Northern Virginia Test Automation Interest Group

The Northern Virginia Test Automation Interest Group holds monthly meetings, generally on Wednesday evenings, at Herndon-Reston area facilities.

Meeting format:

6:30 - 7:00 Networking, food.
7:00 - 7:30 Each attendee introduces themselves and discuses their test automation interests/news/challenges/successes.
7:30 - 7:40 Announcements from attendees re job openings or re seeking work.
7:40 - 8:40 Presentation or Discussion Topic
8:40 - 9:00 Follow-on discussions

The meetings are participatory and discussion-oriented:

Meetings often include informal discussion-oriented presentations.
Meetings are technically oriented at times (and may include showing and discussing code). Example topics: unit testing, automation programming languages, tool specifics, vendor presentations, load testing, code coverage.
Some meetings are less technical and more oriented to design/strategy/managment subjects related to test automation. Topic examples: choosing a tool, when is a project ready for test automation, open source vs COTS, build vs buy, ROI, how to find a great automation engineer, automation estimation, etc.
It is expected that attendees will contribute actively to the discussons and be willing to discuss (in general terms, or, if possible, specific terms) past or current automation experiences, challenges, and successes.

NOVATAIG President: Rick Hower
email: rickhower@earthlink.net

April 2010 Monthly Meeting

Automated In-Browser Testing with Cucumber and Webrat

The presentation will include:
* Discussion of open source tools including Cucumber, Watir, WatirCuke, Webrat, Selenium.
* Using Domain-Specific Languages
* Behavior-driven Development and Testing

Presenter Bio:
Rudy Regner, Systems/Software Test Consultant. Currently working at U.S. Office of Management and Budget developing test strategies for IT platforms used in developing Federal budget.
Co-presenters: Rasik Pandey - CEO of Nepharious LLC, a software development consulting company based in Arlington, VA.; Mike Perz, programmer, does test-driven development; Erik Scheirer, currently working for the OMB as Architect and Developer.

When: Wed. April 7 2010 6:30 PM

Where: Tortilla Factory Restaurant,
Herndon (see Registration
Page for location map & menu)

Cost: None, other than whatever you wish
to spend on food/drink.

Please register -
Meeting registration page