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Radish BDD Framework Overview

by admin | Dec 30, 2018 | Software Testing, Blog | 0 comments

Radish BDD Framework

Radish BDD Framework is fully compatible with cucumber’s Gherkin language. As a Software Testing Company, sharing our working experience about a new tool/framework to the automation testing community gives immense happiness.

Automation testers already know about BDD and its tool Cucumber. The testers who automate their test cases using Python go with Behave or Lettuce framework. Radish BDD Framework is also another choice for Python BDD Testing and it has its own features. Let’s see a few important features one by one.

Scenario Looping In Cucumber, you can iterate a scenario using Examples. However, in Radish BDD Framework, you can additionally use Loop keyword to run a scenario multiple times. If you see the below scenario, it runs the same scenario twice.

Feature: Mobile App Self-Service

  Narrative Description: As a XYZ Mobile Network Customer,
  I want a self-service app, so that I can make re-charge and make payment.

Scenario Loop 2: As a mobile app user, I want make a payment
  Given I login into the app
  When I make a payment
  Then I should see the payment successful message   
  

Scenario Precondition Radish has Background feature which will run the steps before each scenario in a feature file. If you want to run a scenario from another feature file as a prerequisite, you can easily accomplish this using Radish Precondition tag. Please see the below example for more clarity.

@precondition(Sample.feature: Pre-steps)
Scenario: As a mobile app user, I want make a payment
  Given I login into the app
  When I make a payment
  Then I should see the payment successful message
  

Constants at Feature Level Constants are specific Tags which define a constant which can be used in the Steps. This could be useful when you have values which are used in several points in a Feature and which should be named instead of appear as magic numbers.

@constant(base_temperature: 70)
Feature: Test heater
   In order to test my
   heater system I write
   the following scenarios.

   Scenario: Test increasing the temperature
       Given I have the room temperature ${base_temperature}
       When I increase the temperature about 5 degrees
       Then I expect the temperature to be ${base_temperature} + 5
  

Conclusion Radish BDD Framework has other notable features. We will update this article in the subsequent days.

Software Testing Best Practices

by admin | Dec 26, 2018 | Software Testing, Blog | 0 comments

When a business approaches a QA company for software testing, there are several vulnerabilities that the business expects that company to test against. Not only must the software be found to perform flawlessly across various OS and devices that will use it, it also has to prove itself to be secure and invulnerable to cyber-attacks and cloud based issues.

A software testing company therefore has the responsibility of detecting bugs, improving quality and cutting out redundancies. Some of these best practices help in the process of rendering top notch QA services to cut costs and streamline processes:

Understanding requirements It is vital for a QA company to ask plenty of questions and understand requirements fully. What are the client’s requirements? Who will use the software, for what and how? What future developments and tweaks are envisaged? A QA testing company has to ask these and other questions in order to attain the best possible outcomes of the testing and quality assurance processes.

Concentrating on the user experience It isn’t enough that testing companies examine a piece of software on emulators and simulators. Even manual testing of an app or other software is not enough if the testers do not keep the end user experience in mind at all times.

Those providing software testing services have to keep in mind the people who will be using the final product and their level of expertise. The final product has to be user friendly and perform the function it is meant to, while feeling and looking good.

Combining manual and other testing protocols Ideally, QA services providers use a range of different testing protocols to carry out software tests: using computer based simulators and emulators as well as manual testing of the software on various different devices physically. The best QA company will constantly update its resources and use industry standards such as selenium testing services to offer clients the most effective and comprehensive services.

Working closely with all stakeholders Those offering automation testing services have to work closely with developers and other stakeholders to understand deeper problems that may exist within the system. Timely and accurate diagnosis can help to avoid several issues that may otherwise crop up.

Ensuring test management and reporting The best QA services companies will track the progress of testing, identify roadblocks and offer feedback. This helps create a vital bridge between testers and developers and helps add value.

Effective communication with developers We have already established the importance of testing services providers working closely with developers for the best outcomes. For this to happen, communication between the two parties has to be effective, clear, ongoing and frequent.

Constantly remaining current and updated It is in the interests of a software testing company to remain current and updated at all times. To this end, constantly training personnel and updating skill sets, keeping an eye on new trends and effective adaptation of new technology is vital.

This is vital because of e speed at which technology evolves and improves… it is a matter of keeping up or being left behind! Developing a technical temperament helps testers run requisite tests to detect, address technical issues and offer effective solutions.

It is important for software testers to keep themselves informed and abreast of all the latest developments and to be fully conversant with current industry standards. Adopting the above testing best practices, it is possible to ensure positive outcomes for the company as well as its clients. All of this helps a QA company to become reliable and to develop a credible reputation in the testing community.

The Top Software Outsourcing Trends for 2019

by admin | Dec 25, 2018 | Software Testing, Blog | 0 comments

It is the age of digitization, which therefore means that most businesses would use software applications – for automating internal processes to swiftly elevating customer service and experience standards. Software applications today thus are core to and drive businesses across industries. However, all businesses / companies may not have internal capability of testing and managing software, and would need to outsource this critical task. The good news is that there are top QA testing companies that can safely help businesses, making QA outsourcing a business altering idea. Despite a long list of software testing companies in USA and India, companies may still be hesitant to outsource this critical task, which is what makes Codoid.com different – we have steadily earned the trust of companies and business across industries.

There is absolutely no doubt that there will be a rise in software / IT outsourcing in the years come. Research and reports show that businesses will increasingly outsource various business services to specialists. While the expected changes to technology might still not be clear,

there is enough evidence to prove that IT / Software outsourcing will be a game changer in 2019, and QA testing companies that can keep pace with the numerous changes and new technologies, will dominate this industry.

Knowing which software technology to outsource could be overwhelming and confusing, which is the reason for this guide that looks at the major outsourcing trends for 2019, and our knowledge and expertise in all the areas makes us a frontrunner in this realm.

Cyber Security For businesses to remain competitive, a digital presence is of essence, which therefore leaves all such businesses vulnerable to cybercrime. Studies show that organizations have experienced cyber-attacks in some form or another, in the current year (2018).

What needs to be understood is that automated software is being used to target poorly maintained networks and computer systems. It becomes obvious then that in the global software outsourcing trends, cyber security is set to dominate. We understand that this is a top capability requirement today,

which is why we have built it in order to remain the go-to software outsourcing company. We are experts in managing authentication issues, data storage and prevention of data leakage.

Artificial Intelligence A continuous testing platform powered by AI helps testers recognize any changed controls more efficiently and swiftly. Through AI, the constant algorithm updates ensure that the minutest change would be easily discernible. As a software testing company we are experts in using AI during the process of scanning and test execution, to identify controls independent of the features of a control i.e. text alignment, color, size, and others. Simply put, we use AI to help us meet and beat the challenges thrust upon us, by hastening the speed of delivery coupled with accelerated technical intricacy. In the world of AI, the business outsourcing trends for 2019 would encompass use of robotics and chatbots when offering service to clients. The purpose is to provide all time support to people and positively impact their daily lives.

Progressive Web Apps (PWA) Industry experts believe that amongst the top software outsourcing trends in 2019, progressive web apps will be foremost. PWA is already part of the browser development versions in both Google and Microsoft – the software giants today. The cost of PWAs is low and companies in the realm of e-commerce, banking and health would speedily adopt PWA based software. Obviously your company would seek to create new software for your organization, and it makes sense to follow the outsourcing trends and work with the most adept.

Blockchain Technology Testing blockchain enhances and maximizes test coverage, while reducing risks owing to insufficient knowledge, which could negatively affect the development process of software.

Blockchain testing is very different to testing required for traditional applications, including heuristics it also involves the understanding of app behavior when ‘affected’ by outside events. It also helps to understand whether users will be able to run the transactions, and whether the transactions would support the cost required to maintain the application.

Low code Development Touted as amongst the top outsourcing trends in 2019, low code development needs expert handling as this process aims at automating as much as coding as possible. There are number of advantages even for companies low on cash, but need elevated levels of agility and risk management.

Cloud Based Testing Cloud is now the ‘favorite’ of IT specialists and industries. It is no surprise then that the focus is shifting to cloud based testing, which has proven helpful for testers to reduce the cost of testing. With cloud testing, companies are able to direct their funds towards reducing operational costs, increasing automation, and benefit in ways that were lacking in earlier methods.

In Conclusion: The trends as mentioned above indicate a promising year for software outsourcing, and there will be a lot more transparency and trust in working with outsourced partners, but only those who would display agility, speed, and help clients gain an edge over competition. At Codoid we understand the importance of interdependence and collaboration – the core of IT / Software outsourcing associations.

To beat competition and stay ahead in the realm, we as software testers and quality assurance professionals constantly remain abreast with the latest current and future trends in testing. The realm of software testing is growing and changing at a mind-boggling pace, and the only way to remain invulnerable to disruptions is by staying ‘attuned to the future’ and doing so now. Adopting a digital mindset and leveraging the advances tools and methods, businesses and testers will be able to focus their time and attention to gain the requisite skills and tools in order to be ‘future ready’.

Software Testing Trends for 2018

by admin | Aug 17, 2018 | Software Testing, Blog | 0 comments

Software testing techniques and methods have changed a lot in the last decade. Inspired by the manufacturing process, software testing has acquired the waterfall approach to test for the quality, which involved step-by-step checks and case tests when the products are at user acceptance phase initially. This made the task a lot more difficult for manual testers as the amount of data to be processed to run all the test cases was too much.

The emergence of Agile and DevOps methodology by many business organizations insert the testing and checking process at an earlier phase of the process. Similarly, there had been considerable changes in Software Testing methods in past that needs to look forward in future. So let’s check out the following testing trends which will transform the future prediction:

Shift from QA to Quality Engineering

The world is changing continuously, and every now and then, there is a talk about new technology surfacing in the market. Quality Assurance (QA) follows a systematic waterfall approach for testing which is a step by step process, making it thorough but lengthy at the same time. Hence, QA is struggling to keep up with the changing dynamics in the testing field. QA can sometimes perform as a bottleneck to a complete flow of processes. As it follows a step-by-step test, the previous process needs to be completely done for the next to begin and beings a manual tester one can only look after this in detail. But with QA the amount of data and processes can easily pile up. With Quality Engineering one can introduce the testing and automation process earlier in the process rather than at the customer’s acceptance phase.

IoT

IoT (Internet of Things) is one of the fastest growing technologies in today’s world and IoT is challenge for Test Automation. A complete web of things is inter-connected with each other through the internet (still sounds like one of those sci-fi movies). The hardware is controlled by dedicated software which connects them to the internet and from there it connects to all other things. As great as it may sound, there are a number of vulnerabilities in the system. Hence, the products which are connected should be tested for functionality, quality, and most important security. As per HP reports, around 70 % of the systems connected to IoT are vulnerable to security-related issues.

Digital Transformation with Agile

Agile Methodology has been used for the last 17 years. This methodology promotes working with various small teams in collaboration and while doing these tasks & taking on a smaller amount of processes and makes a quick and continuous delivery. Modern practices based on Agile Manifesto can be really helpful with User Experience (UX) work like planning, execution, and evaluation.

DevOps

DevOps is a term used for a particular set of rules or principles to reduce the amount of time from development to operations. DevOps is not particularly a new concept in business but its emergence in the technical field is quite recent and in the past 5 years, it has gained a tremendous amount of support from the business organization. In the coming years, more organizations are likely to adapt to these set of principles to improve their overall performances as its emphasis on Automation and Integration. Reduce Testing Efforts and get Better Test Coverage using Test Automation

Time for Big Data Testing

We live in the golden age of technology, where the clients and users on various platforms upload terabytes of data and so managing such amount of data, it needs a unique approach for testing. Big Data Testing is a process which can be helpful for business to test such large amounts of data. The main aim is to test the data for quality to start with. Big data is a really large amount of datasets which can’t be processed by traditional computing techniques.

Bigger Market share for Mobile Users & Test Automation

Mobile is now one of the most important parts of an individuals’ life. Nowadays there is an app for everything where the number of devices, OS platforms and software runs on single app. Testing mobile applications is a much more complex task than testing websites and the number of updates, types of devices and software updates coming every day makes it even harder to keep up with. Hence cost and market readiness are really important in future, Mobile app testing automation can be really vital.

API and Micro Services Test Automation

Microservice is basically a method of developing software to specifically test for any particular conditions. Types of services can be generated and by establishing a connection between them, the whole task can be divided into parts. In this, each service is created in such a way that it can perform a particular set of processes. This gives you the freedom to make changes in any smaller specific area of the application which requires changes instead of changing the whole system.

Increasing Adoption of Open Source Tools

Open source tools are really beneficial for business and are going to play a vital role in future too. There are many advantages of using Open Source Tools other than the cost, as it is a free to use and available to the public. It can be easily customizable, is more flexible than some expensive proprietary stuff and it is open for public. Users do have a hand in designing so it really gives you the freedom to design the way you want and there are many integrations for your powerful Test Automation too. A debatable point could be that of security, as being available to the public is not actually a definition of secure but when it goes through more sets of eyes the chances of finding out the bug and fixing it increases.

Conclusion

This article talks more about the methods and principles of Software Testing, which can be really important in changing and speeding the process. This will result in faster updates, better user experience and further advancement to the next level of computing.

A comprehensive guide to cloud application security testing

by admin | Apr 7, 2018 | Software Testing, Blog | 0 comments

Security of the application is highly critical in ensuring the adaption of the application. Given to the increasing security threats in the cyber world, a comprehensive security testing has become a necessity. The cloud-based environment is increasingly used for application security testing since it offers flexible and versatile testing platforms. Cloud-based testing empowers firms to utilize testing resources cost-effectively. Infrastructure as a service model offered by cloud allows organizations to perform various security and performance testing at relatively less cost than onsite testing which may require a huge investment in testing resources. Let’s see the things which you should take care while performing application security testing in the cloud to optimize the benefits of cloud-based application security testing.

IaaS or SaaS or PaaS?

Selecting the suitable type of cloud is crucial to ensure the optimization of cloud-based application security testing. It is worth mentioning that some cloud platform such as SaaS has relatively higher vulnerability than the other cloud platforms. It is because SaaS allows storage of data of various clients in the common platform which in turn increases the possibility of data leak. Thus, selection of suitable platform of the cloud should be made after analyzing whether the selection can provide strategic benefits to the organization. For some security testing such as penetrative testing, PaaS and IaaS are highly suitable. Selection of cloud platforms should be carried out in accordance with the testing requirements.

Scalability

One of the important reasons for preferring cloud environment for application security testing is that it is highly scalable. Testing process and resources used in cloud environment should be robust enough to accommodate changes such as changes in the size of the organization. Both horizontal scalability and vertical scalability should be taken into account while performing application security testing. It should be noted that the lack of scalability in testing may negatively affect other aspects of the testing process such as speed and efficiency. Thus, it is conclusive that the scalability is an important parameter which should be taken care while performing cloud-based application security testing.

Quality of testing

The very objective of testing process will be jeopardized if testing process is not up to the industrial standards and benchmarks. Thus, it is inferable that the quality of testing in cloud environment should be ensured to maximize the benefits of cloud-based testing. The testing process should be comprehensive enough to produce an outcome with provides a comprehensive review of the application such as contextual reporting.
As mentioned by, a single security breach may incur a loss that will be greater than the overall cost of application security testing. It is also to be noted that 80% of security breach occurs in the application layer. We at Codoid will help you to test whether security in your application is up to the standards propounded by industrial benchmarks. Feel free to contact us at [email protected]

A Guide to automated software testing tools

by admin | Mar 29, 2018 | Software Testing, Blog | 0 comments

Software quality largely depends upon the extent to which the software fulfills functional and non-functional requirements identified in requirement elicitation. Testing plays an important role in ensuring the expected quality of the software development. The process of testing is one of the critical success factors in software development. Investment in software testing is inevitable to develop products with required functionalities. Automated testing is leveraged to reduce time, cost and labor required to test the software.

There are hundreds of automated testing tools out there, and developers need to select most appropriate one by considering factors such as what needs to tested and suitability of the tool to the specific testing requirements. Let’s analyze some of the commonly used software testing tools to elucidate their applications.

Selenium

Selenium is one of the widely used testing tools used across the world. It came into existence from 2004 and is utilized by several big shots like Google. Apart from being an open source tool, it allows the user to customize it according to their specific needs. And Yes! It is supported by a large community of testers which allows it to gain superior capability and opened the plethora of avenues for innovation. It also has the flexibility of being deployable across almost on all operating system, and it also supports all widely used languages such as PHP, Java, and Python.

UFT

Unified functional testing (UFT) is proprietary software testing automation tool offered by Hewlett Packard enterprises. Unlike Selenium (which offers support for web and mobile platforms only), UFT can be used to target various platforms including but not limited to SAP, Java and .NET. Another factor which differentiates UFT from Selenium is the presence of object repository within tool whereas Selenium does not offer such options. Further, VBScript used in UFT is relatively easier to learn than other languages such as Java.

Watir

Watir is an acronym for Web Application Testing in Ruby. It is an open source tool which utilizes Ruby libraries to automate software testing. Since Ruby is a dynamic and expressive language, it exponentially reduces the time required to automate the testing. It reduces the time taken to compile and to assign data types. Scite editor used in Ruby is also reliable and fast which further reduces the time needed to automate testing. Compared to selenium, Watir is found to be less verbose and quick to automate testing.

TestComplete

TestComplete is used to automate software testing for various web and mobile platforms such as Windows and Android, iOS. Like all conventional testing tools, TestComplete offers the facility to record, script and create testing regime and ability to systematically log identified errors. TestComplete is known for its flexible and open architecture that offers cost-effective software testing automation. It supports a wide range of programming languages such as Delphi Script, VB Script, and JS Script.

Rational Functional Tester

Rational functional is a proprietary tool developed and maintained by IBM. It offers functionalities such as data-driven testing which includes functional and regression testing with the graphical user interface. It supports various web-based platforms such as PowerBuilder, zSeries, SAP, Dojo toolkit, .NET and Java. It offers features such as the ability to use descriptive language and object recognition.

You should select software testing automation tool depending upon the project requirement and industrial benchmarks. Codoid has helped several clients in test automation. Want to know which automation testing tool is most suitable for you? Contact us at [email protected].