Cartoon Logic, Real Automation: What We Learned from Saturday Morning Cartoons
Do you remember sitting in front of the TV on Saturday mornings, bowl of cereal in hand, glued to your favorite cartoons? In this interactive session, Chris Loder brings that nostalgia to life, and invites you to help connect the dots between classic cartoon wisdom and modern test automation practices. Through real-time audience participation, live polls, and open discussion, we'll explore how characters like Scooby Doo®, Wile E. Coyote®, and Bugs Bunny® accidentally (or cleverly) taught us principles that apply directly to automation strategy, code reuse, and team collaboration. What can Spiderman®'s animators teach us about efficiency? What could we have done better if we "took that left turn at Albuquerque"? You'll help decide where the conversation goes! Chris shares how these cartoon-inspired insights have helped shape the automation frameworks he's built over his 30-year career, and you'll be encouraged to share your own "cartoon moments" and automation lessons. Come ready to laugh, think, share, and maybe even shout out your favorite cartoon catchphrase. Come for the 'toons, leave with the lessons!
Chris Loder, Senior QA Manager at Privacy Analytics, is an automation enthusiast to the core. His passion and experience allow him to help companies reduce regression time and improve overall software quality. With over two decades of automation experience, he designs and implements automation frameworks, helping companies reduce their regression times and improve their overall quality. Chris is a regular speaker at conferences and has delivered tutorials, keynotes and track sessions at software testing and test automation conferences around the world. Chris loves to share his knowledge and experience and talk about all things automation!