self-training
-
The «What? Where? When?» principle as the key to the success
While working with the bug-reports one must pay attention to the necessity of writing the summary clearly and shortly. The title itself must contain the information that is enough for the understanding of the essence of the bug at the first glance of it. Such a description helps to understand and reproduce the bug described.
-
Cross browser testing: reasons and executors to perform
Applications and sites can behave differently. It is regarding the fact that each browser has its own extensions, plug-ins and also differences in the desktop and mobile versions. Cross browser testing is performed in order to decrease these differences, making the development more or less universal.
-
12 Tips for Effective Learning from the QATestLab Training Center Team
Any training that follows a clear plan and serious understanding of the material is destined to be successful. That is why, the team of the Training Center has collected several useful tips to help you study well and effectively master the material.
-
What is Test plan? What is it for? What does the test plan consist of?
Test plan – is a document, which describes the entire scope of testing, starting from the description of the test object, strategy, schedule, criteria for starting and ending testing, to the equipment required in the process of operation, special knowledge, as well as the risk assessment with options for their resolution. Test plan is intended… -
Lifecycle of the program defects
In order to navigate among the status of the defects, as well as to quickly and correctly create, comment and close them in the bug tracking system, you need to know which way they go.
-
Main browsers for testing
Today, there are many browsers from different companies and each of them is capable of displaying web pages. Everyone decides which one to choose. Some people like the interface and many add-ons in Chrome, some like the simplicity of Firefox, and for some who have a small need are enough standard Edge or Internet Explorer. What browsers are better to choose to test your site? Let’s consider this issue in detail.
-
What are Soft Skills and why are they so important?
Testing like any other field of activity requires an QA engineer to possess certain skills. Professional, practical, experience skills are usually called «hard skills». Social skills, behavioral, emotional skills are called «soft skills». These skills cannot be called purely professional, they are more personal and they do not depend on the specifics of the work. These skills include the ability to communicate, self-discipline, responsibility, ability to solve problems and time management.
-
Android developer mode tools
Having basic knowledge about the work with various Android devices, you can always optimize your work. Even understanding the work principle of various functions, QA-engineers continue to make small mistakes which often influence time or quality metrics on the project.
-
Accessibility testing. Testing special opportunities
Accessibility testing is one of the usability testing types, where users are the people with special needs. The ultimate goal of this testing is simplicity and usability of site using.
-
FAQ for and during testing on iOS and macOS
The beginner testers, who don’t have any experience in working with iOS and MacOS, are faced with scope of questions about the way of execution of one or another action. In this article we’ve gathered the most common ones and tried to answer them.
