TestGuild Automation Podcast
Episodes
88: Mike Lyles: Becoming a Next Gen Tester
31 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
If you're not growing you're dying? My question to you is which one are you? Don't be a factory worker tester. The key to success in any technology c...
87: Joe Colantonio: Test Automation Trends for 2016 and Beyond
24 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Don't let your testing efforts fall behind — its time to get ready for the new year. In this episode, I share my insights about upcoming trends in t...
86: Dan Cuellar: Creator of Appium - How to Test Mobile Apps
17 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Appium is a cross-platform, open-source, mobile UI automation framework. It allows you to write UI tests for your mobile apps, Android iOS and some o...
85: Dave Haeffner: The Java Selenium Guidebook
10 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest problems with learning Selenium is all the various information you need to piece together in order to get started. It’s easy to g...
84: Christin Wiedemann: Smarter Testing Through Smarter Testers
03 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This being the first episode of 2016, I thought it would be a good idea for us to do a testing tune-up. I love automation and testing tools, but I thi...
Happy Holidays 2016 Preview
27 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Holidays! I'm taking the last week of December off, but just wanted to THANK YOU for listening to Test Talks in 2015 and share some quick plans...
83: Joe Colantonio: The Test Automation Playbook
20 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is going to be a little bit different. Since we’re nearing the end of the year, I thought I’d share with you the Test Automaton ...
82: Scott Nimrod: Software Craftsmanship – Revenge of the SDET
13 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’ll talk with Scott Nimrod about Software Craftsmanship and how to take your development and testing efforts to a new level. Disc...
81: Mark Collin: Mastering Selenium WebDriver
06 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’ll talk with Mark Collin, author of Mastering Selenium WebDriver. Mark will share with us how to create an extensible test framew...
80: Eric Proegler: Performance Testing in New Contexts
29 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Virtualization, Cloud Deployments and Cloud-Based Tools have challenged and changed performance testing practices. Today’s performance tester can su...
79: Todd Gardner: Terrible Testing
22 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Projects can fail for many reasons. Some fail because they test the wrong things. Others fail because they test too much. In this episode Todd H. Gard...
78: Andy Tinkham: Schools of Testing
15 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andy from the podcast Testing Bias shares some insights from his years of testing experience. You’ll discover the shift in testing ...
77: Vladimir Khorikov: Automating UI Tests Using the White Framework
08 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’ll be talking with Vladimir Khorikov, author of the Pluralsight course Automating UI Tests for WPF Applications. Discover how to...
76: Neil Suryanarayana: Automation Success Story at Physicians Mutual
01 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’ll hear about a real world automation success story from Neil from Physicians Mutual. Neil shares the steps he took to implement...
75: Michael Sage: Continuous Performance Testing with BlazeMeter
25 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to performance testing, sometimes the best thing you can do is Just Do It. With open-source performance testing options, it’s never be...
74: Joe Colantonio: 5 Things Your Manager Doesn't Understand about Test Automation
18 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve been involved with test automation for over 15 years, and I’m amazed that to this day there are misconceptions about test automation that mos...
73: Sahaswaranamam Subramanian: Continuous Delivery Automation
11 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How can we deliver what we’ve made to our customers as early as possible, as well as get faster feedback from our product users? To achieve this, mo...
72: Neil Mansilla: Runscope - Monitoring APIs from the Shower
04 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We are currently living in what some are calling the API economy. With mobile app development, modern DevOps practices and newer architecture like mic...
71: Brian Okken: Testing Embedded Systems & More with Python
27 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’ll be test talking with Brian Okken, author of Python Testing with UnitTest, Nose & Pytest, and host of the new Python Test Podcast. Get re...
70: Tim Rosenblatt: Awesome Mobile CI - Ship Apps Faster
20 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Want to take your mobile app development and testing CI efforts to the next level? Does it take you a long time to deploy your apps? Ship.io can help....
69: Lubos Parobek: Mobile Testing on Real Devices Made Easy
13 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Not sure if you should test your mobile app against a simulator, emulator or real device? Testing against a real device would be optimal, but do you ...
68: Jeff Sussna: Cybernetics & Chaos Monkeys: The Future of QA
06 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Is QA dead? You might be surprised by the answer.Today we test talk with Jess Sussna, author of Designing Delivery: Rethinking IT in the Digital Serv...
67: Justin Collier: Best Kept Secrets of Code Review
30 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In my experience, one of the most significant improvements to my team’s automation code has been due to the inclusion of all our test artifacts in o...
66: Peter Kim: Selenium Page Objects are SO 2007
23 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With more and more companies making the shift-left in their development process there is increase pressure on development teams to be able to run thei...
65: Kyle Cochran: Orchestrating Tests with QASymphony qTest
16 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you’ll discover how to orchestrate your testing/Agile efforts to run in automation harmony with QASymphony’s qTest platform as w...
64: Ross Bagurdes: Using WireShark to Attack Hard to Find Bugs
09 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ross, the author of the Pluralsight course Introduction to Wireshark shows us how Wireshark can help bridge the gap between network engineers, devel...
63: Joe Colantonio: Shift-Left with LeanFT
02 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about how HP's new test tool LeanFT can help you and your company with your Shift-left efforts. LeanFT was developed to handle th...
62: Gojko Adzic: Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve your Tests
26 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you’re going to find out how to test your software better, easier and faster with Gojko Adzic, author of Fifty Quick Ideas to Impr...
61: Matt Heusser: Reduce Risks with Lean Software Testing
19 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How many of you have been on projects where you ended up building the wrong thing? Or worked for a company that tried a process that was currently in ...
60: Kalyana Rao Konda: How to Create a Successful Test Automation Strategy
12 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Do you work for a large enterprise company and are struggling to create an automation strategy that will meet all the needs of your company? Want to ...
59: Daniel Knott: Hands-On Mobile App Testing
05 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today, mobile apps must meet rigorous standards of reliability, usability, security, and performance. However, many mobile developers have limited tes...
58: Sanjay Zalavadia: How to Use Test Management to Drive Collaboration
28 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest challenges I’ve seen for large teams all across the globe is a lack of collaboration. In this episode you’ll discover how to br...
57: Adam Bertram: Powershell Toolmaking - Don't be a Click Next Admin
21 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How often have you found yourself doing a long, manual, repetitive administrator task on a Windows box and thinking that there has to be a better way?...
56: Steve Hazel: How to Make Your Automation Better & New Sauce UI
14 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Discover new and existing functionality to make your Sauce Labs automation tests even more awesome. Steve Hazel, CTO and co-founder of Sauce Labs, ...
55: HP Discover Recap and a Sneak Peek of LeanFT
07 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, discover my top takeaways from this year’s HP Discover conference, and get a sneak peek of the new HP automation tool that is going...
54: Al Sweigart: Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
31 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Al Sweigart shares how easy it is for someone with little-to-no programming experience can get started automating some of the most ...
53: Seb Rose: Cucumber for Java - Keeping Your BDD Cucumbers Sweet
24 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
There is nothing worse than sour BDD. You know -- the kind that is unreliable, unreadable and unmaintainable yet still need to be maintained somehow. ...
52: Paul Bruce: Service Virtualization for the IoT API Era
17 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As the dawn of the Internet Of Things Era begins testers and developers need a better way to test the functionality of their growing API, cloud based...
51: Mother's Day Special: What my Mom Taught me About Life and Software Testing
10 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
My mother passed away in December after fighting a progressively debilitating disease for many years. The past months have been a time of reflecti...
50: Charles Ramsey: CEO of Sauce Labs Why Sauce Is Boss
03 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the 50th episode of Test Talks, and I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than to feature an interview with the CEO of TestTalks’ ...
49: Nate Taylor: Create Robot Users with Protractor
26 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Protractor is an automated testing framework for testing AngularJS applications in the browser. In this episode you'll discover all the benefits of us...
48: Mark Tomlinson: A Bucket Full of Bottlenecks
19 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Want to know what a bucket of bottlenecks is? You’ll find out today as we talk with PerfBytes’ Mark Tomlinson. Not performance testing your appl...
47: Richard Bradshaw: Can Automation Do Actual Testing?
12 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Can automation perform actual testing? What’s the difference between test automation and automation in testing? Discover a mind-shift that will help...
46: Andy Obusek: iOS Testing: The Apple Watch is Coming – Are You Ready?
29 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Apple Watch is coming. Are you ready? With the release of the much-anticipated watch happening in less than a month, I thought it would be fun to ...
45: Johan Haleby: Getting Started Testing with Rest-Assured
22 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
For the past few years I've been trying to promote the idea that not every automation test should be a UI test, and have been focusing more on the typ...
44: Alan Page: Testing Software At Microsoft - Lessons Learned
15 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered how testing is done at big companies like Microsoft? Curious to know what it takes to succeed with testing and automation acros...
43: Adam Carmi: Stress Free Automated Visual Validation Testing with Applitools
08 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Test Automation is difficult. It’s even harder if you need to perform any sort of visual validations in your test script. It’s often easier and mo...
42: Paul Gerrard: ShiftLeft - A New Model for Testing
01 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A New Model For Testing With more and more companies making the move to shift-left in their development processes, the thinking skills that many test...
41: Jeffrey Martin: Windows 10 - What Testers Need to Know
22 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft is about to release Windows 10, which many are describing as a game changer due to a bunch of innovative new features including a virtual re...
40: Raimund Hocke: Getting Started with Sikuli Image Based Testing
15 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a tester who’s trying to automate something that your normal test automation tool is not recognizing? Or are you a gamer looking to create a...
39: Scott Moore: Getting Started with Performance Testing and LoadRunner
08 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you will discover how to create realistic performance tests that will enable your company to release applications in the wild that pe...
38: Jonathon Wright: Why Test Automation is Broken
01 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a sinking feeling that your test automation efforts are not quite right? When looking around in the industry are you starting to see that ...
37: Michael Giller: API Testing with the Ready! API Platform
25 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
SmartBear’s API Readiness Platform: Ready! API SmartBear recently released a new API testing tool named Ready! API. But I think that like with any ...
36: John Sonmez: The Software Developer's Life Manual
18 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to take your career (and life) to the next level? Discover how to make this your best year ever with John Sonmez, the author of Soft Skill...
35:Matt Wynne: BDD and The Cucumber Book
11 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Cucumber Book – Behavior-Driven Development for Testers and Developers Are you trying to get up to speed on Behavior-Driven Development (BDD),...
34: Janet Gregory: Agile Testing
04 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Agile Testing If you’ve resolved to start your Agile testing efforts off right in 2015, then this episode is for you. You’ll discover what found...
33: 2014 Recap and Test Automation Trends in 2015
28 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Top Three Testing Trends for 2015 In this episode, I recap 2014 as well as break out my crystal ball to define what I see as the top testing trends f...
32: Masha Kozinets & Jeffrey Martin: TestComplete Embraces Open Source Tools
14 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
SmartBear's TestComplete SmartBear's TestComplete Platform helps you create repeatable and accurate automated tests across multiple devices, platfor...
31: Eric Lawrence: Debugging with Fiddler
07 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Debugging with Fiddler Have you ever wished for a tool that was easy to use and customize that would help you debug and security test your web appli...
30: Dima Kovalenko : Selenium Design Patterns and Best Practices
30 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Selenium Design Patterns and Best Practices Nothing is more soul crushing than having a test suite that is all over the place and just fails randomly...
29: Scott Ford : The Benefits of Testing Legacy Code. Legacy Testers -- Where You at?!? TestTalks
23 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Benefits of Testing Legacy Code Sure. We all love to test against the latest and greatest, shiny new web applications. But what happens if you ne...
28: Jim Evans : Secrets on How to Succeed with Selenium and IE
16 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Are you an automation engineer using Selenium and have a requirement that forces you to have to test against IE browsers? If so, I’m guessing you’...
27: Marcel de Vries : Test Automation with CodedUI - TestTalks
09 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Test Automation with CodedUI Do you need to automate both browser-based and window- based applications? Not sure which tool to use? I think one of th...
26: TEN THINGS TO TRY WHEN QTP/UFT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE AN OBJECT
02 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when QTP or UFT doesn’t automatically recognize an object in your application? I know how frustrating this can be. Before you give ...
25: Halloween Special - The Top 6 Test Automation Anti-Patterns You Should be Scared of
26 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Does your company practice some wicked test automation anti-patterns that make your skin crawl? Do you feel like you are surrounded by mindless, a...
24: Rob Friesel: The PhantomJS Cookbook
19 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
PhantomJS Cookbook Today I’m inviting you to join me in the test automation kitchen as Rob Friesel, author of the PhantomJS CookBook gets ready to ...
23: Joe Colantonio: Why API Testing is so Important
12 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you will discover why API testing I so important and why you need to be ahead of the API testing curve sooner rather than later.
22: Masha Kozinets & Jeffrey Martin : QAComplete Test Management
05 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Test Management using QAComplete In this episode, Masha Kozinets, Director of Product Management for QAComplete and TestComplete, and Jeffrey Martin...
21: Troy Hunt: Hack Your API-Security Testing
28 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How to hack your APIs Are you doing all you can to make sure your APIs are secure? If you haven’t started security testing yet, now is the time - ...
20 : Rosie Sherry : Founder of The Software Testing Club Reveals Her Secrets on Testing and Life
21 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Rosie Sherry, the founder of multiple testing communities, takes a rare step into the limelight as she shares her years of wisdom on the philosophy of...
19: Greg Paskal: Removing Test from Test Automation
07 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Removing Test from Test Automation Are you harnessing the full power of test automation? There are many instances in which automation can assist you ...
18 : Joe Colantonio : The Top 5 Non-Selenium Test Tools You Need to Know About
31 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Top Five Non-Selenium Test Tools You Need to Know About Believe it or not, there are test automation tools other then Selenium. If you need to a...
17 : Unmesh Gundecha : The Selenium Testing Tools Cookbook
24 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Selenium Testing Tools Cookbook In this episode you’re going to be served up some tasty Selenium tips by Unmesh Gundecha, author of the Seleniu...
16: Danielle Louise: QA engineer at ASOS with a passion for fashion and technology
17 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle is a QA engineer with a passion for fashion and technology. She works at ASOS, one of the largest global online fashion retailers in the wo...
15: Lance Kind: How to Agile Your Test Plans
27 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Are you moving from waterfall to AGILE? Are you doing AGILE wrong? Want to save time creating your test plans? In this episode Lance shares with us ...
14: Paul Bruce : Performance Testing using LoadUI
06 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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13 : Cory House : How to Create Clean Test Automation Code
29 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
How to create clean test code As test engineers, how often have we proclaimed that test automation code is real code-- and should be treated like an...
12: Mike Giller: SoapUI and API Testing
08 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Mike is a SoapUI technical engineer at SmartBear, the makers of some cool test and performance tools like SoapUI, test complete, LoadUI pro and a bu...
11: Joe Colantonio : How to run Selenium Scripts in LoadRunner
26 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered if it was possible to run Selenium Scripts in LoadRunner? LoadRunner 12 now has the ability to execute Selenium scripts in a ...
10: Tarun Lalwani : How to Migrate from QTP to Selenium
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Want to know how to migrate from QTP to Selenium? Tarun talks about his experience migrating large QTP projects to Selenium. Learn what to do to s...
09: Joe Colantonio: The Top 5 Test Automation Email Questions
04 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joe answers the top five email questions he gets asked at joecolantonio.com:1. Can I use selenium to test rest services?2. ...
08 : Greg Paskal : Helpful Tips When Implementing Test Automation
13 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to make sure you're creating a test automation framework that will endure long after you've moved on to a new project. Sick of your test t...
07: Joe Colantonio : BDD Made Easy with Thucydides
06 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Are you using jBehave or EasyB to create your Behavior Driven Development tests and wish there was an easier way to write and get better reporting f...
06: Joe Colantonio : The Top 6 Automation Best Practices
30 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Want to know what the top six automation best practices are? Joe shares with you his top killers of automation performance and reliability.
05: Joe Colantonio: The Top New Features in UFT, ALM and LoadRunner 12
23 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Want to know the top new features found in HP's UFT, LoadRunner and ALM 12? Here’s a quick look at the top new features I think you’re going to lo...
04: Alan Richardson: How to create Model Driven Automation Libraries
15 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Are you an evil tester? Learn from the original Evil Tester himself -- Alan Richardson. Alan shares with us his unique insight on not only how to crea...
03: John Sonmez : Creating an Automated Testing Framework With Selenium
07 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to create an industrial strength Selenium test automation framework? Join us as John Sonmez shares the tips and tricks he has le...
02: Dave Haeffner : The Selenium Guidebook
28 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Haeffner author of the new book The Selenium Guidebook shares his tips and tricks on how to use Selenium, successfully. Learn how to craft automa...
01: Lance Kind: Discover the Benefits of Behavior Driven Development
18 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What do Steampunk and Harry Potter have to do with Behavior Driven Development (BDD)? Join us as Lance enlightens us about BDD.