Over the years, Selenium technology has managed to capture the attention of the entire software and web testing industry. Thanks to its open-source platform and extensive support on automation testing that has created solid benchmarks for quality. The automation that started with Selenium has now taken a new turn with the introduction of AI and Machine Learning. The idea of incorporating these futuristic technologies into the testing process has not only simplified things but has laid the foundation for digital transformations. Though it may look like a random statement, the entire software t ..read more

Recorded 06/02/21 Cookie consent solutions are critical for online businesses to thrive and establish trust with their users. As software testing professionals, we have a unique ability to shape not only quality within our own roles, but as human beings fighting for the greater good in data privacy. The cookie consent banners and dialogs we often see on the web exist for two primary reasons: to mitigate risks like privacy fines and damaging headlines and to show the world there is a way to do privacy right. Testing cookie consent dialogs across many languages and browsers can seem like a dau ..read more

Recording Pending Recorded 03/10/21 Jupyter Notebooks are a popular and powerful tool used in data science that allows you to create and share documents that blend descriptive content with executable code. This blending of code and content can also be a powerful tool for empowering testers through automation. Introducing Jupyter notebooks into your test automation strategy allows you to harness test automation code and extend its uses to benefit the day-to-day activities of testers, supporting quality and reducing the pain of repetitive or time-consuming tasks. In this webinar, Brendan will p ..read more

Now that the Internet has become the primary source of information and entertainment, the importance of web accessibility can hardly be overestimated. “Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them.” World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) The World Bank estimates that around 15% of the world’s population experiences some form of disability. That is a staggering 1 billion people who can be struggling to use your website if it is not accessible. There are legal implications to that, too. In the U.S., web acces ..read more

Recorded 01/13/21 Almost all QA teams’ primary goal is to attain high level of automation, as close as to 100%, so they can focus on new features rather than worry about regression testing. While many may be aware of the challenges associated with a high level of automation, most don’t and learn them the hard way when they reach that stage. Some of the key challenges include huge execution time, high rate of failures, triage of failed test scripts, and effective code coverage. While these may look obvious, the gravity of the situation becomes severe, owing to a high number of scripts written ..read more

Recorded 12/16/20 Is your software engineering company scaling? Are you assuming that your quality and test practices will magically scale also? In 2015, Olo engineering was a small startup. In January of 2020, we are definitely not a startup anymore. We did not experience hyper-growth, but it was definitely significant growth. Oh, and to further complicate things, all of our engineers are remote! We added new managers, new developers, new product owners, new quality advocates, new software engineers in test – and all of these new Olo-ites wanted to know – How do you do testing here? This re ..read more

Recorded 09/16/20 Python is hot right now. Several major surveys reveal that Python is one of the most popular programming languages these days. And it’s no wonder why – Python is easy to learn, reads beautifully, and has packages for just about everything. Python is also a great language for test automation for these very same reasons. Whether you are a manual tester learning to code for the first time, or you’re a developer at heart who needs to crank out some tests, Python could be a great language of choice. In this talk, I’ll show you how to start testing with Python. We’ll use pytest a ..read more

RECORDING PENDING (RDB-090920-4:09pm MST) Recorded 09/09/20 Behavior Driven Development, or BDD, has been a buzzworthy term in the testing and development community for several years. At first glance the elements of BDD seem simple. Testing scenarios! Living documentation! Automation! Reports! That sounds great; why isn’t everyone doing it? However, upon deeper dive, it’s obvious the implementation of BDD needs a lot of forethought and planning and that teams must approach it for the right reasons. This talk will follow the evolution one team is currently experiencing in their shift to BDD. B ..read more

Recorded 08/19/20 Software Craftsmanship is a practice of continuous development and helping others learn this craft. As the world is evolving towards the era of scripting language, Khyati will be sharing our experience of how we have grown as a team of all QA with programming language background to the niche typescript world contributor. During this talk, Khyati will be focusing on the shift of existing selenium to the actual implementation of JS-based testing tools. How and when to use them? When to pick them as an automation tool for building a framework. Webinar Takeaways: Points to rem ..read more

Recording Uploading (07/08/20 – 2:30pm MST), Please Stand by… Recorded 07/08/20 Today’s complex technology landscape makes it progressively more difficult to deliver products with frictionless experiences that meet the evolving interoperability demands of your customers. Engineering teams are under enormous pressure to discover defects, user experience issues, critical feature gaps, and in-the-wild interoperability problems before releasing a product. In this presentation, Luke Freiler will show you how to expand your testing strategy through structured Alpha, Beta, and Delta Tests that lever ..read more