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• Automation testing: Seven tips for functional test design

  In this tip, Chris McMahon describes seven tips for testing leaders that will ensure you are designing your automation tests correctly so that they will be maintainable and catch the bugs before the code hits production. Continue Reading

• Mobile Web applications: Monitoring test triggers

  Learn how to build out a system for monitoring test triggers for mobile Web application and its supporting systems. Continue Reading

• The whole-team approach to Agile development: Examples and benefits

  Lisa Crispin continues in this second tip in the series by giving real-life examples and benefits gained from practicing the whole-team approach on Agile development teams. Continue Reading

• Agile development: The whole-team approach

  In this tip, SSQ Agile expert Lisa Crispin explains the concept of the whole-team approach in depth, addressing questions of team structure and mainstream challenges. Continue Reading

• Continuous integration: Quality from the start with automated regression

  Using appropriate automated testing will efficiently bake quality into your code from the start. In this tip, learn how continuous integration is key to enhancing quality throughout the development process. Continue Reading

• Global application testing: Internationalization and localization

  In this tip, SSQ contributor Matt Heusser explains how to test for internationalization and localization, including techniques, tools and quick attacks to weed out hard-to-find bugs.Continue Reading

• The motivation behind continuous integration in embedded software development

  This tip, the first of a two-part series, speaks to the role that continuous integration plays to help you create better releases and reduce the workload in embedded software development.Continue Reading

• The role of continuous integration in embedded software development -- better, faster and cheaper

  In this second part of a two-part series, consultant Howard Deiner talks about the benefits of CI, specifically when used for embedded software development.Continue Reading

• Embedded software quality: To simulate, or emulate? That is the question

  Understanding the differences between simulator and emulator embedded software development tools is critical to effectively using them. This article dives into the issue and provides some suggestions to follow.Continue Reading

• Test automation: Three approaches to browser testing

  Test automation when working with Web browsers can present challenges, such as slowly-loading pages, checking for sorted data, and testing static data. In this tip, SSQ contributor Chris McMahon describes these problems and how they can be addressed...Continue Reading

• The seven deadly sins of embedded software development and testing

  In "The Divine Comedy," Dante probably wasn't talking about embedded software development, yet developers may be guilty of committing the seven deadly sins. In this tip, consultant Howard Deiner looks at how sins might be committed in embedded ...Continue Reading

• STAREAST: Agile testing and defect tracking

  Defect tracking systems (DTS's) are often used in application lifecycle management (ALM) to keep track of the bugs found during software development. In this tip, Agile expert Lisa Crispin talks about the pros and cons of using a DTS and ...Continue Reading

• Effective test-driven development and continuous integration

  Units tests were born in small programs with fast feedback loops -- yet as programs grow in size and scope, the time it takes to execute every unit test with each continuous integration build can be tedious. In this tip, Matt Heusser explains ...Continue Reading

• Scripted testing vs. exploratory testing

  The merits of scripted testing vs. exploratory testing are often debated among software quality gurus. In this tip, Vasudeva Naidu does a deep dive into both. While automation of scripted tests is certainly becoming more prevalent in the industry, ...Continue Reading

• Embedded software testing: Five messaging event styles

  In testing embedded systems, timing can often cause trouble. In this tip, consultant Scott Allman describes the five different types of event styles that can occur when two events are executed. A good test plan will cover each of those event styles ...Continue Reading