[ajug-members] Registration Opens...Test Automation Training with Jared Richardson is coming to Atlanta on February 25-27th (JUG Discount Available)

[Jay Zimmerman]

Test Automation Training by Jared Richardson, co-author of "Ship It"is  
coming to Atlanta on February 25-27th.  Register today!

Good test automation is like a good exercise routine. We all know we  
should have one, but most of us don't. This class provides the tools  
and information you need to jump start your testing efforts. We'll  
show you what's worked for us and how we've used test automation to  
keep projects on time and under budget while making developers and  
testers more effective.

A solid testing effort shortens the debugging cycle for developers,  
frees interactive testers up for more involved testing, and prevents  
bug regressions from derailing your project.

Training Session: 	Test Automation Training by Jared Richardson
Dates: 		   	February 25-27, 2009
Time:			9:00 - 5:00 PM Wednesday - Friday
URL:  		   	http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=173099
Location:			Atlanta, GA
Venue:  		   	Hyatt Place Perimeter Center
Pricing:  		   	$1,450/person, Special $50 UG Discount (use promo  
code:nfjsone50ug)
Early Bird:		   	Above price good thru 1/30/09, after $1600/person
Registration Fee:	Includes 3 Day Training class, wireless internet,  
beverages & lunch daily
Requirement:		You will need to provide your own laptop for the course.
Sponsored by:    	NFJSOne (www.nfjsone.com) & No Fluff Just Stuff  
Symposium Series (www.nofluffjuststuff.com)

Topics covered in the class include:

-Proven test coverage strategies you can use today
-Hands on training with several popular free testing tools
-Best practices for creating solid tests that run on your desktop and  
the server
-Unit, package, Mock Client, and integration testing
-How to make testing a normal part of your team's ecosystem
-The role of continuous integration in testing
-The proper role of test coverage metrics
-Static code analysis as part of the testing process
-Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) as a testing tool
-Creating and re-staging your test environment
-Using machine virtualization to manage your testing environments

This class balances the practices and the principles to give you the  
tools you need as well as an understanding of why you should use them.

Day One
Testing strategies: creating culture and easy wins
Continuous Integration with Cruise Control
JUnit: An introduction
Practical unit testing
Test coverage with Cobertura

Day Two
Package level testing
Mock client testing
Environment re-staging with Ant and dbUnit
Mocking versus live code
Static code analysis with FindBugs and CPD

Day Three
Testing web UIs with Selenium
Creating robust GUI tests
DSLs leverage your testing expertise
Shared resource rules
Fearless change: testing and refactoring
Virtual Machines to manage environments with Virtual Box


Bio: Jared Richardson

Jared Richardson, co-author of <a href="http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/prj 
">Ship It! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects</a>, is a  
speaker and agile coach with NFJSOne (www.nfjsone.com) who has a  
strong background in test automation and continuous integration.   
Jared has been in the industry for more than fifteen years as a  
consultant, developer, tester, and manager.

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