Things I learned in VodQA- Spot for QA – June Session

I got an opportunity to participate in VodQA meetup conducted by Thoughtworks, Chennai on June 23, 2016. It was a meetup meant for QA people. So I would like to share few things that I learned in the meetup.
Deliver Anything Anywhere Anytime by Poornima Sarangapani, Thoughtworks

• Difference between continuous deployment and continuous delivery.
• Importance of delivering each and every feature once developed and tested.
• Downtime must be eliminated during continuous delivery.
• Pre-prod environment should be developed similar to production environment. All the features should be tested in pre-prod environment before moving to production release.
• Test pyramid formula is an essence for testing. N number of Unit testing, Integration testing and UI testing should be carried out before moving to production.
• We must be able to rollback to the old feature when we face any issue after deployment of a new feature.
• Eventhough we had N number of automation tests, testing by manual should be given high priority before production release.
• Continuous deployment is done by automation whereas continuous delivery is done or executed by human.

Capybara- Web App Testing by Vinodini Visvanathan, Spritle Software

• Introduction to Capybara.
• How easy to use it.
• No need to use wait or sleep for it.
• easy and tester friendly DSL.
• DSL with examples.

Currently I am working on a HealthCare project for which I do lots of manual testing. As the number of features kept increasing, time consumption for testing also increases. I started writing rspec using Capybara. It helps me to test each and every feature in a easier way. This automated tool allows me to debug step by step with its powerful screenshot feature which in turn saves my time in debugging process. I could run N number of specs for N number of features. It also helps me to use headless browsers. It supports xpath, css and jQuery. Installation of Capybara is so easy. I can interact with my app easily more than I imagined. I personally feel this automated tool more effective since my project includes many Input Forms to be tested.
Agile Game by Cheitanya Udatha Bhargavi, Thoughtworks
The game was entirely about

• Requirement gathering from the client
• Proper planning
• Interaction with the project management
• Team collaboration
• Time management

All talks are very impressive. I could get some idea on how to make my way of testing more easier and do it in a better way. Also I have learnt what are all the things essential to run my project in most successful and effective bug free manner. I am eagerly waiting to hear about the upcoming QA event for the month of July.