Posts Categorized: Beta Testing

Beta Testing In-House vs. Hiring an Outside Company

Your developers have been coding like crazy. The application is now in beta stage. You acknowledge that it must be tested, but decide that you can use one of your developers or project managers to do the job. Here at Beta Breakers, we wish we had a dime for every time a prospective customer told… Read more »

Functionality vs. Regression Testing

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Whether you’re testing a website or a mobile app, two quality assurance tests you will likely administer are functionality tests and regression tests. Both have similar functions, but they also have distinct purposes that set them apart. Read on to learn more. Scope One of the biggest differences between functionality and regression testing is the… Read more »

The Top 3 Best Practices for Testing Payment Gateways

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With online retail booming, it has become more important than ever before to improve your business’ online shopping experience. A critical part of this is the payment gateway—or the technology your website uses to accept debit or credit cards. If your payment gateway is not functioning as it should, then your customers will be unable… Read more »

The Pros and Cons of Crowdsourced Testing

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Crowdsourced testing, also known as crowdtesting, is a relatively new approach in the world of quality assurance. Instead of depending on your own team to test your app or website, you depend on a temporary workforce of individual testers. This makes crowdsourced testing an effective and affordable option for developers, but it can be one-sided… Read more »