Test script maintenance does not top many people’s lists of what makes a good time. Fortunately, however, maintaining software test scripts does not need to be a headache. While I can’t promise you that I’ll turn script maintenance into something you’ll wake up feeling excited about, I can offer tips here for making the maintenance process faster and less tedious. Ways to [...]
SauceCon is coming to Texas! Our third annual SauceCon user conference is coming up on April 23-25, 2019, in Austin, TX. If you’ve been to SauceCon before, you know it was worth attending and we hope you’ll be back. If you’re on the fence, here are a few reasons why you should consider joining us. #1: THE SPEAKERS We already have a great initial lineup of industry experts to [...]
In our present age of virtualized, software-defined everything, it can sometimes feel archaic to do anything directly on real, bare-metal hardware, whether hosting a server or testing software. Virtual environments tend to be more flexible, nimble and scalable than those that run directly on real hardware. You may think, then, that there is little reason ever to test software on real devices, as [...]
In a perfect world, all defects within an application would be rooted out and resolved throughout a meticulously defined testing process in the development cycle, resulting in no defects reaching production. Our world, however, is far from perfect, and it is likely that not all bugs will be caught prior to each production deployment. Furthermore, it is possible (and even likely, in many cases) [...]
“Did you test your code?” It’s a simple question, and one that may seem to have a simple answer. But in practice, the answer is not simple. Software testing takes many forms, it should occur at multiple stages in a development project, and it varies in its activities. In fact, it has evolved into modern practices of test-driven development (where you define how to test before [...]
Model-based testing is a software testing technique that helps you simplify and accelerate application development without jeopardizing quality. More importantly, the model-based testing technique allows your developers to work in parallel with the implementation of the code for the user story, even as requirements change. If that all sounds great to you and you’re yearning to learn more, [...]
Mobile is eating the world—or so some say, at least—and it’s increasingly likely that your organization is now developing mobile applications in addition to traditional non-mobile applications. These may be new applications or mobile versions of existing applications. With the trend toward mobile development comes a need to adjust your testing strategy to support these mobile [...]
If you’re like most QA teams, you’ll discover that adopting automated testing requires clearing some hurdles. That is because like most innovations, test automation creates some challenges that organizations need to overcome before they can reap the full benefits of an automated testing strategy. Let’s take a look at some of the most common pain points that arise when QA teams [...]
