Testing and Quality Assurance
Testing and Quality Assurance
Test and QA Stories
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How Testers Can Help Libraries Achieve DigitizationLibraries are in the process of figuring out what their offerings will be in this digital content age, what impact technology will have on them, and how they can retain their traditional mission of being a place where people go to seek knowledge. Rajini Bharath looks at how testers can help. | 
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Emergent Database Technologies and the New Platform WarIn the not-so-distant past, there was a war of railroad track gauges, a war of electric power currents, and a war of videotape formats. Now, rumblings of another format war are pealing through a formerly stable platform, and this one could directly impact those who build and test software. | 
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Testers: Empower Yourself to Ride the Music WaveAs testers, it is important to keep track of the latest market and technology trends. Since music has become so intertwined with several other domains, there is a chance we will be touching on this space in our testing efforts if we are testing end user facing products and services. |
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Field Testing Software: Boon and BaneOver the years the technology industry has accepted field testing as an important step in gaining confidence that a product is ready for launch. This is especially true for certain disciplines, as the consequences of software flaws can be grave. But is field testing always possible and a boon? |
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Use Session-Based Testing to Structure Exploratory Testing Session-based testing is a framework to support exploratory testing. Brendan Quinn provides an introduction to session-based testing—from its creation by James and Jonathan Bach to project tools that can assist with session-based testing. |
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A Six Year Old's First Foreign Language Starts with http://Schools worldwide are experiencing the amazing benefits of teaching software development, coding skills, agile, and testing to children as young as six years old. Learn how the arrival of the Raspberry Pi has brought new, and incredibly necessary, life skills to students of all ages. | 
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It's Time to Wake Up the Tester in YouWhile test teams still primarily own product quality, quality is evolving to be an overall team responsibility. Every discipline—design, development, business, marketing, and operations—has its own role to play in shipping a user-ready, competitive, and quality product. |
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What Testers Should Know about Human-Computer Interaction Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a discipline in software development that is not widely used but can be very effective. Brendan Quinn looks at ways to learn about HCI and the HCI tools and practices with which testers should become familiar. |
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