30 test automation leaders to follow on Twitter – TechBeacon

Test automation plays a critical role in software delivery today. There are emerging open-source tools, native mobile tools, andnew binariesforweb apps. AI and high-volume automation are beginning to enter the mainstream as well.

Luckily, to make sense of all this, keep up with the latest trends, and help you avoid making test automation mistakes, there'sa vibrant community of test automation pros who regularly share tips and insights on Twitter.

Here are 30voices in test automation you can find on Twitter who actually tweet about test toolingplenty of agile testing, andperformance testing andengineering. Whether you're getting up to speed on test automation basics, looking for the latest resources, or wondering how AI will affect your job as a test automation engineer, these are the folks to follow.

Staff software engineer, Sauce Labs

@bromann

Besides heading up the open-source program office at Sauce Labs, Bromann writes and speaks about emerging W3C standards to drive web browsers.

Subject matter expert,BrowserStack

@TheWebTester

An automation specialist, de Kleijnworks out of Utrecht,Netherlands, andcovers the intersection of performance, functional testing, and reporting. His recent coverage includes how to build both test reporting and real-time performance dashboards.

Selenium core contributor

@jimevansmusic

Evans is a speaker at Automation Guild 2021. Follow him to learn the latest goings-on within the Selenium community. At publication, Evans had a swath of political tweets in his stream, but scroll down. The political tweets may make you think, butstay for the test automation.

Solutions architect,Sauce Labs

@TitusFortner

Fortner coined the term Dom-2-Database tests. In his day job, he performs automation readiness assessments, training, and intervention for teams building browser-driving test automation. He focuses on making the tests run quickly,doing parallelization, andeliminating "flaky"tests and test environments.

Senior software development engineer in test (SDET), Utopia Solutions

@DarkArtsWizard

Grossman tweets about algorithms and user interface elements that are hard to simulate or automate. The technologies he covers are relatively broad, but generally involve writing code in a true programming language such as Java, Python, or the .NETfamily.

Engineering leader, Standard Chartered Bank

@upgundecha

With a mashup of links to webinars, free resources, memes, and short videos about mechanical automation and robots, Gundecha's tweet stream provides information and education. While some of the memes are pure fun (a goose and a puppy are friends), others address how to build products for accessibility or create mindmaps. You can see more of him atSeleniumSummit21.

Independent tester

@imalittletester

Pip is the author of the waiter library, a code library thatmanages wait times for web browsers.She brings her sense of humor to the automation community through cartoons that you can find on her website.Pip also provides tutorials for Selenium using Java and TestNg.

Software engineer, Facebook

@shs96c

A former "thought-worker" who moved to Google to work on test automation tools, Stewart is now at Facebook. He created Webdriver, a browser-driving standard that's now a W3C specification. He is also an active organizer for SeleniumConf. Stewartbrings his full self to his tweets, as aUK expat in the United Statesand an insightful one, at that.

Distinguished engineer,Cypress

@bahmutov

Aself-described "JavaScript Ninja," Bahmutov has contributed to numerous open-source projects. Lately he has been tweeting about building an IDE for JavaScript testing, along with visual regression testing, as opposed to pure-text-asserts.

Quality engineering manager,Zoopla

@mcruzdrake

Drake is the co-organizer of the Cypress UK Community Groupon Meetup. Shetweets about API testing, accessibility, and what not to automate. She also does more long-form blogging.

Agile engineering coach,Raiffeisen Bank International

@the_agile_carpenter

Groetz references himself on Twitter as the TestAutomationBuster.He is the founder of the Vienna TestAutomation Meetup, which, thanks to the global pandemic, is open to anyone.His recent tweets include a discussion of the Agile Engineering Maturity Model as well as testing microservices.

QA lead,Slido

@filip_hric

From his GitHub contributions to webinars to reviews of front-end test tools,Hric is trying to advance the conversation about front-end test automation by people who specialize in it. That includes creating courses on Udemy and Learn2Code, at a cost of dozens of dollars, not hundreds or thousands.

Software engineer,Microsoft

@aslushnikov

Lushnikovworks out ofSt. Petersburg, Russia.His career path has traversed Google and Facebook; these daysheposts abouttesting tools, including Playwright and Puppeteer.

CEO and founder, Automate the Planet

@angelovstanton

Stanton is a former executive with Telerik, a development tools provider, who went on to train, write, and speak abouttest automation. His current company makes test automation tools. Most of hisexamples use a Microsoft tech stack.

Partner,Neuri Consulting LLP

@gojkoadzic

Adzic was the initial (2011) winner of the Most Influential Agile Test Professional Person award. He is known for his books, especially Specification by Example.He is the winner of the 2016 European Software Testing Outstanding Achievement Award. Adzic's recent explorations are in the world of serverless technologies.

Senior program manager,Microsoft

@nthonychu

Formerly a cloud developer advocate at Microsoft, Chu is currently the seniorprogram manager forAzure functions and Azure static web applications. If you'd like to learn about the platform that test automation swims inespecially from a Microsoft perspectivethen you might want to follow Chu.

Builder ofChrome dev tools, Google

@jack_franklin

Franklin works for Google, working on Chrome dev tools and on Puppeteer and web tooling. His blog runs the gamut from process tips such ascode review to shortcuts to remap the keyboard in Windows.You will find Franklin bringingscripting to life in his podcast,@FishandScripts.

Chief evangelist,Perfecto

@ek121268

Kinsbruneris the author of a book titled Continuous Testing for DevOps Professionals.He has other books and blogposts that are designed to help the modern testing community.

Owner,Spec Solutions

@gasparnagy

Creator of theSpecflow open-source BDD frameworkfor .NET, Nagyis a self-proclaimed BDD addict. Heviews test and quality as a team sport; his recent work focuses on "whole-team quality."

BDD advocate, Smartbear

@sebrose

Perhaps best known for his conference speaking and BDD coaching, Rose co-wrote Discovery: Explore Behaviour Using Exampleswith Nagy.

Leader and primary contributor,Appium

@jlipps

Lipps participates in conferencesincludingAutomation Guild and advocates for leveraging Appium 2.0 for mobile testing at scale.

Founder, Bizmonger

@Bizmonger

Functional programming, along with actual video examples of how programs are created, are two things we dont see enough of in software. Nimrod streams himself live creating his passion projects, including DevOps for mobile applications using Xamarin.

Test automation consultant, House of Test Consulting

@simonbernerdev

Berneris an active presenter through the Ministry of Test and a supporter of Agile Testing Days.His online courses can help get you started in toolingor raise the bar on your career.

Founder,TestGuild

@joecolantonio

Creator of the TestGuild conferences, Colantonioalso runs the TestTalks podcast, recently renamed the TestGuild Automation podcast. His tweet stream isthe place to go for information about what is happening in the world of software test automation.

Principal automation architect,Magenic

@pgrizzaffi

Grizzaffiis also an advisor for the STPCon testing conference. Hislatest interest is high-volume automated testing, whichadds randomization and massive scale to find problemsthat individuallycrafted tests will often miss.

Principal engineerforquality,Paylocity

@KristinJackvony

A prolific blogger at thinkingtester.com, Jackvony is willing to makeher experiences with test tooling public. In 2020, she reviewed a book a month abouttesting and delivery. If you'd like to read more but don't have the time, consider reading Kristins reviews. It'sa triple threat. First she'll limit the selection set to the best books, then provide great value for the time invested, and help you decide if you want to read more and pick it up for yourself.

Principal developer advocate,Applitools

@techgirl1908

Jones is the driving force behind as well as the director of Test Automation University.She provides training in Java, shares links that grow careers, and is the 2020 winner of the Most Influential Agile Professional Person award.

Site reliability engineer,Duffel

@a_bangser

Bangser combines technical prowess with an analytical, humanistic angle. She starts at the beginning, and moves very fast. It's worth trying to keep up.

Head of developer relations, Secure Code Warrior

@eviltester

A long-term member of the test community, Richardsonis a teacher of testing as well as an askeroftabooquestions with a sarcastic but helpful side.He has written several books, includingDear Evil Tester and Automating and Testing a REST API.

CTO, Digital Assured

@Jonathon_Wright

A TedX speaker on the topic of cognitive engineering,Wright is a host on the QALead podcast. Hetweets about the conferences he is attending, podcasts he is recording, books he is reading, and the other ways he is learning and growing.

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