#Testing and Quality Assurance

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Why Mobile App Development is Your Business's Next Big Move

In today's hyper-connected world, a powerful mobile app is no longer a luxury for businesses – it's a necessity. From streamlining operations to engaging customers on a deeper level, the development of mobile apps has become a cornerstone of modern business strategy. If you're looking to expand your reach, enhance customer experience, or simply innovate, investing in app development mobile is a smart play.

Why Mobile Apps Are Essential for Modern Businesses

Think about your daily routine. How often do you reach for your phone? Chances are, quite a lot. Mobile applications provide a direct line to your audience, offering unparalleled convenience and accessibility. They build brand loyalty, drive sales, and provide invaluable data insights. Whether you're a startup or an established enterprise, a well-crafted app can differentiate you in a crowded market.

For many, the first step is to find mobile app developers who truly understand their vision and can translate it into a functional, intuitive product. This isn't just about coding; it's about strategic thinking, user experience design, and robust backend infrastructure.

Choosing the Right Mobile App Development Partner

When you decide to embark on this journey, the choice of your mobile app development company is paramount. You need a partner who offers expertise, reliability, and a deep understanding of your business goals.

Consider these key factors:

Customization is King: Look for a custom mobile app development company. Off-the-shelf solutions rarely fit perfectly. A bespoke app ensures your unique requirements are met, giving you a competitive edge.

Platform Proficiency: Does the firm specialize in your target platforms? For example, if reaching a vast user base is key, expertise in android mobile app development is crucial.

Industry Niche: If you're in retail, an ecommerce mobile app development company with proven experience can navigate the specific challenges and opportunities in online sales. They'll understand payment gateways, inventory management, and secure transactions.

Location: Many businesses prefer working with local experts. If you're based in Australia, you might search for a "mobile app development near me" or specifically a mobile app development company Sydney or a mobile app development Melbourne firm to ensure face-to-face consultations and better collaboration.

A reputable mobile app development firm does more than just write code. They act as a strategic partner, offering:

Consultation and Strategy: Helping you define your app's purpose, target audience, and key features.

UI/UX Design: Creating a user interface that's not only visually appealing but also incredibly easy and enjoyable to use.

Backend Development: Building the robust server-side infrastructure that your app needs to function seamlessly.

Testing and Quality Assurance: Rigorous testing to ensure a bug-free and smooth user experience.

Post-Launch Support: Maintenance, updates, and continuous improvement to keep your app relevant and performing optimally.

The overall development of mobile apps is an iterative process that benefits immensely from clear communication and a collaborative approach.

Your Mobile Future Starts Now

Whether you're aiming for a sleek enterprise solution or a captivating consumer-facing application, the path to mobile success begins with choosing the right partner. The market is ripe with opportunities for businesses ready to embrace mobile technology. By selecting an experienced mobile app development firm that understands your vision and the nuances of the digital landscape, you're not just building an app – you're building your digital future.

[askagamedev]

I've occasionally seen this common bug in several games where a character gets stuck in what seems to be the center of the map, doing a T pose. Is this is a common output of several different types of errors? If so, have you ever hidden the origin of the map under a hill, or made it hidden to the player somehow, so bugs like that are not spotted, even if they occur?

You're right - the T-pose (or its cousin the A-pose) is usually the default pose we put a model in when a particular pose or animation isn't working. The T-pose exists mostly because artists can see all parts of the model by rotating, moving, and zooming the camera, so they can fix up any odd texturing issues on the model.

The purpose of using the T-pose for the default is because it is instantly and visibly recognizable to just about anyone that it doesn't belong there. We often use things like a checkerboard pattern or bright magenta/cyan colors on a cube to indicate a missing model or texture so that the game doesn't crash when it's missing an asset, but QA can immediately flag it as not working properly or using a placeholder asset. As such, we don't want to hide them - we want them to be as visible as we can so that we can fix them.

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West Martin: This Coconut Lentil Dal is a Vegetarian Masterpiece | Milk Street

I'll try to incorporate coconut oil & variety of cooking temps for the various onions I include, but the legumes I'll give a hard pass. I do not recommend IBS or the inflammatory chaos that results. haha you can't even eat a potato without exposing yourself to a digestive nightmare. Sorry Wes, it is so interesting how eating "healthy vegetarian diet can make you sick rather than more robust." I had no idea lentils would have this effect, it's just not something I eat, so I had to look it up. I am glad you made this soup for us to analyze and possibly make with some other staple.. probably a potato since the majority of the lectins are in the skin & can be neutralized thru cooking. I'm not sure how that happens, maybe it is s/t I should look up.

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family and contain high levels of lectins. Raw potatoes, in particular the skin, appear to contain potentially harmful lectins that may affect your health. More studies need to be done to see whether these lectins are the cause of health problems after eating raw potatoes in humans.

Wes Martin is an accomplished cook, writer, producer, stylist and food media professional. Currently, as Culinary Production Director for Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, he oversees the culinary staff, facility and content creation for books, magazines and video. He has worked with many of the biggest names in the television and food publishing world including Rachael Ray, Martha Stewart, Tyler Florence, Paula Deen, Jacques Torres, Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson. He is a consultant, recipe developer, tester for major publishing houses and the author of three cookbooks. Wes has produced, hosted and styled cooking segments for cable and network television lifestyle media shows and spent two years as Martha Stewart’s kitchen manager and TV chef on her daytime talk show, which premiered in 2004.

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If you're interested in helping to test the website and would like to be the first to know about the latest features, join us on Discord and we can get you set up with an account in our new testing environment.

As we're still in the very early stages of testing and QA, please bear in mind that Praxis is not yet intended for serious use outside of testing or research purposes.

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Best Practices for Successful Automation Testing Implementation 

Automation testing is an essential part of modern-day software development that accelerates delivery, reduces manual work, and improves software quality. But success in automation testing is not assured, it should be achieved by proper planning and execution along with proper compliance of best practices. 

In this blog, we will talk about key actionable strategies and best practices to ensure the successful implementation of automation testing in your projects. 

1. Start with a Clear Strategy 

Jumping straight into automation testing without a clear strategy will not always yield the desired results. Define the following: 

Objectives: Define the goals of the automation, whether it is about shorter test cycles, improved test coverage or eliminating human error. 

Scope: Set the areas of your application for automation and focus much on areas that have a high impact like regression and functional testing. 

Stakeholders: Get early involvement from the development, QA and product teams to avoid misalignment regarding expectations. 

A well-formed strategy helps guide the way and make sure everyone involved is aligned. 

2. Prioritize the Right Test Cases for Automation 

One of automation testing’s biggest mistakes with it is to use automation for everything. Rather than that, shape your test cases to that of: 

Are monotonous and time-consuming. 

Wherein critical for application functionality 

Have stable requirements. 

Some of these tests are regression tests, smoke tests, data-driven tests, etc. Do not automate the exploratory or highly dynamic tests that often get changed. 

3. Choose the Right Automation Tools 

The effectiveness of your automation testing initiative highly relies on appropriate tools selection. Look for tools that: 

Support the technology stack of your application (e.g., web, mobile, APIs). 

Give the flexibility to expand your project. 

Offer extensive reporting, reusability of scripts, and run across browsers. 

GhostQA is one example of a codeless platform that works well for teams across the skill set. GhostQA can let you focus on what matters and Auto Healing reduces your maintenance to enforce. 

4. Build a Strong Automation Framework 

An automation framework is the backbone of your automation testing process. It helps in standardization, reusability and scalability of test scripts. So, when you start designing your framework, make sure to leave some room for these features: 

Modularity: Split test scripts into reusable components 

Data-Driven Testing: Use Data-Driven Testing to separate test data from the scripts to provide flexibility. 

Error Handling: Install anti-malware solutions to prevent potential threats. 

A good framework streamlines collaboration and makes it easier to maintain your tests. 

5. Write High-Quality Test Scripts 

A good test script decides the reliability of your automation testing. To ensure script quality: 

When naming scripts, variables, or methods, use meaningful and descriptive names. 

For adaptability, you should leverage parameterization instead of hardcoding these values. 

Set up appropriate error-handling procedures for handling unforeseen problems. 

Do not add anything unnecessarily, the more complexity, the more difficult it is to debug and maintain. 

Tools such as GhostQA minimize the efforts put behind scripting providing no-code possibilities allowing even non-technical users to write robust tests. 

6. Regularly Maintain Your Automation Suite 

Even though automation testing is a great way to ensure quality in applications, one of its biggest challenges is keeping the test scripts updated with application changes. Keeping your test suite effective and up to date, regular maintenance. 

Best practices for maintenance include: 

Frequent Reviews: Conduct periodic audit of the test scripts to ensure that they are not outdated. 

Version Control: Utilize version control systems to maintain history of your script modifications. 

Auto-Healing Features: GhostQA and similar tools can track UI updates and modify scripts to reflect changes with little to no human intervention, minimizing maintenance costs. 

Take good care of your automation suite so that it doesn't become a liability. 

7. Address Flaky Tests 

Flaky tests—tests that pass or fail randomly—are a common issue in automation testing. They reduce trust in test results and take up time when debugging. To address flaky tests: 

Dig deeper into what might be the underlying causes — timing problems or dynamic elements. 

Use explicit waits instead of static waiting in tests to make them aligned with application behavior. 

Prefer smart detection-based tools (GhostQA, to be precise) to eliminate the chances of flaky tests. 

This translates into flourish as flakiness and is the most significant impact in strengthening confidence in your automation framework. 

8. Ensure Cross-Browser and Cross-Platform Compatibility 

Most modern applications work across many browsers and devices, so cross-compatibility testing is a necessity. Your automation testing suite must: 

Add test cases for popular browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. 

Testing across different operating systems on mobile (e.g., iOS/Android). 

GhostQA abstracts cross-browser and cross-platform testing so you can verify functionality in several types of environments without repeating yourself. 

9. Leverage AI and Smart Automation 

AI is revolutionizing automation testing with better efficiency and lesser maintenance cost. Next-generation tools like GhostQA powered by AI offer: 

Auto-Healing: Automatically adjust to any changes made to the app;such as modified UI elements 

Predictive Analysis: Showcase areas with the most potential high risk to prioritize tests. 

Optimized Execution: Run just the tests that yield the most performance insights. 

Use AI-Powered Tools as these can help you to increase the efficiency and accuracy of your testing. 

10. Monitor and Measure Performance 

To measure the effectiveness of your automation testing, you should track key metrics that include: 

Test Coverage: Number of automated tests covering application features. 

Execution Time: Time taken to execute automated test suites. 

Defect Detection Rate: Number of bugs detected in automation testing 

Flaky Test Rate: Frequency of inconsistent test results. 

Consistent assessment of these metrics helps in discovering the areas of improvement in your automation efforts while also exhibiting the ROI of the same. 

Conclusion 

So, the right approach of selecting the right tool and plan properly will help to do a successful automation testing implementation. This could be achieved by adopting best practices like prioritizing test cases, maintaining test scripts, making use of the AI-powered tools and collaborating with other stakeholders in the process. 

Tools like GhostQA, which come equipped with codeless testing, auto-healing features, and user-friendly interfaces, empower teams of both technical and non-technical backgrounds to streamline their automation processes and devote their attention to shipping quality software. 

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Expert Guide: Building a High-Performing Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE)

Is your organization facing challenges with inconsistent testing practices and scattered QA resources? A Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE) could be the solution. Our new blog post features insights from Murali Pyla, an expert in establishing TCoEs. Discover how to centralize and standardize your testing processes, build a diverse and skilled team, implement effective KPIs, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Dive into the details and learn how Enhops can help you set up and optimize a TCoE for better quality and efficiency in your organization.

Read the full blog here!

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Life of a software tester

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QA & SOFTWARE TESTING - SPARK TECHNOLOGIES

As a world-class IT services provider with years of experience across various sectors globally. Spark Technologies delivers the business IT solutions you need to enhance efficiency, add value, and reduce costs. We design, develop, implement, manage, and optimize access to systems and information, addressing your business processing, application, and infrastructure needs.

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[syncrovoid-presents]

I will continue being gone for a few days, sadly my original al plan of releasing the newest chapter of The Consequence Of Imagination's Fear has also been delayed. My apologies

Can't go into detail because its hush hush not-legally-mentionable stuff but today is my fifth 12 hour no-break work day. I'm also packing to move too in a fortnight (which is a Big Yahoo!! Yippee!! I'll finally have access to a kitchen!! And no more mold others keep growing!!! So exciting!!!)

[mananbroti]

In this video, I will give a short description of the definition of software quality assurance.

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[riarnu]

can we manifest i do not get this project actually like i think i fucked up the test pages and the wave of relief that washed over me after realizing that... yeah i actually don't want to do it i would rather kms

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Key Features in Test Management Tools That Promote Effective Collaboration

In today’s agile development environments, collaboration is more than just a buzzword, it's a necessity. Software teams are often spread across time zones, working on rapidly evolving projects that demand seamless communication, coordination, and efficiency. This is where test management tools play a critical role. The right tool doesn’t just organize tests, it helps teams work better together.

Here are four key features in test management tools that foster effective collaboration:

Centralized Test Repository A centralized test repository ensures that everyone on the team has access to the same test cases, data, and documentation. This single source of truth eliminates confusion caused by outdated or inconsistent files and enables real-time updates. Whether a tester is in London or a developer is in Tokyo, they’re looking at the same test plan, ensuring alignment and reducing errors caused by miscommunication.

Real-Time Communication The best test management tools integrate messaging, tagging, and comment features, allowing team members to discuss bugs, assign tasks, and clarify issues within the platform itself. This real-time communication avoids the constant switching between apps and ensures that conversations happen in the context of the task at hand. Features like notifications and activity feeds keep everyone informed without the need for long email threads or endless Slack messages.

Role-Based Access Control Collaboration thrives when everyone knows their role and has the right level of access. Role-based access control allows team leads to assign specific permissions based on each user’s role. Testers can execute test cases, developers can log bugs, and managers can review progress, all without stepping on each other’s toes. This keeps workflows clean and secure, especially when external stakeholders or clients need access to certain parts of the system.

Integrations with Other Tools No tool operates in a vacuum. Effective test management tools integrate smoothly with other platforms like Jira, GitHub, Jenkins, or Slack. This ensures that bugs logged during testing can automatically generate tasks in project management systems, or test results can trigger CI/CD pipelines. These integrations cut down on repetitive data entry and help maintain continuity across the development lifecycle.

Final Thoughts

Collaborative testing isn’t just about sharing documents, it’s about creating an environment where testers, developers, and product managers work together toward a shared goal. Choosing a test management tool that supports real-time updates, structured access, communication, and integration can significantly boost productivity and quality. Whether you’re part of a small QA team or a large-scale enterprise, the right features can turn testing into a truly collaborative effort.

Let your tools work with your team, not against it.

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Software Product Engineering Services | Irom Technologies

Considering how the world is moving forward, businesses need more than just software development. They need innovation, quality, and speed. This is where product engineering in software development becomes essential. It helps companies build scalable, secure, and user-focused digital products from idea to launch.

Let us explore what software product engineering services are and why they matter in today’s tech-driven landscape.

Understanding Software Product Engineering Services

What are Software Product Engineering Services?

Software product engineering services involve end-to-end development of a software product. It includes designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining a digital product. These services are not limited to coding alone but cover the full product lifecycle.

They aim to create reliable, scalable, and innovative software solutions that meet both user needs and business goals.

Key Components of Software Product Engineering Services

1. Product Ideation and Strategy

Companies begin with an idea and turn it into a workable product concept.

Teams study the market, analyze competition, and identify user needs. This step ensures the product idea solves a real problem and fits current market trends.

A clear product roadmap is created based on research and user feedback. The roadmap sets the direction for development and aligns stakeholders on goals and milestones.

Stakeholders work together to define goals and success metrics. Everyone involved agrees on what success looks like, which guides progress tracking and decision-making.