Speakers

Michael Palotas was one of the key drivers in the development of Selenium Grid and is able to provide deep insights into the Selenium world. For more than 10 years Mr. Palotas shaped software and test engineering at eBay International as Head of Quality Engineering. He was key responsible for leading the transformation for eBay International from a waterfall to a highly agile organization employing new paths and approaches especially in the field of engineering practices. Before joining eBay, Michael held lead roles in companies like Ericsson, Nortel Networks, Intel.

After leaving eBay, Michael founded Element34 Solutions GmbH together with Francois Reynaud to help companies succeed in the field of test automation and agile engineering practices. Michael works with clients on a strategic as well as on a technical level - connecting the dots between the business and technical implementations.

Practical test automation with Selenium

According to the Gartner Magic Quadrant for test automation, Selenium will become the de-facto standard by 2020 for test automation. This workshop will give you a starting point for using Selenium professionally. Besides practical examples the participants will also get the chance for a look behind the scenes of Selenium.

Topics covered:

• Introduction and current trends in test automation
• Selenium: an overview of Selenium / Webdriver and Selenium Grid
• Where to use Selenium and where not
• The Selenium protocol
• Selenium in conjunction with test frameworks like JUnit and TestNG
• Testing dynamic pages with Selenium
• Easy maintenance with Page Objects
• Reporting
• Mobile automation with Selenium
• Selenium in the future