Traditional software products render essentially the same on any device. Microsoft Office, for example, looks the same on every personal computer. Imagine taking Microsoft Word exactly as it runs on…
Many years ago, I heard a senior executive at one of my companies make a statement that changed the way I would think about things for a long time. The…
The agile development movement is making testers shift their tests to the left. From a practical perspective, this means that the testers are getting closer to the frontend developers, and…
In a previous blog post of mine “Embracing Agility: A Practical Approach for Software Testers”, I discussed how an agile team changes the role of the software tester. Instead of being…
While everyone knows that printed newspaper sales are dwindling, the interesting story is in online subscriptions, which are exploding. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are becoming the new normal, eliminating lookup,…
The Agile Manifesto is 16 years old. In the home page, it defines a very simple set of values: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over…
For companies of all sizes across all verticals, digital transformation efforts now weigh heavily on the business and CIOs bear the heavy burden when it comes to shepherding the organization…
Today’s mobile app development cycle demands short sprints to enable faster deployments. Time allowed for development is shrinking, with even less time for testing. Testing and development must also be…
Once an application is internationalized, the engineering effort required to maintain its localized versions, and to localize it to new languages, is drastically reduced. However, the same is not true…
Selenium is a wonderful library. It supports all major browsers, has all the features we will probably need and is currently the de-facto standard in browser tests today, and rightfully…
The Problem There is a stark misconception in the industry when it comes to visual testing. Namely that it is hard to automate. Even noted automaters in the field share…
Once an application is internationalized, the engineering effort required to maintain its localized versions, and to localize it to new languages, is drastically reduced. However, the same is not true…