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Define the Interface

Posted 23 March 2018 by IN / 0 responses

Something I’ve been talking about at conferences as a part of several of my talks (See “From the Inside Out“, and “Technical Deep Dive: From the Inside Out“), has been the tactic of “Define the Interface”. In fact, I brought it up recently at TISQA 2018, as a part of […]

5 Ways to Simplify Your Test Cases – Cheatsheet!

Posted 19 February 2018 by IN / 3 responses

Late last year, I posted this article about 5 ways to simplify your automated tests. It got a lot of attention. Since then, I’ve gotten tons of requests for these 5 things and realized it would be good to have a cheatsheet you can print out and tack up next […]

Webinar: Becoming a Test Automation Engineer: Python

Posted 17 February 2018 by IN / 3 responses

James Jeffers will host this webinar intended for testers who want to become test automation engineers. During this webinar you’ll learn a few of the basics of the Python programming language, get resources, code examples, and advice about how best to learn the Python programming language. Get ready to dive […]

Webinar: Service Virtualization with Bas Dijkstra

Posted 11 December 2017 by IN / 0 responses

When you want to perform integration and end-to-end testing on distributed software applications, managing test environments can be a daunting task. Throw the need for continuous testing in the mix, and test environments are likely to become a serious bottleneck. One possible strategy to deal with this is by adopting […]

Webinar: How to Become a Test Automation Engineer

Posted 15 November 2017 by IN / 3 responses

Are you interested in becoming a test automation engineer? Do you lead a team you’d like to see transition toward test automation by learning the skills needed to do this role? Originally presented by Angie Jones December 11, 2017, watch the recording below for “How to become an automation engineer”. […]

Webinar: Angie Jones Guest Hosts “OOP in Automation”

Posted 25 September 2017 by IN / 2 responses

Do you wonder what Object Oriented Programming is? Do you hear developers talking about OOP concepts during meetings and think you would like to understand those conversations? Do you ever wonder if there are key ideas in programming that you’re missing, that could benefit you and your team? Angie Jones […]

5 Ways to Simplify Your Automated Test Cases

Posted 7 September 2017 by IN / 10 responses

Maintaining test automation can take a lot of time. So can understanding reporting for your test automation. Fortunately, you can greatly speed those things up. A big part of my consulting practice is helping clients with test automation. And with client after client, I see testers, test automation engineers, and developers creating test cases […]

Webinar: What’s a Mock Object and How Do I Use it?

Posted 5 September 2017 by IN / 0 responses

This demo will walk through what a Mock Object is and how to use it in writing unit tests. We’ll talk about the Mockist approach to unit testing as well as the Classicist approach. We’ll create mock objects from scratch as well as explore an existing mock object library called […]

Webinar: What’s an API and How Do I Test It?

Posted 29 May 2017 by IN / 6 responses

API based applications have become ubiquitous in the last few years, yet many of us still don’t know what an API is or how to test it. Watch now to learn what everyone is talking about with APIs, Microservices, Service Oriented Architectures, REST, and much more. This recording demoes how […]

Webinar: Continuous Integration with Jenkins (Demo)

Posted 10 April 2017 by IN / 0 responses

Do you want to know how to set up continuous integration on Jenkins? Do you want to know what Jenkins is? Do you wonder sometimes what people are talking about when they mention Jenkins or Continuous Integration? Then this webinar is for you! We’ll demonstrate how to set up Jenkins […]