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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 11:30am to 12:30pm

Testing in an Agile World: The Current State and Future Possibilities

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Delivering high quality applications in an agile world is becoming more complex and challenging because of the changes the web and mobile are undergoing. Web testing continues to get much more difficult due to: increasing use of open technologies (HTML, JavaScript, and CSS) and web components in apps; lengthening the approval processes for plugins; and Chrome, Mozilla, and Edge browsers blocking specific APIs. On the mobile front, Apple, Google, and Microsoft are making it easier for developers to build cross-platform apps, resulting in more to test in less time. With releases such as Windows 10, the lines between desktop and mobile continue to blur. Nikhil Kaul presents an overview of recent technological trends and discusses why they necessitate an alteration in existing agile testing practices. He shares how the transition to technologies like React and React Native is causing the worlds of mobile and web testing to collide. Nikhil shows how, by employing reusability practices and following a modular test design, testers can better prepare for these developments.

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SmartBear Software

Nikhil Kaul is product manager, testing products at SmartBear Software, the leader in software quality tools for the connected world. Nikhil was previously at Digité, an application lifecycle management solutions provider, where he gained insight into the software development and testing market. Nikhil is very involved in discussions taking place in development and testing communities. His most recent thoughts can be found in Forbes and CIO.com. In his free time, Nikhil enjoys running, hiking, and reading. Follow him on Twitter @kaulnikhil.