test methodologies

Testing Mobile Apps? Consider These Challenges and Solutions

The scope and need for mobile app testing are only going to increase. What does this mean for testers who have traditionally tested web applications? Mobile application testing is not necessarily new, but the increasing set of challenges is new. Read on to see what you should be looking for.

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Mukesh Sharma
Will the Super Bowl Win Impact the Future of Predictive Analytics?

The Seahawks' victory brings us to a new topic of consideration. Does their win mean anything to the world of predictive analytics, which has been up and coming in the past few years? Predictive analytics beat the experts in judging the outcome of the game. Here's a look at its other applications.

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Mukesh Sharma
Three Smart New Year’s Resolutions for a Testing Organization

When making New Year's resolutions for his testing organization, the author stumbled on three interesting posts that provided additional insight into the overall thought process on where the software testing discipline is heading. These resolutions may help align your work with industry demands.

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Mukesh Sharma
Expecting One Giant? Bring Five Stones

Similar to the story of David and Goliath, software developers and testers hunt giants too—bugs, that is. Like David, they should believe that where there is one giant, there are probably five nearby, and they should hope to find each one.

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Bonnie Bailey
Feature Trimming: What Developers and Testers Need to Keep in Mind

A new trend in development is feature trimming, with a renewed focus on building simple products with a core set of features. Just as feature additions need to be tested thoroughly, feature removals also need to be tested. Read on for ideas about what developers and testers should keep in mind.

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Mukesh Sharma
Will We See the Debut of Dual OS Mobile Phones This Year?

Microsoft is exploring possibilities of partnering with Android handset makers to build devices that boot up with two mobile operating systems, giving users the option at run time to choose which one they want. This move will pose new opportunities for mobile software engineers and for testers.

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Mukesh Sharma
Why Curiosity Makes for an Excellent Software Tester

What makes for an excellent software tester? Even more important than what a tester knows is how a tester thinks. A consistent quality of the best software testers is a curious, inquisitive mind. Even if you think you've outgrown curiosity, there are ways you can get it back in your testing.

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Beth Romanik
Software Testing: A Hunt for Fragility

Software testers are hunters. At least, they should be. Their prey: fragility. Like some organizations and people, software can suffer from fragility, and it is the software tester's direct responsibility to sniff out fragility, call it by its name, and work to squeeze the life out of it.

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Bonnie Bailey