The Test Tribe 26th Porto Meetup - From No-Code Testing to Assertive Communication

The Test Tribe 26th Porto Meetup - From No-Code Testing to Assertive Communication

Great testing is more than just writing scripts. It's about the tools you choose, the techniques you apply, and the way you communicate your findings.

The 26th Porto Meetup brings together QA engineers, developers, and testing enthusiasts for an evening of two powerful, complementary talks - one diving into the future of no-code automated UI testing, and the other exploring a skill every QA professional needs but rarely talks about: communication. Whether you're looking to sharpen your automation toolkit or level up how you work within a team, this evening has something for you.`

Join us at Mindera for an evening of real-world insights, practical takeaways, and great conversation with Porto's growing QA and engineering community.

Event Details

• Date: 17th June 2025
• Time: 6:30 PM Portugal Time
• Venue: Mindera, R. de Gonçalo Cristóvão 347 s404, 4000-270 Porto
• Sessions: Two talks covering UI test automation and QA communication

Session 1: From Click to Chic - No-Code Automated UI Testing with QF-Test

Speaker: Pascal Bihler, Senior Lead Developer at QFS GmbH & mgm technology partners

Creating and maintaining automated tests for application user interfaces usually involves a significant amount of scripting - even when AI generates the initial code, the tests still live in a JavaScript or Python ecosystem, and managing the entire test project requires considerable programming expertise.

As an alternative to script-based approaches like Playwright or Cypress, this session introduces QF-Test - a more visual approach to UI testing. Simply launch your application, record the interactions and validations of the test case, and replay the test interactively or as part of an automated integration pipeline. An auto-adjusting component recognition mechanism makes it easy to transfer tests across platforms - for example, creating tests for a legacy Windows application and using them as a reference for a new web-based version. The integrated AI capabilities also help handle non-deterministic application behavior, generate test data, and derive test cases from ticket descriptions. It is even possible to use QF-Test as an MCP Server Framework to provide application-based workflows to agentic systems - no programming required.

Key Takeaways

• Automated UI testing through record and playback
• UI testing beyond web applications
• Control any testable application via MCP

About the Speaker

Dr. Pascal Bihler gained practical and theoretical experience in software development in Germany, France, and the United States, with a focus on Agile Software Development, User-Centered Software Design, and Software Testing at the University of Bonn. He worked as an independent consultant in Software User Experience and developed interactive, cooperative, and full-stack mobile games. For more than 10 years, he has been working at QFS and mgm technology partners on the development of the UI testing tool QF-Test, where integrating AI into testing is one of his main focus areas.

Connect with Pascal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-bihler-bbb038388

Session 2: Your Bug Is Not the Problem, but Your Communication Might Be!

Speaker: Francyelle K. de Vicente, Senior QA Engineer at Natixis Bank

Throughout our professional careers, we develop essential technical skills to ensure software quality. However, one of the most underestimated - and at the same time most important - skills is the way we communicate.

In this session, Francyelle explores assertive communication techniques applied to everyday QA work, with a focus on clarity and objectivity. Simple, structured approaches will be presented to help reduce communication noise, avoid misunderstandings, and make the QA role more effective within the product development lifecycle.

Key Takeaways

• The role of assertive communication in a QA professional's daily work
• The difference between communication and effective communication
• How to reduce noise and misunderstandings in cross-functional teams
• Practical examples of ineffective vs. assertive communication in real QA scenarios

About the Speaker

Francyelle has been working as a QA Engineer at Natixis for the past four years, since moving from Brazil to Portugal. Before that, she had already been working in software development since 2011 - totalling 15 years of experience, with 10 of those years focused on Quality Assurance. Throughout her career, she has worked with major institutions including HSBC Bank, Google Partners, Santander, Lazard Asset Management, and HarbourVest Funds. She believes that quality goes far beyond what reaches the customer - for her, quality exists at every stage of the process, long before the final delivery happens.

Connect with Francyelle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francyelle-vicente/

Why You Should Attend

• Discover a no-code approach to automated UI testing with QF-Test
• Learn how to test beyond web - across platforms and legacy applications
• Understand how to control testable applications via MCP without programming
• Level up your communication skills as a QA professional
• Gain practical techniques to reduce misunderstandings and work more effectively within your team
• Connect with Porto's QA, automation, and engineering community

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