As a techie, you cannot escape the buzz around IoT, elastic cloud computing, data analytics, machine learning, AI and the like. Most of the deep testing we would like to do in these areas lack easily accessible knowledge sources and definitely lack good tooling. We are sure that larger companies have faced many of these challenges and have arrived at […]
An introduction to R&D at Qxf2
The need for change (at Qxf2)
This is the second post in a series of posts outlining the technical and organizational work we are undertaking at Qxf2. This post will help you understand why we are doing something different from a lot of other testing firms. In this post, we will look at three big challenges we think testers will face when tackling some of the […]
Where is Qxf2 headed?
This article is an introduction to the technical and organizational work we are undertaking at Qxf2. We have taken the effort to write what we are doing mainly for our own clarity and for the outside chance that someone reading this would want to collaborate or offer help. We hear a lot about emerging areas in technology – IoT, autonomous […]
Freshers, tell us about your job hunt
We noticed a trend – many freshers (recent graduates) do not land a job even after months of job hunting. We want to help but we do not have data. So we have created this survey: https://goo.gl/eB9H2R If you are a fresher or in your final year, please: 1. Take the survey – it takes about 10 minutes […]
Weighted graphs using NetworkX
I wanted to draw a network of nodes and use the thickness of the edges between the nodes to denote some information. Since I had used NetworkX a long time ago for drawing network graphs, I decided to use it again. This was going to be a one off visualization. So I did not want to spend too much time […]
The informed tester’s newsletter
Do you want to become more ‘technical’ as a tester but have no clue about how to get there? Sign up for our weekly newsletter. We are calling it the ‘Informed tester’s newsletter’ (naming is hard!). It will help you stay in touch with the happenings in the world of testing and technology. The newsletter will go out every Friday. […]
Qxf2 has open sourced a Python-based automation testing framework
We have open-sourced our test automation framework. You can now write Selenium and Appium tests in Python using the Page Object pattern. Our Pythonic web, mobile and REST API test automation framework will help you get started with QA automation quickly. It comes with many useful integrations like – email, Slack, TestRail, BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, etc. You can find it […]
Technical interviews at Qxf2
This post is to help candidates get a clear picture of what to expect in their final set of interviews with Qxf2. The interview process The final set of interviews takes between 3 and 4 hours. Depending on the candidate’s preference, we conduct the interview onsite or via Skype. There will be three rounds. Round 1: A senior Qxf2 employee […]
Videos senior Qxf2 employees watch
I have a pet but unproven theory. Bugs are born outside of code. Several conditions outside the control of engineering influence the quality of software being produced. And I want to find out what those conditions and factors are. I still cannot articulate my idea well, but the videos over here go a long way in helping me think and […]
Understanding software at startups
When working with software startups, you will observe a few counter-intuitive things. Good developers can produce bad software. It is usually ok to put out immature software that is not yet ready. Buggy software can successfully dominate a market. Many ‘good’ habits like adherence to process, discipline, good architecture and responsible communication don’t seem to correlate with success over the […]