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TestBash Brighton 2016 – Submissions Now Open

We’ve opened talk and workshop submissions for our Brighton TestBash conference a bit later than normal this year to accommodate our upcoming New York TestBash conference.

(If you submitted to TestBash New York then you should find out very soon whether you have been successful or not. If you are not successful with TestBash New York then we would highly recommend you apply to speak at TestBash Brighton. At the time of writing I can say that whilst we haven’t yet chosen speakers, there are just too many to choose from. There are plenty that we would love to accept, but cannot because the speaking slots are limited. We would really love to see some of you re-submit for Brighton.)

When submitting to TestBash, it’s worth bearing in mind:

we like talks to be new (there are exceptions, sometimes)
we love to hear real stories
we like new ideas
we like things to be interesting
we dislike sales pitches (become a sponsor instead)
we like to have the confidence in you, as a human being, that you can deliver
it really helps (I mean, really, really, really helps) if we know who you are and/or can find out more about you
And the last point is really not about being ‘popular’. It honestly isn’t. The truth is that everyone is a keynote at TestBash. And if this is the case, then we need to have confidence that you can deliver. How you give us that confidence is entirely up to you and your creative mind! :)

The submission deadline is August 21st 2015. Apply to TestBash Brighton!

Yesterday's London Selenium Meetup was great and topics covered by both the speaker are very close to my heart. Both the speakers, Richard and Haroon spoke about the need to go beyond checks in test automation.

In many teams, automation is viewed as a tool to confirm checks. There is nothing wrong with this definition, however, when you look at the automation in this way, it limits the benefits you can derive from the automation.

However, when you think of automation as testing assisted by tools, you can derive much more benefits.

Both Haroon and Richard shared different ways in which they used Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools to assist their testing. Unfortunately, this talk was not recorded, but I am hoping that Richard and Haroon will post their slides on their blog / slideshare etc.

London Selenium Meet-up - Beyond Check Automation...
Yesterday's London Selenium Meetup was great and topics covered by both the speaker are very close to my heart. Both the speakers, Richard and Haroon spoke about the need to go beyond checks in test automation.

In many teams, automation is viewed as a tool to confirm checks. There is nothing wrong with this definition, however, when you look at the automation in this way, it limits the benefits you can derive from the automation.

However, when you think of automation as testing assisted by tools, you can derive much more benefits.

Both Haroon and Richard shared different ways in which they used Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools to assist their testing. Unfortunately, this talk was not recorded, but I am hoping that Richard and Haroon will post their slides on their blog / slideshare etc.