BlogATAhon - Series 2 - BDD

About #BlogATAhon

After the successful completion of #BlogATAhoh series 1 on Selenium, Agile Testing Alliance is proud to present the next line up in #blogATAhon series. Series 2 will be on BDD

The main intent for BlogATAhon is to

• Help IT Professionals to start writing professional blogs
• Mentor first time bloggers and help create a blogging mindset
• Identify and reward the writing skills of IT Professionals
• Ultimately promote knowledge sharing

#BlogATAhon Benefits

1. For every category all the top blogs will be published on the ATABlogs.
2. One Top blog from each category will win a cash prize of 5100/- (Five thousand One Hundred/-). In case the winning blog has two or more authors the prize money will have to be shared among the authors.
3. All blog submissions authors will be showcased on the facewall of #BlogATAhon
4. All blog submissions will get a e-certificate of participation
5. All published blogs will be rewarded by a winning #blogATAhon certificate
6. All published blogs authors will be given their own author id’s on the ATABlogs
7. All authors get a chance to be our speakers for our Meetups
8. All authors get a chance to be our speakers for future ATA conferences, similar to our past events like #ATAGTR2017 #doppa17

General BlogATAhon Time Lines

Maximum 2 months for a SERIES blogs to go live

• 45 Days from the starting date for any series till the last date for blog submissions
• 10 – 15 Days for the blogs to be selected and published on ATABlogs

“BlogATAhon” Series 1: Selenium Timelines, Terms of Selection and Review

• 26th December 2017: #BlogATAhon series 2 Kickoff
• 15th Feb, 2018: Last Date of Submission
• 25th Feb, 2018: Notification to all the authors for their submission, Selected authors will be given credentials for them to publish their blogs
• 25th Feb 2018: Blogs published on ATAblogs
• 28th Feb, 2018: Declaration of Winner

(Jury will be communicating with the authors during the duration of the competition. The earlier you submit there is a better chance for you to get the submissions reviewed and resubmit revisions)

Blogs are invited for Series 2 : BDD

The blog should be technically related to BDD. Blog can describe how you have solved a typical problem, how you have created a new idea or framework, how it has been combined with any other tool or how the benefits have been increased. Some ideas for blogs are as below. Please remember these are just ideas, you can propose your own. It is all about your work, your creativity and experience using Selenium

• BDD Concepts
• Challenges in BDD
• BDD Success stories
• BDD Best Practices
• Experiences, Challenges, Best Practices, Case Studies in implementing BDD Tools like Cucumber, JBehave, Specflow
• BDD in Swift for iOS Apps
• User Stories to Executable specs
• BDD and Feature Files as Living Documentation
• BDD Integration with tools like Jira
• BDD CoE (Center of Excellence)
• BDD Practice
• Collaboration Driven Development and BDD
• Agile Games in BDD
• BDD and Design Patterns
• BDD in Nonfunctional areas e.g. Security and Performance

For Registration and Submission please click on the below URL/button

Steps : 

1. Fill in your details on the booking page
2. Upload a zip file (The template for submission is available on the official website : )

Reach out to Harsh.Shah@ATAEvent.org for any help

If you want any help in writing your blogs, the Jury would also help you as Mentors. Please feel free to connect with above on LinkedIN and request for help.

If you are an expert in Selenium and want to be part of the mentoring team do let us know. We would be glad to have more hands both as Jury members and/or as mentors