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.
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.
Continue Reading “10 mistakes to avoid when tracking bugs. A glimpse into the world of bug tracking.” →
Over the last few years, browsers got some super powers. They evolved from simple viewers for HTML & CSS to platforms executing our beloved web applications.
With developments, such as WebGL or tracking.js, developers can do incredible things inside browsers.
Recently we stumbled upon Three.js. So we decided to do a review on how browsers are moving to a 3D world by making use of new libraries.
Especially in the last couple of years, the web has become a more visual place. GIFs, memes, emojis, screenshots and other visual elements are widely used on the web today.
Not only used in private conversations, but visual elements are also reshaping other areas, such as bug reporting as well.
In this article, I’m going to focus on the role of humans in bug reporting and answer the question about the role of visual elements in bug reports.
Continue Reading “Human-centered bug reporting with visual elements” →
We at Usersnap teamed up with Assembla to survey nearly 1.000 agencies, development & design companies throughout the world and across industries. We uncovered how client collaboration in web development has changed over the years, and how it needs to change.
The State of Client Collaboration in Development & Design Survey Report explores the field of client work and how collaboration is evolving.
Continue Reading “New study reveals the state of client collaboration in development & design” →
Pretty bold statement right? Well, let’s face it. The web has evolved to a visual place where HTML and CSS have become the essential design tool kit.
In today’s blog post I’d like to show you why HTML & CSS are a must-have for UI / UX designers in 2016.
Continue Reading “HTML & CSS are design tools. Not a programming language.” →
Oh boy, it’s been a crazy week. But not in a bad way. In a good way. In a really good way. A couple of days ago, we went live with our new website.
The process to bringing our website live has been an incredible awesome roller coaster ride with so many learnings and insights to share. So let’s get started.
Continue Reading “Lessons learned from relaunching our website” →
Startup people, please do me a favor and stop talking about A/B testing. Please.
You might wonder: Thomas, why are you so grumpy today? Let me tell you. It has nothing to do with being grumpy. It’s just the truth. Sorry!
Before deciding I’ve gone crazy, make sure to read the following thoughts first.
Continue Reading “Startups, please stop talking about A/B testing!” →
This article is brought to you by Usersnap, a bug tracker and feedback tool that helps you to communicate visually. Get a 15-day free trial here.
It’s the start of 2016 and web design companies are looking back trying to find out what worked last year and what’s going to be the trend for this year.
So go ahead and read on. We’ve collected some of the best web design trends you must know about in 2016.
Continue Reading “7 web design trends for 2016” →
A while ago, we talked about unknown WordPress plugins that developers should use when setting up a new WordPress website. Aside from the ones I mentioned, there are, of course, way more great and essential WordPress plugins out there.
Because the first WordPress post received some great response, we thought about a follow-up post on the best WordPress development plugins for developers & designers.
Continue Reading “Essential WordPress Plugins For Developers & Designers (Part 2)” →
