Some Thoughts on Software after SauceCon
It has been a hot minute since I've blogged - for several reasons including juggling child care, pandemic-related changes, and a busy time at work - and a week ago was SauceCon which I was fortunate enough to be a part of. It got me thinking about some things, so here they are in no particular order:
Virtual conferences are still just ok compared to real-life conferences, even if well-executed
Seriously, if you are a developer and you want to really level up your skill-set, join a sales team or customer-facing role.
High school english classes were probably the most helpful education I've had in terms of skills I use on a regular basis.
Low-code tools - for software testing or otherwise - are here and some of them are actually good, so get used to it.
A while back during a conversation with software developers, one developer commented that every good software tool choice depends on the context. Sometimes I needed to be reminded of that.
"Just use Selenium" is not a testing strategy. Not even close. You need more than a tool or piece of software.
Also for the love of all things Good, please treat parallelization (or p15y) a first class feature of your test automation
There's something good about Robot Framework, the community, that translates to Robot Framework, the tool somehow.
Totally my personal opinion and experience, but I'm not really a fan of tools with a vertical learning curve.
It is mind blowing what can be done with software these days with minimal effort, from a software engineering perspective.
If you're not paying attention to Kelsey Hightower, Maaret Pyhäjärvi, Nikolay Advolodkin, Titus Fortner or Angie Jones, you should really start doing that.














