No, not an ape, a member of the monkey family, but an APE – Another Pair of Eyes. Every day, there are programs being introduced which are the work of one person. They conceived of it or discovered the requirement, …
One way of looking at testing is that it is ‘black and white’. Literally. Testing can be separated into ‘white box’ testing and ‘black box’ testing. White box testing means that you know what is in the ‘box’ you …
I’ve read many blogs, posts in forums, spoken to software testers referring to “mobile testing” when they really mean mobile application testing. I wanted to start off this blog defining terminology. Mobile Testing encompasses mobile application testing, mobile device testing, …
For those people looking to get a job in the field of software testing / QA, you must first ask your self “Why do I want to become a software tester?”. Sounds kind of obvious I know, but it is …
The mobile app revolution is fully underway, with relative newcomers like Android already fully a part of it. With Microsoft looming on the horizon with their own take on mobile phones, the future is looking to be very mobile app …
Outsourcing QA is growing in popularity these days. This is down to several factors, one them being the current economic climate. As many software development companies are forced to reduce their size to save money, often it’s the testers that …
Achieving ISTQB certification should be a goal for any software tester, or for that matter anyone working in a profession related to QA. Most employers will check any resume/CV to ensure a tester has achieved at least the ISTQB Foundation …
I was recently asked by someone new to software testing, if I had any tips for software testing in general. I couldn’t actually answer that question on the spot, but it got me thinking. This blog entry includes ten software …
When we consider web testing, we think about either testing a web page or a website app. This blog highlights some key QA considerations when thinking about web testing. For most web testers these items are already common knowledge, but …
Late last year the BCS dropped it’s ISEB acronym from its website. Not only that, the ISTQB dropped the name ISEB from it’s website and replaced BCS with UKTB! For anyone thinking about gaining ISTQB accreditation in the UK, it …