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Comparison of Test Automation Platforms

July 15, 2019 by Daniel

Test automation, being it web or mobile test automation should be part of every software development team. However, this is still not the case for most of the companies on the market. Whenever I talked to developers, testers or product managers e.g. on conferences the majority of people mention the lack of knowledge, infrastructure or time pressure are the biggest hurdles for them to start with automation. But starting with test automation can be much easier when using a test automation platform*. Test automation platforms usually offer e.g. the infrastructure, a list of supported test automation tools and a setup guide.

Test Automation Platforms

In this article, I want to briefly introduce you to test automation platforms with their pros and cons. For the comparison I picked the following platforms:

Depending on the own software development cycle, the used programming languages and toolchain a test automation platform must fulfill different requirements in order to be used most efficiently.

Including User Feedback to Future Roadmap Planning

June 26, 2019June 25, 2019 by Daniel

Receiving user feedback for digital products can be very painful for companies and especially for the teams developing the product. With the rise of smartphones and mobile apps, mobile users having much higher expectations to the overall product quality and features. According to Google, more than 50% of the customers will leave a web product if the page doesn’t load within 3 seconds. Similar numbers have been revealed by techbeacon for mobile applications.

Leaving bad reviews and rating was never easier than before, as you can see on the image before. For most products, it’s just finger tap away to leave a bad review or feedback. However, companies and software development teams can turnaround the bad and negative feedback and use it to improve the product and to make the customers more happy.

Selecting User Feedback The Right Way

Companies have several ways to collect user feedback inside a product or service. Here is an overview of things that companies can do:

Mobile Testing – Online Course

June 21, 2019 by Daniel

In the beginning of 2019, I launched my mobile testing course in cooperation with Ministry of Testing. In case you haven’t heard about it, this short blog post will give you an idea what to expect from the course which is available on the Dojo from Ministry of Testing. The course name is: A Beginners … Read more

How to Decide on Mobile Bug Fixes

June 17, 2019 by Daniel

Any software product being it a web, mobile or desktop application is under suspicion unless it proves that the features are working as expected. In short, software is never bug free. Depending on the software product, fixing bugs in production is not easy and in most cases it’s expensive. Let’s take a look on how … Read more

5 Tips to Improve your Mobile Testing Skills

May 15, 2019 by Daniel

The overall quality should always have the highest priority on every software product. This is especially the case for mobile products, since mobile customers have much higher expectations of the software running on their personal devices. To keep up with the constantly changing mobile world, especially software testers must improve their testing skills constantly to … Read more