Luke Daley
ÜberConf
Denver · July 16 - 19, 2013
Lead Engineer, Gradle Cloud Services
Luke works @ Gradle Inc. building Gradle Enterprise. He's also an open source tragic and is the creator of Ratpack https://ratpack.io. When not hitting the keyboard, he's likely drinking IPA or playing guitar.
Presentations
Geb - Very Groovy Browser Automation
Geb is a browser automation solution for Groovy. It brings together the power of WebDriver, the elegance of jQuery content selection, the robustness of Page Object modelling and the expressiveness of the Groovy language. Geb enables more expressive, more concise, and (very importantly) more maintainable web tests.
Implementing a Standardized Build Platform Across the Enterprise with Gradle
The larger and more diverse your technology organization, the greater the value you can realize in standardizing your build and delivery process. Internal build standards make it easier for people to switch between teams, allowing you to more readily adjust your staffing to meet changing business needs. In this session we’ll walk through examples of leveraging Gradle’s extensibility and plugin mechanisms to develop standards, enforce compliance and deliver tailored out of the box functionality. We will also look at how to provision such customisations throughout your enterprise in a controllable way.
Automated web application testing with Gradle and Selenium
Doing full stack testing (sometimes referred to as “functional” or “acceptance” testing) of web applications is a non trivial business. While such tests are undisputedly more costly to develop, maintain and execute than simple unit tests, that's no excuse to ignore this crucial aspect of a comprehensive testing strategy. Many teams still rely on expensive manual testing for coverage at this level, citing the difficulty in managing a large body of automated functional tests. In this session we'll look at how Gradle can help by orchestrating the necessary components of a Selenium 2 based toolchain.
Gradle - the Innovation continues
The Gradle development team have not been taking it easy since the release of Gradle 1.0. New features and innovations are constantly being added, rough edges are being smoothed and the platform continues to expand. In this session we’ll explore the most notable additions to Gradle since the release of 1.0 and preview some of the new and exciting features just over the horizon with Gradle founder and Gradleware CEO Hans Dockter and Gradle core developer Peter Niederwieser.