The document discusses test strategy considerations for mobile applications. It notes that mobile device usage is growing rapidly and surpassing other technologies. A test strategy outlines the testing approach and covers scope, roles, environment, tools, risks, schedule, and priorities. Testing mobile applications presents unique challenges related to the environment, application behaviors across devices, users, different devices and form factors, networks, and automation. The document recommends various strategies for testing mobile apps including using physical devices, simulators, cloud-based testing services, crowdsourcing, and test automation tools specific to Android and iOS. It also covers different types of mobile testing like usability, performance, security, and compatibility testing.
Designing Agile Test Strategy for Mobile Apps By Parimala HariprasadAgile Testing Alliance
Key objectives include learning about device fragmentation, shotgun approach, mobile personas and using analytics to fine-tune test strategy to arrive at key release decisions. It also includes how agile approach to mobile apps testing using crowdtesting can be beneficial for stakeholders
The first half of the session will be about explaining the concept and second half will be a hands-on exercise about designing a mobile test strategy for a sample mobile app [I am yet to identify a mobile app, most probably, it will be Whatsapp since most of the audience will have this on their phone. Please don’t publish about which app will be used as I need to plan for it]
Mobile testing is very important from the moment you start thinking about making a mobile app to its release and all the further updates. In this slideshow are some of the main challenges developers have to face while building and updating a mobile app.
Simon Bates, Manifesto Digital - Mobile Application Development: Past, Presen...Simon Bates
Examining the history, evolution and future roadmap for mobile application development. Covering some of the background and history of mobile application development, from the early days of WML browsers and the development of the Symbian mobile operating system, through to the industry-changing iOS platform
http://manifesto.co.uk/
Designing Agile Test Strategy for Mobile Apps By Parimala HariprasadAgile Testing Alliance
Key objectives include learning about device fragmentation, shotgun approach, mobile personas and using analytics to fine-tune test strategy to arrive at key release decisions. It also includes how agile approach to mobile apps testing using crowdtesting can be beneficial for stakeholders
The first half of the session will be about explaining the concept and second half will be a hands-on exercise about designing a mobile test strategy for a sample mobile app [I am yet to identify a mobile app, most probably, it will be Whatsapp since most of the audience will have this on their phone. Please don’t publish about which app will be used as I need to plan for it]
Mobile testing is very important from the moment you start thinking about making a mobile app to its release and all the further updates. In this slideshow are some of the main challenges developers have to face while building and updating a mobile app.
Simon Bates, Manifesto Digital - Mobile Application Development: Past, Presen...Simon Bates
Examining the history, evolution and future roadmap for mobile application development. Covering some of the background and history of mobile application development, from the early days of WML browsers and the development of the Symbian mobile operating system, through to the industry-changing iOS platform
http://manifesto.co.uk/
Mobile is booming, and that's a good thing! But with multiple operating systems and tens of thousands of devices on the market, how can you ensure your app delights your users everywhere, every time, at every turn?
Mobile Testing: Challenges & Current Best PracticesQASource
Things change quickly in the mobile space. New devices are released almost annually, screen sizes vary, and users demand seamless functionality across their desktops and their phones. This presents unique challenges for mobile QA. Learn about how to face all of these with current best practices!
Mobile Software Engineering (at University of Cambridge Wednesday Seminars)3scale.net
The talk gave an insight into characteristics and challenges in software engineering of mobile apps from a more industrial perspective. A model for mobile software engineering was discussed and various best-practices proposed. Essential mobile software engineering techniques, such as experience prototyping, in-context requirement gathering (and testing), or UI/UIX design were explained using examples, case studies from real-world projects, and tools.
The four common types of mobile apps are- native, hybrid, web, and progressive web apps. In the end, I have also discussed the top 5 future trends of the mobile app that are going to change the world.
App testing doesn't work if you don't use the mobile devices and platforms your customers are using.
We analyzed 360,000 app users and 4,000 device configurations to get the answers you need to test with confidence.
In this presentation, you'll learn:
» The top mobile device platforms across major geographies
» How to decide what mobile devices to develop and test on
» How to catch preventable defects that emulators miss
Do'd and Don'ts for mobile application testing, basic guide for learning mobile testing, covers different aspects for mobile testing includes android and iphone test methodology.
Also highlights different types of testing, mobile platforms, testing frameworks, emulator and simulator differences.
Five Elements of Software Engineering for Mobile3scale.net
I presented five elements of software engineering for mobile that IMHO increase the chance of success to Computing students at Imperial College.
These five elements are:
1. Make the technical platform choices right for your context
2. Get the UX right
3. Choose the right methodologies in the areas of building a business, customer development and product development
4. Enrich the functionality of your app integrating Web APIs
5. Leverage the power of tools (rather than reinventing the wheel)
I started a write-up of this talk. Find it here:
http://www.3scale.net/2014/04/five-elements-software-engineering-mobile-part-1/
Netconnect makes stunning, dynamic, and natural versatile applications for our customers on iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry, Amazon Kindle, etc. The procedure begins with the examination of our customers' objectives, trailed by a careful statistical surveying and contenders' investigation to build up an unmistakable system for achievement.
Training Opportunity: Certified Mobile App Professional (CMAP) TestingITpreneurs
Downloaded an app onto your phone lately? With app downloads mounting into the billions each year, there is a need for general standards in the creation and usage of mobile technology – and this provides a great opportunity for training companies: Meet Certified Mobile App Professional (CMAP). CMAP is a certification from the International Software Quality Institute (ISQI) specifically designed for anyone involved in Mobile App Testing. A great next step for those with Foundation Level certificate as “ISTQB Certified Tester” (CTFL).
Agenda:
Introduction: What will you learn today?
About CMAP
The Challenges of Mobile App Testing
Business Needs
Go-To-Market Strategies for CMAP
How to Get Started
Questions & Answers
As organizations implement their mobile strategy, testing teams must support new technologies while still maintaining existing systems. Melissa Tondi describes the major trends and innovations in mobile technology, usage, and equipment that you should consider when transitioning existing test teams or starting new ones. Based on a year of research with the ProtoTest Mobile team, Melissa focuses on areas that balance efficiency and productivity including using the Device Matrix technique to select devices to test against, and the appropriate use of emulators and simulators rather than physical devices. She offers solutions to ensure you have a comprehensive mobile test strategy and focuses on challenges that have inundated traditional test teams such as understanding mobile-specific integration testing and which automation tools to use. Melissa describes how to build a well-organized device lab and incorporate testing scenarios—such as gesture and interruption testing—unique to mobile.
This presentation will investigate how to take advantage of Web technologies (including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) to build a cross-platform mobile app. The presentation will cover important steps towards optimizing a Web app for a mobile device as well as using PhoneGap to expose core device features, like the accelerometer or the camera, to an app.
With Mobile devices growing in popularity with passing days, the mobile OS competition is getting sheer. So, taking into consideration several pros and cons, which OS at the top?
An overview of mobile app development. This presentation discusses the different options available and some of the considerations to take when starting a mobile app project. This was presented at the InSquared event (http://insquared.net) in March 2012
Mobile is booming, and that's a good thing! But with multiple operating systems and tens of thousands of devices on the market, how can you ensure your app delights your users everywhere, every time, at every turn?
Mobile Testing: Challenges & Current Best PracticesQASource
Things change quickly in the mobile space. New devices are released almost annually, screen sizes vary, and users demand seamless functionality across their desktops and their phones. This presents unique challenges for mobile QA. Learn about how to face all of these with current best practices!
Mobile Software Engineering (at University of Cambridge Wednesday Seminars)3scale.net
The talk gave an insight into characteristics and challenges in software engineering of mobile apps from a more industrial perspective. A model for mobile software engineering was discussed and various best-practices proposed. Essential mobile software engineering techniques, such as experience prototyping, in-context requirement gathering (and testing), or UI/UIX design were explained using examples, case studies from real-world projects, and tools.
The four common types of mobile apps are- native, hybrid, web, and progressive web apps. In the end, I have also discussed the top 5 future trends of the mobile app that are going to change the world.
App testing doesn't work if you don't use the mobile devices and platforms your customers are using.
We analyzed 360,000 app users and 4,000 device configurations to get the answers you need to test with confidence.
In this presentation, you'll learn:
» The top mobile device platforms across major geographies
» How to decide what mobile devices to develop and test on
» How to catch preventable defects that emulators miss
Do'd and Don'ts for mobile application testing, basic guide for learning mobile testing, covers different aspects for mobile testing includes android and iphone test methodology.
Also highlights different types of testing, mobile platforms, testing frameworks, emulator and simulator differences.
Five Elements of Software Engineering for Mobile3scale.net
I presented five elements of software engineering for mobile that IMHO increase the chance of success to Computing students at Imperial College.
These five elements are:
1. Make the technical platform choices right for your context
2. Get the UX right
3. Choose the right methodologies in the areas of building a business, customer development and product development
4. Enrich the functionality of your app integrating Web APIs
5. Leverage the power of tools (rather than reinventing the wheel)
I started a write-up of this talk. Find it here:
http://www.3scale.net/2014/04/five-elements-software-engineering-mobile-part-1/
Netconnect makes stunning, dynamic, and natural versatile applications for our customers on iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry, Amazon Kindle, etc. The procedure begins with the examination of our customers' objectives, trailed by a careful statistical surveying and contenders' investigation to build up an unmistakable system for achievement.
Training Opportunity: Certified Mobile App Professional (CMAP) TestingITpreneurs
Downloaded an app onto your phone lately? With app downloads mounting into the billions each year, there is a need for general standards in the creation and usage of mobile technology – and this provides a great opportunity for training companies: Meet Certified Mobile App Professional (CMAP). CMAP is a certification from the International Software Quality Institute (ISQI) specifically designed for anyone involved in Mobile App Testing. A great next step for those with Foundation Level certificate as “ISTQB Certified Tester” (CTFL).
Agenda:
Introduction: What will you learn today?
About CMAP
The Challenges of Mobile App Testing
Business Needs
Go-To-Market Strategies for CMAP
How to Get Started
Questions & Answers
As organizations implement their mobile strategy, testing teams must support new technologies while still maintaining existing systems. Melissa Tondi describes the major trends and innovations in mobile technology, usage, and equipment that you should consider when transitioning existing test teams or starting new ones. Based on a year of research with the ProtoTest Mobile team, Melissa focuses on areas that balance efficiency and productivity including using the Device Matrix technique to select devices to test against, and the appropriate use of emulators and simulators rather than physical devices. She offers solutions to ensure you have a comprehensive mobile test strategy and focuses on challenges that have inundated traditional test teams such as understanding mobile-specific integration testing and which automation tools to use. Melissa describes how to build a well-organized device lab and incorporate testing scenarios—such as gesture and interruption testing—unique to mobile.
This presentation will investigate how to take advantage of Web technologies (including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) to build a cross-platform mobile app. The presentation will cover important steps towards optimizing a Web app for a mobile device as well as using PhoneGap to expose core device features, like the accelerometer or the camera, to an app.
With Mobile devices growing in popularity with passing days, the mobile OS competition is getting sheer. So, taking into consideration several pros and cons, which OS at the top?
An overview of mobile app development. This presentation discusses the different options available and some of the considerations to take when starting a mobile app project. This was presented at the InSquared event (http://insquared.net) in March 2012
Diverse Workforce - Engaged Customer | Michael Combs, CEO & Founder, Career T...Thoughtworks
Michael is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado where he earned a degree in Business Administration with a major in finance, marketing and a minor in legal studies. As a participant in the INROADS internship program for ethnic minorities in the United States, Michael was awarded an internship with Hewlett-Packard for five consecutive summers. On graduation he was offered a full-time position with HP and rose to the executive ranks. During his 10 years with HP his career spanned the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. In 2000 Michael was named a Gates Millennium Scholar, in 2003 was awarded the United States Congressional Medal of Service for community outreach and development and in 2013 was recognised in the inaugural Westpac Community Leaders Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
Essa apresentação discute porque não utilizamos estimativas no SnapCI. Vamos buscar analisar as motivações por trás das estimativas e discutir alternativas que temos utilizado.
Buy vs Build Considerations in Today's Data Center Marketplace AFCOM
This presentation was given during the Spring 2012 Data Center World conference by Jerry Gallagher and Jeff Robinson from Mission Critical. Learn more about Data Center World at www.datacenterworld.com.
RightScale Webinar: February 1, 2011 – Just like our customers, RightScale runs in the cloud and requires the best platform to automate operations. As such, RightScale uses RightScale to manage RightScale. Our complete infrastructure – development, testing, staging, and production – consists of servers that are configured, launched and managed by the RightScale Platform.
HTML5 vs. Native Apps: Demystifying the Decision Making ProcessiTexico
It’s now clear that mobile is the path consumer markets are leaning towards to utilizing mobile apps as their preferred way to conduct e-commerce. According to a study by Gartner, 70% of customer interactions will originate from a mobile device by 2015. More and more organizations are realizing that mobile can significantly impact their core business operations and are transitioning to a mobile-based strategy. Therefore, iTexico partnered with Propelics to deliver a webinar: "HTML5 vs Native Apps: Demystifying The Decision Making Process" Here we present the slides from the last webinar.
Tools and Techniques for mobile learninggeoff stead
Best Of mLearn: Geoff Stead of Qualcomm presenting an updated version of their mLearnCon2013 session, which was voted the Best Of mLearnCon.
An inside view on some of the apps developed by Qualcomm's mLearning team, why they build them, and some of the tools they use
Mobile Application Testing - White PaperJade Global
Mobile applications are the sole reason for the rise in popularity of smartphones. The ease and convenience of mobile applications usage has created a huge dependency on it. Over the years, the number and variety of consumer and enterprise mobile applications has grown phenomenally.
This talk aims to summarize the typical challenges one encounters in testing mobile applications. At the ThoughtWorks Pune office we have developed multiple mobile applications across various platforms (mobile web, hybrid apps, native apps, apps for tablets etc.). In this talk we will bring together lessons learnt around mobile testing. This talk was done by Vikrant Chauhan and Dubinsky De Soares
Optimizing Mobile UX Design Webinar Presentation SlidesUserZoom
Optimizing Mobile UX Design: Webinar on Mobile User Experience Research Methods & Tools
Most businesses are investing in mobile apps and mobile commerce. Recently, more emphasis has been placed on the interactive experiences users have on mobile devices
To explain how to optimize the user experience on mobile interfaces, UserZoom will be joined by special guest User Centric in a complimentary webinar. The webinar will focus on how user experience research methods and tools can add extremely valuable insights into the design process and help brands optimize their mobile site or application’s performance. Attendees will hear presentations from the following experts:
Gavin Lew, Managing Director, User Centric
Gavin’s 20 years of experience in corporate and academic environments have given him a strong foundation in user-centered design and evaluation. In addition to managing User Centric, he holds particular expertise in mobile technology, among other interests. He is a frequent presenter at national conferences, adjunct faculty member at DePaul University and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the inventor of several patents.
Kim Oslob, UserZoom Director of Client Services
Kim has extensive experience with both qualitative and quantitative UX Research through her work at Claris (now Filemaker), Macromedia (now Adobe) and VistoCorp (now Good). She has managed projects with companies in the mobile space such as Vodafone, Nokia, Sprint, and Roger’s Wireless to improve the user experience of over 10 different mobile operating systems.
#MobileInAction - iRecruitExpo June 2013, AmsterdamDave Martin
Dave has interviewed numerous recruitment leaders from around the world, mobile strategic experts, authors, founders and market analysts which are made available online through his 'Mobile in Action' videocast. In this fast pace session Dave will share a summary of learnings from the people he has talked to giving you example case studies, strategic advice and gotcha's to watch out for. The objective is to deliver information you need to take your next steps in a world filling up of handheld web devices (smartphones & tablets). If you are on the mobile journey already, there will an opportunity for a few to share their stories with the audience and Dave.
Interactive Mobile Applications in the Enterprise: Are You Ready?CITYTECH, Inc.
The interactive mobile application market is estimated to reach $15 billion by 2013. This presentation shows how to be prepared from an infrastructure, resource and strategy perspective. We'll explore the different types of mobile applications an enterprise may pursue, technologies used to develop them, and explore scalable backend architectures that can stand up to the higher demands of mobile computing.
Few technology shifts have impacted the way we do business as much as mobile. The new and exciting functionality delivered by mobile apps, the pace at which they are being developed, and their emergence as the “face of the business” requires that organizations deliver unprecedented quality in these software systems. Join Dennis Schultz to learn how leading enterprises are approaching their mobile application testing challenges and how they have integrated mobile into their existing processes. Dennis describes the importance of testing on real devices, the value of using emulators to supplement your testing strategy, how to optimize your testing with real devices using SaaS remote device services, how to automate your repetitive tests to speed time to market and improve quality, and how to support a collaborative work environment and efficient test process for mobile development.
Get Mobile | Mobile & Digital Marketing | Crystal Olig | Upward | OxiemLessing-Flynn
Why marketers should care about mobile marketing now. Includes statistics on mobile device proliferation, responsive website design, mobile websites vs. mobile apps, and how the market will continue to change.
Presentation given at Interact13 conference in January 2013, Springfield Ohio.
Difference between Mobile and Web App testingpCloudy
In this fast-paced technological world, organizations have to maximize the visibility of their business to succeed. Since every business’s target audience is on the web and mobile devices, organizations must provide great software platforms for their consumers to interact on the web and mobile. A well-planned mobile and web application testing process is required to create flawless software apps. Businesses are attempting to employ mobile application testing to gain and retain their user base as customers’ mindsets change. For accelerating the testing cycle, having 24/7 access to the testing lab is crucial. Hence QA teams are considering laptop or mobile device lab on cloud for 24/7 access, cost-efficiency, scalability and much more. Similarly, QA teams are considering laptop device lab on cloud for web application testing. Mobile and web application testing approaches, on the other hand, are different. Before we get into the differences between mobile and web application testing, let’s look at the difference between web and mobile apps.
The burgeoning use of mobile devices has created enormous opportunities for organizations to leverage mobile to increase sales, advertise products, and collaborate with internal and external resources. However, with increasing usage, the need to perform testing on these devices is increasing significantly. This is not an easy task considering the number of devices, device operating systems, and operating system versions. To manage the number of variations, organizations rely on mobile testing tools to support their testing efforts. David Dang shares his experiences analyzing numerous mobile testing tool platforms for a prominent shopping network. Learn how identifying the "right" mobile testing tool depends on multiple factors such as supported devices, level of testing, resources, and required integration with other tools. Take back to share with your team a review of common tools on the market and the pros and cons of each.
Today, organizations are rapidly deploying mobile versions of their customer-facing and internal applications. With the prevalence of more agile-based approaches and the challenge of an ever-increasing diversity of devices and OS versions, testers are being asked to accomplish more testing in less time. Rachel Obstler shares how leading enterprises are improving the efficiency of their mobile testing using automation, and how they identify the right processes and tools for the job. Sharing some fascinating statistics from their recent mobile quality survey of more than 69,000 mobile app developers and QA organizations in the top US enterprises, Rachel dives into the challenges identified in the survey and shares five clear ways to improve your testing process: implementing a collaborative agile process, optimizing with a development tool that naturally facilitates testing, using a combination of real and emulated devices—and when to use them, and more.
Design System as a Product - Maria Elena Duenias, Esther Butcher
Design systems are a great example where web development and design meet. You can find innumerable resources on the internet, books and conferences on how to build them, and how they are exactly what your organization needs. But, building one requires a lot more than following a recipe. In this talk we are going to discuss how to build a design system as an internal product, and how it evolves to become what the users need.
Designers, Developers and Dogs: Finding the magic balance between product and tech - Charlotte Vorbeck, ShareNow and Sahil Bajaj
How can an agile delivery team become a successful product team? When does collaboration between product and tech succeed and when not? Why do people in some teams inspire each other while others in the same environment don't speak the same language? In this talk we want to share our learnings and experiences from rebuilding an internal tool for customer support at ShareNow. What could have been just another boring rewrite surprisingly became one of our best experiences in collaboration. We will look at how a joint discovery phase helped us to come up with a shared vision, how a better team setup enabled us to do the necessary work, how focusing on the customer kept us aligned during our journey, and also how we built upon existing collaborative techniques to achieve this new level of cooperation and trust.
During this presentation, Ward Coessens, ThoughtWorks' Consultant will share best practice insights from the Daimler partnership, helping the automotive group on their cloud innovation journey.
How to create more business impact with flexible teams - Jan Hegewald, Zalando & Rebekka Beels, Zalando
Usually, Software Engineering teams are organized around a fixed set of components which they develop further and maintain. Such component teams gain a high level of expert knowledge about their services. However, with agile product development, it often is difficult to implement the most important initiatives with such teams. This leads to a situation where the teams do not work on the most relevant business topics but on those for the respective team. At Zalando, we introduced a new model where we shape teams flexibly around business goals to create the highest impact. How we organize these teams and which challenges especially for the software quality need to be addressed, will be explored in this talk.
Amazon’s Culture of Innovation & The Working Backwards session
Working Backwards; leading organisations achieve growth by marrying customer-obsession with a modern technology strategy. Where do you begin? By focusing on the customer.
During this webinar, Amazon will discuss key innovation principles which have been instrumental in their continued success and their Working Backwards approach.
Dual-Track Agile for Discovery & Development - Adriana Katrandzhieva
The talk will focus on one of the ways teams can ensure continuous delivery and design in their projects. The so-called ‘Dual-track’ model shows the parallel tracks of discovery and development throughout the product design and delivery process. These continually feedback into each other informing new hypothesis that can be tested in order to be proven/disproven. This model is not always easy to implement out of the box and so I will share my own experiences in applying it in practice - what worked, what didn't and how the model can be adjusted to fit different teams and organisational environments.
Designing the Developer Experience - Tanja Bach, Jacob Bo Tiedemann
Working with software that some other people have built, is not only daily business for private and business users but also for developers. Just like any other product, a product for developers needs to solve their problems and focus on the right jobs-to-be-done in order to be successfully adopted by the developer community. In this talk, we will explain why the developer experience matters not only to developers but also to the business. We will share our learnings and real-world examples of how we created a developer experience for a cloud infrastructure product and an IoT platform that the developers love.
When we design together - Sabrina Mach, Ammara Gafoor and James Emmott
From three distinct perspectives, this talk will contend that design is an activity undertaken by everyone in a software development team. It occurs throughout the process of delivery — not only at the beginning or the end — and it is a powerful instrument for learning about and adapting to the problems our work seeks to solve, which is a shared responsibility. Making the best use of our multidisciplinary expertise in the activity of design requires forms of collaboration that are too often disrupted by the role-based silos that keep us separated and weaken the valuable contribution our diverse approaches could make to our collective efforts. If you care about accelerating time to market, improving customer experience, or building happy and productive teams, you will want to know why and how it matters that we believe ‘design is in everything that we do’.
Hardware is hard(er): designing for distributed user experiences in IoT - Claire Rowland, www.clairerowland.com
Designing connected devices and hardware-enabled services is significantly more complex than pure software. There are more devices on which code can run, connectivity and data sharing patterns to consider, and often multiple and varied touchpoints for users to interact with. Pulling this all together into a coherent experience involves strong collaboration between design and engineering, and a systems thinking approach to UX. In this talk, we’ll introduce what designers need to know about the tech, what engineers need to know about UX for IoT, and how to facilitate the whole-collaboration needed to create great products.
www.clairerowland.com
Customer-centric innovation enabled by cloudThoughtworks
Working Backwards - Leading organisations achieve growth by marrying customer-obsession with a modern technology strategy. In this upcoming webinar, we’ve partnered with AWS to bring you exclusive insights from one of the world’s most innovative companies, Amazon.
Working Backwards - Leading organisations achieve growth by marrying customer-obsession with a modern technology strategy. In this upcoming webinar, we’ve partnered with AWS to bring you exclusive insights from one of the world’s most innovative companies, Amazon.
Find out how to validate hypotheses quickly using feedback that comes from a (large enough) number of actual users interacting with your product. In this talk, we will show you the technical foundations, research techniques and organisational setup that we have used successfully on large-scale products. These will save you development time, enable you to go live with confidence, make decisions based on real behaviour instead of best guesses, and solve the actual problems your users are facing.
As a tech leader at ThoughtWorks, a large part of my job involves recommending practices to our clients so they can build and deliver good quality software faster. In doing so repeatedly for many clients I have created a toolkit that contains practical advice from being on the ground. This is what we do, we know it works. When Julius Caesar entered Rome with his army by crossing the river Rubicon, he did something that couldn’t be undone ever again. In your journey as a leader, avoid mistakes that are difficult to correct later. Here are a set of practices that you want to adopt as soon as possible.
Handling error conditions is a core part of the software we write. However, we often treat it as a second class citizen, obscuring our intent through abuse of null values and exceptions that make our code hard to understand and maintain. In the functional programming community, it is common to use datatypes such as Option, Either or Validated to make our intentions explicit when dealing with errors. We can leverage the compiler to verify that we are handling them instead of hoping for the best at runtime. This results in code that is clearer, without hidden path flows. We’ll show how we have been doing this in Kotlin, with the help of the Arrow library.
Mutation testing in software development surfaced in academia during the 70's and has recently seen a resurgence in popularity as a legitimate tool in your testing arsenal. In this session we review the conventional testing pyramid, modern approaches to testing software and look at how mutation testing can help fill in those blind spots.
The continued adoption of containers for deployments has introduced a new path for security issues. In this talk, we will cover the most common areas of vulnerabilities, the challenges in securing your containers, some good practices to help overcome these issues and how to run container security scanning as part of your deployment pipeline.
Mainframes handle 30 billion business transactions each day and 87% of all credit card transactions*, they are not traditionally associated with flexible, fail-fast development approaches. Can we bring the practices of agile, CI/CD and fully automated deployments to applications running on a mainframe? During our talk, we'll tell you a story about test automation; redefining the smallest testable unit of a program. And we'll discuss our learnings from introducing continuous integration and agile practices to the world of insurance and mainframes.
*9 Mainframe statistics that may surprise you
ThoughtWorks' Lucy Kurian, James Lewis & Kief Morris discuss tech trends in our latest Technology Radar, covering techniques, platforms, tools, languages and frameworks.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
4. Definition
A test strategy is an outline that
describes the testing approach of
the software development cycle.
It is created to inform project
managers, testers, and developers
about some key issues of the
testing process.
5. Test Strategy
! Scope
! Roles and Responsibilities
! Environment
! Testing Tools
! Risks and Mitigation
! Schedule
! Priorities
! and more…
7. Did you know?
(Source: Mobile Marketing Association Asia)
World Population ~ 7 Billion
Toothbrushes
~ 4.2 Billion
Cell Phones
~ 5.1 Billion
8. Yes, that’s true!
! Smartphone usage grew by 50% from 2011 to 2012
! 91% of Americans have their mobile device within reach 24x7
! This year, mobile phones will surpass PCs as the primary means of
accessing the internet
! In 2011, Apple sold 48m mobile devices
V/S 4.9m desktops/laptops.
! Only 20% of businesses have invested in a mobile solution
(Source: various)