For teams that test rapidly changing front ends, rewriting tests with new assertions and changing locators can take up a significant portion of actual QA work. This means that new functionality isn’t getting tested and often leads to frustration between development and QA as testing is seen as a bottleneck of innovation.

This is where Applitools Execution Cloud comes into play! Applitools has introduced self-healing technology that completely eliminates the need to make changes to tests for small UI changes, drastically reducing test maintenance.

Join us for a session where we’ll show you the magic of self-healing and:

• How you can use it with your favorite frameworks
• How it will affect the speed at which you innovate and deploy
• How it will change the way you think of dev vs test

Interested, but can’t make the live session? Register now to receive the on-demand recording and session materials.

Over the last few decades, we evolved from Waterfall—with testing and automating at the end—to Agile—testing and automating early for fast feedback. Combined with Extreme Programming practices, we got to Shift Left and achieved Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD).

But, is that enough, and more importantly—what is next?

With advancements in AI, we are now at the cusp of the next revolution in software. Let’s explore how we can reimagine our Test Automation with AI at each of the following stages of the test automation life cycle:

• Test Design
• Test Creation and Implementation
• Test Execution and Scaling
• Test Result Analysis
• Test Maintenance

AI is here. In this encore presentation of his Future of Testing keynote, Anand Bagmar shares practical ways to leverage it to make your testing and test automation easier, faster, optimal, and more accurate. You’ll leave with a new and evolved approach to testing and test automation strategy.

Wednesday, November 22

2:00 PM AEDT—Sydney • 11:00 AM GMT+8—Singapore • 8:30 AM IST—New Delhi

How can AI drive value throughout software design, development, and testing?

Will AI help your organization develop software faster, with fewer bugs and manual processes? Or, will it add fragmentation, silos, and risk?

This webinar will help you solve barriers to AI adoption before you introduce new tools and practices. We will explore how you can roll AI out across your whole software delivery pipeline while retaining three core principles for quality software delivery:

• Domain knowledge: Create a Generative AI which responds like it knows your organization.
• Agile best practices: Maintain collaboration, parallelization, “shift left” testing, and more.
• Test coverage: Measure and target AI test generation to find bugs early.

We will then show you how testers, developers, and BAs can leverage AI to design, develop, and release better software. Live demos will show you how AI supports:

• Requirements modeling: Convert user stories into unambiguous flowcharts, with AI-assisted refinement to catch design errors before they enter code.
• Requirements communication: Create knowledge hubs that answer questions as engineers develop the requirements, enabling rapid and accurate development.
• Test generation: Automatically create risk-based tests for the latest system, assuring quality before rapid releases.
• Test execution: Test at scale and across devices, with self-healing to avoid time-consuming maintenance.

Learn how AI can help you design the right system, develop it the first time around, and test it rigorously in-sprint!

Thursday, October 26
2:00 pm BST—London • 9:00 am EDT—New York

With the increasing complexity of software development and testing, organizations rely on distributed teams to accommodate global operations. However, managing test automation at scale for distributed teams brings its own set of unique challenges.

Join this webinar as leaders from top-performing global teams explore the key challenges of operating across different locations and regions, and discuss effective strategies to overcome them, including:

• Test Environment Stability: Delve into the challenges inherent in maintaining consistent test environments across distributed teams.
• Shifting Left: Explore strategies to empower distributed teams to involve testing early in the development lifecycle, accelerating time-to-market and enhancing product quality.
• Infrastructure and Tooling: Discuss recommended tools, workflows, and techniques to streamline the process of managing test infrastructure.
• Impact of AI: Probe the question of whether AI is an enabler or a distraction for modern teams.
• Culture, Language, and Time Zone Differences: Take home techniques to bridge cultural and language gaps, foster a cohesive team environment, and manage essential aspects of asynchronous communication in development and testing efforts.

Highly relevant for automation engineers, managers, and directors of enterprise test/QA teams, all participants will take home practical insights and strategies for driving successful test automation initiatives.

Explore how your team can leverage AI and the combined power of GitHub and Applitools to rapidly expand your automated testing capabilities in this interactive session with GitHub’s Developer Advocate Rizel Scarlett and Software Quality Evangelist Anand Bagmar.

With a focus on test automation, they will showcase the benefits of using GitHub Copilot for code implementation and maintenance, GitHub Actions for running these tests automatically, and Applitools Execution Cloud with Applitools Ultrafast Grid for AI-powered execution at scale.

You will see a practical demonstration of:

• Streamlining test implementation and maintenance using GitHub Copilot 
• How Copilot Chat can provide valuable suggestions for code improvements and refactoring
• Running automated tests automatically when code is merged to the main branch using GitHub Actions
• Self-healing your automation using the Applitools Execution Cloud and scaling seamlessly with the Applitools Ultrafast Grid

Plus, you will:

• Discover how GitHub Copilot can help developers recall syntax with different programming languages

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to leverage AI, GitHub, and Applitools to accelerate your start, make more meaningful contributions to your test automation, and bootstrap your journey with confidence.

Less than a year ago, ChatGPT came into our lives, sparking an extraordinary wave of excitement around AI and its immense potential to enhance productivity across various roles, including software development and testing.

In this session, we will explore the remarkable capabilities of AI in test automation. We will demonstrate how AI can be used today to significantly expand end-to-end test coverage while reducing the need for extensive test code, eliminating repetitive maintenance tasks, minimizing required skills, and much more. Plus, we’ll look at how generative AI and large language models will shape the next generation of test automation tools and the role testers will play in operating them.

Key takeaways:

• Understand why the traditional approach to e2e test automation does not scale
• Learn how AI can be applied in e2e test automation today to significantly increase test coverage while reducing the amount of test code and test maintenance overhead
• Explore how generative AI and large language models will shape automation tools of the (near) future, the role testers will play in operating them, and see these technologies in action

Playwright is a robust test automation framework that enables reliable end-to-end testing for modern web applications. It supports multiple languages, is super simple to get started, and is super fast in running tests.

Playwright uses Locators to find elements on a page. Because they are essential to some of Playwright’s most powerful features—auto-waiting and retry-ability—multiple locators are built into Playwright.  But, how do you choose the best locators to use to maximize stability and add the most value to your tests?

In this session, Renata Andrade plays with different locators for common scenarios. She evaluates the simplicity, stability, speed, and actionability checks of each while she demonstrates the importance of using a good locator strategy.

Along the way, you will see Playwright’s Test Generator, Trace Viewer, and the UI Mode help with locator creation and the auto-waiting functionality. Renata will also explore the impact of your locator strategy on Visual Regression Tests with Applitools.

If you’re considering changing your test automation framework to Playwright or if you’re just not sure you’re using locators correctly, you don’t want to miss this session.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the difference between the different built-in locators in Playwright
• Learn how to decrease flakiness on your tests
• Learn how to speed up your tests by using a good locator strategy
• Learn how to use the Test Generator, the Trace Viewer, and the UI Mode to help you with locator creation
• Understand the impact of locator strategy on Visual Regression Tests with Applitools

Discover how to liberate your testing process from traditional limitations with streamlined automation strategies that deliver speed and accuracy. Learn the nuts and bolts of fine-tuning your application to achieve impeccable designs and seamless functionality. Automate even the hardest parts of your application with easy automation and streamlined maintenance. Reveal the art of maintaining a consistent user experience in the ever-changing world of applications.

Join GienTech Singapore Automation Solution Architect, Roland Ross Hadi, and Applitools APAC Head of Customer Success & Solutions, Satish Mallela for an engaging live demo using the GienTech automation framework enhanced by the AI-powered Applitools platform. This webinar will revolutionize your approach to test automation and unlock the full potential of your software development process.

Key takeaways:

• Liberate your testing process from traditional limitations by adopting automation strategies that deliver speed and accuracy.
• Learn how test automation can fine-tune every aspect of your application, from pixel-perfect designs to seamless functionality.
• Seamlessly automate even the hardest parts of your application with easy automation and streamlined maintenance.
• Learn the art of maintaining consistent user experiences across ever-evolving applications with dynamic test automation.

Wednesday, August 2
10 AM UTC+8—Singapore • 12 PM AEST—Sydney

Testing at scale presents unique challenges that demand innovative solutions and strategies. To address this, we’re bringing together a panel of technical leaders to share their experiences and empower you to do more with what you already have.

Focusing on three key areas—Test Cases, Test Data, and Test Execution—these leaders will share their experience with the tools and techniques that have proven successful in their organizations. Along the way, they will discuss their journey to testing at scale and which technologies and strategies have helped them reach their goals. Plus, you’ll hear about new innovations that these top-performing teams are pursuing.

Highly relevant for organizational leaders, this webinar also gives developers, test engineers, and test architects practical tips to fine-tune their testing strategy and achieve better performance at scale.

Key takeaways:

• Recognize how scaling test projects can help your team cover more behaviors and provide faster feedback
• Explore strategies that companies large and small have used to successfully scale their test automation efforts
• Learn how modern approaches can address scaling issues for test cases, data, and execution