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Set up and run your Cucumber and Selenium web tests on Gitlab-CI within minutes

Set up and run your Cucumber and Selenium web tests on Gitlab-CI within minutes

November 14, 2017 / by barzilay / Automation, CI/CD, Cucumber, gherkin

CI-CD-pipeline

Build great software faster! CI/CD is hot and is still gaining interest. Test Automation is obviously essential within any Continuous Integration setup in order to get test feedback often and fast. Within the test automation groups here at spriteCloud we have seen a lot of different setups. We have been integrating test automation into CI […]

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The impact of thermal throttling and low-quality texture on VR testing sessions

October 25, 2017 / by Sergiu Julinschi / Lessons in the trenches, mobile testing, QA Culture, Uncategorized, VR

VR testing session

I have been involved with testing many VR and AR applications, and I can safely say that they all come with their own specific challenges when it comes to the implementation of software testing. To run a testing project in this field successfully and not interfere with development time, it is vital that technical issues […]

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Testing in a Scrum team which uses the Gitflow workflow

September 21, 2017 / by andy / Development, Lessons in the trenches, Team Work, Test Process, Uncategorized

Over the last couple of years I have worked on many projects using the Gitflow workflow. This well established workflow works really well for teams working according to Scrum. For a detailed explanation of the Gitflow workflow I highly recommend reading Vincent Driessen’s blog. I would also recommend reading our post about how to setup […]

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The benefits of using an external test lab

September 14, 2017 / by Travis Hatridge / Domain Expertise, Lessons in the trenches, mobile testing, QA Culture, QA Value, Test Environments, Test Process, Tools, Uncategorized

Device lab: desktop, tablet, mobile

In a world of cloud-based tooling, sometimes what you really need is to see how your app might work on a real device. I have visited this topic in a previous post, when I discussed the factors you should take into account when conducting cross-browser testing. I’d like to zoom in closer on the last […]

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VR through ‘Charter-based’ exploratory testing

September 12, 2017 / by Sergiu Julinschi / Test Process, Tools, Uncategorized, VR

'Awesome Exploratory Testing Cycle' by Simon Tomes

Virtual Reality applications – both those that are built for VR and those that only have VR features enabled – are a type of software that can be characterized by a high degree of interactivity, with many components and systems. From the ‘simple’ type of VR experience – such as consuming various types of media […]

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spriteCloud selected as a member of the Fast Growth Icons Amsterdam Network 2017

August 30, 2017 / by andy / News, Publicity, Uncategorized

spriteCloud has been selected as a member of the Fast Growth Icons Amsterdam network 2017

We have been selected as a member of the Fast Growth Icons Amsterdam Network, an invitation-only network for well-established, fast-growing businesses. The network brings together the founders and CEOs of later-stage startups to discuss the practical realities of building a $100m+ revenue business. Reflecting our success and rapid growth, we are immensely proud to be […]

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How to write Gherkin scripts – A straightforward example

August 23, 2017 / by Gijs Paulides / Cucumber, gherkin, Uncategorized

A screenshot from a video explaining how to write Gherkin scripts.

Today I will take you through step-by-step how to successfully write and execute durable test scenarios using the Gherkin syntax, using the payment pathway of an e-commerce website as a straightforward example. Gherkin is a plain-text, business-readable language that is designed to be easily understandable by non-programmers. It is most commonly used to define regression […]

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Which Android versions should I test on?

August 15, 2017 / by andy / Android, Test Environments, Tools

Android versions to consider in 2017.

In the last Android statistics blog, I made the prediction that Android 7 would really take a larger market share. Obviously that was to be expected. We have seen Android 7 Nougat grow from 7.1% to 13.5% this month. It is not hard to predict that by November, Android Nougat will have reached a solid […]

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Getting started with test automation: Cucumber with Lapis Lazuli

August 8, 2017 / by barzilay / Uncategorized

This presentation will take you through the steps needed to set up a test automation project using Cucumber – a software tool that runs automated tests in the BBD style – in combination with Lapis Lazuli, a gem that provides Cucumber helper functions and scaffolding for easier web test automation suite development. To do this […]

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