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A test strategy for incremental product releases

Successful products undergo multiple incremental releases in the form of minor, major and patch releases. The test strategy needs to dovetail with the release cycle and the quantum of tests needs to be tuned to the magnitude of the release. Trigent’s test strategy provides a bouquet of test services that can be chosen based on the type of release- Read more here

Practical tips to deliver results in Agile projects

Agile development projects may come in many flavors, but all of them are characterized by short release cycles, deploying working software quickly and adapting to change. Trigent offers some practical tips on Agile testing, gleaned from its own experience.

Each of these tips is not a 'prescription' for Agile testing. These are intended to expand the possibilities and allow the tester to adapt and not necessarily conform to traditional 'test practices' Read more here

Database use or Database abuse?!

Read these bugs - Search results not loading quickly, Page time out error, Updating a record takes too long, Application hangs when multiple users log in...sounds familiar?

If yes, you are likely encountering a bottleneck in the data layer of the application. These are a class of errors that can be avoided early during development- Read more here

Nightly build and test automation – Does it work?

Developers checks-in code, system automatically fires an automated build, deploys the application on the server, runs automated regression test suites and the results are available next morning. Sounds impressive? This has been made within reach of every project through use of tools such as ‘cruise control’ and test automation tools- Read more here

Reusable test cases to test 'Login'

This is a set of test questions that can be used to test the 'login' web page and the 'authentication' module in general. The coverage is comprehensive and can also serve as a ready reckoner for developers while implementing this module- Download the presentation