It is a natural tendency globally that all development groups test their build before deploying and employ testers to identify all the bugs ahead of the release. Manual testing was proving to be the least effective owing to the manual errors and also due to the limitations in testing [...]
Before we get into the main topic, let us first understand the basics. What is Latency? Latency, in common terms, is the delay/time lapse between input and output (stimulation and response), or, cause and effect. Considering the fact that any delays in the area of communication adds on to the cost [...]
Though automation testing does not look a very lucrative or a viable option first hand due to the costs involved with regards to setting up the environment or the tools themselves – in the long run, its benefits surely surpass the initial hiccups. That said, like there’s a method [...]
Precise adoption of automation techniques helps reduce manual processes, enforce consistency, pave way for early identification of issues within the SDLC and further helps to achieve continuous application delivery. In order to establish a Continuous Delivery environment, the most important requirement is the implementation of an automated Continuous Integration [...]
Today’s business landscape can be summarized in two words: rapid change. Sales teams need deployment of product on the same day. You don’t deploy – you lose market share. Slow development processes become outdated quickly as the market becomes more and more Agile-centric, more demanding. The need (and the [...]
There are key differences between automated testing on real devices and on their virtual counterparts (emulators). Let’s go through a comparison to assess the best path for your organization to take with regard to your test automation practices. A closer look Here, we explore the advantages and disadvantages of automated testing [...]
This article discusses seven reasons testing organizations take the open source automation route rather than the traditional automation frameworks. Inexpensive The cost of ownership for an open-source test automation framework is considerably lower than for regular testing tools. The major advantage of Open-source is low licensing costs and fairly minimal hardware [...]
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Jean-Baptiste Poquelin DevOps is a revolution, and a cultural one at that. According to renowned COO’s globally, the biggest challenge for a company that intends to adopt DevOps testing can be classified into two areas, namely, the developers need [...]
The Global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) market will grow at a CAGR of 6.28 percent over the period 2013-2018, as per forecast of TechNavio’s analysts. A company’s ERP suite is an integrated application that helps them accomplish their manufacturing, service delivery, marketing & sales and inventory management. Numerous routine [...]
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 [...]
