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Open Source

Open Source Spotlight: Spectre.css with Yan Zhu

Yan Zhu, creator of Spectre.css talks about the perks of working on CSS, the need to keep code lightweight, the importance of working on open source projects, and tips on building products for overpopulated industries.

Engineering

Service, (Un)interrupted: How We Made a Non-EC2 Component Highly Available

In a system designed to be used at scale, every component must be available. But when we couldn't use traditional AWS to make a component highly available, we created a simple (and scalable) solution of our own.

Automated testing

Visual regression testing with webdriverIO & BrowserStack

"You can tell if functionality is broken in IE11 by just looking at it." See how Netherland's largest e-retailer, Wehkamp, automates that visual analyses with BrowserStack.

Integrations

The Testers' Toolkit: BrowserStack Integrations to Keep You Productive

As the number of tools in your workflow grows, so does the time you spend switching between them. Our integrations bridge the gap and maximize productivity.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: Discourse with Sam Saffron

Discourse co-founder Sam Saffron talks about breaking Discourse on production, the recognition and self-worth as rewards of open source contribution, and why abandoned projects on GitHub deserve your attention.

Featured

Announcing BrowserStack's New Mobile Device Data Center in the East Coast

We are pleased to announce our newest North American mobile device data center in the East Coast. Major brands like Mastercard, Time Warner, National Geographic Society, Macy's, Home Depot, and ESPN use BrowserStack to test across 2000+ real devices and ship software faster.

Mobile app testing

What's New in iOS 13 and What Developers Should Look Out for

What are the best features of the latest iOS 13 beta? Find out how and why developers need to keep up with this update from Apple.

Jira

How BrowserStack can Speed Design Reviews for Teams using Jira

The design review is most effective when it takes place at the end of a sprint. In this article, learn what a design review is, a suggested process, and some ideas on how you can stress-test your design and improve the final product.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: QUnit with Leo Balter

Leo Balter talks about distributing information for free, setting the standards of JavaScript at TC39, and becoming better professionals through open source contribution.

Tutorials

Testing Workflow for Web Components

Whenever you ship something to be used by others, you take on a responsibility to deliver safe and stable code. This tutorial from the makers of Open Web Components explains how to put open-wc testing tools to practice, and build a well-tested input component.

WebdriverIO

Testing Twitter.com: Achieving Reliable Test Results at Scale with WebdriverIO and BrowserStack

Love it or hate it, testing is a vital part of any software development cycle. Since it would be highly undesirable for buggy code to be deployed to the millions of devices accessing Twitter, Twitter.com has thousands of unit tests and nearly a hundred integration tests.

Automated testing

6 Slack Apps that Will Make You a More Productive Developer

Which Slack apps do the best developers use? How do these apps help increase productivity? Read on for BrowserStack's take on this.

Automated testing

Automated End-to-End Tests and How they Fit into Our Testing Culture

How Carousell tests weekly updates, nightly releases, the occasional hotfix, and more to deliver the best possible experience to its users.

Open Source

Open Source Spotlight: fullPage.js with Álvaro Trigo

Álvaro Trigo of fullPage.js talks about coming up with one of the first ever SPA libraries, programming as a hobby, and the rewards of giving back to the community.

Selenium

[Webinar] Selenium 4 with Simon Stewart

BrowserStack hosted Simon Stewart, the creator of WebDriver and core contributor to Selenium for a webinar on Selenium 4 on July 18, 2019. Watch the video and transcript here.

Regression testing

The 3-Part Guide to Faster Regression Testing

Regression testing is essential for any organisation that is serious about shipping quality code, quickly. But it's tricky to get right. That's because a regression test suite needs to be comprehensive as well as fast—and balancing the two is like a tightrope walk.

Functional testing

Functional Testing on the Cloud: 12 Ways to Do it Better

Functional testing can be a pain. Functional testing on the cloud can be pain with a side of network latency. Here's how you can overhaul your testing practices and make the most of your cloud testing platform.

Community

BrowserStack San Francisco Meetup

On May 16th, we hosted the first ever BrowserStack meetup in San Francisco. We brought insights from three brilliant QAs and a whole lot of pizza and craft beer to the table. Here's a quick overview of what went down.

Continuous integration

Top 5 Continuous Integration (CI) tools in 2019

"If it bleeds, we can kill it," said Schwarzenegger's character in Predator. The moment he discovered this vulnerability, he knew how to get rid of the alien. Of course, we're talking about bugs here and not aliens...

Mobile app testing

All You Need to Know about Mobile App Testing

Dollars lost, slow adoption, high uninstall rate, and a growing barrage of bad reviews on the app store—these are some effects of a buggy app on your bottom-line. But these are only indicators. They won’t help you zero in on the specific causes of your app’s dismal ratings.

Mobile app testing

Are you testing your website on the right devices?

Today’s global device market consists of 9,000+ smartphones and tablets manufactured by hundreds of different brands. Of course, everyone’s target audience is only a slice of that pie based on varying user demographics. So how do you decide which devices to test on?

Responsive testing

The Ultimate Responsive Design Testing Checklist

Responsive web design lets you make “one website for every screen size”. Any changes you make get deployed across the board, all at once. It’s elegant, practical—and a nightmare to test. Here is a handy checklist you can use to test your websites for responsiveness.

Company

BrowserStack Wins New Accolades from Forbes and LinkedIn

Customer success is most important to us at BrowserStack. At the core of what we do is making developers’ lives easier by eliminating the pain points around manual and automated testing. When our customers win, we do too, as it demonstrates we’re on the right track.

Mobile app testing

Geolocation Takes Over: The Power Of Testing Websites and Mobile Apps Around The World

Location is a key factor in determining how a product reaches a customer. Today, businesses are able to serve customers at the right time and place, thanks to two major breakthroughs.

Podcasts

BrowserStack Featured in the Leading Automated Testing Podcast, TestTalks with Joe Colantonio

As software eats the world, it’s important to recognize the impact of poor quality software – and the threat it can pose to your business. Apple’s step of identifying 2018 as the year of software quality is a call for other organizations – including yours – to do the same.