For many, Machine Learning and AI are nothing more than buzz words. However, machine learning is a realized form of AI that is currently being utilized by top tech companies in products that we use every day. For this reason, it’s important that we understand...
For many, Machine Learning and...
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I was recently featured in QASymphony's e-book, The Future of Software Testing: 12 Testing Experts Share Their Predictions discussing my thoughts on what's in store for the future of software testing, and how testers can prepare and adapt to this transformation. Here's an excerpt of...
I was recently featured in...
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It's no secret that I've led several successful automation projects, however, to get to this point I had to learn quite a few painful lessons the hard way. As the saying goes, experience is the greatest teacher. Well hopefully, you can utilize my experiences to...
It's no secret that I've led s...
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Once upon a time I needed to automate tests for machine learning...
Once upon a time I needed to a...
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#SeConfAustin - The Build that Cried Broken ...
#SeConfAustin - The Build that...
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One reason why human testers are far better at finding bugs than automated scenarios is because testers aren't just validating the expected results. They are also able to recognize unexpected surprises and anomalies within the application. For example, take a look at this application and assume...
One reason why human testers a...
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TestBash Philly 2016 ...
TestBash Philly 2016 ....
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Selenium Conf 2016, London, UK ...
Selenium Conf 2016, London...
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Angie speaks all over the world about emerging technologies and software development. Here are upcoming events where Angie will be speaking or teaching technical workshops....
Angie speaks all over the worl...
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When interviewing candidates for UI automation openings, I like to give them typical automation 'problems' to solve. Most of the problems provide them with a picture of a UI and the corresponding HTML, and ask how they would automate something given a tricky DOM. I'm...
When interviewing candidates f...
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TL;DR: taught a workshop and it went great. planned as a Selenium workshop but morphed into a broader automation workshop. presents practical use of automation over simplistic unrealistic intro; raving reviews from attendees. As continuous integration is becoming more of a reality at the company that...
TL;DR: taught a workshop and i...
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I'm an Adjunct Instructor who teaches Java programming to college students. I was recently asked by Anna Royzman, President of A Quality Leadership Institute, if I taught my students about testing. For a moment, I felt a pang of guilt because I don't have any...
I'm an Adjunct Instructor who ...
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Behavior Driven Development (BDD) has become a popular approach in communicating requirements between stakeholders of agile teams. In fact, it's so effective that it's also being adopted in automation strategies by using Cucumber to write test scenarios in Gherkin (a non-technical, human readable language) and...
Behavior Driven Development (B...
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The Ministry of Testing recently launched Gem Webinars, and I did a talk on patent development from a tester's perspective. Recording of Webinar: Slides: Feedback: I clearly got a challenge for my new job. Identify something patentable. Thanks for inspiration, @techgirl1908 #testgems — Maaret Pyhäjärvi (@maaretp) August 22, 2016 Interesting to...
The Ministry of Testing recent...
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Developers should not lead your automation efforts. I've never seen this succeed. In fact, many times I have been brought on to teams to clean up the mess that is left behind when developers try to lead this effort. The reason is simple. Developers are not...
Developers should not lead you...
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Marlena Compton wrote a very interesting blog post on the power structure in tech and how she believes women and minorities are pushed into software testing roles. Marlena advises...
Marlena Compton wrote a very i...
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