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Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 11:15am to 12:00pm

Think you can just ‘Test’ that API? Think again…

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CA Technologies

APIs are the new world order and more-and-more businesses are cashing in on the value of making sections of code readily available to other applications. However, APIs present particular testing challenges and testers must embrace the modern development practices associated with them.

Faced with complex chains of APIs, testers need a systematic approach to generate tests which are rigorous, but can be executed within a short iteration. The tests require accurate test data and production like environments, which must all be updated whenever one API changes. All of this must be done while dealing with multiple versions, orders and assemblies.

This session will demonstrate:
• A structured, model-based approach to exhaustively testing individual APIs, while chaining these tests together to form more complex types of tests
• How API testing can be rigorous, proportional and realistic, generating accurate API tests based on empirically defined risk thresholds
• How dependency mapping can be used to update tests, data and environments consistently whenever one or more APIs in the chain changes

Jonathon Wright

CA Technologies

Jonathon is a strategic thought leader and distinguished technology evangelist specializing in emerging technologies, innovation & automation with over 15 years of international commercial experience within global organizations, and is currently Director of Digital Assurance at CA in Oxford in the UK.
His practical experience and leadership in the area of DevOps and Digital Assurance has seen him in demand as a speaker at international conferences including Gartner, Unicom, HPE Discover, Oracle Digital Forum, STARWest, STAREast, and EuroSTAR, where he was awarded Innovator of the Year (2014).
He is the author of several books on test automation as well as numerous online webinars, podcasts & training courses on Automation and API Testing. With Jonathon’s practical insights into real world application of the core principles and methodologies underpinning DevOps and Digital Assurance, his presentations are not to be missed.