[Infographic] 6 Software Testing Outsourcing Myths Debunked
Putting to bed your fears about outsourcing software testing and QA once and for all Have you turned your back on the idea of outsourcing your software testing and QA (what we prefer to call quality engineering)? Maybe it was brought up once during a meeting…
Understanding the Importance of Cross-Browser Testing for Modern Web Apps
In this guest post, Alexandra McPeak from SmartBear explains cross-browser testing and why it matters When it comes to consuming web content, there are more choices than ever to enjoy your own unique experience. However, this can easily be overlooked in software development. The biggest…
How to Show Your Tester Some Love this Valentine’s Day
How to show testers some love this Valentine’s Day—and maybe be loved in return, too. This article was originally published on stickyminds.com Great testers are almost as hard to find as a candy conversation heart that isn’t silly. If you’ve got the opportunity to work…
Risk-Based Testing: The Software Testing Risk Matrix
So much to test, so little time? Here’s how to create a software testing risk matrix for maximum results. When it comes to testing software, it can be a bit overwhelming when you get started. One resource that one can turn to is the software…
Code Analysis Part 3: SonarQube Alternatives
How to run a code analysis from Maven or an IDE In part two of this blog series on code analysis, I showed you how to do a proof of concept quickly using a SonarQube Docker image, and run the analysis from SonarQube Scanner. In…
Code Analysis Part 2: Analyzing Code with SonarQube
Continuing with our code analysis series, here’s an introduction to SonarQube As we mentioned in part 1 of this 3 part series on code analysis (on what you should know about technical debt), code quality is often said to be an internal attribute of quality, since…
Code Analysis Part 1: What You Should Know About Technical Debt
In part one of this three-part series on code analysis, we explore technical debt and the means for tackling it Code quality is often said to be an internal attribute of quality since the user never lays eyes on it. But, there comes a time…
Losing and Regaining Confidence in Automated Tests
Why we lose faith in automated tests and what to do about it Every now and then we find ourselves meeting clients who have lost faith in the usefulness of automated tests. Not necessarily because of the quality of the tests themselves, but because many times they’re…
5 Benefits of Adopting Agile in Your Software Project
Making Sense’s Natalia Martinez describes what’s in store if your organization adopts an Agile development approach Agile has become the preferred methodology for almost every software company. The end point of any digital transformation or DevOps initiative is business agility. And it’s no wonder: Benefits of adopting…
GeneXus Continuous Integration with Jenkins
Our step by step guide for using Jenkins in a GeneXus project In this post, we will guide you on how to achieve basic Continuous Integration using Jenkins in a GeneXus project. This is a fundamental step for improving your productivity and development process (even…
How to Implement Load Test Scenarios in Gatling
Let’s take a look at two ways to set up load test scenarios in Gatling As we discussed in our review of Gatling, Gatling allows us to define a wide variety of performance tests. Regarding load tests, we can implement them in any of the…
How to Optimize Website Speed for Black Friday
Is your website prepared for record breaking traffic and sales? Before you know it, it will be Black Friday and then, Cyber Monday. These consumer “holidays” bring about the race for shoppers to buy all of the coveted items on their shopping lists before they’re…
Why So Much Talk Around DevOps Culture?
DevOps is taking software development by storm… Here’s what it means for testers. DevOps is a little word that has become very much the trend. It comes from uniting the words Development and Operations, with the idea of joining two worlds between which there is…
Can There Be Testers in Scrum?
Testers + Scrum = ? Several times I’ve had conversations with people who work with Scrum or Agile methodologies who claim they don’t have testers and don’t run into any problems. On the other hand, I have seen testers within these schemes who often feel…
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