AD Software Testing Online Meetup #13

• Testing in the Imperial Database by Samuel Nitsche
• The State and Future of UI Testing by Johannes Dienst

Samuel Nitsche:
In a fast-changing tech world, there is one thing that commonly stays the same for years or even decades: the system that holds the data. This data is often one of the most important assets of a business and it’s critical to keep it safe and in good condition. And it's not only viable but also a lot of fun to do this directly at the database level!

Join me on a journey to the infamous Death Star, where the Galactic Empire runs the Imperial Database™ with all the expectable problems of a complex, long-running software system.
It has survived numerous iterations of different frontend systems - and we are suddenly responsible to ensure the stability and reliability of the data, while constantly dealing with new changes and features.

We will quickly learn that there are some special challenges when testing in relational databases, and meeting a real Sith Lord face-to-face is only one of them. On the other hand, we will also learn about new friends and use practical examples to answer a number of questions:

• What can we test for in a database on a high and low level?
• How can we introduce automated tests to a database?
• And what are these ancient relational force techniques that can be used to prevent errors before they appear?

Johannes Dienst:
UI testing is an essential part of software development. Despite technological progress, the automation of UI tests is still considered too complex to function completely without manual intervention. In addition to classical selector-based approaches, more and more image-based methods are being pursued.

This talk will cover the "state of the art" of UI testing with an overview of tools and techniques. In particular, current problems and future developments will be discussed. Furthermore, it will be shown which kind of UI representations are used by today's test tools and how the addressing of elements in the user interface is done.

In addition, the role of artificial intelligence in the different approaches is shown and a prediction of testing tools of the future is presented on the basis of current research.

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We are interested in talks related to Functional testing, Load testing, SDET and DevOps in testing:
— best practices;
— tools;
— programming languages;
— frameworks;
— mobile testing;
— backend testing;
— web testing;
— approaches to the results' analysis;
— continuous integration;
— continuous deployment.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with the host if you’d like to give a talk at the meetup.

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