Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Inside Story: What is in my talk for you at API Summit 2021?


I'm excited to say I'm presenting my talk at API Testing Summit 2021, this 8th May 2021.  Registration is free and you can register here.  


Get your testing team and fellow engineers to the summit. I see the unique value it brings with an opportunity to network with Test Engineers. Before reading further, register here and mark your calendar.



Does Black Box Exist?


The term "Black Box" is very much known to Software Test Engineers. Almost everything is a Black Box in relativity? How can we look into the black box or box of any color? What is the inside story of a black box?




Is API a Black Box?


To the consumer of an API, in a way, it is a black box. The consumer usually does not bother what happens within an API. All the focus is on processing the given information and responding appropriately.


As a Tester, do I have the below questions in me?

  1. Should the API consumer know what happens behind and beyond the exposed endpoint?
  2. Should the API consumer know what happens behind the exposed endpoint? 
  3. Should the Test Engineer see an API as a black box?
  4. Should the Test Engineer see what this black box constitutes and why?




Inside Story: Scratching the Black Box – API


I'm trying an experiment of analogy and demo. It is a 30 minutes talk and how can I make it? I'm working on it. I'm keeping it as short as possible as I have to demo and draw an analogy with the current pandemic day. 



In the 30 minutes' brief talk and a short demo

  • I try to visualize how we can scratch the black box - API
  • Dive layers down in learning and testing the API in a context. 




Who are the Audiences of this Talk?


This talk focuses on the fundamentals. Going advanced means getting deep into the fundamentals. To advance high and further, consistent learning of fundamentals is a must.


I classify my audiences of this talk in two categories as below. Do not forget to get your fellow Testers to this conference.


1. In Testing:
  • One who is wanting to start the practice of API Testing
  • One who is practice API Testing and wants to debug better

2. In Current Day:
  • One who is looking at the happening pandemic
    • The learning of API that we know but not monitoring enough




About the Conference


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  • #APISummit2021


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Why the Wait?


I'm waiting to listen to the other speakers and learn. Why you wait? Register and get your fellow testers and team.


See you at the conference and my talk -- Inside Story: Scratching the Black Box - API.


After the talk, you decide what box and layer of an API to uncover in your testing.





1 comment:

  1. The scheduled API Summit got postponed due to second wave of COVID which appeared in India. The organizing team had challenges during this time and had to take care of health and family on priority. This is a good decision.

    Later the conference was scheduled to 10th July 2021. I did my presentation to my best. The slides can be found here -- https://www.slideshare.net/testinggarage/inside-story-scratching-the-black-box-api

    Thanks to the organizing team and volunteers of API Summit 2021.

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