TestBash Manchester is fast approaching

#TestBash Manchester the biggest software testing|quality conference in the north of England. This year we've a jam-packed six days of learning and networking. We've sold out for the last three years, so be sure to get your ticket(s) ASAP!

Two training courses, six half-day workshops, TestBash, Test.bash(); and an Open Space!

Getting Started with Machine Learning: Monday 30th September - Tuesday 1st October

This is a brand new two-day course by Bill Matthews on the very hot topic of AI/Machine Learning. In this course, you'll build, train and test your own models. A real opportunity to get hands-on and work out what all the fuzz is about. If I wasn't teaching Automation in Testing at the same time, I'd be there!

Automation in Testing: Monday 30th September - Wednesday 2nd October

Our second instance of this workshop in Manchester after selling out last year. This course is lead by myself and Mark Winteringham. This leading course is focused on maximising how automation can truly support your testing efforts. We'll explore testability, system modelling, check design, check creation, educating stakeholders on automation (good and bad!) as well as exploring the power of tools. This is an experiential hands-on workshop.

TestBash Workshops - Wednesday 2nd October

Wednesday is our workshop day, with six fantastic half-day workshops to choose from, with something for everyone.

Morning Sessions

• Using Dependency Mapping to Enhance Testing Techniques with Melissa Eaden
• Contract Testing in Practice with Pact with Pierre Vincent
• Mindbusters - Test Your Mind with G?ran Kero and Maaike Brinkhof

Afternoon Sessions

• 10 Ways YOU Can Do Accessibility Testing with Deborah Lee
• How Test Reporting Changes Your Testing with Elizabeth Zagroba and Joep Schuurkes
• Getting High Coverage Regression Tests Quickly with Emily Bache

A great collection of highly relevant workshops. Click the header to find out the finer details for each session and to register!

TestBash Day - Thursday 3rd October

Our global single track conference day returns to Manchester with nine talks, that unique TestBash community vibe and the famous 99-second talks!

• My Story of Kanban and Its Positive Impact on Testing with Conor Fitzgerald
• Continuous Testing with Gary Fleming
• A Code Challenge of Confidence with Elisabeth Hocke
• Turning the Quality of Your Deployment Pipeline into a Team Task with Areti Panou
• How I Learned to Be a Better Tester Through Practising “Humble Inquiry” with Kwesi Peterson
• Observability and Testing: Explore What's Happening Under the Hood with Pierre Vincent
• The Wheels on the Bus Go Fail, Fail, Fail with Yong Yuen He and Daniel Smart
• Threat Modelling: How Software Survives in a Hacker’s Universe with Saskia Coplans

Click the header for all the details about each talk and to register!

Test.bash(); - Friday 4th October

We experimented with Test.bash(); last year, and it worked really well, so, we're continuing. Test.bash(); brings you the same single track TestBash format and community vibe, but all the topics are focused on automation and 'technical' testing. Here is the great line up:

• Deploy Microservices Confidently Using Consumer Driven Contracts with Henrik Stene
• So You Think You Know Appium Because You Know Selenium with Wim Selles
• The Joy of Record and Playback in Test Automation with Louise Gibbs
• World Without WebDriver? Automated Test Strategy for Modern Web Applications with Bart Szulc
• Accelerate - the Science of DevOps - What You Need to Know with Emily Bache
• Breaking Boundaries Using Charles with Suman Bala
• Expand Your Test, Embrace Your Bash with Dominic Kua
• Technical Risk Analysis for AI Systems with Bill Matthews
• Testing Progressive Web Apps (or How to Achieve App-iness) with Elizabeth Fiennes and Callum Akehurst-Ryan

TestBash Manchester Open Space - Saturday 5th October

Saving the best till last, but it does involve giving up your Saturday. We close the week out with our Open Space/Unconference a great opportunity to reflect on the week's learnings and get answers to questions still unanswered.

The schedule is unknown and designed by the attendees on the day, meaning anything and everything can be spoken about, it's a wonderful format.

I hope to meet lots of your there, if Manchester isn't within reach for you, check out the other future TestBash events in Munich, Sydney, Wellington and San Francisco!