos Engineering with Tammy Butow

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...

Mar 24, 201930 min

245: Performance Testing in 2019 with PerfGuild

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....

Mar 17, 201934 min

244: Fast Forward Your Entire Development Cycle with Israel Rogoza and Avishai Moshka

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.

Mar 10, 201937 min

243: Creating Klassi Frameworks with Larry Goddard

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.

Mar 03, 201929 min

242: Front-end Architecture Making a Way For Testing with Fabio Nolasco

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...

Feb 24, 201935 min

241: Automate The Planet with Anton Angelov

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.

Feb 17, 201930 min

240: How to Listen to Your Tests with Alex Schladebeck

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.

Feb 10, 201930 min

239: Clean Selenium Code Using Linting with Kwo Ding

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 .

Feb 03, 201922 min

238: Karate API Testing with Peter Thomas

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 a...

Jan 27, 201932 min

237: Sneak Peek of AutomationGuild 2019

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

Jan 20, 201924 min

236: Sleeping Is Not Your Best Friend in Automation with Michelle Macdonald

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!

Jan 13, 201932 min

235: OpenTest Automation Framework with Adrian Theodorescu

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.

Jan 06, 201933 min

234: How Test Automation Will Change in 2019

Are you wondering what new automation and testing skills and tools you'll need to know in 2019? Before my Automation Guild conference each year I ask potential attendees to fill out a survey to give me an idea of what things they're struggling with. I also speak with a lot of testing thought leaders on my weekly Test Talks podcast. Based on this info we'll take a look at trends for automation testing and how test automation will change in the New Year.

Dec 30, 201824 min

233: A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps with Katrina Clokie

As organizations shift to a culture of intense collaboration and rapid delivery, the expectations for testers are changing. What does testing look like in an environment with automated build and deployment pipelines? How does appetite for risk change once a product can be tested in production? Who should testers look to connect with across the organization, and how can they work together effectively to deliver quality software? That's what we'll be test talking about in this episode with Katrina...

Dec 16, 201833 min

232: HipTest Living Documentations BDD for 2019 with Laurent Py

There are many benefits of BDD, but most folks completely ignore them and just focus in on the automation piece of behavior-driven development. Living documentation, as well as communication, are often overlooked. In this episode that's what we'll be test talking about today with Laurent Py, founder of HipTest. Listen up and discover how to take your BDD to the next level in 2019.

Dec 09, 201829 min

231: Nodejs Automation Frameworks with Casey Cantwell

Today we'll be Test Talking with Casey Cantwell a Senior QA Architect about WebDriver.io Automation. This episode came about after I received an email from Casey who asked "In reading your blog post on "frameworks you need to know article" I was surprised to see a framework based on Node.js didn't get any love in your article. We chose Webdriver.IO as our product is all Node.js / JavaScript and are loving it." So I asked Casey if he would be open to being interviewed about his experiences with c...

Dec 02, 201836 min

230: It's back! Selenium IDE Reborn with Dave Haeffner

If you're like me you would have thought that Selenium IDE was long dead and buried. And to be honest, I was glad to believe it was. But in this episode , Dave Haeffner will Test Talk about the rebirth of Selenium IDE and why it's a good thing. Discover why Selenium IDE was resurrected and how it can help you. Listen up and learn about all of Selenium IDE's improvements, and how they have made it better than it ever was before.

Nov 25, 201831 min

229: A Journey through Test Automation Patterns with Seretta Gamba

Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to find the Rosetta stone—the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics? In this episode , we'll be Test Talking with Seretta Gamba about her new book, A Journey through Test Automation Patterns: One team's adventures with the Test Automation Patterns Wiki that she co-authored with Dorothy Graham. This book is like a testing Rosetta stone for anyone who is embarking on or is already developing automation testing scripts. Get clarity and actionab...

Nov 18, 201823 min

228: Information Not Automation with Ingo Philipp

What is Continuous Testing? What does it mean to you and your team's testing efforts? That's what we'll be test talking about today in this episode with Ingo Philipp, a Distinguished Evangelist at Tricentis. Prepare to discover what the fundamentals of testing are, and why it's all about information and not automation.

Nov 11, 201836 min
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