TestBash Manchester and Test.bash();

I'm organising TestBash in Manchester again this year and want to let you know all about it. This will be our third year in Manchester after having sold out the last two, I'm really excited for the third!

We like to keep evolving at Ministry of Testing which means listening to the community and trying out some new things, we're bringing one of those new things to Manchester! Test.bash(); is that new thing, a TestBash is the same format as all the others but where all the talks are focused on 'technical testing' and automation. To add to this, we're going to have a regular TestBash, a workshop day, an open space and a three-day class called 'Automation in Testing'.

Automation in Testing - 24-26th September 2018

The marathon TestBash Manchester week starts on Monday with the new and exciting three-day class on automation from myself and Mark Winteringham called 'Automation in Testing'. A class that combines all theory needed to succeed with automation alongside actually creating it. It sold out in Brighton and had a waiting list of 5, so with 14 already sold at Manchester, don't delay!

Workshop Day - Wednesday 26th September 2018

Wednesday we have a workshop day consisting of six half-day workshops. Read the full workshop descriptions over on the event page.

• Coaching Skills To Unlock The Potential Tester In Everyone with Toby Sinclair!
• Clean Coding Practices for Test Automation with Angie Jones!
• Exploratory Testing 101 with Karo Stoltzenburg and Tracey Baxter
• Connecting the Dots - Empowering People Through Play with Nicola Sedgewick and Christina Ohanian
• Have Some Cake With Your Frosting: Testing Both the UI and API Layers with Hilary Weaver-Robb
• Life's a Riot with Stubs, Fakes, Spies and Mocks with Ash Winter and Chris Chant

TestBash - Thursday 27th September 2018

Thursday is TestBash day! A usual single track format consisting of talks all related to testing or working within testing. The full list below and links to the talks and the awesome speakers!

• Jedi Mind Tricks for Testers with Alexandra Schladebeck and Huib Schoots
• The Final Frontier? Testing in Production with Marcel Gehlen and Benjamin Hofmann
• The Bittersweetness of Security Testing with Anne Oikarinen
• Coaching Software Testing Using the GROW Model with Jose Lima
• The tester’s 3 Cs: Criticism, Communication and Confidence with Dorothy Graham
• Website Localization Sounds Simple, but It Is Not with Dennis Nerush
• Recruiting for Potential with Lena Wiberg
• Mapping Biases to Testing with Maaike Brinkhof
• Thunderstruck by Serverless - a Tale of Learning and Testing Microservices with Conall Bennett

Test.bash(); Friday 28th September 2018

The new kid in town! Test.bash(); is our first targetted TestBash. The theme is automation and 'technical testing' and we're brought together some sensational speakers for the first!

• Scalable XCUITests within iOS Pipelines with Shashikant Jagtap
• Digging In: Getting Familiar With The Code To Be A Better Tester with Hilary Weaver-Robb
• You Can Become a Toolsmith Too with Matthew Bretten
• What's that Smell? Tidying Up Our Test Code with Angie Jones
• Mobile Test Automation at the BBC: Then, Now and Next with Jit Gosai
• Of Spies, Fakes and Friends - Help Your Code Lead a Double Life with Rabea Gleissner
• Pipeline Architectures to Fit Your Software Architecture with Abby Bangser
• The Use and Abuse of Selenium with Simon Stewart, the chap who created WebDriver!

Open Space - Saturday 29th September 2018

We wrap up the week with an Open Space event. Our takes the format of an unconference, where at the start of the day we have a completely blank schedule, then all the attendees populate it with things they'd like to talk about to provide us with an agenda. It's a fantastic format to reflect on what you may have heard over the week or to have a discussion on something very specific to your context. It is usually the best day of the week!

Sponsorship

TestBash Manchester and Test.bash(); are looking for sponsorship, we have one of the most engaged audiences and community around, so we believe it can provide real value to your brand. Many reasons why you'd want to sponsor TestBash Manchester:

• Raise awareness of your products or services
• A Manchester based company who just want to support a fantastic local event, organised by a fellow manc!
• A Manchester based company who is hiring and wants to make more folk aware of this!

Tickets

One day tickets start from a little as ￡299 inc VAT and we have many packages offer further discounts if you wish to attend multiple days. To book and see all the prices, head over to our booking page.

If you need help convincing your boss/company, check out this great guide from Dan Ashby on how to convince them to invest in you! If you've already convinced them and purchased I look forward to seeing you there!

If you can't attend, I and Ministry of Testing would really appreciate a share of this post to help us make as many people aware of this great event as possible.

Happy Testing!