TestProject will end of life (EOL) on March 31, 2023.  Since acquiring TestProject in August 2019, Tricentis has made significant investments into the platform and has been pleased to maintain its use free of charge as established by the TestProject founders nearly eight years ago. However, the extensive work required to maintain and update the platform has helped drive the company’s decision to streamline its product offerings and focus resources on Tricentis Testim, a SaaS-based and AI-powered test automation tool for custom web apps.  When and how does this news impact TestProject ..read more

What is performance testing, and why should we do it? Many times, we hear these words – performance testing. What is performance testing precisely? We used to use functional testing on projects mostly, and we rarely had a chance to do non-functional testing on the project. Non-functional testing is performed to verify quality factors such as reliability, scalability, etc. These quality factors are also called non-functional requirements. With non-functional testing, we are improving the user experience and covering all areas not covered with functional testing. It is equally important to test ..read more

Intro In 1999, Martine Fowler introduced the idea of “code smells”, which he defined as “surface indication that usually corresponds to a deeper problem in the system.”. Code smells are not bugs, but rather certain code structures that imply bad design or shortcomings as far as readability and maintainability. Examples of such code smells include duplicated code, dead code or data clumps. Later in 2001, Van Deursen et.al further expanded on the concept of code smells and suggested that unit-test code should have its own set of smells. For example: Resource optimism; Fire and forget; Assertion ..read more

I keep hearing from young QA engineers whether manual testing has fallen behind automation testing in terms of popularity and demand. Rather than going deeper in this discussion, I would like to focus on the importance of test automation nowadays and no one can question that. “Quality at Speed” is the new mantra for companies and demand from customers. It means higher quality products must reach end-users but in a shorter time span than before This is an important cog in the wheels for reducing time to market for customers. QAs across the world used this difficult demand as fuel for test auto ..read more

I’m a big fan of learning new things, and keeping up with what’s new in the software testing world And it’s usually hard to always do something new while working on the same project, so what I found helps a lot is listening to podcasts, taking part in online or offline conferences and events, and reading industry-related articles. For the last part, I find that subscribing to testing newsletters is the best way to discover the newest and read-worthy articles online. So here are some of my favorite testing newsletters that I subscribed to. 1. Ministry of Testing Newsletter Ministry of Testing ..read more

The Record and Play Market Being able to automate tests is becoming more and more a must for a tester in today’s society. However, not everyone has the skills and training to write code and therefore to get started with automated tests. To make the leap to automated testing more accessible for testers the majority of today’s automation solutions offer a record and play functionality. This way a non-technical person can record the actions for a test, make changes via a user-friendly UI and replay them back at a later point in time. One of the most well-known tools on the market to do automated ..read more

The world is talking about vaccines everywhere, thanks to Covid. What does vaccine do to us? We are told that we will not get sick. Instead, our body will build-up immunity to the disease-causing microorganism, making it impossible for us to get infected now or in the future. This illustration has a lot of similarities to the Chaos testing. A Computer system has its own limits and its own points where it can fail.  If somehow we can inject it with v ariables that can cause disruption, the teams can identify the system’s weakness and the vulnerabilities present in it. The necessary step-by ..read more

Alpha and Beta testing are two types of acceptance testing that take place at the end of the software development life cycle  Both types help to validate that the product is ready for deployment to production. Let’s dive in and understand what each type of testing represents, how to perform them, the benefits they bring, and the main differences between the two. What Is Alpha Testing? The ISTQB definition for alpha testing is simulated or actual operational testing by potential users, or an independent test team at the developers’ site, but outside the development organization. Alpha test ..read more

The process of building modern software has as the main focus functionality. As a tester, you need to make sure that a user story fulfills all the acceptance criteria, that a specific business flow works as expected, and that in the end, the business side is happy with the implementation In general, only after the functional requirements have been checked does the focus switch to the nonfunctional side and address areas such as security and performance. Even if focusing on functionality does lead to making the business side happy, it is my opinion that there should be a bit of a focus switch ..read more

In today’s digital world, software quality is key to the success of every organization Customers keep coming back for quality products and services that work seamlessly without issues. Testers are the unsung heroes of software development who enable organizations to deliver high-quality software at a rapid pace. Therefore, it’s no wonder that software testers are in great demand, and that demand will only increase in the future! According to global market insights, the software testing market size exceeded USD 40 billion in 2020 and is estimated to grow at over 7% CAGR from 2021 to 2027.  ..read more