Boring tests are easy to spot: A good rule is if you start feeling sleepy after a few minutes of looking at them. Although routine tests may still find quality issues, having to write them will not ...

Localization, or customizing your software or app to work in other languages and areas, can help you attract a larger audience. But it encompasses so much more than merely translating text. Here are ...

When we are presented with a decision, the subconscious determines what we’re most emotionally comfortable with, then fills in the gaps to justify choosing it. In other words: Our brains lie to us.

Software Conferences, Training, & Resources. The Importance of Customer Feedback to Building the Right Product. Customer feedback helps you adapt to what the customer finds valuable, ensuring you are ...

In a perfect world, developers and testers are constantly asking themselves, “How can I make this more secure?” Security has become both a hot topic and a major priority in most businesses, but ...

Everyone wants to accelerate the application development process. Agile has done a lot to help, but going faster without understanding whether we are going in the right direction has a significant ...

What’s in the Spring 2016 Issue of Better Software Magazine? The spring 2016 issue of Better Software magazine includes a number of articles that emphasize state-of-the-art practices in testing, ...

How Poor Testing and an Early Release Can Damage Your App and Business. Mobile or PC apps that crash, have poor user experience, don’t run smoothly, or lack features give your customer the idea that ...

Are we reducing the quality of our code by pushing teams to produce at a speed that might be too fast? Will the final product require multiple updates in order to fix bugs missed along the way? Like ...

There have always been distinct lines that separate developers and testers—and they didn’t often work all that close together. However, shifting everything to the left and being more concerned with ...

Use Continuous Backlog Grooming to Refine Agile Requirements. Continuous backlog grooming means systematically refining your user stories: breaking up larger stories, obtaining detailed requirements, ...

Design thinking is a user-centric framework to solve a business challenge by delivering the best user experience. Using design thinking, you can better frame the business drivers, select the right ...