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…
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…
Shift-Left Testing in the Enterprise and the Case for Open Source
Why continuous testing and open source are a perfect match I recently visited the offices of CA Technologies (one of Abstracta’s partners) in Santa Clara, where I had the chance to discuss shift-left testing, continuous testing, and why and how to turn to open source…
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…
Debugging in Production with OverOps
OverOps, the self-proclaimed “God mode for production code” We are happy to share a new tool that we are excited about here at Abstracta, OverOps! Why? Well, simply put, it makes it easy to see where, when, and why your code breaks in production. My…
Alerts in New Relic Synthetics: Check Website Health From Different Parts of the World
Use the tool, Synthetics, for easy website health monitoring New Relic is a company that offers many different tools, perhaps best known for its application performance monitoring (APM). At least that’s what I know it best for, since we often use this tool when we…
Gatling vs JMeter: Our Findings
All things equal, how do these two open source load testing tools measure up? In this post, we share our results from the experiment conducted by Abstracta’s own, Santiago Peraza and Pablo Barceló, in which the objective was to make a comparative benchmark between Gatling…
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…
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