Trends are volatile, especially when it comes to software development and testing. In conditions of rapid development, it is difficult to make long-term predictions, so it is important to at least try to capture what is happening right now. This will help determine what practices and methodologies will be in demand tomorrow. Based on the latest reports and surveys, we share the most relevant statistics for you and your QA team.
Who will benefit from: QA leads, test designers, test managers, and others who are not indifferent.
Testing Tool Trends
There is no need to describe all the benefits of using testing tools for quality assurance, but just in case: they help testers find bugs and make releases faster. There are more than 50 instruments on the Russian market, both domestic and foreign.
According to the PractiTest report , 47% of surveyed testers use testing or quality assurance tools such as HP ALM, Team Foundation Server, PractiTest, or Xray .
According to a JetBrains report , 44% of developers regularly use bug tracking tools, and 10% use code review tools such as Collaborator, Review Assistant, or CodeScene .
- Jira (68%). GitHub Issues (26%).
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Creating a QA plan or a general quality control strategy is not an easy task, and if you don't know how to do it yet, then for sure no one expects it from you. The trends discussed in this article can become a good basis for your future endeavors, arouse interest in studying the development of the QA sphere.
Remember, bugs always hide in the most unexpected places. Good luck!
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Author: Nuala Turner
Also, in the preparation, the source RQR2020 and the study of QATestLab and Test IT were used