On this episode of the TestGuild Automation Podcast, host Joe Colantonio sits down with Harry Rao, the innovative Founder, and CEO of TestGrid, a company redefining the future of software testing. TestGrid, a unique, end-to-end platform, offers an array of testing services, including mobile app, cross-browser, performance, and API testing, all streamlined under one roof. Their groundbreaking approach centers on codeless automation capabilities, saving time, reducing costs, and enhancing efficien...
Jul 23, 2023•31 min
In this episode of the TestGuild Automation Podcast, host Joe Colantonio and guest Todd McNeal co-founder of Reflect, an AI-assisted test automation platform. Delve into the revolutionary features of Reflect, an all-encompassing automation tool. They discuss how Reflect, utilizing AI, enhances onboarding processes and resolves selector issues in automation. The conversation covers the tool's capabilities, including adding assertions, enabling independent actions, and validating input steps. They...
Jul 16, 2023•30 min
Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of machine learning and its intersection with automation testing. In this episode, Toni Ramchandani, a self-described technocrat with over 13 years of experience, shares insights from recent articles covering current technological trends like AI, ML, Blockchain, Databricks, Azure, and IoT. Discover the importance of understanding the terms and concepts of machine learning, the need to stay updated with new AI tools and technologies, and the importance...
Jul 09, 2023•37 min
With the Fourth of July week upon us in the United States, it would be fitting to showcase what represents the best of America. In this episode, we start with Kuzzat Altay's story of his arrival in the United States as a refugee in 2008, equipped with no knowledge of English and few contacts. He shares how he taught himself programming and automation testing, eventually founding a successful training company, Cydeo. We also explore the possibility of becoming an SDET without coding experience or...
Jul 02, 2023•43 min
On this episode of TestGuild Automation Podcast, host Joe Colantonio talks with Mush Honda, the Chief Quality Architect at Katalon, about AI-powered tools in software testing. They discuss Katalon, an AI-augmented test automation platform, and how AI can optimize and enhance the humanistic process of software delivery without replacing human testers. The episode covers Katalon's Studios features like Self-Healing, Test Failure Analysis, Autonomous Script Generation, and more, all of which use ML...
Jun 25, 2023•38 min
On this episode of TestGuild Automation Podcast, we have a special guest, David Burns, the W3C Browser Testing and Tools Working Group chairman and co-editor of the Web Driver Specification. In this episode, you will learn about the latest Nightwatchjs features. Also, you will gain insights into the significance of standardized technologies like JavaScript and why interoperability is vital for testing on different platforms. Additionally, the podcast provides exclusive information about Nightwat...
Jun 18, 2023•27 min
In this episode, folks like Simon Stewart, Corina Pip, Paul Grossman, Igor Dorovskikh, Noemi Ferrera, Srinivasan Sekar, Sai Krishna, Emily Kjos, Andy Knight, Titus Fortner, Robin Gupta, Benjamin Bischoff, Manoj Kumar Kumar and more share what Selenium means to them. Also, get some insights into my new book Automation Awesomeness: 260 actionable affirmations to Improve your QA and automation testing skills and why you need to get yourself and your team some copies now: https://testguild.com/getbo...
Jun 11, 2023•25 min
If you'd like to accelerate your test execution & maintenance speed — and massively reduce flakiness, I've got some excellent news for you. On this episode of TestGuild Automation Podcast, Adam Carmi Co-founder and CTO at Applitools, joins us to discuss new automation testing self-healing technology that is a giant leap forward in test infrastructure innovation. Adam goes over how this new cloud-based testing platform replaces legacy testing grids — easily augmenting open-source test frameworks ...
Jun 04, 2023•38 min
Want to know how to deliver software that does what it’s supposed to do? In this episode, John Ferguson Smart, author of the book BDD in Action, shares how to use Behavior-Driven Development to guide your software projects to success with collaboration, communication techniques, and concrete requirements you can turn into automated tests. Discover how BDD positively affects teamwork, dynamics, and stakeholder collaboration to help teams discover and analyze needs, uncover assumptions, reduce ris...
May 29, 2023•29 min
On this episode of TestGuild Automation Podcast, guest speaker Geetha Achutuni joins host Joe Colantonio to share her ten tips on reducing test execution times. Among the tips she discusses are smart weights for consistency across applications, the advantages of using APIs instead of UI interactions, and the importance of proper data structures for code optimization. Githa also emphasizes the need for teams to check their code for validity periodically and to avoid creating new browser sessions ...
May 21, 2023•26 min
