Nought to Tester and npm Trends

Hey folks,

We're back for our February event with 2 fantastic talks. We'll be starting a little later than usual as our second speaker is joining us all the way from the USA - there are some benefits to going remote!

First we'll get an insight into testing from Beth North, and secondly we'll hear about npm trends from co-founder of npm Inc., Laurie Voss.

Event programme

7pm Welcome and intro
7.15pm Beth North - Nought to Tester
8pm Laurie Voss - npm Ecosystem Trends

A Zoom link will be sent out to participants on the day.

TALKS

Talk 1: Nought to Tester

The world of testing is huge and often we have no idea where to start in a new area. I want to walkthrough what are considered the basics of exploratory testing and some of my thought processes when tackling a task. This includes: tips to get started, what risks are considered and how developers directly impact exploratory testing.

Speaker Bio

Beth is a Test/QA Lead for one of the largest global energy companies. She has worked in testing for 5 years, in a wide variety of testing disciplines and is always interested in learning more.

In her free time, Beth is a gamer, foodie and gig-attendee; she has an avid interest in learning about science, medicine and history.

Talk 2: npm Ecosystem Trends

Consumption of JavaScript libraries provides a deep data set about the current behavior of web developers across the world. We'll look at what npm downloads data says happened in the world of web development in 2020.

Speaker Bio

Laurie has been a web developer for 24 years and cares deeply about making the web bigger and more accessible for everyone. He previously co-founded npm Inc. where he served as Chief Data Officer and is now Senior Data Analyst at Netlify.