

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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Aug 2, 2015 • 23min
63: Joe Colantonio: Shift-Left with LeanFT
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 the modern automation demands of things like continuous testing and dev-ops. You'll discover the top features of LeanFT and how to accelerate your LeanFT scripting efforts

Jul 26, 2015 • 40min
62: Gojko Adzic: Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve your Tests
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 Improve your Test.Gojko reveals some of his favorite ideas from his book, all of which can be applied to many different contexts -- from small web start-ups to the world’s largest companies. This episode will improve your team members’ collaboration on defining, creating and executing your tests. Bonus: Listen all the way to the end to learn how to get 50% off a copy of Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve your Tests!

Jul 19, 2015 • 38min
61: Matt Heusser: Reduce Risks with Lean Software Testing
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 vogue, only to see it fail? And of course, we’ve all felt the frustration of finding all types of bugs in our software that cause us to delay releasing it.How can we reduce these common risks associated with developing software?Matt Heusser, founder of Excelon Development -- a one-stop shop for software testing and training -- and the author of the book How to Reduce the Cost of Software Testing will share with us some context-driven principles to help guide us around some of the risk roadblocks in our software development process.

Jul 12, 2015 • 34min
60: Kalyana Rao Konda: How to Create a Successful Test Automation Strategy
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 know what the number one factor people forget when getting started with test automation? In this episode we're going to pick the brain of Kalayana Rao Konda, President of Gallop -- one of the largest companies that specialize in providing testing services. Kalyan shares with us his deep insight gleaned from his years of automation experience, as well as his company’s extensive experience implementing hundreds of successful automation efforts around the world. You will discover what it takes to implement your own successful test automation strategy.

Jul 5, 2015 • 28min
59: Daniel Knott: Hands-On Mobile App Testing
Today, mobile apps must meet rigorous standards of reliability, usability, security, and performance. However, many mobile developers have limited testing experience, and mobile platforms raise new challenges even for long-time testers. In this episode the Author of Hands-On Mobile App Testing – Daniel Knott shares his end-to-end blueprint for thoroughly testing any iOS or Android mobile app. http://www.testtalks.com/59

Jun 28, 2015 • 39min
58: Sanjay Zalavadia: How to Use Test Management to Drive Collaboration
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 break down some of the barriers that separate your project management group, development group, business, and especially your QA group, and ensure that those teams are working as a unit with Sanjay Zalavadia, VP of Client Services at Zephyr.

Jun 21, 2015 • 33min
57: Adam Bertram: Powershell Toolmaking - Don't be a Click Next Admin
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? Well, you’re right -- and PowerShell may be exactly what you’re looking for. Don’t be a “click next” admin! Listen to Adam Bertram, author of the Pluralsight PowerShell Toolmaking Fundamentals course, as he shares a bunch of tips on using PowerShell to automate the drudgery of some Windows-based tasks.

Jun 14, 2015 • 26min
56: Steve Hazel: How to Make Your Automation Better & New Sauce UI
Discover new and existing functionality to make your Sauce Labs automation tests even more awesome. Steve Hazel, CTO and co-founder of Sauce Labs, shares his deep development knowledge of how to make your tests run reliably in Sauce. Steve also reveals some cool new UI features recently added to Sauce Labs to make your Sauce automation experience even better.

Jun 7, 2015 • 21min
55: HP Discover Recap and a Sneak Peek of LeanFT
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 to blow your mind.

May 31, 2015 • 30min
54: Al Sweigart: Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
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 boring tasks that fill our days. Whats great about this is you’ll find automation can be used for much more than your typical end-to-end functional testing scenarios. So if you’ve struggled in the past to learn a programming language for test automation, today you’re going to discover it’s much easier to get started than you probably think.


