Our Top 10 Testing Blog Posts of 2018
2018 Rewind: The best of the Abstracta testing blog Time flies! 2018 was another big year for Abstracta, as it marked our tenth anniversary as an official group of testers, coworkers, and friends! We participated in several conferences globally, co-hosted webinars, obtained new clients as…
We Want our DevOps Venn Diagram Circle Back – Plus One!
In this guest post, Agile test experts, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory, share their views on DevOps and Software Quality Close to a decade ago, the DevOps movement grew out of agile development. It was defined as the intersection of “Dev”, “Ops”, and “QA”. (Source:…
Security Testing in Continuous Integration with VAddy
Integrate VAddy with your CI tools for robust security checks, automatically If you have Continuous Integration in place, it’s a great idea to add in some security checks to the pipeline. We all know about the threat that hacks and data breaches pose for every…
The 3 Fast and the Furious Agile C’s
Breaking Down Agile and DevOps Practices: The “Continuouses” Software development is like NASCAR racing. Both require velocity, and in software development, it’s about developing, testing, and fixing issues at a speedy yet sustainable pace to avoid a crash and burn. And like driving a car,…
How to Create an Effective Test Report
Save yourself some trouble, here’s how to create an effective test report—no frills required—that stakeholders will thank you for We test software in order to gather information about the quality and risks, the product, its users, and the conditions of its use. This information helps…
New Software Testing Courses for People with Disabilities
We’re involved in an exciting new project that inspires us every day, and we hope it will make a lasting difference Currently, in my home country, Uruguay, 16% of the population has some form of disability and 80% of these people are unemployed. On the…
Testing as the Driver Towards a DevOps Culture
Lessons learned from helping organizations foment a DevOps culture through Agile testing practices At Abstracta we work with many companies, several of whom already have a DevOps culture and others whom we’ve helped to define and promote it. Over the years, we’ve seen DevOps gaining…
9 Tips for Successful User Testing (and some GIFs)
User testing helps avoid costly mistakes and unsuccessful product launches. Here are some tips for getting started. When we access an application and can’t find the information we are looking for in a short amount of time or don’t like the way it’s designed, most of…
Embracing AI Based Testing – The New Era
How can Artificial Intelligence enhance software testing? Technology has drastically evolved throughout the past decade. Many innovations have deeply influenced our lives such as smartphones, bitcoin, electric cars, and blockchain, but artificial intelligence (AI) definitely tops the list. AI has become vital in analyzing a…
Test Automation Patterns and Good Practices
How to make sure your test automation not only makes your team move faster, but in the right direction. By Matias Fornara and Alejandro Berardinelli Test automation, or automating the execution of your tests, provides several advantages: it saves your team time, resources, and the…
Top Performance Testing Tools to Prepare Your Website for Black Friday
The e-commerce industry’s busiest day is just around the corner… Are you ready? Everyone knows that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the most popular online shopping days of the year (besides Amazon’s Prime Day), but it’s also a day that is notorious for website…
How Nearshoring Challenges Can Also Be Advantages
Skeptical of working with a nearshore outsourcing provider? Here’s how collaboration between South America and the US can benefit everyone. You may have heard about the growing trend of outsourcing many things from software development, testing, call centers, IT support, manufacturing etc to South America….
Getting Started with Outsourced Software Testing
What’s it like to start a relationship with a software testing partner? Lucia Lavagna shares how we set the stage for success. At Abstracta, I work with a handful of our clients daily, making sure that their needs are met and that our engineers are…
Webinar Summary: How to Use Automation to Increase Test Coverage
Testing is like sweeping, it’s better with a Roomba Recently, I had the pleasure of presenting the concept of test coverage and its relationship with automation for a SmartBear webinar featuring CrossBrowserTesting. If you are someone who would rather read a blog post than watch…
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