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Salesforce Developers Podcast

201: Test Automation using MaxTAF with Alex Delic

Join us as we explore the journey of Alex Delic, Director at Code Development, from his earliest exposure to technology to his fascinating foray into coding. Listen in as we discuss his journey from playing with Raspberry Pi to coding professionally and his unexpected detour into archaeology during his university years.

Unpack how Salesforce's investment in automated testing can help reduce the burden of manual regression testing and expand beyond just Salesforce applications. Alexander shares his insights on the challenges of UI testing and how MaxTAF can create reusable components for test scripts. In the world of mobile applications, we discuss the benefits and challenges of automated testing. 

It's an episode filled with nostalgia, progress, and personal anecdotes you won’t want to miss.

Show Highlights:

  • The concept of automated testing in application development.

  • The role of technologies like Sauce Labs and BrowserStack in providing solutions for automated testing of mobile applications. 

  • The importance of regression testing and the need for rigorous, structured testing methods to catch regressions. 

  • The open-source technologies like Selenium, UTAM, and Playwright, used for automated testing. 

  • The challenges and possible solutions for mobile testing.

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