Sounds good! This will be great for those of us who work downtown and
can't normally make the meetings up north.

I recently posted a 6 month version of this position. We now have an
additional 2 positions that will be 18 month contract to hire. Watir
experience is not required.

Please let me know if you or someone you know is interested in
talking.

We have an immediate need for a QA Automation Engineer in Austin.
This is with our client in downtown Austin - a great group to work
with. Send me your resume if your interested. Pay is up to $48/hr
DOE.

Job Description:
Develops and maintains test specifications, test cases, test scripts
and test data based on business requirements. Implements continuous
improvement principles in test standards and processes. Executes and
communicates test results and participates in product readiness and
release decisions. Establish test metrics to identify weak points in
the software development process and propose solutions. Able to work
effectively across cross-functional teams or alone.

Experience with designing and developing automated tests and test
frameworks is a must. Experience in web based and/or back office
testing is a requirement. Candidate must have experience in writing
automated scripts and automation suites. Experience with Agile
Development methodologies is a plus.

Required Skills: Bachelor's degree in Computer/Information Science
(or equivalent) 5+ years of software quality assurance on highly
complex and/or multiple projects, including manual test case
execution, defect tracking, test plan/test case creation and
management, and requirements analysis.

Ideal candidate would have coding experience in Ruby/WATIR and Java.
SQL experience is a must. .Net, Fitnesse, Selenium, 4GL/Informix,
Coldfusion are a plus. Experience with Rational ClearQuest,
ClearCase and Rally or equivalent issue tracking and source control
tools is a must. Knowledge of financial transaction systems is a
plus (securites, trades, trust, ledger).

Thanks,

Sarah von Hapsburg
Placement Manager
Comsys IT Services -- Austin, TX
(512) 651-9866 office

Sorry for the short notice again, but we are having another meeting.

Jim Matthews will be speaking about his link checker. He needed a script that
would crawl a website looking for certain special conditions.  He started using
Ruby and Watir then ended up building a script that used Ruby, Watir, and Mysql.
Jim will discuss the problems encountered and the evolution to the final
incarnation of the script.

Watircraft will be the sponsor so we will have something to eat.

Jim Matthews has been doing automated software testing for over seventeen years.
He has used a number of commercial test automation tools and developed his own
to fill in gaps.  Jim has worked on large waterfall projects and in small
start-up companies.  Currently he works in Agile software development
environments, developing tests for web sites using Ruby and Watir.

You can start arrive between 6:15 and 7:00 on Wednesday 21-May to talk with
other Watir users and get something to eat before Jim makes his presentation.

The meeting will be held at Uplogix's office on 360 between 2222 and Spicewood
springs.

Uplogix, Inc.
7600B N. Capital of Texas Hwy.Suite 220
Austin, TX  78731-1189

http://uplogix.com/company/driving_directions.php

We are next to the apartment complex with the big American flag so if you are
coming from the south you will need to make a U-turn on 360 at this complex and
get over to the right lane fast.  Traffic on 360 from 5 till 7 will be slow.

Hey there,

We have an immediate need for a QA Automation Engineer in Austin.
This is with our client in downtown Austin - a great group to work
with. Send me your resume if your interested. Pay is up to $48/hr
DOE.

Job Description:
Develops and maintains test specifications, test cases, test scripts
and test data based on business requirements. Implements continuous
improvement principles in test standards and processes. Executes and
communicates test results and participates in product readiness and
release decisions. Establish test metrics to identify weak points in
the software development process and propose solutions. Able to work
effectively across cross-functional teams or alone.

Experience with designing and developing automated tests and test
frameworks is a must. Experience in web based and/or back office
testing is a requirement. Candidate must have experience in writing
automated scripts and automation suites. Experience with Agile
Development methodologies is a plus.

Required Skills: Bachelor's degree in Computer/Information Science
(or equivalent) 5+ years of software quality assurance on highly
complex and/or multiple projects, including manual test case
execution, defect tracking, test plan/test case creation and
management, and requirements analysis.

Ideal candidate would have coding experience in Ruby/WATIR and Java.
SQL experience is a must. .Net, Fitnesse, Selenium, 4GL/Informix,
Coldfusion are a plus. Experience with Rational ClearQuest,
ClearCase and Rally or equivalent issue tracking and source control
tools is a must. Knowledge of financial transaction systems is a
plus (securites, trades, trust, ledger).

Thanks,

Sarah von Hapsburg
Placement Manager
Comsys IT Services -- Austin, TX
(512) 651-9866 office

Here ya go...

http://www.testmanagement.com/

My contact over there is Bill Echlin
(william.echlin@...)

Bill is in pre-sales/sales and seems to have a good
technical grasp of the tool as well as having a good
handle on their business initiatives. They are really
focused on training nowadays.

I helped them work through the early "pro" version
kinks so he will probably remember me from my bugs ;)
There are still some things that are a little wonky
about it (like it's 100% search-based). But the new
SOAP API is a very nice edition to the pro feature
set.

Hope this helps-
Gregg



--- Bret Pettichord <bret@...> wrote:

> Greg,
>
> You recommended QA Track at lunch today. I could not
> find this tool on
> Google or OpenSourceTesting.com. Did i get the name
> wrong?
>
> Where is the website for it?
>
> Bret
>
> --
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> CTO, WatirCraft LLC
> Lead Developer, Watir, http://wtr.rubyforge.org
> Blog (Essays), http://www.io.com/~wazmo/blog
> MiniBlog (Links),
> http://feeds.feedburner.com/bretshotlist
>



---------------------------------
Gregg Yows
512-431-4024
gregg@...
www.yowsbrain.com

Bret Pettichord has invited you to an event posted on Upcoming!

Event Details: (http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/492059/?invitation=e8295b8160)

Watir Lunch
Monday, April 28, 2008 (11:30 AM)
We'll be upstairs on the balcony.

Join us for an informal discussion of Watir, Testing, Agile and more.

Venue Details:
Central Market North
4001 North Lamar
Austin, Texas

For more details about this event, including maps, comments, and other
attendees, visit the event page at
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/492059/?invitation=e8295b8160

I will be out of the office starting  04/18/2008 and will not return until
04/21/2008.

If you need immediate assistance please try Cari Spruiell or my cell  phone
at 512-560-5773.  Thanks!
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Hello All,

I'm brand new to Watir and loving every single minute of it.  I'd like
to know how the last meeting went i.e. how many people, how was the
pizza, how was the presentation, etc...

I'd also like to know if there is going to be a meeting in April.

Thanks.

Brad

Hugh McGowan will be presenting his work on Rasta,
http://rasta.rubyforge.org/,at the first meeting of the Austin (Area) Watir
User's Group.  I haveseen the presentation and it is a solid framework you can
download fromrubyforge to begin test automation or data loading in an afternoon.
TestCo, Uplogix QA partner,  will be providing pizza and I can getbeverages from
the break room.  I would like a head count to make surewe have enough pizza for
everyone and to make sure everyone fits in theconference room.  Forward this
invite around and have people interested send me an e-mail if they are
interested in coming.

You can start arrive between 6:15 and 7:00 on Wednesday 19-March to talk with
other Watirusers and get something to eat before Hugh makes his presentation.

The meeting will be held at Uplogix's office on 360 between 2222 and Spicewood
springs.

Uplogix, Inc.
           7600B N. Capital of Texas Hwy.Suite 220
          Austin, TX  78731-1189

http://uplogix.com/company/driving_directions.php We are next to the apartment
complex with the big American flag so ifyou are coming from the south you will
need to make a U-turn on 360 atthis complex and get over to the right lane fast.
Traffic on 360 from5 till 7 will be bad.

I would like to have meetings once every month or every other month butthis is a
great topic from someone who know Watir well so try to makeit.





      
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> I think the main stumbling point is finding a suitable place to meet. Any
> suggestions?

I'd been thinking that there would likely be meeting rooms at a public library
that we could use.  I finally took the time to look around, and it turns out
that all of the Austin public libraries have meeting rooms, although we'd have
to do a little more work to find out how available they are.  I'm willing to
make some calls if there is interest.

Locations:  http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/map.htm
Rules:  http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/meeting.htm

                      /\/\ark

Hi,

I just wanted to chime in and say that I would be very interested in
participating in Watir users group here in Austin. I've just started
using Watir, and I'm very impressed with it.

I would certainly love to hear more and meet other users.
Unfortunately I don't really know offhand where we could meet, but
I'll give it some thought and let you guys know if I come up with
anything.

Brian