The Test Tribe Calgary Meetup took place on 22nd January and featured David Paquette, Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, who took us through the power of Playwright in making end-to-end testing seamless and reliable. If you’ve ever struggled with flaky tests, difficult test setups, or maintaining complex test code, this talk was packed with solutions. David demonstrated how to write stable cross-browser tests, debug efficiently using Playwright’s codegen, inspector, and trace viewer, and shared practical strategies to enhance test automation workflows.

Beyond just writing tests, this session was all about improving the developer experience. With Playwright’s robust tooling and capabilities, testing across platforms and browsers has never been easier. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced tester, the insights shared in this meetup will help you build more reliable, maintainable, and scalable automation suites.

About Speaker:
David is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft on the Azure DevOps team. Before joining Microsoft, he had built up over a decade of experience in developing software for financial, agricultural, and energy companies where he has specialized in .NET and web development. He is also the orange member of the ASP.NET monsters (http://aspnetmonsters.com). Dave lives in Calgary where he enjoys exploring the nearby mountains.

Connect with David on LinkedIn –
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-paquette-a7997b7/

A Big Shoutout to our videographer—Zazak for exceptional work on covering the entire meetup.

We would also like to thank our Tribe Champions, who have been the backbone of our Calgary chapter and it’s your dedication keeps the community thriving!

Lavanya Mohan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lavanya-mohan/
Kate Bazunova: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katebazunova/
Anna Kumova: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-kumova/

A big shoutout to our sponsors—BrowserStack for all their support in helping do these meetups at such a scale.

About The Test Tribe:
The Test Tribe is the World’s Largest Software Testing Community turned EdTech Startup. Started in 2018 with a mission to give Testing Craft the glory it deserves while we co-create Smarter, prouder, and more confident Testers. We take pride in solving upskilling and growth for global Testing professionals through our unique offerings like Expert Courses, Membership, Cohorts, Offline Mixers, online Community spaces, and a lot of global Events. Our offerings enable Software Testers globally to collaborate, learn, and grow together. With around 270+ Software Testing Events like Conferences, Hackathons, Meetups, Webinars, etc., and with other Community initiatives, we have reached a global footprint of over 120K+ Testers from 130+ Countries. We intend to provide life-altering growth to every single Testing professional on the planet through community and technology.

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