September 18, 2017

Demo source code for "One Test to Rule Them All" was released!

Did you attend the Sauce Labs webinar, "One Test to Rule Them All" and really wished they had shared the Appium + Cucumber BDD + Serenity BDD framework sample code? Qualitest UK just did!



Happy Testing!

-T.J. Maher
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// Sr. QA Engineer, Software Engineer in Test, Software Tester since 1996.
// Contributing Writer for TechBeacon.
// "Looking to move away from manual QA? Follow Adventures in Automation on Facebook!"

September 8, 2017

Sauce Labs presents, "One Test To Rule Them All", demoing a Serenity BDD + Appium mobile testing framework

This was exactly what I was looking for! ... If only I could find Eyal Yovel's demo code.

We use Serenity BDD at work, an automation framework that is mainly a web testing framework. For months I tried to turn it into being a mobile automation framework to test mobile apps. All this Spring, I spent trying to get working other proof-of-concepts others had toyed with, to no avail. Mobile automation? It seemed unsupported by the Serenity BDD Google Groups, and still remains undocumented in the official Serenity BDD documentation.

Then I stumbled upon a European webinar announced by Sauce Labs... that was being held at 5:00 am Boston time. Normally, there would be a recording published a few days later. But what if this time was different? I couldn't take that chance!

September 5, 2017

3 ways QA engineers can keep pace with developers | TechBeacon

My sixth TeachBeacon article was just posted: 3 ways QA engineers can keep pace with developers | TechBeacon: "With the rapid pace of change in testing, keeping up requires deeper, broader skills–and networking with other QA pros".

Happy Testing!

-T.J. Maher
Twitter | LinkedIn | GitHub

// Sr. QA Engineer, Software Engineer in Test, Software Tester since 1996.
// Contributing Writer for TechBeacon.
// "Looking to move away from manual QA? Follow Adventures in Automation on Facebook!"

September 4, 2017

Watch Gregory Hanson and Jeffrey Martin host SmartBear's State of Testing 2017

A few months ago, SmartBear, maker of automated testing tools such as ReadyAPI, SoapUI, sponsored a Ministry of Testing - Boston meetup, encouraging us to spread the word on their new survey about the State of the Software Testing Industry. Over five thousand people filled out the survey. The results are ready to be revealed!

"Did you know that 63% of testers are responsible for testing both the frontend and backend of their applications? Or that API tests are more likely to be automated than GUI tests?

"Discover what your peers are doing today in testing - the applications they’re building and the techniques they’re using. Learn more about modern test environments and how many teams are at the ‘tipping point’ of shifting left.

"SmartBear collected insights from thousands of developers, testers, and managers worldwide who are passionate about software testing. They openly shared their experiences, insights, and the challenges they face in their day-to-day roles.

"Join a panel of SmartBear experts as they walk through the 2017 ‘State of Testing Survey’ and divulge the key trends and observations we uncovered".

Watch Jeffrey Martin, Gregory Hanson, from SmartBear play host on the webinar broadcasted on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017!

Testing and Development Webinars | SmartBear