Quality Sense Podcast: Katya Aronov – Involving Devs in the Quality Process
Have you thought about making the switch to a commercial test automation framework? In this episode of Quality Sense, Katya Aronov shares how she managed to lead an organizational effort at her company, Trax, to involve devs in their quality processes, using Testim to create…
Quality Sense Podcast: Laveena Ramchandani – Experiences Testing a Data Science Model
Season three of Quality Sense is here and it starts off with a brand new topic and featured guest, a rising speaker and blogger in the testing community, Laveena Ramchandani. Seven years ago she fell into testing, working in different industries from oil and gas…
Adiós 2020, But First…
Saying goodbye to a year that brought countless lessons and new challenges The end of the year is here, the perfect time to look back at what we’ve achieved, which motivates us to keep helping to make high quality software that improves people’s daily lives….
Quality Sense Podcast: Anand Bagmar – What You Should Know About Visual Testing
In this Quality Sense episode, host, Federico Toledo interviews Anand Bagmar, a professional from India with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. Today, he’s a Quality Evangelist and Solution Architect at Applitools. In this episode, the two uncover the basics of visual…
Quality Sense Podcast: Bas Dijkstra – False Positives and Negatives in Test Automation
In this Quality Sense episode, Fede has a chat with Bas Dijkstra, a software test automation expert, consultant, and trainer from the Netherlands with over 14 years of experience in the field. Recently, Bas triggered an interesting conversation on Linkedin about software testers getting involved…
How to Test a Mobile App: A Beginner’s Guide
A quality mobile app can enhance brand image and significantly increase revenue According to Statista, between January 2015 and July 2020, application downloads have grown rapidly. In the last 5 years, registered downloads increased from 15.9 billion to 37.8 billion between both app stores. This…
Black Friday 2020: Avoid E-Commerce Site Crashes and Slowness
Everything you need to know to technically prepare your website for Black Friday and Cyber Monday While it’s coming down to the wire for retailers to get their websites fully prepared for a successful holiday season, it’s not too late to optimize them in order…
E-commerce Testing Basics: How to Test an E-commerce Website
Don’t launch another sale online without reading this first! The shift toward e-commerce over traditional retail began well before COVID-19, but according to new data from IBM, the pandemic has accelerated consumers’ shift toward e-commerce by five years. In fact, in Q2, Walmart’s e-commerce sales…
Get to Know the Top Software Testing Companies for 2020-2021
Abstracta named a leading software testing provider by TEST Magazine, 2nd year in a row We’re extremely proud to be recognized by TEST Magazine as a leading software testing company! As a pure-play, independent provider with offices in Europe and North and South America, we…
Quality Sense Podcast: Leandro Melendez “Señor Performo” – Performance Testing Explained Simple
What do restaurants and performance testing have in common? We’ll spoil the punchline…. It’s servers that get stressed! In this episode of our software testing podcast, Federico interviews Leandro Melendez, whom he refers to as a “Latin American brother” also known as “Señor Performo.” Originally…
Quality Sense Podcast: Michael Bolton – Software Testing and Automation
A look into software testing as a social science as Michael tells the story of how he became a tester Carrying on the work of some of his personal mentors and the great thinkers in software like Cem Kaner and Jerry Weinberg is no easy…
Quality Sense Podcast: Oren Rubin – Web Test Automation Challenges
Looking at some of the challenges of test automaton and how to pick the best tools and infrastructure In today’s Quality Sense episode, Federico Toledo sits down for a chat with the founder and CEO of Testim, Oren Rubin, an Israeli entrepreneur who has over…
Coronavirus Exposure Notification Apps From a Tester’s Perspective
What are the risks involved with these apps and are they worth it? As we mentioned before in this article, the Uruguayan Presidential Office has teamed up with several local institutions and companies in the development of its official website and application to fight COVID-19,…
Quality Sense Podcast: Eric Proegler – Testing Mission-Critical Software
Figuring out if certain applications, like aircraft software, are ready to ship with confidence In this episode of Quality Sense, Federico Toledo invites Eric Proegler for a fun conversation on some of the bigger questions in software testing. Eric Proegler has over 20 years of…