Oct 2-3, 2021
Automation Hackathon
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ACCELQ Platform Highlights
I'm a Automator. Why should I attend?
- Opportunity to solve Interesting Automation Challenges in limited time.
- Rare chance to compete with hundreds of global Automation & Testing Professionals.
- Interesting prizes worth $4000 up for grab.
- Network with other community Testers, discuss how they test and learn from them.
- Know about 'Virtuoso' brand and Offerings
- Get to know about 'The Test Tribe' Community and exciting future we are planning for Testers.
More about Virtuoso Platform
Click here to access detailed Platform guide.
Event Schedule
2nd October 10:00 AM IST to 3rd October 9:00 PM IST
Fully Virtual Event
2nd October | Saturday
- 10 AM – Virtual Arrival & Networking
- 10:15 AM – Interesting Games & Exciting Rewards
- 10:30 AM – Virtuoso Introduction
- 10:45 AM – Virtuoso Platform Demo
- 11:00 AM – The Test Tribe Introduction
- 11:10 AM – Event Schedule, Format & Rules Briefing
- 11:30 AM – Challenges Revealed
- 11:45 AM – Battle Begins
3rd October | Sunday
- 8:00 PM – Stop everything & review final submission.
- 8:15 PM – Confirm the submission on designated channel.
- 8:30 PM – Update on Evaluation Process & Result Date
- 8:45 PM – Closing Remarks
- 9:00 PM – Wrap 🙂
Read Event Rules here.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Is this an Automation Hackathon, or a Testing Hackathon?
- Answer: This is an Automation Hackathon with challenges to be solved in Web Automation. However, Manual Testers too can apply as the Platform is easy enough to be understood without much of an Automation Experience.
2. Is this a Web Automation Hackathon, or a Mobile Automation Hackathon?
- Answer: We will have challenges for Web Automation and may be for Mobile Web.
3. What Tech Stack is allowed to solve the given Automation Challenges?
- Answer: You need to solve the challenges using Virtuoso Automation Platform.
4. Do I need to have Devices (Laptop / Smartphone) available?
- Answer: Yes, you need your laptop or computer available.
5. Any other prerequisites?
- Answer: Make sure you have a strong primary Internet connection and arrange a backup connection as well if possible.
6. Where would the participants submit their code?
- Answer: Your code will be available by default on Virtuoso Cloud.
7. Can we participate in a group?
- Answer: Yes, we recommend participating as a Team/Group as that would allow you to do more and better work in a given time. Max team size can be 4.
8. Will I be awarded a Participation Certification if I attend?
- Answer: Yes, a Participation Certificate will be awarded to every participant.
9. I am in a different time zone, how do I participate?
- Answer: The total duration of the Hackathon is ~36 Hours. You can work on the given challenges at any time in this window which is balanced across time zones. As long as you complete it by the deadline we are good. Also, you will get a recording of the initial intro session in the Discord channel to watch in case you miss it.
10. Are there bonus points for finishing the challenge early?
- Answer: No. We want this to be an experience for you that concludes only with Quality work. Hence, we will take the final version only for the assessment, and submission time won’t have any role to play.
11. I have few queries, how do I contact the Organizer?
- Answer: Please email us at contact[at]thetesttribe.com
12. Is this a free-to-attend Event?
- Answer: Technically, Yes. INR 100 or equivalent charge is there which is fully refundable once you attend the event.
13. Is this an “Open to all” Event?
- Answer: Open to all Automation Engineers, and Manual Testers who are willing to learn Automation and knows basics.
14. What would be the Evaluation Process?
- Answer: There will be multiple Evaluation Rounds. More on this during the Event briefing session on the Event day.
15. Where and how do we learn about the Virtuoso Platform in advance so that we are prepared?
- Answer: We will see if we can open up access to the platform in the previous week of Hackathon. Confirmation on this would be communicated via email, if provision is possible.
About 'Virtuoso'
“Virtuoso’s mission is to enable and lead the world’s quality-first revolution. The field of QA has not kept pace with the software industry’s transition to CI/CD. They are fixing that.
Virtuoso has reimagined how software is tested by developing a game-changing platform that is already being used by the biggest names in software. We passionately believe that anyone should be able to create and maintain tests regardless of their technical skill, and that quality is a key driver for change and growth. The latest advances in AI and Machine Learning have been leveraged to produce test automation software that thinks like a human, empowers everyone to test, and for the first time delivers on the promise of codeless test automation. Come join the world’s quality-first revolution”
About 'The Test Tribe Community'
The Test Tribe is proudly India’s Fastest Growing Testing Community. We are on a mission to co-create “Smarter, Prouder and Confident Testers” by providing offline and online platforms where they can “Collaborate, Learn, and Grow” together.
The Test Tribe Community formed in January 2018, have done 80+ Events (Meetups, Hackathons, Workshops, TestAway, AMA, Webinar, etc) so far across India(Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi, Noida, Hyderabad, Chennai, Goa, Shimla). This is just a beginning and there is much more coming.
Join The Test Tribe Community here where thousands of other Testers are waiting for you.
Read more about us here.
Social Contest
Special mention during the Hackathon & a cool award to the Tester with best / most social posts using the below Hashtag before and during the Hackathon.