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Performance Testing: Practical Tips from the Field

When a software tester has to perform performance testing or load testing for the first time, he often feels confused and clueless. The aspects of these types of testing may

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Performance of E-Commerce Products

For the success of an e-commerce product, one of the determinative factors is its performance. Even if functional testing and security testing were performed thoroughly and did not reveal any

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Functional vs Performance Testers

It is no secret that a manager should assign specific tasks to an expert in software testing with a particular reason. For example, the execution of functional testing and performance

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Implementing Continuous Testing in Agile

The Agile methodology implies continuous delivery of fully functioning software portions. A reasonable question appears: If the development process is continuous, shouldn’t the software testing process be continuous as well?

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Load Testing: When Timing Is Everything

In a software testing company, experts’ views on the approach to load testing are usually divided. Some testers prefer executing functional testing and performance testing in as realistic environment as

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Like Clockwork: What to Do If There Are No Bugs

Every software testing company occasionally experiences bug-free periods. During such periods, end users do not find more or less critical bugs in the production version of a product. This means

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Insufficient Test Coverage: How to Remedy the Situation

Test coverage is an essential aspect for a software testing company that works in accordance with Agile methodology principles. For a specialist of software testing, the first step in defining

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Indisputable Proof That Testing Is Immortal

A software tester often faces the discussions about the death of testing. It is the time to review the reasons why those worries are, to put it mildly, premature. Why

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Improve Testing with Continuous Learning

Typical software testing company never stands still but always strives to improve its overall process of testing. In order to do this, a company needs to apply the principles of

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How to Reprogram a Mindset before Accepting Agile Principles?

Prior to plunging into Agile, a software testing company should forget a bunch of rules typical for traditional practices. What Traditional Principles Should Be Unlearned? Before its execution and completion,

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How to Improve Security with Penetration Tests?

There is a quite popular approach to security testing. The approach is to find small security flaws that cannot actually bring severe damage to a product even if found and

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