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TdT Cluj – Workshop #1 – Webdriver and Python with mozillawebqa

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We had the first longer workshop organised by TdT Cluj, and it was really fun and useful! 27 people (3 instructors, 1 person responsible that we had all we needed, 1 PR  and 22 students) spent more than 6 hours to learn how to write tests with Selenium Webdriver and Python for a Mozilla website, and I personally would have continued if the time we had reserved the room for hadn’t been limited.

People started to arrive around 11:30 and we had some tea and coffee until 12:00 when Alex Lakatos started with a short presentation of the mozillawebqa team. Then, Bebe (aka Florin Strugariu) took control of the event :-).

The workshop had three phases:

  • The setup of the test environment. Something that should have been like a walk in the park, as we already had installed some of the tools, turned out to be a real software project :). We had lots of configurations – Win 7 and Win 8 (one even on a tablet – you should see the picture with the Windows tablet and the Apple keyboard and mouse! As Ioana said, could it have got more hipsterish than that? :-D), MacBooks and Linux machines, different IDEs (Aptana of pyCharm) and even someone with a custom version of Firefox – which revealed many problems. After more than one hour and a half everybody had the setup running:
    • github client installed
    • github project forked and cloned: https://github.com/mozilla/remo-tests/
    • python virtual environment created and working – I personally struggled with this as I had too many versions of python installed on my laptop, the default being 3.1, and the virtual environment didn’t like that too much
    • python dependences installed in the virtual environment – that turned out to be quite challenging too as the internet connection wasn’t ready for so many people downloading all at once
    • IDEs configured
    • we were able to run the two existing tests from the repository.

During this period Bebe, Alex and Alin – our instructors 😀 – moved from one person to the other to solve everybody’s problems. I think they handled this really well, especially as there were so many of us, and only three of them.

  • The next step for Bebe was to show us how they write tests at Mozilla. He was writing the tests and sharing his screen on the projector, and the rest of us followed along. Together with Alin (and Alex) they answered questions, helped people debug if something didn’t work or presented us some of the practices used by their team. We implemented two tests:
    • one for going to the Events page of the website, and looking for an element on the page
    • one for searching an event (entering “test” in the search field) and verifying the number of results returned (in our case we had 1 result).

Eniko had a really nice comment on the meetup page, that it was great to see us working as teams: people were talking and helping each other, debugging failures and trying to understand why something wasn’t working. It was so nice, that we didn’t even feel when time flew. If it wasn’t for the pizza and a small incident in one of the other rooms, most probably we wouldn’t have stopped until the end.

  • Once the new tests were running, we moved to the next phase of the workshop: writing tests for the tickets opened on github. Unfortunately it was already late, and we had less than an hour for that, so I guess only few were able to finish theirs.

My takeaways from this workshop are:

  • we start to be a real community! People feel comfortable asking for help, and offering help even if they meet for the first time
  • open source projects are a great opportunity for people to learn new things and do that in a way that others can benefit from their work
  • we should have a follow-up for this workshop; now that many of us have the setup running, and know the basics on how it works, we should spend more time on writing tests
  • Windows 8 tablets are real computers, if one can install the setup for test automation and run tests from one! 😀

Alex

P.S. you can check the photos and follow-up comments for this meetup here: http://www.meetup.com/Tabara-de-Testare-Cluj/events/107519592/

P.P.S. thanks to Ioana, our PR :-D, more photos can be found here: https://reps.mozilla.org/e/webqa-selenium-workshop/

TDT Monthly Meetup #11 – Timisoara

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In primul rand: La multi ani! 🙂

Multumim tuturor celor care s-au inscris la “Tabara de Testare” – Timisoara #11.
Ne intalnim maine, joi 17 ianuarie 2013, la 18:30 la sediul ARIES-TM (Strada Paris nr2A(cladirea Iprotim , cea cu Registrul Comertului), etajul 4, camera 413).

Agenda:

  • 18:30 – 18:45 – Sosire participanți
  • 18:45 – 19:45– Prezentare “Making BDD fun with Ruby and Cucumber”
  • 19:45 – 20:00 – Discutii
  • 20:00 – 20:30 – Concluzii

Participanți:

1. Andrei Marfievici – “Making BDD fun with Ruby and Cucumb”
2. Adrian Mirea – Facilitator
3. Alina Ionescu
4. Oana Radomir
5. Ramona Baleti
6. Bogdan Orasan
7. Carmen Bonto
8. Groza Ioan + 1
9. Alexandru Zbarcea
10. Roxana Vornic
11. Babau Marius
12. Croitoru Andreea
13. Ioan Nicoara
14. Arpad Simo
15. Codruta
16. Flavius Prehar
17. Daniel Jurescu + 1
18. Adrian Vornic
19. Adela
20. Mihaela Lemeni + 1
21. Delia Cruceru
22. Alexandra Nadasan
23. Lavinia Muntean
24. Alexandar Despotovici
25. Loredana Burcas
26. Ciprian Spirea
27. Camelia Detesan

Ideas for 2013…

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On the 5th of December the Cluj chapter had the last monthly meetup for 2012. We started the evening by discussing about the things we liked so far at TdT and what we’d like to do in the future.

Below is the list with the items we came up with:

  • longer meetings (ie: 1-2 days conferences – Peer conference or Open Space Conference) where we can go more in depth
  • more hands on sessions
    • testlab
    • workshops for different skills and tools (new cool & geeky stuff)
    • test clinic – where people can present their problems and the community can come up with possible solutions
    • non-technical sessions (critical thinking, communication, presentation)
  • industry/domain specific presentations
  • have talks about test management
  • bring cool and smart people to attend our sessions
  • bring non-testers to talk – business people, developers, sells, support
  • community beyond meetups for testing things – small workgroups that meet to discuss specific themes and problems
  • community beyond the meetups – go out and have beer with peer testers 🙂
  • have interactions between the TdT chapters
  • organize a testing camp
  • organize a real conference in Romania

This list is not prioritized in any way, it’s just a bunch of ideas that we put on paper and would be of interest for the local chapter.

I’d personally like to know how the members from other chapters see it, so please leave a comment with the items you find interesting and if you’d want to get involved.

Alex

TDT Peer Conference #10 – Timisoara – Anniversary Edition

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First of all, thank you all for signing up for the “Tabara de Testare Timisoara #10 – Anniversary Edition”.
We meet at 6:30PM  at Haufe-Lexware (Bosch Communication Center Building, 8th, Calea Aradului, 3rd floor, Timisoara).

Agenda:

  • 18:30 – 18:45 – Participants arrival
  • 18:45 – 19:45 – “Business Process Testing: Bridging the gap between Business Analysts and Quality Assurance Engineer” Presentation by Eric Schmieder
  • 19:45 – 20:00 – Q&A
  • 20:00 – 20:20 – Conclusions and surprises 🙂

Participants:

1. Eric Schmieder – “Business Process Testing: Bridging the gap between business Analysts and Quality Assurance Engineers”
2. Alina Ionescu – Facilitator
3. Adrian Mirea – Facilitator
4. Alexandru Rotaru
5. Bogdan Solga
6. Radu Ticiu
7. Ramona Baleti
8. Bogdan Orasan
9. Andrei Savin
10. Amalia Pirvanescu +1
11. Gergo Debreczeni +1
12. Cristian Boldisteanu
13. Vornic Ioan
14. Alexandru Zbarcea
15. Oana Radomir
16. Marius Sebastian Trif +1
17. Croitoru Andreea
18. Roxana Vornic
19. Alexandru Pandi
20. Tudor Bejan
21. Claudia Minciuna
22. Bonto Carmen
23.Babau Marius
24. Cristina Potra-Muresan
25. Rascol Laurentiu
26. Sergiu Nicoara
27. Arpad Simo
28. Codruta
29. Flavius Prehar
30. Biro Sandor
31. Adela
32. Mihaela Lemeni +1
33. Dan Olariu
34. Adrian Schiopu
35. Roxana Novac
36. Adrian Vornic
37. Gabriel Mateescu
38. Oana BIRNA
39. Laura Socaciu
40. Cristian Bacican
41. Calin Pinter
42. Diana Chitic
43. Alin Groza
44. Georgiana Oana
45. Gabriel Gardas
46. Boros Liviu
47. Delia Cruceru
48. Lavinia Muntean
49. Alexandar Despotovici
50. Cosmin Alamorean
51. Lavinia Birta
52. Ciprian
53. Minodora Naniu
54. Nicoleta Schiopu

TDT Peer Conference #9 – Timisoara

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Multumim tuturor celor care s-au inscris la “Tabara de Testare” – Timisoara #9.
Ne intalnim la 18:30 la sediul ARIES-TM (Strada Paris nr2A(cladirea Iprotim , cea cu Registrul Comertului), etajul 4, camera 413).

Agenda:

  • 18:30 – 18:45 – Sosire participanți
  • 18:45 – 19:20– Prezentare “Meetup #9 – Prezentare ISTQB – Test Manager”
  • 19:20 – 19:50 – Discutii
  • 19:50 – 20:00 – Concluzii

Participanți:

1. Ramona Baleti – “Prezentare ISTQB – Test Manager”
2. Alina Ionescu – Facilitator
3. Adrian Mirea
4. Oana Radomir
5. Vornic Ioan
6. Cristian Boldisteanu
7. Cristian Bacican
8. Dronca Livia
9. Babau Marius
10. Ioan Nicoara
11. Adela
12. Flavius Prehar
13. Sandor Biro
14. Adrian Vornic
15. Arpad Simo
16. Codruta
17. Iancu N. Ciprian
18. Roxana Novac
19. Dan Olariu
20. Mihaela Lemeni
21. Lavinia Muntean
22. Dana Vetan
23. Alin Groza
24. Bonto Carmen
25. George Tudor

 

 

Tabara de Testare Timisoara #8 – Post factum

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Tabara de Testare Meetup #8 a fost una din intalnirile interesante. Dupa pauza in august, pe 20 septembrie am avut 33 de participanti. Subiectul a fost unul controversat, Certificarile ISTQB.

Ca de obicei am rugat unul din participanti sa scrie un post factum. De data aceasta am avut placerea sa fie un manager. Iata feedback-ul lui:

“- Locatia a fost ok, am simtit-o primitoare, fain ca a fost apa, cafea si rontzanele, am simtit ca suntem bineveniti
– Subiectul a fost interesant, am plecat cu informatii interesante si mi-e clar ca merita certificarea
– Oamenii mi-au placut, m-am simtit acceptat desi nu sunt un tester
– Mi-a placut atmosfera, am putut glumi, ceea ce e important pentru mine personal

Cateva chestii pe care nu le-am simtit
– Ideea cu cartonasele colorate mi se pare cam comunista, mai ales ca nu s-a respectat 100%, iar la un grup asa mic nu cred ca e nevoie
– Ideile pentru urmatoare meetinguri pe post-its mi s-au parut un pic fortate, de vreme ce se poate face asta lejer si asincron pe net”

de Cristian Boldisteanu

Multumim Cristian pentru feedback!
Referitor la cele doua lucruri care nu ti-au placut:
– cartonasele nu s-au folosit 100% pentru ca nu vrem sa fim agresivi in a le impune. Se folosesc daca oamenii vor sa le foloseasca, de data aceasta nu prea a fost nevoie. Ne-am gandit si noi de multe ori sa renuntam la ele, dar uneori sunt necesare.
– partea cu ideile pe post-it-uri s-a dovedit foarte utila, pana acum. Poti sa scrii o idee repede, atunci cand te gandesti la ea. Am observat ca oamenii reactioneaza mai greu cand li se cere sa puna ideile pe net. Binenteles, daca cineva vrea sa adauge idei ulterior, putem updata.

Ne auzim 🙂

 

TdT at Scientific and Entrepreneurial Picnic in Szeged

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Vinerea trecuta, 21 Septembrie 2012, a avut loc un “picnic” la Szeged, unde s-au reunit membrii comunitatilor stiintifice si antreprenoriale din Timisoara si Szeged.

Cu aceasta ocazie am mers si noi sa prezentam Tabara de Testare. Iata aici un filmulet http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tudom%C3%A1nyos-%C3%A9s-%C3%9Czleti-piknik—tik (incepand de pe la minutul 2:40 pana la 10:30). Sunetul nu este cel mai bun, pentru ca erau multe alte corturi cu activitati galagioase, dar sper sa se inteleaga.

Mai jos si cele trei slide-uri din prezentarea noastra si ceva poze 🙂

 

OpenAgile Romania – 6 Octombrie, Timisoara

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Pentru cei interesati, o sa fie o Conferinta Open Agile, pe 6 Octombrie in Timisoara.
Iata mai multe detalii:

Conferinţa OpenAgile a ajuns la cea de-a 5-a ediţie în România

Comunitatea Agile Lean din România, AgileWorks, şi Mozaic Works crează din nou un spaţiu de învăţare intensă şi colaborativă, alaturi de practicieni şi audienţă internaţională, pe metode avansate de organizare:

Agilitate organizaţională. Gândire şi soluţii Lean. Kanban. Agile software development.

Timişoara, 6 octombrie 2012. Sub titlul What We’ve Learned -Tools and techniques for your Agile teams, a 5-a ediţie OpenAgile aduce practicieni Agile şi Lean (Kanban) de renume internaţional.

Conferinţa se adresează în principal celor interesaţi să înveţe cum să işi eficientizeze şi imbunătăţească activitatea lor şi a organizaţiilor in care lucrează: business owners, factori de decizie, manageri de departament, manageri de proiect, lideri de echipe, testeri, programatori, web designeri, ingineri de sistem. Principalele domenii abordate în cadrul evenimentului vor fi: Organizare (Management), Software Craftmanship (Subiecte tehnice pentru dezvoltatori) şi Quality Assurance (Agile Testing şi subiecte tehnice pentru testeri). Pentru mai multe detalii şi înregistrare vizitaţi www.openagile.ro.

Prezentari din cadrul conferintei:

  • Alexandru Bolboaca – Feedback – The Lost Art of Agile
  • Thomas Sundberg – Behavior Driven Development
  • Mattias Skarin – Using Continuous Improvement on an Existing Product
  • Andrei Savu – Continuous Deployment Pipeline
  • Carmen Munteanu
  • Thomas Modl
  • Cornel Fatulescu

Programul orientativ poate fi accesat la http://openagile.ro/schedule/.

Bilete:

  • membrii comunitatilor Agile, Lean, Tech : 70 EUR
  • grup ( minim 3 pers.): 80 EUR
  • early bird price: 85 EUR ( pana pe 22 Septembrie)
  • full price: 99EUR

Despre Open Agile:

Conferinţa este organizată de Agile Works (www.agileworks.ro), comunitatea Agile Lean din România şi Mozaic Works (www.mozaicworks.com), firmă specializată în îmbunătăţirea organizării şi creşterea eficienţei, atât a echipelor şi departamentelor, cat şi a companiilor din domeniul IT, prin: business agility, agile and lean transformation, techical excellence. Prima ediţie a Conferinţei OpenAgile a avut loc in 2009 şi a avut un vârf de participare de 130 de persoane.

Contact:
alexandra.marinescu@mozaicworks.com
nicoleta.pirvan@mozaciworks.com

TDT Peer Conference #8 – Timisoara

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Multumim tuturor celor care s-au inscris la “Tabara de Testare” – Timisoara #8.
De aceasta data ne intalnim la sediul ARIES-TM (Strada Paris nr2A(cladirea Iprotim , cea cu Registrul Comertului), etajul 4, camera 413).

Agenda:

  • 18:30 – 19:00 – Sosire participanți
  • 19:00 – 19:30 – Prezentare “Meetup #8 – Prezentare ISTQB”
  • 19:30 – 20:00 – Discutii
  • 20:00 – 20:10 – Concluzii + Stabilirea temelor viitoare

Participanți:

1. Alexandar Despotovici – “Prezentare ISTQB”
2. Adrian Mirea – Facilitator
3. Maria Iosu
4. Alina Ionescu
5. Lavinia Muntean
6. Ramona Baleti
7. Daniel Amitis + guest
8. Amelia Ianculescu
9. Alina Stanila
10. Dusita Giurgev
11. Alexandru Zbarcea
12. Dan Olariu
13. Roxana Novac
14. Flavius Prehar
15. Ciprian
16. Mihaela Lemeni
17. Arpad Simo
18. Lavinia Perian
19. Codruta
20. Claudia Minciuna
21. Ioan Nicoara
22. Ciprian Spirea
23. Maria Constantinescu + guest
24. Cristian Boldisteanu
25. Haloiu Valentin-Costel
26. Adela
27. Alin Groza
28. Carmen Bonto
29. Boros Liviu

CITCON Budapest 2012 Open Spaces conference

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Am primit urmatorul mail si m-am hotarat sa merg si eu. Ne facem un grup mai mare?

“Hi,

I’m emailing you as instructed by the http://www.meetup.com/Tabara-de-Testare-Timisoara/ page, after seeing that you have had a few English topics in the message board.
I hope you won’t take this email as spam, but since I have often traveled abroad to attend conferences, I thought maybe some of you(r members) might also be so inclined – especially given that this conference takes place in the region.
CITCON is an international open space conference and this year the European one will take place in Budapest on October 19-20 [1]. Since it is Open Spaces, it is impossible to predict the topics that will be covered, but the conference wiki lists past years’ topics [2], which can be a guide on what to expect – generally, the discussions are related to Continuous Integration, DevOps, (Automated) Testing, Monitoring, and reliable & predictable software delivery. The two main organizers are Jeffrey Frederick and Paul Julius.
The conference is free to attend, but of course, upon registration you could donate to help to cover the cost of the conference if you wish to.
If you agree that this might be of interest to your members, please do pass the information on to them (or let me know if I should post this into your meetup.com message board – I wouldn’t want to do that uninvited).
Thanks and regards,
Peter Zsoldos”