Topic: testing
Report: Test automation coverage has rebounded after a dip last year
Test automation coverage has rebounded after a dip last year, according to SmartBear’s State of Quality Testing 2022 report. SmartBear conducted a global online survey over the course of five weeks earlier this year. The findings are based upon aggregated responses from more than 1,500 software developers, testers, IT/operations professionals, and business leaders across many … continue reading
AI needs automated testing, monitoring
In the 1990’s, when software started to become ubiquitous in the business world, quality was still a big issue. It was common for new software and upgrades to be buggy and unreliable, and rollouts were difficult. Software testing was mostly a manual process, and the people developing the software typically also tested it. Seeing a need in … continue reading
Datadog introduces new continuous testing platform
The team at the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, Datadog, has announced the general availability of Datadog Continuous Testing. This helps developers and quality engineers create, manage, and run end-to-end tests for their web applications. This release is intended to simplify test creation in order to speed up software release cycles by providing … continue reading
Tricentis announces portfolio updates
The continuous testing company Tricentis today announced the release of version 9.0 of Tricentis NeoLoad as well as new products Tricentis Test Management for Jira and Tricentis Test Automation for Salesforce. These solutions work to further expand the company’s capabilities in continuous performance testing, test management, and test automation in order to bring organizations improved … continue reading
The role of UI/UX testing in customer satisfaction
Regardless of the industry, every business needs one thing to ensure its overall success and longevity: loyal and happy customers. However, it seems that organizations often find themselves too caught up in accelerating the delivery of new features and meeting release deadlines, resulting in lackluster user experience (UX). With a steady investment in strong UI/UX … continue reading
Five common user testing mistakes and how to avoid them
Have you ever heard from a customer that your software was buggy, slow or unreliable? Or that a particular feature didn’t function exactly as intended? You’re not alone. Every software company, product and development team has experienced customer feedback at some point. But the best time to receive this type of user-generated feedback is before … continue reading
Checkmarx API Security released to shift API security left
Checkmarx API Security was launched to empower the partnership between the developer and AppSec teams of an organization and is delivered as part of the Checkmarx One application security platform. Because APIs are used to access data and to call application functionality, they are easily exposed but difficult to defend which creates a large and … continue reading
Automated testing still lags
Automated testing initiatives still lag behind in many organizations as increasingly complex testing environments are met with a lack of skilled personnel to set up tests. Recent research conducted by Forrester and commissioned by Keysight found that while only 11% of respondents had fully automated testing, 84% percent of respondents said that the majority of … continue reading
Report: 50% of organizations still use manual testing to validate applications
Half of organizations are still utilizing manual testing to validate applications, and the current testing techniques are unable to meet the quality engineering demands for their digital products and services. This is according to Applitools’ recent 2022 State of UI/UX Testing Report. The survey includes feedback from testers, developers, QA managers, and UI/UX designers from … continue reading
Typemock launches Isolator 9.1 for unit testing in .NET
Unit testing company Typemock has announced the release of the latest version of its unit testing solution for .NET: Isolator 9.1. This latest version includes support for .NET Core and .NET Framework. According to the company, this will help support companies working with both new and legacy code in their environment. Isolator 9.1 also integrated … continue reading
Maximizing engineering resources with quality engineering
Modern software development can often feel like a Catch-22: to keep customers happy, companies must deliver new features faster. But deliver too fast without enough testing and bugs can slip into production, frustrating the customers who eagerly awaited the new feature in the first place. This paradigm often pits quality assurance against developers as they … continue reading
Mabl incorporates automated accessibility testing
Test automation company mabl has announced that it is extending its testing platform to incorporate accessibility testing. The new testing capabilities are now in beta and will enable teams to identify and resolve accessibility issues before they reach end users. According to mabl, accessibility is more important than ever, both because of increased digital experiences … continue reading
