Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

In this session, Gil Zilberfeld highlights a critical challenge in test automation—the creation of "Frankenstein tests." These tests combine programming languages, frameworks, and domain-specific languages into a mishmash that is difficult to read, interpret, and maintain. While this approach may seem functional initially, it often leads to complex, fragile tests that become a burden as projects evolve. Gil emphasizes the importance of addressing this issue to prevent the "monster" of unmanageable tests from overwhelming your testing strategy.

In an era increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, ensuring ethical development and testing practices is more crucial than ever. In this thought-provoking session, Gaurav Khurana will explore the core principles of Responsible AI, including transparency, accountability, fairness, and privacy. These principles act as a foundation for building trust, mitigating algorithmic biases, and ensuring responsible data usage, ultimately fostering an AI ecosystem that prioritizes human welfare and respects privacy rights.

In this session, Harish Pandalangatt will explore the fundamentals of Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) and their pivotal role in centralizing and unifying customer data from various sources. He will emphasize the importance of testing these platforms to ensure that data is accurately captured, processed, and used to drive personalized marketing strategies and business insights. The session will also introduce Tealium, a leading CDP platform, showcasing how it streamlines customer data management and enhances marketing effectiveness.

In this session, James Massa, Senior Executive Director of Software Engineering and Architecture at JPMorgan Chase, dives into the critical elements of mastering LLM (Large Language Model) chatbot testing. As AI-driven chatbots take center stage in user interactions, even the slightest flaw in testing can result in significant, high-profile failures. James will guide you through the cutting-edge techniques used to rigorously test these advanced systems, ensuring optimal performance while helping you avoid common pitfalls that could derail your chatbot’s success.

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Snowflake is heading to Davos, Switzerland in January to the World Economic Forum 2025, carrying with it its message about the End Data Disparity initiative and its knowledge of how AI is revolutionizing all that can be accomplished with data. Stay tuned for "Data Cloud Now's" upcoming coverage of the event and its conversations with industry leaders. The Forum runs from January 20 to 24.

In this session, Ajay Balamurgadas addresses a common challenge in test automation: the over-prioritization of UI testing at the expense of API testing. While many teams understand the importance of APIs, they often focus on UI automation, resulting in fragile, hard-to-maintain test suites. This approach leads to wasted resources and diminishing returns, as UI tests become increasingly difficult to manage as the product evolves. Ajay explains how this cycle is reinforced by ineffective metrics that measure the quantity of tests rather than their impact, keeping teams "busy being busy" without driving real value.

Learn how to migrate effortlessly from RestAssured to Keploy for API testing in this step-by-step guide. Keploy is an open-source testing platform that simplifies API testing by enabling zero-code test generation and mocking, saving time and effort.

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