FRONT-END TEST FEST 2023
A Free Virtual Event Focused on Front-End Testing Strategies
Presented by Applitools, CypressIO, and Netlify
June 7, 2023 10:00 am — 4:00 pm ET
Focus Your Strategy. Get Connected. Be Inspired.
Front-End Test Fest is a free virtual event for front-end testing enthusiasts with topics such as UI/UX design and testing, component and E2E testing, AI, accessibility, and more.
Hosted by Joe Colantonio and Bekah Hawrot Weigel, you’ll hear from industry leaders and experts during keynotes and sessions with live Q&A, including Filip Hric, Ramona Schwering, Colby Fayock, Tatiana Walton, Jason Lengstorf, and more.
Focus your front-end strategy. Don’t miss Filip Hric’s keynote, Test Like a Developer, Develop Like a Tester, or the expert panel discussion How AI Can Accelerate Release Pipelines.
Be inspired by audience and community lightning talks.
Connect with many of your favorite speakers in real-time during dedicated networking breaks.
Have fun. Play along during the event to test your front-end testing knowledge and rack up points for a chance to win cool prizes.
Can’t stay for the full main event day? No worries—all registrants will have access to the on-demand recordings in the event archive.
Reserve your spot today.
Program
10:00 am
Opening Remarks
Joe Colantonio, Founder, TestGuild
Bekah Hawrot Weigel, Developer Experience Lead at OpenSauced
10:05 am
Opening Keynote: Test Like a Developer, Develop Like a Tester
Filip Hric, Cypress & Applitools Ambassador
10:45 am
Organizational Buy In: The Unexpectedly Difficult Part About Testing
Tatiana Walton, Software Engineer at Streamlabs by Logitech
While testing is a critical part of a stable development process, it often goes neglected–even at scale! There are many misconceptions about testing, and obtaining buy-in from upper management and your engineering team can be an uphill battle. Making your team invested and excited about implementing a robust testing strategy is an art form that will determine the health of your codebase and the happiness of your engineers moving forward.
11:15 am
Self-Healing Tests For Your Front-End
Andrew Knight, Principal Developer Advocate at Applitools & Director, Test Automation University
11:45 am
Networking Break - Meet the Speakers
Connect with your favorites experts and speakers!
Tatiana Walton, Software Engineer at Streamlabs by Logitech
Lennart Jörgens, Senior Software Engineer at Netlify
12:00 pm
Reliability Testing For Meta-Frameworks
Lennart Jörgens, Senior Software Engineer at Netlify
Ever wondered how meta-frameworks test that their software is reliable against OS and browser differences, ad blockers, slow network speeds or other disturbances? That configuration options and core functionalities work in all cases, end-to-end on all platforms? That’s what the makers of Gatsby, one of the largest React meta-frameworks, did to ensure resilience and reliability. In this talk you’ll learn from their experiences and discover some techniques you can also adopt in your own web projects.
12:30 pm
The Pyramid is Dead, Long Live the Pyramid
Ramona Schwering, Software Engineer at shopware AG, Cypress Ambassador
When you think about test automation concepts, the test pyramid is probably one of the first metaphors you’ll stumble across. It advises you on how many tests you should consider at each level. However, voices are getting louder, that the pyramid is out of date. Let’s pick a testing strategy, decide what to automate, and what to leave to humans.
1:00 pm
Lunch Break - Audience & Community Lightning Talks
More Information Coming Soon
1:30 pm
Expert Panel: Future of Testing: How AI Can Accelerate Release Pipelines
Colby Fayock, Director, DevX Engineering at Cloudinary
Christina Burger, Senior Software Engineer at Runway
Nick Taylor, Staff Software Engineer at Netlify
2:15 pm
Testing at Scale at Meta and Salesforce
Dmitry Vinnik, Meta
Do you ever worry that your testing skills are too limited for your company? Are you concerned that other organizations, especially the ones with a massive scale, require a completely different set of skills?
Worry no more! This talk will look at how testing is done at companies with the scale of the likes of Salesforce and Meta. We will discuss how the most basic testing skills and tools we use daily are transferable to any company.
2:45 pm
Networking Break - Meet the Speakers
Connect with your favorite experts and speakers!
Ramon Schwering, Software Engineer at shopware AG, Cypress Ambassador
Andrew Knight, Principal Developer Advocate at Applitools & Director, Test Automation University
3:00 pm
Closing Keynote
A Plea For Boring Tech
Jason Lengstrof, Host of Learn with Jason
As developers, we often get to combine the thing we do for work with a thing we do for fun. This is what all those embroidered pillows and motivational posters told us is the best possible outcome, and we should celebrate that! But doing a job that’s also a thing we do for play isn’t free of risks. If we treat our jobs as a hobby, we risk doing things because they’re fun for us and not because they’re good for our company or team. It’s great to be excited about tech and to want to play with exciting tech in our free time — but the tech we choose at work should be boring.
3:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Joe Colantonio, Founder, TestGuild
Bekah Hawrot Weigel, Developer Experience Lead at OpenSauced
Speakers
Filip Hric
Educator, Cypress & Applitools Ambassador
Cypress
Jason Lengstrof
Host of Learn with Jason
Joe Colantonio
Founder
TestGuild
Bekah Hawrot Weigel
Developer Experience Lead
OpenSauced
Colby Fayock
Dir. DevX Engineering
Cloudinary
Tatiana Walton
Software Engineer
Streamlabs
Dmitry Vinnik
Lead Developer Advocate
Meta
Ramona Schwering
Software Engineer, Cypress Ambassador
shopware AG
Lennart Jörgens
Sr. Software Engineer
Netlify
Andrew Knight
Principal Developer Advocate & Test Automation University Director
Applitools
Nick Taylor
Staff Software Engineer
Netlify
Christina Burger
Senior Software Engineer
Runway
PARTNERS
Applitools is on a mission to revolutionize test automation and help software engineering teams accelerate the delivery of visually perfect mobile and web apps. By mimicking the human eye and brain, Applitools’ Visual AI is able to fully automate the validation of the user interface, focusing only on the visual defects that matter to the end user.
With over 5 million weekly downloads, Cypress has quickly become one of the most popular testing frameworks on the market. Its easy-to-use syntax and real-time reloading make test development a breeze, while its extensive documentation and community support ensure that any issues you encounter can be quickly resolved.
At the forefront of composable web development, Netlify is used by more than 3.3 million web developers and businesses. The Netlify platform provides modern build workflows, serverless functions, and a global multi-cloud Edge network that delivers the most performant, secure and scalable sites, stores, and applications.
We are committed to improving the Front-End Test Fest participant and speaker inclusivity and creating a safe space for everyone to enjoy. All participants must adhere to our Code of Conduct.
