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Sparkly "2017" sign Top 10 StickyMinds Articles of 2017

With the rise of technology like AI and practices like DevOps, teams everywhere are looking for ways to speed up testing without sacrificing quality. The articles in 2017 reflect that, with the most popular topics being test automation, testing machine learning systems, next-generation exercises, and the future of software testing. If you're looking for cutting-edge testing techniques, check out this roundup.

Heather Shanholtzer's picture Heather Shanholtzer
Weak link in a chain The Problem with How We Do Regression Testing

Current approaches to automated UI testing are broken because regression testing is not testing; regression testing is version control of the behavior of the system. The goal is functional consistency. The regression test ensures that, after a change to the software, the unchanged parts still work the same as before. This realization makes creating and maintaining tests much more efficient.

Jeremias Rößler's picture Jeremias Rößler
Mobile device lab Reduce Regression Issues by Establishing a Mobile Automation Lab

If you have a spotty test automation strategy, you may get lots of regression issues every time you have a new release for your mobile app. A mobile device lab to run regular regression tests could be the key. Here's a plan to get a mobile automation lab up and running, as well as some practices that can help reduce the number of regression issues and improve your overall app test strategy.

Saurabh  Arora's picture Saurabh Arora
value highlighted in dictionary Get Smart about Your Regression Tests’ Value

If you aren’t measuring the coverage your regression tests provide, you may be spending too much time for little benefit. Consider the value of your regression tests as you create and manage them. You need to be smart about the regression tests you maintain in order to gain the maximum value from the work put into creating, running, and analyzing their results.

Leanne Howard's picture Leanne Howard
Building with a Cross-Functional Test Team Changing the Ground with a Cross-Functional Test Team

We need to test infrastructure upgrades carefully to avoid disruptions to our applications—whether still under development or running in production. A good regression test suite can do most of what’s needed, but what if you don’t have one? You can take the time to create a new regression suite, but consultant Fiona Charles recommends an alternative: Use a cross-functional team approach to identify and target upgrade risks directly.

Fiona Charles's picture Fiona Charles
Things that Find Bugs in the Night: Massive Automated Regression Testing

Nighttime is the right time to run those extra tests you've always dreamed of. In this column, Harry Robinson explains how you can wake up to 40,000 additional tests a day at a cost that won't give you nightmares.

Harry Robinson's picture Harry Robinson

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