Test automation is becoming more important than ever, as companies seek to get to market faster and better serve their customers. Without properly conducting software tests, companies may lose money, clientele, and reputation. For large enterprises, infrastructure failures could add up to nearly $140,000 per hour on the low end and $540,000 per hour on…
Read moreThe structure and frequency of testing automation is often debated. Should you automate your tests? How should you automate? When and which tests should you automate? The debate can go on for days due to varying test results and reliability. To further complicate matters, conducting tests through an agile environment seems to make test automation a…
Read moreQA 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 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 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 within their quality assurance phase. 1. Automate Everything? Knowing when you have enough test automation coverage can be a tough realization. The test engineers we speak with on a day-to-day…
Read moreAs DevOps continues to expand, understanding how each team’s function contributes to your end goal is imperative. When looking at QA, it is tempting to push for your testing to be 100% automation. After all, if automation means you’re hitting your test case completion goal faster, who’s complaining? The problem lies in the assumption that there…
Read moreThere will always be a need for manual testing. Certain types of interactions within an application are always too unique, too complex and too costly to develop automated test economically.
Read moreGartner research, is often used by high-ranking CTOs and IT Execs as the barometer to gauge, define and re-calibrate their long (and short) term IT initiatives. So it isn’t surprising that start-ups like ours (and especially those who target the Enterprise IT customer) are constantly referring to Gartner research to ensure that we’re staying ahead…
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