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Summer of Learning Episode 1 - 'The Basics: Getting started with Selenium'

Episode 1, 'The Basics: Getting started with Selenium' takes you through setting up test scripts, writing your first test, and picking the right frameworks.

Automate and App Automate now come with unlimited users

Automate and App Automate now come with unlimited users. All users from your organization can now test and debug on BrowserStack for the same price.

Announcing BrowserStack Summer of Learning

BrowserStack Summer of Learning is a free 5-part webinar series about everything test automation. Get basic and advanced insights from the experts.

BrowserStack’s commitment to employees, customers, and community amidst COVID-19

In the face of this unprecedented crisis, we continue to keep our systems up to support the online ecosystems that serve a myriad needs for all of us.

Testing for Fragmentation: Why do you need cross-browser testing for compatibility?

Is testing on Chrome enough? Why are browsers so different, despite similar internals? Why do you need to test continuously for cross-browser compatibility?

Testing for Fragmentation: A risk based approach for targeted, effective testing

Compatibility testing on all combinations is almost impossible. Hylke, from Wehkamp, suggests a risk-based strategy to decide where to test.

Open Source Spotlight: curl with Daniel Stenberg

Creator of curl, Daniel Stenberg, talks about his motivation to work on curl for 25+ years, what makes curl so powerful, and his vision for the future of curl.

Product

Product Updates: Introducing Simplified Local Testing, App Automate CLI, and New Mobile Devices

As the COVID pandemic brought the material world to a halt, we transitioned to WFH and continued to make software testing more effortless for all. Here’s a quick overview of the latest product releases at BrowserStack.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: GrapesJS with Artur Arseniev

Artur Arseniev, creator of GrapesJS gets candid about the importance of testing at initial stages of development, building communities organically and the best ways to tackle burnout.

Engineering

React-ifying the BrowserStack Front-end

This is the story of how we modernized BrowserStack Live: a high-change, high-velocity, and high-popularity product, without breaking it.

Fragmentation testing

Hybrid, Native, and PWAs: Testing your mobile apps for compatibility

Not all apps are affected equally by the scourge that is mobile fragmentation. See how native, hybrid, and progressive web apps are affected by fragmentation—and how to prepare your apps for the compatibility.

Open Source Spotlight

Open source spotlight: Scrollify with Luke Haas

Creator of Scrollify, Luke Haas believes that it's just as important to maintain good UX for APIs as it is for end-users. He also opens up about finding initial contributors and the right way to contribute.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: Ombi with Jamie Rees

Jamie Rees, creator of Ombi shares some great tips on working around burnout, finding the initial contributors for a project, and balancing a full-time job and family with a hobby.

Engineering

Key Management with Vault at BrowserStack

For SOC2 compliance, key rotation is compulsory. But if it takes 35 hours, you need an overhaul. Here's the story of our key management overhaul with Vault.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: Star Wars Intro Creator with Bruno Orlandi

Millions are using the Star Wars Intro Creator for birthdays, funerals, weddings, graduations, education—and even a NASA lecture! Bruno Orlandi, the creator, has a lot to say about setbacks, users, and working for the greater good.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: Git History with Rodrigo Pombo

Rodrigo Pombo, creator of Git History gets candid about the inspiration for his project (an accident!), the best way to commit code, the perks of "funemployment", and 'tabs vs. spaces'.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: Hint.css & Web Maker with Kushagra Gour

Kushagra Gour, creator of Hint.css & Web Maker talks about juggling multiple open source projects, focusing on accessibility and overcoming coder's block.

Webinar

Testing weather.com: Quality at speed with Jenkins and BrowserStack

Todd Eaton from IBM and Vikas Thange from Xpanxion answer questions about how the team tests important features while releasing multiple times a day for weather.com.

Fragmentation

Microsoft Edge 79: What's new in the Chromium-based Edge?

Both Google Chrome and UC Browser are built on Chromium—and now, Edge joins the club. We look at what has changed in the new version and how it affects you.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: Vuetify with John Leider

John Leider, creator of Vuetify talks about the importance of community and connection, and actively listening to feedback from your users.

Company

BrowserStack goes to Dubai

Team BrowserStack had great fun at the annual offsite in Dubai, with camels, falcons, water-rides, desert safaris and mesmerizing performances.

Company

2019: Year in review

2019 has been quite a productive year for BrowserStack. We moved to a swanky new office, doubled our employee count, and traveled to Dubai for our annual offsite. More importantly, we made a lot of improvements and launched new features, to ensure our customers get the best experience possible.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: DOMPurify with Mario Heiderich

Mario Heiderich, the creator of DOMPurify talks about the need for sanitizer libraries, the importance of security for HTML, and the need to keep the features minimal.

Fragmentation testing

Testing for Fragmentation: Is your UX tested for Global Compatibility?

The internet has made companies global, but does your test strategy reflect this? We look at country specific nuances to achieve compatibility across the globe.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: Sulu with Daniel Rotter

Daniel Rotter, creator of Sulu, the Symfony CMS talks about the challenges he faced while building Sulu, the importance of testing, and the difference between theory and practical application of concepts.

Design

How to Design for Developers and QAs

How do you design great products for devs, with their changing tools and a knack to hack their own solutions? The Lead Designer @BrowserStack shares some tips.

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