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TestRail Review Tutorial: Learn End-to-End Test Case Management

Test Case Management Using TestRail: A Complete Hands-on Review Tutorial and WalkThrough

TestRail tool provides web-based test case management which is a combination of sophisticated project management capabilities with features optimized for testing.

This tool can be used for any type of project including Agile Development and Testing Methodology.

While TestRail is primarily used for software testing, it is also flexible enough to be used in any type of QA process.

Let's explore this tool in detail with a hands-on TestRail Review Tutorial!!

Ranorex Studio Hands-on Review: All-in-One Test Automation Solution

Getting started with Ranorex Studio: An In-Depth Review and Walkthrough

Ranorex recently announced the release of version 9.0 of Ranorex Studio which is an all-in-one test automation tool for desktop, web, and mobile applications. Our review is based on this latest version.

This release includes a lot of new, industry-leading features including video reporting of test execution, a machine-trained algorithm for handling web elements with dynamic IDs, and support for testing web elements in a shadow DOM and the JxBrowser.

It also has all-new, switchable dark and light themes.

Scriptless Test Automation Framework: Benefits & Myths With Examples

All You Need to Know About codeless or Scriptless Test Automation Framework and the Best Tools:

This article will give you a complete overview of Scriptless Automation Framework in simple terms.

The design goals, Implementation requirements, Benefits & Myths of Scriptless Automation are explained with perfect examples for your easy understanding.

While concluding this article, you will get a good insight into all the answers to the ‘why’, ‘what’, ‘when’ and ‘how’ questions related to this framework.

Top Software Testing Trends To Follow in 2019

Get Ready to Check the Impressive Software Testing Trends in 2019:

Learn what trends would critically affect you and how to help yourself ready for the game from this informative article.

Nowadays, we witness enormous changes in the technological advancements as the world is becoming digitalized.

The year 2019 too will mark the continuation of tremendous changes in technology and digital transformation, thereby requiring the organizations to constantly innovate and reinvent themselves.

QA’s Roles Vs Goals: How to Balance Both to Achieve Your Goals

This article is dedicated to my passionate QA Fraternity!!!

Gone are the days when the QAs used to have ample time waiting for the builds to come and later they would start testing, raise bugs accordingly and then again wait for the developers to fix them.

They would spend a major portion of their time in practicing English, LOL!!. I mean writing Test Cases, reviewing them and finalizing them to be used for testing.

Agile Scrum Methodology: Complete Guide for Developers and Testers

Complete Guide to Agile Scrum Methodology: (20+ Detailed Tutorials)

This is the guide for software developers and testers to understand and start working on the very famous Agile SCRUM methodology for software development and testing. Learn the basic but important terminologies used in the Agile Scrum process along with a real example of the complete process.

We have listed all the Agile Tutorials in this series for your convenience. Hope they will be of immense help to you.

Code Refactoring: What You Need to Know About It

Understanding Code Refactoring: A Tester’s Perspective

The term ‘Refactoring’ is mainly used to indicate required code cleanup/redesign.

In this tutorial, we will understand the definition of refactoring, discuss the need for code refactoring, and review the impact of refactoring code on various project team members. We will also discuss the answer for the most important question – As a tester, why do you need to know about refactoring?

Role of Business Analysts in SCRUM and Why is a QA Best for this Role?

Prominent Role of Business Analysts in SCRUM:

A Business Analyst who is shortly referred as a BA plays a very drastic and important role in SCRUM.

This person is the link between the product owner/customer and the technical IT team. Though we have come across several tutorials on our website on BA, this tutorial will somehow be a unique one and will explain to you the importance of BA in SCRUM.

Let's Explore!!

Are Testers Losing Their Grip Over Testing Due to Automation?

Amid Automation, Testers at the Verge of Becoming Automation Test Developers:

In this digital world, automation has become the core for businesses to grow and expand. Automation has revolutionized the way organizations operate their businesses.

The pace of advancement in technology has been on a continual increase for the last decade and lead us to a new automation age. The impact of automation is quite evident on distinct industries, including Software industry itself.

10+ Tips to Survive and Progress in the Field of Software Testing

These tips will make you not only survive but also advance in your software testing career. Make sure you follow them:

Tip #1) Written communication – I repeatedly say this on many occasions that keep all things in written communication. No verbal communication, please. This is applicable to all instructions or tasks that are given to you by your superior. No matter how friendly your lead or manager is but keep things in emails or documents.

Application and IT Infrastructure Performance Monitoring Using eG Enterprise Tool (Hands-on Review)

A Hands-on Useful Review of ‘eG Enterprise Tool' for Application and Infrastructure Performance Monitoring for IT Teams:

The IT landscape has changed drastically over the last few years with the advent of new application development and deployment frameworks.

Gone are the days when we had client-server applications running on physical machines.

New technologies like micro-services are giving rise to cloud-native and containerized applications which use dynamically provisioned resources based on the workload demand.

Career Shift from a Tester to Business Analyst – A Step by Step Guide

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A Step-by-Step guide for a Tester to become a Business Analyst:

A testing professional is required to thoroughly test the software developed to ensure if the software meets the end requirements of the customer.

A Business Analyst is also responsible to verify whether the software built and delivered meets the end customer requirements. This aspect of both the roles make it easier for a tester to switch to a business analyst role.

What is Early Testing: Test Early, Test Often BUT How? (A Practical Guide)

What is Early Testing?

Software testing should start early in the Software Development Life Cycle. This helps to capture and eliminate defects in the early stages of SDLC i.e requirement gathering and design phases. An early start to testing helps to reduce the number of defects and ultimately the rework cost in the end.

The various aspects of Early Testing which would help the QA Managers and Leads while developing or devising the Testing Strategy document in SDLC are explained here.

Adoption of Early Test will immensely result in the successful delivery of a Quality Product.

14 Fundamental Leadership Qualities That A True Leader Must Possess

14 Fundamental Leadership Qualities: The Traits and Skills of a True Leader

Leadership is really a very vast subject.

The leadership characteristics, style, situations and the combinations that one has got to exhibit his/her leadership skills are quite different and in turn are numerous in number.

Hence, I decided to flow down my thoughts through this article to explain a few characteristics which I feel that anyone should possess in order to become a true leader.

Load Testing With Real Browsers Using Tricentis Flood Element

Get Ready to Experiment Intelligent Load Testing for DevOps using Tricentis Flood Element Tool.

Load Testing is a very popular type of testing which all of us as testers must have come across.

So, while thinking of load testing, maybe, you are frustrated with the current solutions you are using and find it to be too difficult to write and maintain your tests. Or maybe, you are even thinking about doing load testing for the first time.

Either way, it’s a great first step to be thinking about load testing at all – which many companies don’t and suffer the consequences.