BrowserStack Blog

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.

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: 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: 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

Webinar: How weather.com achieves quality at speed with BrowserStack and Jenkins

Todd Eaton from IBM and Vikas Thange from Xpanxion reveal 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.

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.

Fragmentation testing

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 mobile testing strategy.

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: 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.