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If you are in the process of website development, you are the one who wants to speed up the release. If you are the owner of a software project, you want it to hold steady in the long run. In both cases, it is high time to hire QA specialists. There are two major ways to establish cooperation with QA teams: in-house and QA outsourcing. In-house teams are costly, but they have a nuanced understanding of your project needs. Outsourced software testing, by comparison, might lack the firsthand vision of a company`s inner processes at the beginning. However, they offer a range of expert solutions aimed at addressing project key goals. Moreover, an independent QA team might turn into a dedicated one after ongoing cooperation and get a deeper understanding of your business needs. The choice is up to you, but implementing QA best practices into the development strategy on early stages contributes to the overall business growth. ...

You`ll definitely be cooking and eating up a storm today, and it can be easy to forget the core meaning of Thanksgiving. It`s high time to reflect on what makes you thankful! The forthcoming holiday season is always special. Many of us plan to visit family and friends, buy food for home cooking, go shopping, get presents for close people, and enjoy the party to the fullest. Today, most of these daily activities are supported by e-commerce business. Here is why our team at QA Madness takes a chance to sincerely thank QA testing professionals. Working behind the scenes, they perform a sophisticated e-commerce website quality assurance for the sake of customer`s convenience, stability, and festive mood. Let`s see how e-commerce business may be...

Halloween 🎃 is here and it’s time to think of the most terrifying things in work of QA specialists. Our testing team unites young, brave, highly motivated experts, who strive to find even the smallest bugs. However, even our QA experts have fears. What are our testers most afraid of? Keep reading to find it out. Tight deadlines. One of the horrors for a QA engineer is to receive requests for last minute testing. The main reasons for such requests are:

• Development process takes more time than expected. According to 2018 PMI’s Pulse of the Profession report, 36% of projects were not completed on time.
• Time for testing is underestimated. In general testing and debugging take 50% of the development time. To make the precise calculation f...

As soon as developers get ready-tested software pieces, they introduce the required changes. Of...

A software testing performed by human resources still has its value, although Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a promising way to make the process easier, faster, clearer. Someday, the emerging technology of AI may force software testers to start looking for a new job elsewhere. But don`t get tripped up with such predictions. Strategies to implement AI and machine learning are far from perfect companies still have plenty of challenges...

Load testing can be perceived as a kind of performance checking. Mentioned type of testing shows the efficiency of a system productivity under real-life load conditions. Such checking helps to understand the behavior of a platform when multiple users accessing it at the same time.

What can load testing determine?

• The maximum operational capability of a site or an app.
• The system adaptability and infrastructure conformity for a successful running.
• The sustainability of a product under the heavy load.
• The scalability for further site improvement.

Importance of load testing before the holidays

A few years ago Google found out that 53% of mobile site visitors left the page if they had to wait fo...

Choosing the right e-commerce platform is an important task for online stores. To succeed on the World Wide Web, a company needs a specific website with the ability to combine physical and digital purchases. Magento and Shopify belong to the most famous e-commerce platforms. Both are great, but it’s better to study them carefully to find all the peculiarities. Shopify is a hosted solution which can be set up in a few minutes. A merchant doesn’t have to worry about code and domain, because Shopify delivers world-leading security already in a place. At the same time, Magento needs individual hosting, download, installation, and set-up. A company owner has to take a responsibility for security and hosting because there is the risk of hacks and downtimes.

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Hiring testers today is really a great challenge. Low-quality candidates and long interview process may transform a search into a grueling procedure. So we decided to create a short guide which will make the hunting process easier.

How can you attract candidates?

• Post a vacancy on such job websites as Indeed, Monster and Stack Overflow.
• Visit special community events. The job fair - IT Career Day may become a perfect solution. Such events take places in different cities. So thanks to them you have an opportunity to communicate with QA-sphere representatives.
• Go to ...