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Choosing the right e-commerce platform is an important task for online stores. To succeed on the World Wide Web, a company needs a specific website with the ability to combine physical and digital purchases. Magento and Shopify belong to the most famous e-commerce platforms. Both are great, but it’s better to study them carefully to find all the peculiarities. Shopify is a hosted solution which can be set up in a few minutes. A merchant doesn’t have to worry about code and domain, because Shopify delivers world-leading security already in a place. At the same time, Magento needs individual hosting, download, installation, and set-up. A company owner has to take a responsibility for security and hosting because there is the risk of hacks and downtimes. Pricing Shopify can impress a businessman with the next plans. Lite Plan. For $9 per month, a user gets an opportunity to sell on Facebook, chat with customers, add items, and accept credit card payments. Basic Plan. For ...

Hiring testers today is really a great challenge. Low-quality candidates and long interview process may transform a search into a grueling procedure. So we decided to create a short guide which will make the hunting process easier. How can you attract candidates? Post a vacancy on such job websites as Indeed, Monster and Stack Overflow. Visit special community events. The job fair - IT Career Day may become a perfect solution. Such events take places in different cities. So thanks to them you have an opportunity to communicate with QA-sphere representatives. Go to testing conferences. Connect with testers on the Internet. Twitter and LinkedIn have a great number of testing communities, so you can participate in discussions, leave comments to the posts, and become an active user of the relevant forum. Create a challenge, which will encourage a person to act. If you are a software development company, a testing conundrum can be a perfect way to find a persistent perso...

We all agree that testing the software has become integral to any project seeking success. Software testing is a vast domain with the everlasting combination of manual and automated approaches. It`s essential to know the difference and the ways to apply each to achieve the best results. Manual QA testing services (suggested by its name) imply executing test cases without the use of additional tools. Automation testing service, by contrast, involves script writing, the use of tools and software. The choice between the two depends on the project requirements, complexity, budget, timeline, etc. “Quality and cost-efficiency” describes best the core factors of any project today. Sometimes the right choice of a testing method may help to accomplish the goal better than another. Yet there are cases when an effective combination of manual and automation is the only way to release successfully. Preferred options for manual and automated testing Manual testing “What happens if I do t...

Software testing is an important stage of the product development for each IT startup. Some owners may think that this step can be skipped. But not so fast! Such process helps to improve functionality, security and user interface. These elements can either create customer’s trust or break it. Serious enterprises have high-level teams, which are looking for bugs throughout the entire development process. The desire to avoid testing is understandable. But if an owner takes such a decision, the consequences could be unexpected. Quality is one of the biggest reasons which explains the need for testing. Today’s world proposes a great number of different apps and products, so the competition is high. If a startup doesn’t provide a high-quality software testing solution, the chances to get customers attention are going down. Why is it crucial for the startup to find bugs before release? Debugging after releasing is very expensive and will cost you a reputation. It’s hard to get...

Enthusiasm over VR content production evolves, the assumptions like “VR could become a transformative technology one day” have changed now saying “VR is a new genre shaping each and every area of our lives with just a headset.” With the introduction of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear, Google Daydream, people joined a fantasy world living through real experiences. Today the devices joined us in our daily activities from shopping to interior design. Our message is for those super-thrilled about the tendency: the value of VR software quality will be directly proportional to the popularity of virtual reality solutions on the market. "Virtual reality is the 'ultimate empathy machine'. These experiences are more than documentaries. They're opportunities to walk a mile in someone else's shoes." Chris Milk, Founder and CEO of WITHIN Virtual Reality Testing The market has already reached $16.8 billion in the U.S., and Statista expects the VR/AR market share to grow drasticall...

According to eMarketer, worldwide retail e-commerce sales grew 27.6% during the last year and accounted for $4.280 trillion in total. Analysts predict that the growth will be slower in 2021, given the rebound of brick-and-mortar businesses. Many people started shopping online because of the lockdown, and this newly-acquired habit is likely to stick. So, on the one hand, online shoppers become more demanding in terms of the functionality they want to use. On the other hand, retailers have a bunch of new users who need simple and intuitive resources. Creating a functional online store for a vast audience may seem a complicated task under such circumstances. But that’s where software testing services can help out. We’ve collected some of the top e-commerce test cases our specialists run to ensure online that a store meets user requirements and client’s expectations. In this article, we will focus on manual test cases for an e-commerce website, so store owners have important de...

In an age of ubiquitous distribution of digital technologies, the trade transition to the Internet is a natural trend. Online stores, bots selling merchandise in messengers, on networks, trading groups, B2C, B2B and B2E portals appear everywhere, for every business. The volume of the world market has reached a few trillion dollars and shows a double-digit percentage of growth every year. According to this indicator, sales through the Internet outperform the growth in sales for trade in general. Despite the fact that e-commerce business is increasing at a rapid rate today, only 20% of companies are functioning properly, others are failing. The successful implementation of the B2C transaction, which involves not only selling the product or service to the end user but also the fulfillment of certain post-transactional policies (for example, the implementation of a policy of return/replacement of a defective product) is rather complicated. Thus, for a successful operating in the field of ...

Just imagine — you got an idea of an amazing mobile app. You spent your time, funds, and efforts on its development, and now the app is finally available at the stores. And then… A tiny bug hiding in the code spoils everything. That’s a pretty common scenario, and it is always possible to fix the bug and to release a new version of the app, but still… There is simply no developer in this world who would be happy because of the bugs. Here, at QA Madness, we don’t want you to be sad — we want your software to make you happy. That’s why we have mastered the art of testing! “No bugs, no sadness” — this is our motto. To put it into practice, we provide the following services: Game testing; Mobile app testing; Web app testing; E-commerce testing; Integrational testing; Automated testing; Load testing; GUI testing; Functional testing; Localization testing; Compatibility testing; Documentation service; QA consulting and audit; QA process evaluat...

Scrum is a rather popular approach nowadays, and its main feature is so-called sprints. Sprints are equal time periods, and usually, they last from one to four weeks. By the end of each sprint, a project team should complete a certain list of tasks. This method looks logical, but something goes wrong in case you decide to apply it in the realities of QA automation services. The problem is that at the end of a sprint your team will have some time on manual testing, but not on developing automated tests. However, there are two ways to deal with this challenge. Writing Scripts While Developing an Application You are developing an app, and you know how it should work. So why not write scripts on the basis of this knowledge? When a sprint ends and a new functionality becomes available, you will only have to update the tests a bit. This method can save your time, but it also requires much more efforts. Besides, performing manual testing before developing the automated tests is always a ...