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qTrace-Web Beta

Buu Nguyen — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:00:55 +0000

I am pleased to announce the beta release of QASymphony’s latest product: qTrace-Web. This software harnesses the power of modern web technologies to deliver qTrace‘s capability to the web. qTrace Web is installed as browser extension and targets 4 major browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari 5/6 and Internet Explorer 9/10 (with support for IE 7/8 coming [...]

Where qTrace can save your team’s effort and how to measure its saving

Nam Nguyen — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:00:26 +0000

The decision on acquiring a software productivity tool depends on many factors such as its adequate functionality, ease of use, vendor support, and performance. But in the end, the most important factor perhaps is whether it can help improve the overall productivity of the software development team, i.e., whether it can save time when using [...]

Build a Service Adapter with qTrace Integration API 2.0

Buu Nguyen — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:37:16 +0000

Last week in the series about qTrace Integration API, we examined the Publisher API, now it’s time to look at the high level Service Adapter API. First, let’s answer a question: why do we need this API? Isn’t it the case that every integration needed between qTrace and any other system can be built with [...]

Build a Custom Publisher with qTrace Integration API 2.0

Buu Nguyen — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:41:48 +0000

In last week’s post, I introduced the qTrace Integration API 2.0 and discussed the 2 separate APIs it provides: Publisher and Service Adapter. This week, let’s build a custom publisher using the Publisher API. The example is based on the FTP Publisher that was built with the qTrace Integration API 1.0. Setup Start Visual Studio [...]

Preview of qTrace Integration API 2.0

Buu Nguyen — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:59:22 +0000

Overview The qTrace Integration API has always been a critical component of the qTrace product. It serves two important purposes: Allow our customers to interface qTrace with any defect tracker Allow our team to quickly roll out support for new defect trackers While the first release of the Integration API does its trick, i.e. it’s [...]

Announcing qTrace 2.5

captain — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:04:02 +0000

Today, I’m pleased to announce the release of qTrace 2.5. When we released qTrace 2.0 in May, I thought it would take a while before there will be another release that is as significant in terms of new features. I was wrong. qTrace 2.5 is a big release coming with many improvements and bug fixes [...]

Believe it or not, A cool use of video for beta testing.

J Lieberman — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:41:44 +0000

Here at QASymphony, we firmly believe video is NOT the best way to document defect records. The files are large, unwieldy, and difficult to navigate through. Moreover, they are “dumb” — they contain no intelligence about the application that is being tested and recorded. The alternative most people use to video is a simple screenshot. [...]

qTrace – A unique screenshot way to travel back in time.

J Lieberman — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:53:19 +0000

Time travel has always been a topic that has fascinated people. Wouldn’t it be fun to have the opportunity to experience what your parents or even grandparents experience? While we can think that certain types of time travel would be “fun”, there are also many practical applications where time travel can help in business or [...]

Our dog food tastes good. qTrace tastes good.

J Lieberman — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:05:32 +0000

Have you ever heard the saying “Eating your own dog food?” I’ve used it frequently and when I thought about writing this blog – I did a Google Search on the saying and was surprised to find the following definition in Wikipedia: Eating your own dog food, also called dog fooding, is a slang term used to define [...]

What do you put in Free v. Paid Software?

J Lieberman — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:33:02 +0000

When releasing the Free version of qTrace, it was a real challenge to figure out what features to leave in the Free v. Pro Editions. We had to think about balancing the needs of our own business while balancing the needs and view of the QA testing community. Here was our philosophy for qTrace: qTrace [...]