TDD Designer Style: Styleguide Driven Development
Presented by: Matthew LaForest
Developers have adopted a number of techniques to help speed development of their products. Leveraging tests to help them design the interfaces to their underlying pieces (classes, functions, components, etc.). For a long time the interface between designers and developers has been a continual rough...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewThreat Modeling on the Family Road Trip and Other Strategies for Delivering Secure Applications
Presented by: Angela Pinney
Gene Spafford said: “The only truly secure system is one that is powered off...” ...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewSuper Sleuth Testers: Unlocking the Power of Browser Developer Tools
Presented by: Hilary Weaver-Robb
There’s a tool to aid our testing that we all have access to all the time. It’s hidden in plain sight, you just have to know the secret code to get to it. This secret tool? The browser’s developer tools, of course! Learn how the developer tools in your browser can give you insight into what...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewMake More 💰 Money with Less 🛠Effort: 🧪 Experimentation Before Implementation
Presented by: Scott Showalter
Developing apps is time consuming, with little guarantee of success. The Web, App Store, Google Play and beyond are littered with apps making low or no revenue because they don't solve problems people actually care about. Before you build your “killer” ap, how can you truly know beyond the...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateBringing Order to Chaos
Presented by: Scott Connerly
So, you find yourself coding in a code base that has some warts. OK, let's be honest, its a steaming pile of gum and toothpicks you're afraid to touch lest it might fall apart. How do you get from there to ... anywhere, let alone viable, architecturally useful, and stable? In this talk, we'll...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateHelp! My Client Needs a VPAT and other Accessibility Questions
Presented by: Courtney Heitman
What is a VPAT? Why do my clients keep asking about them? These questions are becoming more and more common with the rise of accessibility lawsuits. VPATs (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) are the common ask for companies to make sure they are buying software that is accessible. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: AdvancedTests Your Pipeline Might Be Missing
Presented by: Gene Gotimer
Developing a delivery pipeline means more than just adding automated deploys to the development cycle. It’s about gaining confidence that your builds are viable candidates for release or production. For development to be successful, tests of all types must be incorporated throughout the process to...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewBy Our Powers Combined: Observability for Developers
Presented by: Aaron Aldrich
The world of maintaining applications is shifting. Our Systems Administrators aren't monitoring our application servers, it's the SREs determining SLIs and SLOs for our Micro-Services and making sure our Cloud-Distributed systems are Observable in near-real time. It's enough for buzzword burnout....
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediatePostman Delivers! A Deep Dive into API Testing.
Presented by: Bob Crowley
Whether you are a tester or a developer of HTTP API’s, chances are you are already using Postman to some degree. Chances are also that you are missing out on some of the advanced goodness. Using only features of the free version, this session introduces you to effective use of these features to...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateSell Yourself With a Software Quality Portfolio
Presented by: Aaron Glass
Finding new job opportunities can be stressful and intimidating. Talking about yourself might not be in your domain. Questions of uncertainty may arise. How do I make myself more marketable? How do I separate myself from the rest of the pack? How do I keep myself fresh? ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateDigging In: Getting Familiar With The Code To Be A Better Tester
Presented by: Hilary Weaver-Robb
Maybe you’ve been testing the same application for a while, and your rate of finding new bugs has slowed. Or you’re trying to find more ways to figure out what your devs are doing day to day. You have the tools at your disposal, you just need to dig in! ...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview[CANCELLED] Usability Testing and User Acceptance Testing: Do You Really Need Both?
Presented by: Trent Nguyen
This session has been cancelled. We apologize for any trouble this causes.
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewMutation Testing to the rescue of your Tests
Presented by: Nicolas Fränkel
Unit testing ensures your production code is relevant. But what does ensure your testing code is relevant? Come discover mutation testing and make sure your never forget another assert again. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewTesting your UI Components
Presented by: Avindra Fernando
When our clients give us kudos for releasing high quality applications, it makes us happy. To achieve great levels of quality, we need to thoroughly test our applications. But we know that some forms of testing can be expensive and tedious at times. Unit and integration tests help overcome some of...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateFrom Manual Testing to Automation Suite: A Guide For Everyone
Presented by: Mike Roznik
Do you start with automation? Manual tests? Should you always consider both? What about working with developers, can they help? Learn some easy stepping stones to go from manual testing to getting your feet wet with automation to writing full automation suites. In this talk you can expect lots of...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewHack Your App - Intro to Mobile Security Testing
Presented by: Hans Weisheimer
Your phone really doesn’t want you to see what’s going on under the hood - it’s a feature. Many of the introspection capabilities that exist for web development are absent by default on mobile platforms. This is particularly frustrating when you need to validate assumptions or security...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewContinuous Security
Presented by: Craig Hills
A presentation on how to build security testing into your CI/CD pipeline. The primary goal is to think about what the appropriate level of testing is for your project, and determine how to make the most significant improvements to your security, while being cost effective.
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewA Lifecycle Of Code Under Test
Presented by: Bob Fornal
When thinking about tests against code, have you "done enough?" How do you know that the code is covered appropriately, that odd bugs aren't going to crop up? Did you cover all the use cases and what if someone changes the code down-the-road? ...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewHey, You Got Your TDD in my SQL DB!
Presented by: Jeff McKenzie
When should we test our data? From an application development perspective, a unit test against a database isn't a unit test at all. Which makes sense -- connected systems introduce overhead and dependency, both of which reduce stability and decrease productivity during test-driven development (TDD)....
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateAccessibility Audits in Chrome: Easy Steps toward an Inclusive Internet
Presented by: Maranda Provance
Do you want to help make the internet a better place for all people? In this talk, you’ll be introduced to the accessibility audits built into Chrome’s dev tools. We’ll walk through the automated tests they provide as well as the helpful information they give on manual testing. By the end of...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewExample Mapping: The New Three Amigos
Presented by: Thomas Haver
Example Mapping is a collaboration technique used by teams to help refine requirements. Every team should have a set of “ready” criteria that includes some kind of workshop between development team members to establish a shared understanding. In a time-boxed Example Mapping session, rules will...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewStraying From the Happy Path: Taking Control of Errors in Swift
Presented by: Jeff Kelley
Have you ever seen a code comment saying “this should never happen”? Have you ever wondered what would happen if it did? Swift has a diverse set of error-handling capabilities, from using throw to send errors up the stack to using a Result to handle errors in asynchronous methods. In this talk,...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewTest-driven development: save your time, save your sanity, write great code fast
Presented by: Paul Roub
For the skeptical: Both new and more-seasoned devs -- especially solo practitioners -- can have a lot of misconceptions about TDD. Mostly of the "it's extra work, it's extra code, I can't ship tests, why would I test something simple and obvious" variety. But magic happens when the light bulb...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateThe Case of the Tenacious Tester: How Using Your Words Improves QA Work
Presented by: Katrina Ohlemacher
"Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details." So says Sherlock Holmes in “A Case of Identity.” The Great Detective has a lot to say that applies to software testing: pay attention to detail, never make assumptions, use your imagination. We wouldn’t have...
Format: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview