3 Challenges to Effective Performance Testing in Continuous Integration
Performance testing in CI is a must. Here’s what to take into account from day one. Recently I gave a talk at Agile Testing Days USA in Boston, my first time attending this testing conference and I was extremely pleased with the event, the things…
When Do You Need to Hire a Software Tester?
You know it’s time to take action to improve your software quality… Is a software tester the right hire for you? There comes a point for any product or development team when it becomes painfully apparent that they need to have a well thought out…
How to Easily Do Accessibility Testing in Continuous Integration
How to add accessibility tests to your CI pipeline using the open source tool, Pa11y If you are unfamiliar with continuous integration (CI), it’s a practice wherein each developer’s code is merged frequently (at least once per day). In this way, a stable code repository…
At Abstracta, We Are No Longer Three Partners, Welcome Sofía Palamarchuk!
An inspiring story of a female Latina tech leader and entrepreneur If you read our blog, have followed Abstracta online, or know any of us in person, you have probably heard about Sofía (aka Sofi), our US Chief Executive Officer and Chief Product Officer. In January…
Next Gen Testers Don’t Know Waterfall
How do we reinvent the “old stuff” to make it efficient and useful again? Something that Derk-Jan de Grood commented on in his course after Uruguay’s annual testing conference, TestingUY, which was very interesting to me, is that most of today’s young testers (the…
The First-Timer’s Guide to the O’Reilly Velocity Conference 2018
What to know before you go Three years ago, I left Uruguay and embarked on a new journey: to introduce Abstracta’s software quality solutions to the US. The team and I started to do so by attending events like TechCrunch Disrupt and Velocity by O’Reilly….
How to Work with Remote Team Members Effectively
Best strategies for maintaining a vibrant, high-performance work culture for remote teams When it comes to remote work, over the past few years, we’ve already witnessed droves of people making the switch, ditching their office desk and commute for the convenience of working from home….
75 Best Software Testing Blogs
Where to find the tester’s corner of the internet When we’re not testing, we love to keep learning new skills, strategies, approaches, etc. and participate in discussions with the test community. So, we’ve scoured the web, searching high and low for the greatest testing blogs, from…
Devs, You Have Unit Testing All Wrong
Why you shouldn’t skip unit testing for building high-quality software If you’re a developer or work in the world of software development, you might have heard some misconceptions about unit testing. We’ll go debunking some of them one by one in this post, and maybe…
5 Can’t-Miss Sessions at Agile Testing Days USA 2018 in Boston
A testing ‘festival’ like no other Tutorials, workshops, social gatherings, talks, keynotes, networking, and more… we can’t wait to attend the festival that is Agile Testing Days USA this June in Boston. It is always invigorating and inspiring to exchange ideas and meet pioneers in…
When We Care Less About Our People, Our People Become Careless
Our Chief People Officer, Vera Babat, explains what it means to consider employee happiness and the role of “People Care” I must confess that the role, “People Care,” at first seemed a bit like smoke and mirrors to me. Caring for people? Making sure people…
Selenium vs Watir
Choosing between these two test automation tools for an automation framework I recently got started on a client project in which I’m putting together an automation framework, where, luckily, I’ve been given some objectives that are quite clear to fulfill. I want to discuss one…
Automatic Checks with Scriptless Tool, Ghost Inspector
Ghost Inspector review: Tool to automate tests without the need for coding skills We just started a new project with a client from Silicon Valley in e-commerce where one of the first things we’re working on is to review their current testing strategy, and within that, their…
Kanban for Software Testing Teams
Committing to the continuous improvement of kaizen This article was originally published on stickyminds.com Kanban, a highly effective framework for “going agile,” is based on the Japanese business philosophy of kaizen, which believes that everything can be improved. One of the principles of kanban that…
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