Continuing our trend of covering testing-related topics, today, we talk about test coverage techniques. What are these techniques, and why should you be aware of them? Let’s face it: automated testing has won. Sure, manual testing still has its value and place. But having a proper automated testing strategy in place is vital for any…
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Notwithstanding testing in production—which should be part of any mature QA strategy—you should avoid using production data directly. Instead, use test data. This article explains how to safely generate test data, how to manage that test data, and last, how to use the test data. Here’s a summary of what we’ll cover What Is Test…
Applications have become more advanced than ever. They’re not just used to get or share information. Applications today are capable of doing almost everything—ordering products, writing an essay for you, completing financial transactions, and much more. To be able to do all this, applications need to deal with sensitive data. Sensitive data attracts malicious actors…
There are many libraries available to write unit tests for your JavaScript code. One popular option is QUnit. Let’s look at how you can get started with QUnit. But let’s not stop there. Measuring code coverage of your tests is a useful metric to gain insights and improve your test suite. We’ll open the tutorial…
The technology industry is becoming more and more competitive with each passing year. Organizations around the world struggle to remain afloat. They employ strategies to improve the quality of their products and services. They adopt test automation to obtain shorter release cycles. However, many companies don’t actively track their progress (or lack thereof) when it…
When you build a web application, it’s important to make sure it works as expected. That’s why you run many tests before making it available to customers. You cannot always predict how your customers will use your product, so you have to make sure you test all the probable cases. One of the user behaviors…
To remain competitive in today’s world, software organizations must make their software release process fast and reliable, predictable, and yes, even a little boring. And having a solid release management process is essential to achieve that desired “boredom.” However, having that level of predictability in software release processes is still a distant dream for many—if…
There are many ways in which a testing strategy can go wrong. One of them is simply not testing all of the parts that need testing. You can fight this problem by measuring and improving your project’s test coverage. Simply put, test coverage is a measure of how well your existing tests protect your app…
Engagio is a two year old marketing software startup that helps marketers land and expand their target accounts. The company is rapidly growing with more than 150 customers and 45 employees. Based in San Mateo, Engagio was founded by Jon Miller who was previously the Co-Founder of Marketo. Today, I had the pleasure of…