One approach that we take to software quality assurance testing is the preparation of extensive manual test cases (sometimes called test scripts, although this gets easily confused with test automation). We don’t always employ test cases of this level – they take considerable time to create and maintain as well as to execute, and projects… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Functionality Testing
Latest Apple Bug Illustrates Importance of Localization Testing
Last year, after Apple identified a number of troubling security bugs in MacOS, the company announced that it would audit its development process to prevent similar issues from happening in the future. Now however, many of Apple’s devices are being affected by a different type of bug that causes several popular applications such as Twitter,… Read more »
Fast Food Binges on Beta Testing
McDonald’s is the latest company to utilize the advantages of beta testing to create new features and offerings for its customers. The fast food chain is testing out mobile ordering in select cities to allow customers to order ahead and pick up their food using their order number at their chosen location. McDonald’s began beta… Read more »
The Importance of Localization Testing
As website and applications reach out to an ever-broader audience of users, it becomes increasingly important to perform thorough and extensive localization testing as part of the QA process. Localization testing does not simply mean checking that text has been properly rendered in the correct language (although that is a big and important part of… Read more »