TestGuild Automation Podcast

Load testing is an important part of the performance engineering process. However, the industry is changing and load testing should adjust to these changes. A stereotypical, last-moment performance check is not enough anymore. In this episode Alexander Podelko will share with us his views on how to align performance testing to these new industry trends. Listen up and discover how performance testing can still add value in an Agile world.

Do you have a hard time of getting historical data for your test runs? Do you have flaky test, but not sure which test are consistently flaky? In this episode Hugh McCamphill a Principle Software Engineer in Test with Liberty IT in Belfast shares with us how you can instrument your test result information to provide actionable data, paving the way for more robust, reliable and timely test results. Listen now to discover how you can move away from the 're-run' culture and better support your continuous integration goals of having quick, reliable, deterministic tests.

We had an interesting session this year at the Automation Guild Conference with John Ferguson Smart, creator of the Serenity framework on the Screenplay Pattern. It created a lot of interest and conversation among Guild attendees and speakers alike; so much so that someone in the group recommended that I create a separate podcast dedicated to the topic … so here it is!

Is API testing at the top of your list of things to do this year? Not sure where to start? Or are you currently testing APIs but want to know more about mocking or service virtualization? In this episode Bas Dijkstra, founder of the blog ontestautomation and author of the book Service Virtualization: Implementation, Practices, and Trends for On-Demand Test Environments, shares with us some tips, tools and best practices around API testing.

One of the biggest challenges I see many automation engineers experiencing in 2017 is DevOps – and treating automation tests and infrastructure like code. A few of those technologies, like Jenkins, Docker and Vagrant are critical technologies you should know in order to excel in your career in the coming year. In this episode we'll be speaking with Wes Higbee author of multiple Pluralsight courses including Getting Started with Jenkins 2, Docker on Windows and Intro to Vagrant. So if you want to expand your automation efforts beyond functional testing in 2017, you don't want to miss this episode.

Are you looking for an automation tool that allow your testers and developers to create automated tests fast? In this episode we'll Test Talk with the creator of Sahi, Narayan Raman. Discover why Sahi open-source and pro might be the right tool for your team.

Happy New Year! Start your New Year's test automation efforts off right by doing this one thing. Check it out!

Since I'm getting ready to put on my first online conference dedicated to automation, I thought it would be fun to hear about Google's Test Automation Conference (GTAC) from one of its participants – Greg Paskal. Greg is no stranger to TestTalks. This is his 4th appearance, and he brings his awesome GTAC insight (and some lessons he's learned) to another can't-miss episode.

Have you ever wondered how companies like The Huffington Post and Twitter use test automation? Well then, you're in for a treat with today's episode as we test talk with Anil Kadimisetty about the tips and tricks he has used working at both companies as an automation architect. He'll covers a range of topics including distributing load testing, visual validation testing, how to scale up automation teams and much more. Don't miss this episode if you want to discover some of the real-world automation techniques that top companies use to succeed with test automation.

Today we'll be test talking about Pester with Adam Bertram, author of multiple Pluralsight courses on PowerShell, and founder of AdamTheAutomator.com. I'm a big believer in the fact that infrastructure code -- just like test automation code -- should follow the same rigor as your application code. Pester is a unit testing framework that was built for people who want to take their PowerShell scripts and modules to whole different level, and really apply professional unit testing abilities to it. If your or your team is performing any type of PowerShell development, you won't want to miss this episode.