TESTING DOES NOT IMPROVE QUALITY

The title and content of this article aim to encourage critical thinking and to serve as a reminder to QA to be clear about the boundaries and scope of their roles and responsibilities. Some people say testing is a comparison of the expected result with the actual. Others will say that testing includes simulation, operation, analysis and evaluation of the product, through manual or automated testing. Regardless of the definition, I’m here to say that testing by itself does NOT improve quality!

HOW GIT WORKS: A BEGINNER'S FRIENDLY GUIDE

You can often see the Git requirement in jobs for an experienced QA, so the time will come when you need to learn it. This guide will help you understand what Git and version control are, basic Git commands, and how you can use them to work with your code. This tutorial is beginner friendly as the examples will be very clear for everyone :) What is Git? Git is a version control system that lets you track changes you make to your files over time.

HOW TO BECOME A SOFTWARE TEST AUTOMATION ENGINEER STEP BY STEP

If you are reading this, then you are probably wondering “What should you do if you want to become an Automation QA?”. The same question was in my head when I decided to move into automation from manual testing, but every time I tried to find the answer on the Internet, I got even more confused “Where to start?”, “What tools do I need to learn?”, “What programming language?”.

WHO IS A REALLY GOOD QA?

Hello there! Today I would like to share my thoughts on the topic, which is on my mind lately. Being in the industry and talking to QA leads and HR, I found out that it sometimes might be hard to hire good QA engineers. But what makes a QA for a good QA? Here are a few points that I highlighted as a Software QA engineer with five years of experience: