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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Rose City SPIN: How Can I Automate Stuff?</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2013-05-09T17:30:00" datetime="2013-05-09T17:30:00">Thursday, May 9, 2013 from 5:30</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2013-05-09T19:30:00" datetime="2013-05-09T19:30:00">7:30pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202392234'><span class='fn org p-name'>OTBC (Oregon Technology Business Center)</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">8305 Southwest Creekside Place</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Beaverton</span> , <span class="region p-region">Oregon</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97008</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=8305%20Southwest%20Creekside%20Place,%20Beaverton%20Oregon%2097008%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>Networking @ 5:30-6:30 PM; Seminar 6:30-7:30 PM</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Automated testing in a hot topic right now in the QA space. But how do you get started in it? One step at a time. This talk is aimed at the beginner and hopes to provide some background in how to start to learn how to automate stuff. Stuff that can make your day to day job easier. Even if you think you don’t have any automation experience, you probably actually have something that you can build on. I’ll give you one path as a guide, but ultimately it will be up to you to complete the journey.</p> <p>Bio:</p> <p>Alan Ark is a Principal QA Engineer at Viewpoint Construction Software – a Division of Coaxis, in Portland, Oregon. Alan has gained tremendous experience working for Compli, Unircu, Switchboard.com, and Thomson Financial – First Call. Mr. Ark has previously presented ‘Euro: An Automated Solution to Currency Conversion’ at Quality Week ’99, and ‘Collaborative Quality: One Company’s Recipe for Software Success’ at PNSQC 2008 and YES! You CAN Bring Test Automation to Your Company! at PNSQC 2011. At Compli, he is using Ruby to solve problems both large and small. His LinkedIn profile can be viewed at <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/arkie">http://www.linkedin.com/in/arkie</a></p> <p>A Special Treat from PNSQC</p> <p>Plan on coming early! In collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) the SPIN meeting will have pizza and pop provided by PNSQC beginning at 5:30 pm.</p> <p>PNSQC is the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, a group of volunteers interested in Software Quality. The Mission of the PNSQC is to enable knowledge exchange to produce higher quality software. As a non-profit, it seeks to promote software quality by providing education and opportunities for information exchange within the software community.</p> <p>Thanks also to OTBC</p> <p>We want to thank OTBC (<a href="http://www.otbc.org/">http://www.otbc.org/</a>) for providing the space for this talk</p> <p>How to Register</p> <p>This is a FREE lecture sponsored by the Rose City SPIN. But you can help us plan food and drinks by registering at: <a href="http://may-spin.eventbrite.com">http://may-spin.eventbrite.com</a></p> <p>Rose City SPIN</p> <p>The Rose City Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) is a monthly forum for networking, mutual support, and promotion of effective software practices. We exchange practical experiences, ideas, knowledge, wisdom, and war stories about the technical, business, and human facets of software process improvement. The Rose City SPIN serves the software development community of the Portland/Vancouver metro area. Whether you work for a large company or a small one, corporate or self-employed, industrial or academic setting, you are welcome at the Rose City SPIN.</p> </div> </div>