Meeting others must be an essential part of career growth of any professional. Software testers are not exclusion, so on the 30th of June they gathered to discuss the most popular testing tools and the problems they face when implementing them. It was the first meetup like this, but hopefully not the last one. Alex Marchenko, the moderator of this event, agreed to share his impressions.
What impressed you most of all at this event? What made it different from all other events you’ve attended?
Actually it was the first performance testing-related event I’ve ever attended, and this makes it unique. I can repeat the words I said at the meeting – I’m lucky to meet so many performance testing experts in one room.
What was your role at the meetup?
I was the moderator, so my role included starting the event, introducing topics for discussion and keeping the conversation in line. The special thing about it is to keep the discussion interesting for people who are not performance testers but want to be more familiar with this.
How did the discussion of testing tools go? What are the most popular issues testers face when using the special software?
We didn’t discuss testing tools much. I hope we will do more at the future event. And the most popular issues are always the same - how to find the best approach to testing, how to find the best tool, how to interpret the results. As you can see, everything is not limited with testing tools only. The circle of issues is much wider.
What testing tools were the topics of most discussions? Were there any tough disputes?
We discussed LoadRunner since it's most popular tool for performance testing. Also we mentioned Flex Monkey and NeoLoad tools, and I expect that we will talk more about them later.
What was the meetup like?
It was an informal chit-chat, with pizza and drinks. All of us have too many formal meetings, don't you think?
What conclusions have the participants of the meetup made by the end of it?
We need to go on holding such meetings - this was the most important decision. Also we’ve come up with a couple of good ideas of how to make our meet-ups more productive and useful for experts as well as for amateur testers.
What didn’t you like about the event?
It should have been even more informal. And we will push it in that way. At the same time we should have outlined some special topics. For our next event the NeoLoad tool will be the main one.
What information you got at the meetup you consider useful for further professional
development?
I heard the name of the Flex Monkey testing tool. It's very useful when you can get a recommendation from other experts - in tools, approaches, etc.
If you were holding a meetup like this – what would you do in a different way?
We are still continue to prepare for our next meeting. I hope that we’ll solve all the issues we had previous time. At least we’re looking forward to do it.
Alex Marchenko by Marichka Lotozka
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