Deep Dive in Test Automation | AgileTD

Hello AgileTD community,

We start this edition with some questions!

Do any of these questions or situations sound common to you?

• What are the best practices for implementing test automation in software development?
• Should we automate all testing?
• When is a good time to automate a test?
• Which test automation frameworks work best for us?

If yes, you and your team are not alone in dealing with these questions and challenges regarding test automation. For Agile Testing Days 2024, we created a special track dedicated to test automation.

What is test automation? 

Test automation uses specialized software tools and frameworks to execute pre-scripted tests on software applications automatically. These tests are typically designed to verify the functionality, performance, and reliability of the software under test. Instead of manually executing repetitive test cases, test automation involves writing scripts or test scenarios that can be run repeatedly, allowing faster and more efficient testing.

Whether you are a beginner or have gained experience in the test automation field, we have something that will equip you for what is yet to come in test automation!

Deep Dive into Test Automation at #AgileTD

• The Deep Dive track will be held over two days and will consist of an introduction talk, advanced talk, hands-on workshop, panel discussion, and open space.
• Several experts will guide the individual sessions.
• The sessions are designed for beginners and seasoned people.
• All the materials will be shared with you after the conference. 

Benefits of diving deep into Test Automation at AgileTD:

• Learn with others. As mentioned above, you and your team are not alone. Other companies and teams may have similar experiences or have gone through similar challenging situations. In our deep dive track, you will meet with people and hear other success stories and learnings.
• The opportunity to test and try out tools, frameworks and ask other experts questions.
• For beginners: This is the perfect opportunity to gain good-based knowledge, hands-on experience, and to get expert tips.
• For seasoned: It is a good opportunity to refresh some knowledge, to discuss with fellow experts and to gain new insights and perspectives yourself.

Meet Expert: 

Rahul Verma

Rahul is a testing entrepreneur and an awarded thought leader for his contributions to the testing community. He is the Founder of Test Mile and Head of the Test Automation department at trendig technology services GmbH. 

He is also the creator of Arjuna, a free, open-source Python-based modern test automation framework. His software testing experience includes building test automation frameworks in Python and Java, web security, white box testing, and web performance testing. His research work focuses on object-oriented design patterns as applied to test automation and extending them into general-purpose models.

He is the expert that will guide you during the Test Automation Deep Dive track at Agile Testing Days.

🦄 Free Resource Spotlight from and by our Community

Videos:

• Test Automation - Youtube Playlist: Over the years, we have hosted webinars and talks about test automation. We have collected those videos in one playlist!

Articles:

• A look back at release engineering - Lisa Crispin
• Tangles in Test Code: Magic Values - Michael Kutz
• Free Mini-book "Holistic Testing: Weave Quality into your Product” - Agile Testing Fellowship (Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory)
• GitHub - trivago/cluecumber: Clear and concise reporting for the Cucumber BDD JSON format. - Benjamin Bischoff

Free Webinars and Meetups

• Onsite Meetup in Cologne at Rewe Digital office | May 7

Special Coaching Session on Test Automation for your team:

If you register your team for Agile Testing Days, you have the option of booking a private coaching session with Rahul Verma (covering topics such as test automation framework design) or Paul Holland (covering topics such as automation strategies).

Register your team - Get a discount and a FREE coaching session. 

Meet the coaches:

Rahul Verma and Paul Holland . Paul went from computer sciences to helicopter pilot to software tester. He brings 27 years of experience in software testing and test automation. Paul is an expert on improving test reporting, visualizing test coverage, planning and recording exploratory testing, and much more. 

🔔 Important Dates -  the Agile Testing Days

• Register your team for Agile Testing Days and get a free Coaching session with industry experts.

• Super Early Bird Discount: Save up to € 525 on your ticket! Available until April 26th, 2024
• Online Tickets coming soon!
• Agile Testing Days 2024: November 19 - 22, 2024