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27% of QA Teams Don’t Use a Bug Tracker

04.03.2011

Note: the article was updated in June 2018. According to a Data Research conducted by Testuff, a provider of solution for test management activities, 27% of test management tool users

Apache JMeter Basis

03.03.2011

I’ve been doing some self-training for a few weeks. This time the choice fell on performance testing and specifically on a very interesting and useful open-source tool from Apache. I

How automation testing can help your software development process

There is no piece of software in the world that’s not tested before release for mass adoption. Yet we see many applications fail to reach the target audience. One of

Key Steps in Automated Testing

Even though every piece of software undergoes thorough testing, when it is delivered software almost always has defects. Test engineers strive to catch them before the product is released but

Manual Testing vs. Automated Testing: A Decision Point

01.03.2011

Choosing to implement automation in a test organization can be a somewhat controversial decision. Many automation efforts fail or do not yield the expected return on investment. In this tip,

4 Steps For Successful UI Prototyping

28.02.2011

Note: this article was updated in October 2019. One of the most important steps in creating something new is prototyping. If the mistake was made at this stage, it would

Adding Custom Result Types in TestLink

24.02.2011

We actively use TestLink as the management system for testing. It is also very convenient to use it in conjunction with the automated tests. A little later I will tell

E-mail Distribution of Test Results Obtained from Selenium + TestNG

If you have to run a bunch of automated tests using Selenium + TestNG, the results of running the tests can be easily sent to all interested parties automatically. It

3 Main Benefits of Ad Hoc Testing

If you do not have sufficiently detailed software specifications and, we can offer you ad hoc testing. More upated information about ad hoc testing you can find here. Ad hoc

4 Best Add-ons to Identify Selenium Locators

Locators allow tester to find elements on a page that can be used in automated tests. And it is not trivial task to uniquely identify some locators. I offer 4

Exploratory Testing – Advantages and Disadvantages

23.02.2011

Note: this article was updated in August 2019. Is everything in software testing depends on strict planning? Not always. Speaking about exploratory testing in Agile or any other project methodology,