Software Testing Services, San Diego | Quality Assurance Services

QA Mobile App Testing
Testing is a method of assessing the functionality of a software program
Test Process Followed
Explains various testing methods that we follow depending the project requirements
Why
QA Automation?
Explains why automation is necessary for your website
QA Automation Process Flow
Explains the automation process followed in BitCot
QA Automation Tools Used
Brief Description of the tools we use and their benefits
Why
BitCot as Quality Assurance Solutions?
Software Testing Services
Quality Assurance Automation
Case study of our ongoing automation project

Manual Software Testing Services
Free form Testing

Manual testing is the process of performing a set of manual actions on a system expecting a certain output. When the expected output is not obtained, the result of the test is a failure and a defect is raised for the developer to rectify the same.

It is the most basic level of testing. Any system needs to be manually tested before being automated.
Tests like User Experience testing which are qualitative cannot be automated.
Manual testing is easy, inexpensive and simple to plan and execute.
Manual testing is preferred often whenever a system undergoes continuous changes.
Maintenance of manual systems is much easier compared to automation systems.
Every other testing method can only complement the manual method of testing, and can’t replace it.

We at BitCot thus give utmost priority to manual testing and believe that each system needs to be manually tested thoroughly at least once before being automated.

Free-form testing is the process of having a system tested without any pre-defined test plan or test cases written. Tests are planned in an ad hoc manner, probably in hours and results are to be shared within one or two days.

With all said, free-form testing is preferred for small applications, crunched timelines and minor changes to a system and when performed by an experienced tester, it is quite useful and effective.

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The waterfall method of testing has often lead to major losses to organizations mainly because it is inflexible, the scope of testing is limited and it does not make the best use of the available time among members. In this context, the Agile methodology of software testing does everything that waterfall method does, and more. The Agile method ensures that all the software processes are reversible and iterative.

Divide a project into small independent modules.
Classify requirements for each and develop each module.
Once development of a module is done, start developing the next independent module while the first is tested by testing team.
Repeat Steps 1 to 3 till all the modules of the project are developed.
Whenever any issues arise, immediately go back to Step 2 or 3 and change the requirements or re-develop the module and execute step 3.

We at Bitcot follow only the Agile methodology of software development and testing.

Agile Software Development Testing Process

Testing team checks the requirements framed by the business team.
Requests for any logical clarifications required.
Done only before the sprint begins.

Testing team decides the test scenarios and cases that are to be executed during the sprint.
Done before or after the commencement of a sprint.

Test Cases are reviewed internally by the test manager.
Also reviewed externally by Dev/Business team.
Test cases are actually executed only after both reviews are passed.

The approved test scripts are executed.
Execution results are documented and reported on a periodic basis.
Test cases that are failed are mapped to defects using any appropriate defect tracking tool.
When the defects are fixed, the testing team is expected to retest and close those issues that are fixed.

Why Automate?

Every software development group tests its products, yet delivered software always has defects. Test engineers strive to catch them before the product is released but they always creep in and they often reappear, even with the best manual testing processes. Automated software testing is the best way to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and coverage of your software testing.

Manual software testing is performed by a human sitting in front of a computer carefully going through application screens, trying various usage and input combinations, comparing the results to the expected behavior and recording their observations. Manual tests are repeated often during development cycles for source code changes and other situations like multiple operating environments and hardware configurations.

An automated testing tool is able to playback pre-recorded and predefined actions, compare the results to the expected behavior and report the success or failure of these manual tests to a test engineer. Once automated tests are created they can easily be repeated and they can be extended to perform tasks impossible with manual testing. Because of this, savvy managers have found that automated software testing is an essential component of successful development projects.

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Automation Process Flow

Lifecycle of Automation Process Followed in TSU

Plan
Automate
Monitor
Maintain

Automation Tools Used
Calabash
Selenium
Capybara

Selenium is an IDE designed in a way to support automation testing of web based applications in a wide range of browsers and platforms.
Selenium is not just a single tool or a utility, rather a package of several testing tools and each of these tools is designed to cater to different types of testing and test environments.
Automation scripts can be written using multiple programming languages java, C# , PHP, Perl, Ruby, Python and it also provide cross-platform OS support.
Selenium WebDriver directly communicates with the web browser and uses its native compatibility to automate. it also supports web based mobile testing.

Capybara is an integration testing tool for rack based web applications. It simulates how a user would interact with a website.
Capybara is library/gem built to be used on top of underlying web-based driver & Offers user-friendly DSL (Domain Specific Language ).
Automation script can be written using Selenium, Rspec, Cucumber and many others.
Allow testers to capture Screenshots or save pages wherever necessary for easily understanding the issue/failure.

Continous Integration Using Saucelabs and App Thwack

Why Choose BitCot as your Software Testing Services in San Diego?

Collective automation experience spanning thousands of man hours.
Use of powerful tools such as Selenium, Calabash and Appium for Web and Mobile automation.

Code modularization and optimization to achieve the most efficient test process.
cripts can be run on cloud using SauceLabs and execution results are available for clients for monitoring.

Automation

Automating the most popular new social networking site of 2014

Crunched Timeline
Defect and Status Reporting
Structured Testing
SauceLabs Integration