test automation
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Keeping Quality in DevOpsIn our drive for better quality and productivity, we are coming close to realizing full continuous application lifecycle management. Continuous testing is emerging as a best practice that focuses on developing testing procedures, primarily automated, to meet the need for fast application testing. | 
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Quality Principles for Today’s GluewareIn this STARWEST 2014 keynote, Julie Gardiner goes into how to make the business case for including test professionals in software evaluation in order to add their unique focus on software quality. She gives advice on how to talk to managers and produce better software. | 
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Why You Should Focus On What Automation Does Not DoOften, what automation “does” directly relates to the bottom line. This has loosely been interpreted as the misconception that the more automation you have, the fewer people you will need on your payroll. Melissa Tondi focuses on what automation does not do to give a more accurate idea. | 
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Automation: Testing or Checking? Interactive exploratory testing and organized automated testing seem to be on opposing ends of a spectrum, but much of that depends on how you apply them. Automated tests don't have to be shallow and boring. You can still explore, learn, and create good tests. Read on for more from Hans Buwalda. |
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User-Acceptance Testing in a Testing Center of ExcellenceTo incorporate the user-acceptance testing function into a testing center of excellence (TCoE), the testing team must develop business-process knowledge coupled with technology and test process expertise. Here are some lessons that will aid in integrating the UAT function as part of the TCoE. | 
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Internet Explorer Updates Help Attract Developers and Consumers Competitors have continued to show initiative to innovate, but a fresh update for Internet Explorer 11 has patched twenty-five of the browser’s key vulnerabilities and even added new tools to entice additional developers. Microsoft is making big moves in the browser game. |
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The Importance of Tool Independence in Test AutomationCommand-driven testing has proven to be a good way to implement pattern tool independence. The main advantage is that you just have to develop the commands in the script language of the tool. To change tools, you only have to rewrite the keyword commands in the script language of the new tool. | 
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Scalability in Automated TestingTo scale automated functional testing for large, complex systems, you need to look at the design of the tests, how to organize the process, how the various players cooperate, the software's testability and stability—and, importantly, management's commitment. Hans Buwalda shares some testing tips. |
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