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This is part 2 of a 2-part article series; part 1 was featured in the September 2020 issue of the LogiGear Magazine, and you can check it out here. Part 1 discussed the mindset required for Agile, as well as explored the various quadrants of the Agile Testing Quadrants model. Part 2 will delve into ...

Looking for a solution to test your voice apps across devices and platforms? Whether you’re new or experienced in testing voice apps such as Alexa skill or Google Home actions, this article will give you a holistic view of the challenges of executing software testing for voice-based apps. It also explores some of the basic ...

Recently while teaching a workshop on Testing Dirty Systems, I uttered this “Randyism” off the top of my head, “Test automation is not automatic.” I realized immediately that I had just concisely stated the problem in making test automation a reality in many organizations. Most testers know that test automation is not automatic. (Wouldn’t it be great?) However, ...

The guide for CUI Automated Testing strategies, including chatbot testing and voice app testing. In the Software Testing industry, trends come and go that shape the future of testing. From Automation in Agile, to the DevOps era we are now in, trends are what evolve and improve our testing processes and ideologies. Currently, many researchers ...

An automation framework is a way to organize your code in meaningful manner so that any person who is working with you can understand what each file contains. Automation frameworks differ based on how you organize your code – it can be organized based on your data, so that any person who wants to use ...

Test execution and utility tools that can make your job easier My first exposure to the necessity for testers to have an array of tools was from the groundbreaking article “Scripts on my Toolbelt” by Danny Faught. Danny laid out the ideal approach to any testing job, and it got me thinking “How can I ...

LogiGear Magazine September Test Automation Issue 2017

Has this ever happened to you: You’ve been testing for a while, perhaps building off of a branch, only to find out that, after all of this time, there is something big wrong. It’s a bad build and now you have to go backwards, fix something, and get a new build. Basically, you just wasted ...

Test Strategy A test strategy describes how the test effort will reach the quality goals set out by the development team. Sometimes called the test approach, test strategy includes, among other things, the testing objective, methods and techniques of testing and the testing environment.

September Issue 2018: The Secrets to Better Test Automation  

When configured with a Python harness, TestArchitect can be used to automate testing on software for custom hardware Unlike other proprietary and open source tools, that are able to automate only desktop, or mobile, TestArchitect (TA Test) has the ability to test the software that runs on hardware in the following ways: 1. TA can ...

Divide and conquer was a strategy successfully employed by ancient Persian kings against their Greek enemies. It is a strategy that can still be used successfully today. Fundamentally, by dividing something into smaller more manageable pieces (in the case of the ancient Persians, they divided the Greek city states), it becomes much more manageable.