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What Conclusions to Draw From Regression Tests Outcomes?

The aim of any mobile testing, desktop testing or web site testing is to find as many defects as possible and this way improve the quality of an application. Regression

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How and When to Perform Regression Testing?

It is well known that regression testing is an efficient phase of QA activities. If it is performed poorly, all the preceding testing works become of no value. That is

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Role of Regression Testing in Software Development

It is of common knowledge that any testing process must include regression testing. This testing phase is an essential part of a web site testing, desktop testing or mobile application

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Why to Develop Customized Tools for UI Testing?

It looks like the diversity of test tools suggested by vendors allows to pick up needed instruments for any mobile testing, desktop testing or web site testing. But in practice

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How Many Test Tools Are Needed for Testing?

Currently there are a lot of applications of different complexity, serving different purposes. Due to this variety many automated testing instruments appeared on the market. It is often hard to

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What Is An Automated Testing Tool?

Currently one can hardly imagine modern life without applications. That is why there are many kinds of software. Some applications are large complex systems. To develop and test such a

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4 Widely Used Types of Testing Programs

Test-management programs, test-data generators, network-testing tools, usability-measurement programs are among widely utilized automated testing programs. Test-Management Tools Such test tools are helpful during elaborating test plan and test procedures and

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When to Apply Exploratory Testing?

Note: the article was updated in September 2018. James Bach, a famous tester and a proponent of exploratory testing called it “scientific thinking in real-time”. Performing exploratory testing, QA engineers

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How to Document Test Procedure Correctly?

Every tester knows that test-procedure is a very important component of any mobile testing, desktop testing or web site testing. The success of a testing process depends on its proper

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What Test Procedure Pattern Should Be Like?

Test-procedure is a very important component of any testing process. Its proper elaboration ensures success of any mobile application testing, desktop testing or web site testing. Every testing process has

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Who to Blame for Software Defects in Production?

If many defects were found by users in a certain part of software after release the tester is not always the one to blame. It may be that this part

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