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The Association for Software Testing is pleased to announce its ninth annual conference, CAST 2014 “The Art and Science of Testing”, to be held in New York, NY, August 11-13. To some, software testing is an outgrowth of engineering, mathematics and physics, while to others, testing is an exploration of psychology, philosophy or sociology. At CAST 2014, conference speakers will share their stories and experiences surrounding software testing, whether bound by rules and laws of science and experimentation, or expressed through creativity, imagination, and artistry.

Join us this summer for our ninth annual conference in downtown New York City at the beautiful Kimmel Center located next to Washington Square Park August 11-13, as we explore the art and science of testing.

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Monday, August 11 • 9:00am - 5:00pm
Continuous Automated Testing: A Communication System That Scales!

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Automated tools provide test professionals with the capability to make relevant observations even in the fastest-paced environments. Automated testing is also a powerful tool for improving communication between software engineers. This is important because good communication is a prerequisite for growing a great software engineering organization.

This workshop will explore the continuous testing of software systems. Special focus will be given to the situation where the engineering team is deploying code to production so frequently that it is not possible to perform deep regression testing before each release.

People who participate in this course will learn pragmatic automated testing strategies like:

* Data analysis on the command line with find, grep and wc.
* Network analysis with Chrome Inspector, Charles and netcat.
* Using code churn to predict hotspots where bugs may occur.
* Putting stack traces in context with automated SCM blame emails.
* Using statsd to instrument a whole application.
* Testing in production.
* Monitoring-as-testing.

Technical level: participants should have some familiarity with the command line and with editing code using a text editor or IDE. Familiarity with Git, SVN or another version control system is helpful but not required. Likewise some knowledge of Web servers is helpful but not required. 
It is desirable for participants to bring laptops. 
Speakers
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Noah Sussman

Independent Consultant, Noah Sussman New Media, LLC
From 2010 to 2012 Noah was a Test Architect at Etsy. He helped build Etsy's continuous integration system, and has helped countless other engineers develop successful automated testing strategies.These days Noah is an independent consultant in New York. He is passionate about helping... Read More →

Monday August 11, 2014 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
KC 914
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