[Talk Proposal] Never Give Up: A Tale of Test Automation on Rails

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[Talk Proposal] Never Give Up: A Tale of Test Automation on Rails #131

Closed clockworkpc closed 5 years ago

clockworkpc commented 5 years ago

Summary

A humble software tester uses the power of Ruby on Rails to overcome insurmountable barriers to test automation.

Details

Speaker

Alexander Garber, Test Automation Engineer at Profectus Group.

Length

About 20 minutes.

Code complexity

Very simple: comprehensible to those fluent in Ruby and non-coders alike

Key takeaways

Ruby on Rails is excellent for prototying a concept, even in a Java/C# company.
RSpec for unit tests, Cucumber for feature tests.
Write just enough code to pique the interest of decision maker.
A prototype does not need a UI, but a CLI is worthwhile.
Work offline in transit, online at home
Think about the code, talk about the benefits
Hunger and pain can be your friends

VanessaNimmo commented 5 years ago

Looks really interesting! We have two talks for July already - how is August looking for you?

clockworkpc commented 5 years ago

Looks really interesting! We have two talks for July already - how is August looking for you?

August works for me: that'll give me plenty of time to refine the talk and make sure that it keeps to a strict time limit.

clockworkpc commented 5 years ago

I regret to inform RORO that I cannot deliver this talk after all. Apologies for the inconvenience.

VanessaNimmo commented 5 years ago

@clockworkpc I haven't heard from you if you want to deliver this at a different time or not at all. Please let me know which you would prefer.

clockworkpc commented 5 years ago

@VanessaNimmo, unfortunately my current role precludes me from giving this talk in the foreseeable future. If my circumstances change I'll be very keen to put myself forward again.

VanessaNimmo commented 5 years ago

@clockworkpc I'll close it for now then so I don't keep trying to schedule it when I look at the repo, but feel free to re-open it in the future if you would like to present it.