The TestRail team is having a blast at the Atlassian Summit! And we want to make sure the fun and networking continues after the Expo Hall closes at around 8pm tonight.If you’re still around after that, consider walking over to our after party where y...
I first learned about quick attacks from Elisabeth Hendrickson’s Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet. The product we were working on back then was used by sales people to figure out the best way to price a product, such as a gallon of oil. Our clients would e...
Making sure that our tool TestRail works great in all environments and that TestRail can easily be installed and maintained has a high priority for us. So today we are happy to announce the availability of TestRail 5.4, a new platform release that introduc...
If you’ve worked with testers or programmers, or are one yourself, you’ll likely have noticed that they spend a lot of time with their headphones on. I’m a tester and I have my headphones on right now! I’ll often listen to something ...
It seems like I’ve become known as ˜the one who knows how to create bug reports’ around the Dev room. Today is the third time I’ve been asked how to create a bug report by a developer. However, this time the developer got a little more th...
Testers working in agile or scrum like to talk about the benefits of being involved in the development cycle earlier. They imagine smooth sprints with no last-minute regression testing, and burn down charts that gracefully approach zero instead of looking l...
When testers hear the words “technical testing”, our minds immediately jump to “automation.” Testers are often unaware that many highly valuable technical testing skills have nothing to do with automation. It is invaluable for any te...
At least once a year, I see a presentation at a software conference proclaiming “Testing is Dead”. The speaker talks about modern software development techniques such as test automation, micro-services, continuous integration, delivery systems, ...
From 2006 to 2010 I worked for a company that consisted of distinct testing and development groups. Each group had their own hierarchy, including staff contributors, leads, a manager and maybe an architect. Our Software Test Manager was the Battle Master ge...
With literally thousands of programming languages and new technologies being created daily, figuring out what technical skills to learn can be overwhelming for software testers. Fortunately, many web and mobile apps tend to work with a similar tech stack. T...
On my first day working as a software tester, my lead pointed to a bug tracking system. He gave me step by step instructions on how to use this system. I produced a bug, entered the product and browser information, and clicked submit. I did this on my first...
The terms “Testing” and “Checking” tend to get used interchangeably for activities performed by development teams to verify readiness and/or completeness of software products. But of course, as with most words in the English language...