QA can get an unfortunate reputation for being the “Bad Guy”. After all, no one wants to be told their code is rife with errors and broke a major functionality within the application, but sometimes the truth hurts. QA teams aren’t trying to frustrate developers, they actually care about your software as much as you! The end result…
Read moreWhen people hear the word Open Source, there may be more than a few negative misconceptions. After all, we’re used to anything that claims to be “free” containing some kind of hidden cost. However, there is truly no catch with accessing and using Open Source software. Open Source usage has only been rising over the past…
Read moreHere is a list of challenges and pain points every Dev or QA manager should take into account when considering whether or not to implement test automation into their quality assurance cycle. After reading these, head to our How To section to understand how to properly implement Watir Webdriver, Selenium, and Ruby for consistent & efficient automation…
Read more30% of all US Commerce is now done on a mobile device; for a relatively new medium, that is an impressive rise that will only continue for the foreseeable future. It is also indicative of how necessary it is for E-Commerce sites to offer a mobile experience that is completely optimized for mobile devices. Mobile…
Read moreDevelopers of automation, and even technically oriented testers, have lost sight of the original intent of Cucumber; to support Behavior Driven Development (BDD) in its goal of reducing requirement ambiguity and the misunderstanding between software developers and those who order the software. It was meant bridge the gap, while also making automation of the Feature files…
Read moreAs we’ve discussed before, Responsive Design allows for a flexible, intuitive, and consistent experience across websites/apps. The quantity of responsively designed products increasing is necessitating an equivalent rise in responsive testing. As with functional testing, we can use automation to address our increased responsive testing needs. We’ve recently added support for the Galen Framework to Awetest, providing a solution for the need of automated responsive testing….
Read moreA 2013 Deloitte Annual Holiday Survey revealed that, for the first time ever, 47% of consumers would be shopping online for their holiday purchases, surpassing the 37% who would conduct their shopping traditionally in physical stores. This percentage of online shoppers has only grown, and the majority of these consumers (70%) are using their smartphones to…
Read moreSeamless automation of processes that involve more than one platform can present problems in Cucumber script readability and maintenance. The scenarios can become complex and much too code-like for understanding from the business perspective. Maintenance of existing scripts and creation of new scripts can become problematic because the ‘language’ represented by the step definition files…
Read moreIn this post, we’ll take a look at building a simple Test Automation Framework to test some of the core ServiceNow application modules using Appium, Ruby & Cucumber. ServiceNow is an extremely popular Enterprise ERP SaaS platform. Per the ServiceNow website: ServiceNow is an extremely popular enterprise application providing a service model that defines, structures…
Read moreWhat is a POS? A POS (point of sale) is a computer which is connected to a receipt printer, cash drawer, credit/debit card reader and a bar code scanner etc. Companies and retailers can enhance shoppers’ user experience by having different payment methods aside from using only physical cash, which can become limiting in the increasingly cashless world….
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