Had a great chat with Jack [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-cole-354bb953/] about hiring testers, in demand skills and much more. Jack from WeDo [https://www.linkedin.com/company/wedo-tech-solutions-limited/] has been recruiting in this space for a long time and now is organiser of Technology Leadership Forum [https://www.meetup.com/the-technology-leadership-forum/]

In this episode I chat to Alicia Foreman & Frank Kilcommins, some really great insights! Get across all the detail of the 2023 State of Software Quality - API report [https://bit.ly/45lMPiG] or download the PDF trend report [https://bit.ly/3OwoUah] covering the year on year findings.Interested in being one of the first to use a new SmartBear product? Check out SwaggerHub Explore allowing you to quickly view and validate the functionality of your APIs. Learn more and create a free account [https://bit.ly/43gg8kR].

In this episode we talk about Mark's book Testing Web APIs, API playground (with planted bugs) restful booker [https://restful-booker.herokuapp.com/] and open-source automation curriculum [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A9Y2CKosJ3Zen55mJ_yA12dzqiOnW9wOMqGIRm1iTTU/edit?usp=sharing]. Make sure to sign up for TestBash UK 2023 [https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-uk-2023] and buy Mark's book [https://www.manning.com/books/testing-web-apis?utm_source=winteringham&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=affiliate&a_aid=winteringham]!

In this episode we talk about contract testing with graphql and web3. Rafeala [https://www.linkedin.com/in/azevedorafaela/] is the course author of Contract Testing with Pact [https://testautomationu.applitools.com/pact-contract-tests/] on Test Automation University and CEO/Co-Founder at TheChainAcademy [https://thechainacademy.dev/]. Hope you enjoy the episode. Rafaela Azevedo [https://azevedorafaela.com/] has a great blog on graphql with contract testing [https://azevedorafaela.com/2020/02/03/contract-testing-with-pact-js-graphql/]. Why not join her Web3 Tests Community [https://discord.com/invite/j8BCjSeUMx].

In this episode we have Tobias Muller, Managing Director of Progile GmbH, we discuss OpenAPI Specifications, the start of TestResults.io and autonomous testing. We almost forgot to talk about Swagger UI, in a conversation about API documentation! Find out more about TestResults.io [https://www.testresults.io/], Progile.ch [https://www.progile.ch/] or contact Tobias on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiasm/]. Feel free to contact us via my website at pactman.co.uk [https://www.pactman.co.uk/] if you have any comments or questions.

In this episode we have Matt Fellows [https://www.linkedin.com/in/digitalmatt/] co-founder of Pactflow, we discuss starting Pactflow to recently being acquired by SmartBear [https://pactflow.io/blog/pactflow-joins-the-smartbear-family/?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=matt-interview], the pact open source community and maintaining multiple languages. We also touch on personas in Contract Testing, performance budget in your pipelines. Find out more about Pactflow [https://pactflow.io/?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=matt-interview] or sign up for free. Also checkout the Tutorials [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/workshops/ci-cd?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=matt-interview], CI/CD (Consumer Driven Contract Testing) workshop [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/workshops/ci-cd?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=matt-interview], Bi-Directional Contract Testing Workshop [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/workshops/bi-directional-contract-testing?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=matt-interview] and Pactflow examples [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/examples?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=matt-interview]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In this episode we had AJ Wilson [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-wilson-b00b1e80?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAAAZzTMkBvRzCKMoVmZF9Iu9nB-u16JeXnOs&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_all%3BrTs%2FsnVJTPeXmwHOfQ4zWg%3D%3D] who is a Quality Engineer at Cazoo, stem advocate and community champion. We chatted about attending my contract testing workshop as a novice, including API maintenance regularly, exploring API's, observability, reviewing conference abstracts for Grace Hopper Conference [https://ghc.anitab.org/], empowering women in tech through mentoring and much more. You can follow @AjParadith [https://twitter.com/AjParadith] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/AjParadith] or connect with her on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-wilson-b00b1e80?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAAAZzTMkBvRzCKMoVmZF9Iu9nB-u16JeXnOs&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_all%3BrTs%2FsnVJTPeXmwHOfQ4zWg%3D%3D]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In this episode I speak with Marie Drake [https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-drake/] who is a Quality Engineering Manager at Zoopla, blogger [https://www.mariedrake.com/], conference speaker and Cypress.io UK meetup [https://www.meetup.com/Cypress-io-UK-Community/] organiser. We talk about pact nirvana and how to achieve it. We also touch on subjects around celebrating small wins, benefits of contract testing [https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/am-i-understanding-the-contract-testing-the-right-way/50978/24], enabling developers to test with modern tools and managing contracts at scale with Pactflow. Follow Marie on Twitter [https://twitter.com/mcruzdrake], read her blog [https://www.mariedrake.com/] or connect on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-drake/]. Then checkout my appearance at the Cypress.io UK Meetup talking about using Pactflow stubs with Cypress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Conversation with Bas about the benefits of contract testing. In this episode we talk about who is responsible for testing, removing the reliance on end-to-end tests, where to start with learning contract testing and much more. Find out more about Inspired Testing academy [https://www.inspiredtesting.com/academy], the 6 part blog series [https://www.ontestautomation.com/an-introduction-to-contract-testing-part-1-meet-the-players/] introducing a use case for consumer-driven contract testing. Also checkout more of Bas' content on his blog on test automation [https://www.ontestautomation.com/] or follow him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/basdijkstra/]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Conversation with Yousaf, who has just started as a developer advocate at Pactflow [https://pactflow.io/?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview]. In this episode we talk about his journey to becoming a developer advocate, open source software, openAPI specs, API blueprints, testing your automation testing framework, component integration testing and much more. If you want to find out more about Pactflow [https://pactflow.io/?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview] or sign up for free. Also checkout the Tutorials [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/tutorials?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview], CI/CD (Consumer Driven Contract Testing) workshop [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/workshops/ci-cd?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview], Bi-Directional Contract Testing Workshop [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/workshops/bi-directional-contract-testing?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview], Pactflow examples [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/examples?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Conversation with Yousaf about Bi-directional contract testing [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/bi-directional-contract-testing?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview], who has just started as a developer advocate at Pactflow [https://pactflow.io/?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview]. In this episode we talk about where should API tests live, the rise of micro-frontends, shift left and much more. If you want to find out more about Pactflow [https://pactflow.io/?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview] or sign up for free. Also checkout the Tutorials [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/tutorials?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview], CI/CD (Consumer Driven Contract Testing) workshop [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/workshops/ci-cd?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview], Bi-Directional Contract Testing Workshop [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/workshops/bi-directional-contract-testing?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview], Pactflow examples [https://docs.pactflow.io/docs/examples?utm_source=lewis-prescott&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=yousaf-interview] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Our first guest is Neil Syrett [https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilsyrett/] (Senior QA SDET) from ClearBank. Neil brings his experience from ASOS & ClearBank to expand on topics including breaking down monoliths, public API's, defining domain boundaries, modern testing principles [https://www.moderntesting.org/], testing at scale, bi-directional contracts [https://pactflow.io/blog/introducing-bi-directional-contract-testing/], difference between contracts & schemas [https://pactflow.io/blog/schemas-are-not-contracts/] and much more! Enjoy the podcast. Neil also has some great content on his blog [https://syrett.blog/]. Also do checkout Pactman Consulting [https://www.pactman.co.uk/] for a free course and how to contact me for a test strategy consultation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Trailer for the "How to get started with API Contract Testing" podcast series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.