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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.

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: 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.

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.

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.

Automated testing

Reinventing the Automate/App Automate Dashboard

What goes into redesigning the central dashboard for our biggest product? How do you define the solution and execute it with to improve user experience? Here's a glimpse into our process.

End to end testing

eCommerce QA: Beyond Load and Performance Testing

With the holiday shopping season approaching, most e-commerce companies only test for performance. Here are a few things you shouldn't miss while testing.

Infographic

Infographic: Fragmentation in OS, browsers, and devices

How do you develop websites and apps that combat fragmentation in OS, devices, and browsers? Here’s a quick glance at the scale and impact of fragmentation.

Community

BrowserStack is now part of the GitHub Student Developer Pack

BrowserStack is now available with Github student developer pack for students to kickstart their software testing journey.

Fragmentation testing

Testing for Fragmentation: The perfect cross-device test strategy for mobile

Testing across mobile devices? Here are a few learnings on how one of the biggest E-commerce companies, Wehkamp shapes their cross device testing plan.

Fragmentation testing

Testing for Fragmentation: Understanding Browser, OS and Device Fragmentation

How much compatibility testing is enough? To find out, we look at fragmentation in os, devices, browsers, and screen resolutions—and try to gauge what an ideal test bed (for cross browser and device testing) would look like.

Open Source Spotlight

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.

Open Source Spotlight

Open Source Spotlight: Oswald Labs with Anand Chowdhary

Creator of Oswald Labs Anand Chowdhary talks about making technology accessible to people with disabilities, the challenges faced by open source projects, and how companies can promote open source culture.

Open Source Spotlight

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.

BrowserStack Blog

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