Gorilla Logic, has released FoneMonkey for Android, its latest open source automated testing tool for mobile applications. The new Android testing capabilities complement the popular FoneMonkey for iOS (iPhone and iPad) automated testing tool and extends Gorilla Logic’s comprehensive open source automated testing solution set by bringing Android developers and QA testers the same recording/playback [...]

A survey commissioned by Sogeti, targeting engaged UK test and QA professionals reveals strong belief in increasing popularity of automated testing and emerging technologies, despite 69 percent claiming their management won’t fully understand or support software testing initiatives A survey asking 78 London-based influential software testers and QA professionals for their views on the key [...]

Firstly I would like to introduce you to our special new section – which we hope to repeat on an annual basis – 20 Leading Testing Providers. In this special section we have gathered together twenty of the top providers of products, tools and services to the testing industry in a handy alphabetical reference section. [...]

People with Aspergers Syndrome and autism often have a number of attributes that can make them highly suited to software testing tasks. Peter Macdonald gets some help from his colleagues to outline what skills an ‘aspie’ can bring to bear on software testing. Why is it often a good idea to employ people with Aspergers [...]

With CERN once again in the news and the possibility of particles travelling faster than light making the scientific community reassess its very foundations, Matt Bailey speaks to Axel Naumann, part of the team of physicists that developed the crucial number-crunching software at the heart of the organisation, about how static analysis is improving its [...]

Howard Wiener, director of Professional Services at Direct Computer Resources says that answering the 12 questions he poses in this feature can help your organisation examine the challenges its faces when handling sensitive data during software testing. Comedian Groucho Marx may be best recognised for saying that he would “refuse to join any club that [...]

It’s Christmas time… And top of Angelina Samaroo’s wish list? That Christmas comes early for every project! At the start of every project we would be invited to a walkthrough of the new project. At this meeting, the product specialist team will explain what the new product will be, why it is required, what the [...]

Senior testing consultant Nishant Verma pits the QTP testing tool against his own Agile tool, Twist and finds that QTP could do better. I am a tester in the team that is developing a testing tool called Twist. In past I have worked on variety of tools including QTP, Loadrunner, SoapUI, etc. I remember using [...]

This issue Mike Holcombe is in the living lab– a place where users can become designers… The idea of a living lab has become fashionable in some quarters. It is a place where users or potential users can interact with software designers, ICT service providers and managers to explore new ideas and new solutions. It [...]

 It’s Christmas time and Dave Whalen is at the buffet… I love buffets! I can pick what I want in the combinations I want. Sometimes, those combinations only make sense to me. Today’s plate will most likely be completely different than last week’s plate. Next week’s will probably be different from this week’s. Oh some [...]