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May 31, 2012: "Selenium in the real world (or where are the tests and how do I run them?)"

Meeting Start Time: 6:45pm

Presenter: Iain Rose, Software Engineer in Test, xMatters

Location: Room 408 in Building NE1 - BCIT Burnaby Campus, 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby (Directions)

Abstract:
Selenium is an open source tool that automates browsers, that's it. It's not a test framework, it's not a build tool, it's not a continuous integration tool. It just automates browsers.

In this session we will:

• Learn how to combine Selenium with other open source tools to create a robust test automation framework that can add value to your testing process
• Demonstrate the page object model and show how keeping our tests DRY will reduce your maintenance effort.
• Demonstrate the use of implicit & explicit waits in Selenium 2 (Webdriver) to reduce test flakiness
• Use a build tool to run the tests in parallel
• Integrate with Jenkins to make our first steps towards continuous integration.

About Iain Rose:
Iain is a Software Engineer in Test at xMatters focussing on test automation with the Webdriver API of Selenium 2. Iain has over a decades worth of experience in testing and previously was the CEO & Founder of rallyQA Software Testing. http://www.xmatters.com

The meeting will start at 6:45pm. However, we advise attendants to arrive between 6:00pm and 6:45pm to enjoy refreshments, and to get acquainted with other participants.

Agenda:

• Networking before presentation
• Feature presentation
• Group discussion with the presenter

Expected duration: 2 hours.

In order to estimate the number of participants attending this event, RSVP Ed Dahl at ed.dahl@telus.net.