The Rainforest Method: 5 essential QA testing best practices After 10 years, we have a set of QA testing best practices that work for teams shipping fast and frequently.
By
Mike Sonders
April 16, 2024
The practical guide to QA strategy for startups Learn the practical frameworks and practices that’ll help you build a strong foundation for your teams's QA strategy.
By
Mike Sonders
February 28, 2023
QA testing tools in 2024: How to know what’s right for you Learn how to differentiate between various QA testing tools, how to decide which ones you need, and 30+ options to consider.
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Mike Sonders
January 2, 2023
Software regression testing: examples, best practices, and more This guide to software regression testing answers the top FAQs about software regression testing.
By
Mike Sonders
July 11, 2022
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Mike Sonders
June 4, 2022
Web Application Testing: Getting Started with Functional Testing In this post, we'll cover the most common types of web application testing, which ones to prioritize, and tools to use.
By
James Palmer
May 9, 2022
You Only Need These 5 QA Metrics to Improve Software Testing Many quality assurance metrics evaluate QA activities rather than results. These are the 5 most helpful QA metrics.
By
Mike Sonders
December 20, 2021
Agile Regression Testing: How to Do It Well Learn the basics of agile regression testing and five strategies to streamline your software testing process.
By
Jan Grodowski
December 1, 2021
How to Write a Test Plan: Free Template & 6 Step Guide Learn how to write a software test plan. Get started with our practical guide and free template.
By
Sabrina Merchant
October 27, 2021
The layers of testing architecture The landscape of software testing is changing. Speed and quality are no longer seen as opposing forces.
By
AJ Funk
October 9, 2020
The Top 5 Don’ts of Software Testing Over time, the QA industry has developed many great processes and best practices that drive software and business success. But some practices are outdated, while others have negatively impacted product success. In this post, we share the Top 5 Don’ts of Software Testing.
By
Rainforest Team
December 18, 2018
How to Scale QA without Scaling Your QA Team Doing QA well is tough, even for innovative teams. Scaling good QA is even tougher. Learn how to scale your QA strategy without scaling your QA team.
By
Rainforest Team
October 18, 2018
Where Does QA Fit in a Software Development Life Cycle? The entire software development life cycle opens up many vulnerable areas for problems to occur, which is why it’s important to know where QA fits into the development workflows.
By
Rainforest Team
September 20, 2018
What your Team can Learn From IKEA’s Quality Processes In this post we explore 3 ways that IKEA ensures product quality, and how software testing teams can apply those practices to their own QA process. Applying IKEA’s methodologies to your development workflow may be more beneficial than you’d expect.
By
Rainforest Team
August 23, 2018
What is defect clustering? In this post we explore how to keep clusters of defects from bringing down your quality, and learn about a real-world fix for defect clustering with Bleacher Report’s Senior Automation Engineer Quentin Thomas. We also cover what is defect clustering and some key indicators you should look out for.
By
Rainforest Team
April 25, 2018
What You Can Learn from How Google Tests Software We dove into the archives of the Google Testing Blog to discover how other growing teams can learn from how Google approaches software testing.
By
Rainforest Team
January 11, 2018
6 Ways to Streamline Your QA Process A new year likely means new goals, whether you want to ship features faster, boost quality or scale your team. Learn 5 ways you can streamline your QA with continuous testing.
By
Rainforest Team
January 9, 2018
The Key to eCommerce Testing Success & Better UX eCommerce websites cannot afford to have bad UX, especially during peaks in site traffic. This post includes best practices of eCommerce QA testing & the top 5 test cases.
By
Rainforest Team
November 28, 2017
QA Testers: Version Control Isn’t Just for Dev Teams Anymore Using version control for development teams is a well-established best practice. However, most QA teams don’t utilize it and can benefit from it too.
By
Rainforest Team
September 26, 2017
How Modular Testing Fits Into Your Continuous Testing Strategy In this post, we explore modular testing, one facet of continuous testing, and learn how it contributes to a fast, reliable QA strategy.
By
Rainforest Team
September 15, 2017
The Role of QA Testing in Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery You can only move as fast as your QA process allows. That’s why in order to do continuous delivery, you need to adopt an equally continuous QA process.
By
Adrian Prayogo
May 8, 2017
The Definitive Pre-deployment QA Checklist Here are the seven major types of QA testing that all software teams should have on their checklist by the time their product reaches maturity.
By
Rainforest Team
December 2, 2015