William Miller, Author at Software Testing and Quality Assurance by iBeta

March 28, 2020 Regression Testing, Software Testing and QA William Miller

The Basics of Regression Testing

Companies often conduct rigorous software testing to ensure their product or service is ready for release. However, software testing should not stop after launch. Regression testing, or software testing performed after editing the software, is vital to maintaining functionality and optimum user experiences. Understanding the basics of regression testing will help you make sense of […]

March 12, 2020 Compatibility Testing, Software Testing and QA William Miller

Choosing a Compatibility Testing Strategy

In a perfect world, we’d have the time to test every page on every browser and device. But we don’t. That’s why it’s important to approach web testing with a strong compatibility testing strategy. A clear strategy helps testers complete compatibility tests in a way that balances both thoroughness and time.

March 10, 2020 Uncategorized William Miller

Three Misconceptions About Software Testing

Software testers often have to deal with myths related to their jobs and have to combat these beliefs to superiors, stakeholders, and sometimes even themselves. While there are many fallacies related to the process, here are the three most common misconceptions about software testing. Misconception #1: You Can Eliminate Manual Testing with Automation While automated […]

March 3, 2020 Uncategorized William Miller

Why Mobile Emulators Aren’t Great for Mobile Testing

When developing a mobile app or testing for mobile compatibility, it can be difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to build a collection of all the mobile devices your testing team needs to test its software. After all, there are tons of mobile devices on the market today — the iPhone, Android phones, Windows phones, Google phones […]

February 27, 2020 Software Testing and QA William Miller

Creating a Website Maintenance Plan

In a previous post, we discussed how vital website maintenance is. Unfortunately, many businesses do this “on the fly” as opposed to building out a plan for continual maintenance. In fact, starting with a website maintenance plan can help you stay on track and not scramble if an issue arises. Schedule Your Website Maintenance Plan […]

February 25, 2020 Software Testing and QA William Miller

Universal Second-Factor (U2F)

Universal second-factor, or U2F, is a new standard for universal two-factor authentication tokens. These tokens use USB, NFC, or Bluetooth to provide two-factor authentication across a variety of services. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Facebook, Dropbox, and even GitHub, as well as Windows and OSX, already support U2F authentication. The FIDO Alliance, which includes members like Google, […]

February 20, 2020 Software Testing and QA William Miller

Why You Shouldn’t Use Cheap Software Testing

When considering whether or not to buy cheap software testing services, it’s essential to look at the value of the services you’re getting. Entrusting your software to bottom-of-the-barrel software testing companies means your service quality will be bottom-of-the-barrel as well. Consider everything that comes with cheap software testing carefully lest you experience buyer’s remorse. Cheap […]

February 18, 2020 Uncategorized William Miller

Test Cases; Definition and Examples

Test cases are documents that contain conditions to help testers determine whether or not a software product or application is working correctly. Test cases also create a precedent for similar tests. The goal of a test case is to set out data like preconditions, postconditions, test steps, and expected results. Developing Effective Test Cases An […]

February 17, 2020 Uncategorized William Miller

What is facial recognition and how does it work?

One of the things we do here at iBeta is independent biometrics testing and certification. And to do this we often invite the public in for various test efforts and studies. And a question we get on occasion is “What is Facial Recognition?” Face recognition is a subset of biometrics, Biometrics is the science of […]

February 17, 2020 Development William Miller

The Changing CPU Landscape and the RISC revolution

The Changing CPU Landscape: for years now there have only been two real players in the ‘Personal Computing’ CPU space; Intel and AMD. But there is a competitor on the horizon that might just change everything… ARM In 2019 we will see the new Qualcomm 8CX SOC arrive on the scene, which is already comparable […]

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