In rapidly changing and developing software market, test automation enables fast evaluation and delivery of products. To achieve benefits from test automation, you are able to either use a ready framework or develop your own one.
Even for small and midsize businesses, the security and response times of their IT systems are critical. Therefore it’s important to run the systems through thorough testing before launching them into production. But the execution of performance and penetration testing can be challenging. In-house teams often lack the time, experience or knowledge of the test tools and test techniques required.
Probably, manual testing is the first thing to be in mind when talking about web testing projects. But is only manual testing acceptable in this case? What about test automation that every year becomes more and more popular? Will test automation replace manual testing? And how to apply the automation principle if you have a team of manual test engineers?
A game tester is not a person who plays games all the day and gets money for that. In the game industry, QA is the way to ensure a proper quality of gameplay and to avoid bugs that affect playing experience. Game testing can be a real challenge, especially in case of test automation. Be it mobile, online or computer game, testing is an inevitable part of game development.
There are more than one hundred types of testing, and usually one has only one software project with determined timeframes and allocated budget. How many testing types are enough to make sure a product meets the required quality standards? What testing types are critical for software quality? And what ones to omit without compromising on quality?