When is the Best Time to Start Performance Testing?
Should we test performance throughout development or at the end? – Agile vs. Waterfall approaches When taking into account the performance of existing systems or ones built from scratch, teams have to determine at what point in the development process they are going to benefit…
Not Convinced Yet About “Shift-Left Testing”?
From quality assurance to quality engineering: Why you should use shift-left testing If you work in the software industry, you’ve most likely heard about “shift-left testing” from conferences, blog posts, industry publications, co-workers, etc. With Agile practices (including TDD, BDD, and CI) and DevOps increasing…
What Is and Isn’t a Scrum Master?
Demystifying the role of the Scrum Master Scrum can be difficult to understand for those accustomed to more traditional software development processes. The lack of hierarchies, the possibility of the team having to manage itself, estimates with story points, etc are all new things that…
How To Ensure Your Website Handles Black Friday Traffic Without Crashing
Tips for reducing risk and having a successful Black Friday & Cyber Monday Black Friday and Cyber Monday are arriving and with them, the wave of website visitors frantically attempting to purchase items on their wishlist! But, when too many of these eager shoppers flood your site…
To Reopen, or Not to Reopen, That is the Question
Reopening a bug in Mantis Bug Tracker Recently, we published a blog post about a possible bug life cycle for which we received a lot of questions and comments that were very interesting to consider. Among the comments was this recurring question: Why didn’t you…
How to Use Monkop for Continuous Mobile Testing
Introducing Continuous Integration and More Ways to Use Monkop With mobile application testing being more important than ever for app success and maintaining a healthy brand image, developers need to make sure their apps’ performance, functionality, UX/UI, etc are in top shape. Being mobile testing enthusiasts,…
30 Days of Testing Challenge Reflection
#30DaysofTesting As I announced month ago, our testers joined in on the challenge 30 Days of Testing Challenge by Rosie Sherry from the Ministry of Testing which involved a different testing activity for each day of July. Here I’ll share mine and my colleague’s experiences over…
5 iPad Gestures Testers Should Know
When testing an iPad app, how can you be sure that you’re testing all the gestures that users will try to use? At the end of 2015, more than 3.2 billion people worldwide were using the Internet and over 7 million mobile subscriptions existed. For…
[Infographic] The State of the Software Testing Profession 2015-2016
Summarizing and Reflecting on the 2015-2016 “State of the Software Testing Profession” Report by TechWell Yet another survey report on the state of software testing has been published, this time by TechWell called, “The State of the Software Testing Profession 2015-2016.” You may be wondering,…
The Most Common Mistake in the Bug Life Cycle
Don’t forget this key step when debugging software The bug (or creature on Earth for that matter) with one of the shortest life cycles is the Mayfly, who, after transitioning into the adult stage of its lifespan, typically reproduces and then dies within just 30…
How to Optimize Test Coverage in the Long-Term
Our method for improving test coverage over multiple test cycles We want to test as much code as humanly (or mechanically) possible right? Yes and no. For each test cycle, it’s important to consider multiple strategies for measuring test coverage and to put a system…
Yoda’s ‘The Way of the Jedi Tester’: A Guide for Agile Testing
Yoda’s Software Testing Principles for Thriving in an Agile Environment Did you know there’s more than just one force? Yes, there’s the one that has to do with the connection of all living beings, but there is also one within software known as quality. An…
9 New Year Resolutions Every Software Tester Should Have for 2016
Some things testers can do to be successful in 2016 New year, new you! Isn’t that what they all say? Well, here are some software testing new year resolutions to become a better, more hirable tester and to help your company succeed in 2016 based…
Top 10 Testing Tools We’re Most Grateful For This Thanksgiving [Infographic]
Top 10 testing tools we love After testing millions of lines of code this year, obsessing over quality, we at Abstracta are looking forward to testing something a bit different: Thanksgiving dinner! Checking that this year’s stuffing, turkey, potatoes, green beans, pumpkin pie, etc. haven’t…