Smart phones like iPhone 6, Samsung Galaxy S6, HTC One M9 are awesome but wouldn’t it be cooler if we could swap individual parts such as the camera for a better one if we want to? This blog is an attempt to explain how Google Project Ara could start [...]
Agile development and automated testing are two different paths altogether, but they have given birth to a term ‘agile test automation’. Today, with more and more companies shifting towards agile development processes, they are depending on test automation to improve their application in the development and save on the time [...]
In a sector like insurance that is marked by its inherent complexity and diversified structure, development of new features and maintenance of the insurance application is a challenge. But a bigger challenge is test data management as the data in such applications tend to be sensitive, interdependent and often [...]
Mobile apps have seen a steady rise in popularity with overall app usage up by 76% in 2014. The category of apps most popular among users are shopping apps and utility apps, both of which handle sensitive user data. An increased usage of apps increases the risk of malicious attacks. [...]
Legacy Applications – Definition and Significance 70% of corporate business systems today are legacy applications. Recent statistics prove that over 60% of IT budget is spent on maintaining these Legacy systems, showing the rigidity and the fragile nature of these systems. What is a Legacy system? Any system independent of internet, [...]
An offshoot of Test Driven Development, ATDD puts emphasis on the customer by making acceptance test cases the foundation of development. In this methodology, acceptance test cases are created even before coding starts. These test cases then become the reference for development and failing these test cases at any [...]
Banking is one of the few sectors that are critical to our everyday life. Testing of banking applications needs to be thorough with due importance given to data privacy and protection. Finding adequate and comprehensive test data is always a challenge and, in banking, it is more challenging due [...]
Our brain is more capable of processing and recalling visuals than written words. A visual image brings quick clarity and understanding in ways that descriptive words cannot. Mind Map is a tool that takes advantage of this fact to pictorially organize and present information. Mind Mapping in Software Testing A Mind [...]
Connectivity, today, is no longer limited to hi-tech gadgets or computers, smartphones and tabs. It can extend to even the most mundane of devices you use in your everyday life. Sensors have made it possible today for any and every device to become part of the diaspora called the [...]
In an ideal world, dependent components are always available to developers for testing their software. In the real world however, security, privacy, cost, and other set backs make testing API and cloud based applications a nightmare. Developers face the challenge of writing complex applications which are dependent on multiple [...]
