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We have already talked a lot about quality assurance companies and quality control so that you know that QA and QC are extremely important things. But what does the quality mean? Can we measure it? What hides behind this word? This is a pretty philosophical question. We have no Aristotle or Nietzsche on our team, but we will still give you an answer. We are not philosophers, but cool testers, so we definitely know better. Here are 6 features which your customers would like to find in your high-quality product:

Functionality

This is the most important feature. Your customers simply want to use your product and get a result, and you have to ensure this. You must predict all the potential scenarios, and make sure that your product is functioning without a problem under any of them. ...

Every time you release a new product, you have to make sure that it works properly, and there are no bugs hiding under its stylish design. Quality Assurance and Quality Control are essential parts of this process, and they seem to be pretty similar. But they are not the same.

QA: To prevent failures

In other words, QA is the maintenance of your product’s level of quality. Its main mission is to improve both development and testing processes, which will allow preventing the occurrence of defects during the development lifecycle. Besides, QA implementation has a beneficial impact on planning and your team’s productivity.

QC: To detect failures

The mission of QC is to find all the defects AFTER the product was developed and BEFORE it will be released. It allows ensuring that the product meets all the requirements.

What is the difference?

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Let’s imagine – you have just created an amazing mobile app. You have already taken care of mobile testing services and fixed the bugs, so now everything works fine. But it’s not the time to relax, as promotion is the next step you have to take. Here are some tips which will help you to do this.

Use Social Media

Be easy to discover - such a strategy will increase the number of your app downloads. Do you have Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? If yes, great. If not - better create accounts there. Using social media will allow you to keep in touch with your target audience and inform them about all updates. You can also go for paid advertisement.

Create a Promo Video

A lot of people don’t watch a movie without watching a trailer - this thing also works with apps. Create a short promo video which will attract the attention of your audience and explain why your mobile application i...

The mobile market is growing, and nothing can stop its evolution. The diversity of available gadgets is impressive, and manufacturers still surprise us from time to time, creating absolutely new devices. That’s why app developers use emulators sometimes. The thing is that there are too many gadgets to take into consideration, while emulators allow to reduce costs and simplify the process of app testing. But here are several significant reasons to forget about using emulators. So, what is impossible without real devices? Prediction of real occurrences. Some things simply can’t be tested with emulators. For instance, battery consumption. Considering ALL user interactions. ...

Apple gadgets are not as essential as air or water, but come on, we can’t deny that these devices have taken over the world. Just look at those lines in Apple stores when a new iPhone is released… So that, iOS app development is a great thing to try. Unfortunately, bugs can spoil even the most interesting app, so make sure that your QA testers check the following things:

• Beta Testing. It’s a must, as your app won’t get popular if it’s not user-friendly.
• Cross-device compatibility. Your app must be compatible with different iOS devices. You have to consider sizes of the gadgets, their screen resolutions, etc.
• Installation - Uninstallation....

Even the most promising software development project is worth nothing in case you decide to skip the testing phase. It’s a crucial stage, and you must never forget about it. Moreover, you should already start thinking about testing while creating the project plan. The main question you have to answer at this point is if you are going to test your software in-house or go for independent testing. In-house option is a great choice if you are developing something absolutely secretive - all the QA activities will be done by your team. But the thing is that you can face project delays, financial unsustainability, and other problems. In this case, Testing-as-a-Service (or TaaS) can be your savior. This is an outsourcing model which implies trusting the software testing to a third-party vendor. Here are some more arguments in favor of TaaS:

1. Flexibility. You can go for either complex...

Imagine that you have just made up a really amazing mobile app. You have only your idea, and there are a lot of things you have to do before reaching the phase of post-development review. But do you know what you need at every stage of your app development? Exactly, mobile app testing.

Its role is extremely important since QA is a guarantee that you and your team do everything in the right way. And since developing apps is not the easiest task in the world, let us lead you through every stage of this process.

Initial preparations

Answer the following questions:

• What is your target audience?
• Which devices will you focus on? Which models are popular among your target audience?
• Which operating systems will your app support?

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Automated testing is a method in software testing which implies usage of special tools and applications to control the execution of software tests. It is supposed to be more reliable than manual testing since it’s carried out automatically. But, obviously, making the life of a QA engineer easier is not the only mission of software automation testing services. Let’s see what other benefits this method has.

The reduction of costs

Probably, you won’t notice this immediately, as this benefit gets evident when you use automated tests more than once. Just imagine: every time you want to test the quality of your software and fix all the bugs, your QA team has to do the testing manually. That’s not the easiest work to do, and it requires the most expensive resource in the world - time. But if your team uses those automated tests which ha...

The share of e-commerce sales in global retail purchases is growing, but creating a website is not enough to take a place in the sun. It must be competitive, otherwise, it will be devoured by other websites, which authors spent some time on software testing and the site development. To make your life a bit easier, we will tell you what parts of your e-commerce website you should never be lazy to test.

#1 To sign up or not to sign up?

There are a lot of websites where a user can make a purchase even without creating an account, but completing the registration process allows to track an order, to check previous orders, etc. A QA tester must check if there are any bugs related to making purchases with or without an account, log...