#Bug 08 - All About Automation

We are back for our next online shared event with South West Test, this time with a theme around automation. Big thanks to our sponsors SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment for their support in helping us continue online.

We have two fantastic speakers lined up with Andy sharing his experience around the UK Hydrographic Office moving to automation and Ryan telling you all about TestProject. We hope you find it useful 🥰

We will be hosting the meetup on Crowdcast, please follow the below link to sign up (it only takes a second)

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/all-about-automation

We will also be around on our new Test Talks Wales slack channel for anyone who wants to continue the conversation afterwards https://join.slack.com/t/testtalkswales/shared_invite/zt-g1viiunl-thQfm4EkoWIr2SBiBonTXg

18:30 - Talk One by Andy Poole - 'The long and winding road’

Andy Poole, Head of Test at the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office will be talking about their journey with test automation, where they started from, where they are now and some of the lessons that they learnt along the way.

Andy has been involved in testing since 2005, initially as a Test Analyst , Test Lead , Delivery Manager and in his current role of Head of Test at UKHO.

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is a world-leading center for hydrography, specializing in marine geospatial data that helps others to unlock a deeper understanding of the world’s oceans.
UKHO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence.

Talk two by Ryan Howard - "TestProject"

Studies show that a financial cost and a lack of in house technical skills rank as some of the biggest blockers to building test automation into your exiting testing ecosystem.

To address this this market has seen a real influx of vendor based test automation tools which attempt to address these issues by allowing all testers, regardless of skills, to write automated tests.

One such tool is TestProject. TestProject is a powerful, easy to use Automation tool for Web, Mobile & API testing which supports completely scriptless test creation, cross browser testing, CI/CD integration, a growing library of addons and great reporting.....oh and did I mention it’s completely free.

Join me for an introduction to TestProject and to see how you can create your first test.

Both Talks will be followed by Q & A.s

Plan for the evening

18: 30 Meetup starts and intros with Sam. Link will be provided nearer the time

18:35 – Andy Poole

19:15 (ish) Ryan Howard

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The event is open to all:

Although this is billed as a "Test" meet up it's not just for Testers, it's open to anyone who wants to join in to hear some amazing talks and interact with some lovely like-minded people. Please do share the meetup details with your friends, workmates or anyone who you think would love to attend.