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Saying Goodbye..

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A lot has changed since I started joecolantonio.com more than nine years ago.

It began as a way to share what I was working on day-to-day as an automation/performance engineer, and most of the topics I covered was related to my hands-on experience with the Mercury/HP/MicroFocus test stack—QTP, LoadRunner, and ALM.

Over the years, however, I found myself evolving into more of a researcher/architect role, and began expanding to cover all things automation-related: open-source tools, DevOps, security testing, and more.

Of late, I’ve begun to cover topics based solely on what I've learned from other experts in the industry and sharing them with you.

Happy Guild Memebers

Testing Podcasts and Online Conferences

I also began hosting a weekly podcast as well as online conferences dedicated to helping software testers grow in their craft.

Needless to say, things have grown well beyond the initial vision of a simple personal brand blog.

The simple fact is, I've outgrown my name.

To reflect this change, I've decided to rename joecolantonio.com and TestTalks to TestGuild.

What is a Guild?

A guild /ɡɪld/ is an association of artisans (software engineers) who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area (testing).

TestGuild will be where we can all come together to learn how to use #automation #performance #security testing and tools more effectively.

Going forward, everything will be under the TestGuild name. This will open up opportunities for others to contribute as well.

Joecolantonio.com will become TestGuild.com

TestTalks will be renamed the TestGuild Automation Podcast

I'll also be starting a podcast dedicated to Performance, which will be called the TestGuild Performance Podcast.TestGuild Performance Podcast

I think you get the picture.

Guild Conferences will remain a separate site but will be highly integrated with Test Guild.

TestGuild Logo

Our new logo reflects this change as well.

First, the obvious, Guilds got their start in the Middle Ages and what’s more middle ages than castles?

Also, guild’s protected their members in many ways, so the castle shield reflects the guild as a safe space for folks to learn, ask questions, exchange ideas, support each other and perfect their testing craft.

Also besides the top of the Guild Logo shield resembling a castle it also represents a piece of a puzzle, which highlights how testing is a valuable piece of any software development project.

This is how I see our community and the spirit I would like to foster at Test Guild.

TestGuild JoeBot New Name

New Name Same Automation Awesomeness

Lastly, I want to assure you that, although the name might be new, you can come here to find the same helpful resources and automation awesomeness you have come to rely on in the past.

 

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About Joe Colantonio

Joe Colantonio is the founder of TestGuild, an industry-leading platform for automation testing and software testing tools. With over 25 years of hands-on experience, he has worked with top enterprise companies, helped develop early test automation tools and frameworks, and runs the largest online automation testing conference, Automation Guild.

Joe is also the author of Automation Awesomeness: 260 Actionable Affirmations To Improve Your QA & Automation Testing Skills and the host of the TestGuild podcast, which he has released weekly since 2014, making it the longest-running podcast dedicated to automation testing. Over the years, he has interviewed top thought leaders in DevOps, AI-driven test automation, and software quality, shaping the conversation in the industry.

With a reach of over 400,000 across his YouTube channel, LinkedIn, email list, and other social channels, Joe’s insights impact thousands of testers and engineers worldwide.

He has worked with some of the top companies in software testing and automation, including Tricentis, Keysight, Applitools, and BrowserStack, as sponsors and partners, helping them connect with the right audience in the automation testing space.

Follow him on LinkedIn or check out more at TestGuild.com.

  1. Hi Joe, the TestGuild website looks really cool and your rebranding initiative makes total sense. I wanted to wish you good luck with promoting the new TestGuild brand, but instead I’m going to wish you no broken links and steady Google rankings! :-)

  2. Hi Joe, Congrats! The idea and the website looks cool. Keep up your great work in helping devs/testers community in terms of cool automation-tools and techniques.
    Good luck! :-)
    Best Wishes,
    Zerocode Team

  3. Hi,
    This is srinivas working on Mobile hybrid application usingUFT14.53 with Micro focus mobile centre 3.2
    We are getting object identifcation issues in web view application inside native application.
    Initially we had UFT 14.03 but when we try to identify webview objects in IPAD not able to identify due to this UFT upgraded to 14.53
    Now all the objects(MobileEdit, Mobile radio button, Mobile button) are identifying as Mobile web element
    Can any one help on above issue

  4. Hey Joe,

    Congrats on the transition. Psyched that I’m part of the OG “TestTalks” community; grateful to be here in the TestGuild community.

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