Even Gartner confirm 2016 is the year DevOps will evolve from a Niche to a Mainstream strategy 

Although DevOps emphasizes people (and culture) over tools and processes, implementation utilizes technology. As a result, Gartner, Inc. expects strong growth opportunities for DevOps toolsets, with the total for DevOps tools reaching $2.3 billion in 2015, up 21.1 percent from $1.9 billion in 2014. In 2016, DevOps will evolve from a niche strategy employed by large cloud providers to a mainstream strategy employed by 25 percent of Global 2000 organizations.

Tools need testers: why Automation isn’t Automatic 

Test automation isn’t quite as automatic as its name suggests. There’s a misconception out there that you can buy a bunch of test automation tools, set them up properly, and walk away without a second thought or worry…

A great survey on the usage and popularity of Selenium in 2015

Selenium Testing

A great survey on the usage and popularity of Selenium The guys at Tellurium, who provide Web-based automated testing services, recently conducted a survey on the current state of Selenium in 2015, and the results were very interesting… Here are a few of the key takeaways from the survey… Selenium Users Automate Tests, Lots of Them The vast […]

QA Automation: Analyzing test results with Selenium Reports

QA Automation: Analyzing test results with Selenium Reports So I’ve built my automation framework, developed my tests and ran them. What now? How do I analyze the results? To me, there are two kinds of results which can be derived from a certain test; an “Assertion Error” or a “False Alarm”. Assertion Errors are not […]

Google Test Automation Conference – October 29, 2014

QA Automation

Google Test Automation Conference – October 29, 2014 See on Scoop.it – QA Automation News Channel The Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC) is an annual test automation conference hosted by Google. It brings together engineers from industry and academia to discuss advances in test … See on youtube.com

The Test Automation Era: Can we kiss manual testing goodbye?

Test automation planning

The Test Automation Era: Can we kiss manual testing goodbye? This is an excellent post about the seemingly magic powers of the new industry leader – automated testing. It was originally written by Ilan Malyanker, who has kindly permitted us to post it here. Automation- the new magic word The last few years have shown us […]

FIVE Holy Commandments for Automation Agile Testers

FIVE Holy Commandments for Automation Agile Testers OK, so your organization is thinking of implementing Agile and QA Automation (Gawd bless them!). Start getting excited because it IS the right move; we know from our own experience that Agile is a big player in speeding up QA automation adaptation. But there are risks; it’s certainly […]

Five signs you’re not agile; you’re actually mini-waterfall

Five signs you’re not agile; you’re actually mini-waterfall See on Scoop.it – QA Automation I’ve noticed a lot of projects call themselves agile when in fact they’re mini-waterfall, also known as scrumfall. Noam Zakai‘s insight: Great Minipost that summarizes reality as we sometimes see it in the market See on watirmelon.com