Continuous Testing and Open Source Tooling in a DevOps World

The world of software, load and performance testing is rapidly changing. Unlike the days of Waterfall, in which tests were run very late in the release cycle, teams - including developers - must now test every user story in every sprint. The adoption of DevOps methodologies, as well as Shifting Left (where tests are run more frequently and earlier in the development cycle) increases the need for engineers to have the knowledge and tools needed to be able to run these tests. Yet this can be easier than you think.

Join us for our next meetup (our first!), in which we will look at load and performance testing for DevOps engineers. It will feature 2 presentations.

We will hear from Maarten Groeneweg, principal test engineer @ Mirabeau, a Cognizant digital business. Martin builds test automation frameworks within an Agile development process and is author of open-source tooling like Argus Eyes. (http://arguseyes.io/). He will discuss the value of open source tooling.

We will also hear from Andrey Pokhilko, Open Source Initiative Leader at CA BlazeMeter. Andrey is a renowned thought leader and innovator within the Apache JMeter performance testing community, founder of JMeter-Plugins.org, and creator and lead developer on the Taurus project (http://gettaurus.org/).

Andrey will deliver a “Crash Course in Practical Load Testing - For Developers”. He will present a 360° view of ensuring continuous quality of your application and will look at:

• How to not lose time by load testing unnecessary cases
• How to test efficiently, by focusing on practical outcomes
• Capacity measurement vs response time measurement.
• The role of tools: load generating tools and reporting tools, of resource monitoring and APMs.
• How to understand and analyze load test reports
• The connection of load testing with functional testing and how to reuse test scripts

AGENDA (subject to changes):

17:00 – Welcome, grab some drinks
17:15 – The Value of Open Source Test Tooling - Maarten Groeneweg, principal test engineer @ Mirabeau, a Cognizant digital business
18:00 – Pizza & drinks
18:30 – Crash Course in Practical Load Testing - For Developers - Andrey Pokhilko, Open Source Initiative Leader AT CA BlazeMeter.
19:30 – Q&A, connect & meet
20:00 – end