Introduction As a QA engineer, technical expertise, also known as hard skills, is crucial for ensuring the quality of software products. Hard skills are the key points and abilities required for every QA engineer to perform their job, and usually...

It’s 2023, and we return with a new entry in our Bugs of the Month series for the latter part of Q4 2022.  Let’s hope the new year will bring even more bug hunt results to help us deliver functional...

Software testing is an indispensable part of the software development process. Most people have had their hands on a software product, and while the process itself of testing a product may seem confusing and misleading, we can all agree on...

Bug hunting is a relentless pursuit for every software testing company. We strive to deliver swift solutions through our QA services, and we get to find interesting bugs while doing so!  Let’s take a look at September’s issue of Bugs...

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Introduction For junior software testers, job-searching begins once they decide to create their first portfolio. It’s the first thing that helps you showcase what matters to hiring managers.  What is a QA portfolio? A portfolio is a collection of documents...

Today’s employee spotlight presents our dear colleague, Crina Sava. Learn about our recruiter below! What is your role at BetterQA? I am a recruiter and marketing analyst at BetterQA. I take on tasks like recruiting new people depending on the...

Introduction Mobile testing is a challenging task, especially if you have lots of different devices to take into consideration. For this reason, a few android emulators and iOS simulators allow you to test your app quickly before publishing it –...

For years, companies and people have gravitated towards mobile devices for their online activities. With this growing trend, software development companies have adopted a mobile-first approach. Software testing has also taken a turn because of the growing mobile-centered market.  Mobile...

Introduction Software testing services have changed since websites are no longer the main attraction on the internet. As the years went by, QA testing services started focusing on web apps since they’re ready to use across multiple devices, not just...

It’s that time again! Here is our next employee spotlight: let’s talk about Marian Lazar! What is your role at BetterQA? My role here is as a quality assurance engineer, and I’m currently working on two projects. On the second...

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Introduction The main objectives of software testing are to check and validate that the software product works as intended and to enhance the software’s quality. The two major types of software testing are functional and non-functional testing. Positive and negative...

Software testing comes with new challenges every month. QA companies must stay up-to-date with new issues as testers must thoroughly evaluate and report each bug to the developing team.  BUG #1: Emails sent limit    Project context: A software system that...

Introduction The digital health industry is transforming neuroscience through digital biomarkers. These digital biomarkers are establishing a new standard for both pharmacological research and clinical practice.  This week we talk about our manual software testing services to get a closer...

Introduction While learning about software testing, you will discover several ways of performing tests on a piece of software – for example, accessibility testing, functional testing, performance testing, regression testing, security testing, etc. Each type ensures that the software functions...

Introduction It’s been a while since most companies realized that simply developing software does not guarantee success. Building successful software also means testing it to ensure quality. In this process, several non functional testing types are crucial to evaluate the software you’ve...

Introduction Time management is the key to working smarter and not harder, as projects can get very stressful and complicated. To this end, we decided to interview some of our colleagues on how they use time management as quality assurance...

Introduction If you’re at the beginning of your software testing journey, Appium could be the right step towards gaining new mobile app automation testing skills. With web and mobile applications becoming a necessity in our day-to-day lifestyle, we find ourselves...

If you are a junior looking to enhance your skills or a more experienced tester looking to revise your knowledge, you came to the right place.  This article will present what API testing is, what tools you can use, and...

Introduction For our next employee spotlight, we present you Camelia Sfîrlea! What is your role at BetterQA? I work as a Marketing Analyst. My responsibilities vary from doing Lead Generation searches to writing technical articles for junior testers and assisting...

Introduction We are back with our employee spotlight series and presenting our manual testing team to you! This time, we talked to Alex Boda. With an exciting background in special wedding effects and even managing the event planning team, Alex...

What is a data integration platform? A data integration platform allows IT professionals to bring together data from multiple sources and provide a comprehensive, precise, and up-to-date dataset for BI, data analysis, and other applications and business processes.  A Smart...

Introduction If you’re at the start of your software testing journey, a beginner’s guide to Selenium could be the right step towards gaining new skills to kickstart your career.  As you gradually learn new terms such as Java and C#...

Introduction The seven principles of testing have been established by the ISTQB as testing and software development has evolved over the years and are considered the core of testing.  Principle 1: Testing shows the presence of defects  Software testing indicates...

Let’s talk about the differences between smoke testing, sanity testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT). Generally, there is some confusion surrounding the topic of smoke testing vs. sanity testing. You might also be confused about why UAT is next to...

Last week, we asked our colleagues about their experiences before and after switching careers to software testing. If you’re thinking about taking the leap yourself but are hesitant, check out these other two interviews we got! From Salesman to QA...

People from all fields are migrating towards a career in software testing. They don’t always have IT experience, but they all share a passion for technology and want to learn more about it. Our recruiters can vouch for it. We...

Meet the manual testing team: Rucsandra Brun We are back with another employee spotlight. This time, we are presenting another one of our manual testers: Rucsandra’s two big passions are testing and video games, so there’s no wonder she tried...

Adjusting to working from home during the pandemic has undoubtedly been a challenge, even more so if you happen to have kids. We wanted to hear all about it, so we asked our colleagues how they managed to have two...