Spot the difference: automating visual regression testing

Welcome to the monthly Pembrokeshire Software Development Community meetup. This month we're joined by Viv Richards who will be giving us a talk titled:

Spot the difference: automating visual regression testing

Description:
This session looks at why we automate tests, the issue with just manually testing, common end to end automation pitfalls, a brief introduction to visual testing and finally a look at common issues with visual testing and ways to overcome them.

Through the use of interactive examples the audience will gain an understanding of why relying on just manual testing can become an issue and how too much automation has a negative impact by looking at testing anti-patterns. The audience will also learn what visual testing is, what tools are available, some of the common pitfalls of using visual testings as well as tips on ways to overcome them based on experience of creating a custom visual test framework at my current employer.

About Viv:
Viv Richards is a test automation engineer (@Vizolution), blogger (www.vivrichards.co.uk) and an active member in the local developer community.

In his spare time he enjoys teaching children to code as a CodeClub volunteer at a local
junior school as well as bringing communities together to share skills and knowledge by
organising local meet-up's as well as organising South Wales largest agile and developer
Conference (www.swanseacon.co.uk).

We hope you'll be able to join us and will also have a few goodies to give away as well (including a ticket to this year's upcoming Swanseacon www.swanseacon.co.uk and DDD Wales 2018 www.dddwales.com). Beer, cola and light snacks (crisps and chocolate) will also be provided