

TestGuild Automation Podcast
Joe Colantonio
TestGuild Automation Podcast (formally Test Talks) is a weekly podcast hosted by Joe Colantonio, which geeks out on all things software test automation. TestGuild Automation covers news found in the testing space, reviews books about automation, and speaks with some of the thought leaders in the test automation field. We'll aim to interview some of today's most successful and inspiring software engineers, and test automation thought leaders.
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Jul 1, 2018 • 27min
209: API Functional Testing with Klaus Neuhold & Dave Karow
Want a way to create quicker, more reliable functional tests without the overhead of a full-blown UI test? Do you want to develop functional tests that can also be used as performance tests later in the software development lifecycle? If so, this episode is for you. We'll be Test Talking with Klaus and Dave from Blaze Meter about API functional testing and the benefits you'll get by using this approach to software testing.

Jun 24, 2018 • 28min
208: Dynamic Selenium Grid using Zalenium with Diego Molina
Are you looking for a way to quickly create a disposable, flexible, container-based Selenium Grid infrastructure that has features like video recording, live preview, basic auth & online/offline dashboards? If so than this episode is for you. Diego Molina, one of the Selenium core committers, official maintainer of the Docker-Selenium project and the creator of Zalenium, shares his automation knowledge.

Jun 17, 2018 • 29min
207: Test Leadership in Agile with Anna Royzman
In this fast-paced world of Agile and continuous testing, the need for test leaders has never been higher. So if you are responsible for creating a testing practice for your company or team--and managing the process and people--this episode is for you. Anna Royzman, founder of A Quality Leadership Institute and creator of the Test Leadership Congress and ConTest, will share some of the critical test leadership skills you'll need to help lead your team with testing. You'll discover how to influence your co-workers to adopt successful quality practices, report team progress and foster a "whole team" approach to quality.

Jun 10, 2018 • 27min
206: Shift-left Your Teams QA Efforts with the Testing Guild
Facing Software Quality Issues? Announcing an Online Conference for Testers by Testers. 20 + Experts Reveal Their Top Software Testing & QA Secrets. Join the first-ever Testing Guild an online conference and community dedicated 100% to helping YOU with your Testing & QA efforts https://testingguild.com

Jun 3, 2018 • 31min
205: .Net and Integration Testing Pitfalls with James Penning
Integration Testing is often one of the toughest parts of the software development lifecycle--so in this episode we'll test talk with James Penning of Get-Testy.com about the Top 5 Pitfalls when Writing Integration Tests, some tips for .NET testers, and more testing awesomeness.

May 27, 2018 • 35min
204: Discover Katalon Studio for Test Automation with Raghav Pal
Finding the right testing tool from all the available automation testing tools is tough. I've interviewed over 200 testers and developers on my TestTalks and based on this treasure trove of test automation awesomeness; I created an Ultimate Testing Tools list. Since Publishing it, I've gotten a bunch of comments asking why Katalon Studio was not on the list. So I decided to create an episode all around Katalon Studio with automation testing expert Raghav Pal.

May 20, 2018 • 32min
203: Performance Advisory Council with Henrik Rexed
In this episode, Henrik Rexed from Neotys joins us to test talk about how he's helping to spread the gospel of performance testing earlier on the development lifecycle. Discover what the Performance Advisory Council is all about as well as how to join the online PAC events to learn more about the latest in performance testing.

May 13, 2018 • 33min
202: AI for User Flow Verification with Jason Arbon
The most significant challenge for an app team in today's Agile, Continuous Integration (CI), and DevOps-driven world is just making sure the app still works like it did yesterday. There isn't enough time to manually test each build, let alone craft test automation. Even when teams do try to test, it adds days of delay and thousands of dollars of cost, and yet the team is still not happy with the results. In this episode, Jason Arbon explains how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning can solve this problem, and many others

May 6, 2018 • 43min
201: Intelligent Process Automation with Jonathon Wright
In the digital economy of today, every business is a software business, and how we create software is forever changing. So if you're looking to learn where software development and testing is heading, listen up. In this episode Jonathon Wright (The Automation Cyborg) shares his vision of Intelligent Process Automation and how it has already helped numerous companies begin to make the shift towards the future he foresees.

Apr 29, 2018 • 30min
200: Two Hundred Episodes Powered by Sauce Labs with Lubos Parobek
Welcome to the 200th episode of TestTalks. Thanks for your listening awesomeness! Rather than make this milestone episode all about me -- I wanted to talk more about Sauce Labs and all the innovation you've been up to. And remind folks that Sauce Labs' sponsorship is what enables me to continue doing this week after week. So listen up and discover why I'm proud to have Sauce as my exclusive sponsor.


