Pune Edition

vodQA - 2022

Tuesday, 06th September 2022
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About

vodQA - Value Oriented Discussions for Quality Analysts, is a forum that sports the motto - "Come learn something new". The forum offers a unique platform for the software testing industry to strengthen the QA community through knowledge sharing.

So far, we have successfully hosted more than 20 editions of vodQA across all Thoughtworks India offices. vodQA aims at taking you to another level altogether, where you get a wider perspective of testing. Let us meet more evangelists, to talk and learn about the vast spectrum of testing realms.

 
Event Countdown

Agenda

4:00 - 4:10 PM

Welcome Note

04.10 - 04:55 PM

Patterns and Anti-Patterns of test automation framework
by Bharath Kumar Hemachandran

At TW we are generally quite proficient at picking up tools and implementing it on a project. However, across projects there are many issues seen due to:
- a lack of knowledge on how to implement a framework optimally
- a lack of boilerplate code or rush jobs just to get automation in place.
This talk will walk through some patterns and anti-patterns of test automation - right from understanding how to automate, how to choose the best tool for automation to creating a complete framework that is maintainable and extensible

05.00 - 05:45 PM

The Big Elephant in the room - Managing test data
by Nalinikanth Meesala & Anirudh Konduri

We work on different kind of applications and we write lot of automation code. The core of the automation framework is built around how do we create test data. How do we manage it how do we create a robust framework that is independent of the test data. This talk in it's entirety deals with test data strategies for automation frameworks and how to choose a specific one

5:50 - 6:35 PM

Robustness with Playwright
by Arunkumar G Kumaraswamy

Robust automation framework has certain archetypes to be considered, we are going to look into those archetypes with a sample UI automation framework created in Playwright Tool

 

Speakers

Bharath Kumar Hemachandran

Quality Analyst, Thoughtworks


Bharath Kumar is a Principal Consultant and has been working for over 16 yrs in the software industry in various roles from that of a developer to IT head of a real-estate company. He loves to look at technology with a business mindset and solve real world problems using technology. Currently, the Ops lead for the Data and AI Service Line in India.

Nalinikanth Meesala

Quality Analyst, Thoughtworks


Having 10 years of experience in Quality and Security areas. He helps teams build quality and secure applications. Over time he has been setting up enterprise level security and quality practices for teams over past two years. He likes to learn, guide and explore different tools and libraries in wide range. Strategy, Devsecops and Threat modelling are his favourite areas and currently his quest is to dig deep in to cloud security. He is working as a technical product owner and also is a security community lead for Thoughtworks India

Anirudh Konduri

Quality Analyst, Thoughtworks


Senior consultant and having around 6+ years of experience on QA front with different domain knowledge like Web, Mobile, API and DB. Currently he is working on mobile end and making out stuffs for automation as well. He loves looking at technology and reading about new tools / technologies. He also love contributing to open-source projects.

Arunkumar G

Quality Analyst, Thoughtworks


Quality Analyst with 7+ years of experience in testing with multiple domains like Telecom,Banking,Insurance,Travel and Finance. He is interesting in Performance testing and mobile Automation and would like to explore with new tools for automation. Currently started to attend trainings for being an Agile Coach and Scrum Master

FAQs

  1. Do I have to pay for attending the event?

    Absolutely NO. It's a free QA community event.

  2. I'm not from QA background, can I attend?

    Yes please.

  3. How will it be conducted this year?

    This year it will be an online event.

  4. Do I need to register?

    Yes, Participant registration is open! Please register using "Register" button on top.

  5. Can everyone attend the workshop ?

    Workshop has limited seats, Register at the earliest to confirm your seat.

  6. How is workshop registration confirmed?

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