How to prioritize bugs? Behind the scenes of defect management processes.

Time management is key in most software development projects. Especially when a lot of bugs start to come in, features requests pop up and new feature releases are just around the corner, you might wonder how to manage the time of your developers most effectively.

And one of the first questions will be: How should I prioritize all these bug reports?

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The Best Developers and Designers to follow on Snapchat

Today, the third most used Internet app, Snapchat, has an estimated worth of 15 billion dollars.

Known once-upon-a-time as a social media connectivity tool only for celebs, gossipmongers, fashionistas and selfie-freaks, it has now been discovered by many others as well.

This mobile-only social network is not just great for personal interactions, but is a wonderful tool for businesses both large and small. Its usage has moved beyond just taking selfies. It has evolved into telling stories. And riding the new wave, many developers and designers now use Snapchat on a regular basis.
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How to get started with issue tracking (+ free issue tracker template)

Tracking issues for a software project is often a tedious task, and given the number of variables involved, it can get rather annoying to control mistakes that occur.

With a number of bugs and errors happening at the same time, it becomes imperative to install an internal workflow and toolchain for your issue tracking team.

This has increased importance during today’s times when developers need to assure that the product is high in quality and has minimal issues.

So we decided to provide you with this ultimate guide on how to get started with issue tracking.

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Bug Gifs – Bug Tracking explained in 7 funny GIFs

Every software has some bugs. We as developers have to deal with that fact. And no matter how hard we try, errors creep into projects.

We talk a lot about the topic of bug tracking (also on this blog). But today, we’d like to bring some fun in here. So we collected some of the best & most funny GIFs explaining the topic of bug tracking.

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How to speed up your WordPress site in 2 hours.

When developing a new website, chances are high that you end up using WordPress. And that’s a great thing.

About 50% of all website are built with WordPress. And when using WordPress you’re on a good way when it comes to your website speed.

However, there might be some WordPress problems, caused by your WordPress template (and other plugins) which are slowing your website down.

Today, I’d like to share the journey we undertook in order to speed up our WordPress site. And the great news is: You can do it too! Pretty much without a lot of coding skills needed.

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We benchmarked 11 major web development blogs and analyzed their website performance.

In mid-2015 we conducted a lot of performance improvements for our website and blog. And we continuously did our homework. Just last week we did a major website speed upgrade for our blog.

So, we thought it would be fun to benchmark our web development blog with some other major web development & design blogs. We put our heads together and conducted some research.

Here’s what we found.
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What Is Software Testing? Definition, Meaning

Your software application is acting weird: it’s crashing during quality analysis and the front-end application isn’t working as expected! You need a software testing team to figure out the problem areas of your application.

The testing team finds and reports bugs to the developers. The testers just saved the project team from a nightmare! That’s what a software tester primarily does.

They’re the experts in finding and reporting software bugs and flaws.

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10 mistakes to avoid when tracking bugs. A glimpse into the world of bug tracking.

Errors happen during the entire web development cycle. And that’s perfectly normal. No matter how hard a team tries, errors creep into projects. But this means that there is always room for improvement.

You’ll find hundreds of lists out there talking about mistakes that can be avoided during web development projects.

However, most of these lists mainly deal with the managerial and technical aspects of the web development process. They rarely cover the other critical components, such as the stage of Quality Assurance (QA).

In this article, you’ll find some insights on 10 bug tracking mistakes to avoid.

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