S11-302: Test Automation with Cucumber

Track: Test Automation

The objective of this session is to introduce testers to the world of the open source tool, Cucumber. See how plain text can be instantly turned into a failing automation test. This session will describe a few perceived pain points for the software industry and how Cucumber can help address those points. Walk away with an understanding of how Cucumber can facilitate test automation and requirements documentation.


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Session Speaker:

Carl ShaulisCarl Shaulis – Senior QA Engineer, HomeAway.com
Currently, Carl Shaulis is the Senior QA Engineer at homeAway.com. Prior to 2000, Carl was a chemist managing an air laboratory in Austin, Texas. In 2000 a close friend encouraged Carl to enter the dot-com boom and apply his analytical skills as a tester for Excite@Home. Carl’s passion for performance testing, test automation, and continuously improving agile testing practices has driven his opportunity to work with start-ups as well as large-scale organizations. He is an author of two publications:

(Panelist); “How Can Testing Keep Pace with Accelerated Development in Software Product Line Engineering?” Software Product Lines, Third International Conference, SPLC2004, Boston, MA, USA, August/September 2004 Proceedings

Carl L. Shaulis; “Salion’s Quality Confident Approach to Testing Software Product Lines”; International Workshop on Software Product Line Testing, co-located with the Third International Product Line Conference, SPLC2004