This post outlines our efforts in building a training program at Qxf2. The training program at Qxf2 We doubt that the current skills of testers will be sufficient in the near future (see The need for change (at Qxf2)). Which means we will need to train (or retrain) people to stay relevant. This post will give you an overview of […]
An introduction to training at Qxf2
Qxf2’s Data analytics, Machine Learning and AI roadmap
In this post, we’ll briefly outline how our Data analytics, Machine learning and AI roadmap looks. We’ll also give you a feel for how work proceeded before we had a roadmap and how it has proceeded after we came up with one. Note: We ended up doing a lot more in this area since we have some mathematics expertise (for […]
Qxf2’s Hardware and Robotics roadmap
In this post, we’ll briefly outline how our hardware and robotics roadmap looks. We’ll also give you a feel for how work proceeded before we had a roadmap and how it has proceeded after we came up with one. Why use a roadmap in the first place? The return on investment on R&D is not obvious. Our R&D work, in […]
Qxf2’s DevOps roadmap
In this post, we’ll briefly outline how our DevOps roadmap looks. We’ll also give you a feel for how work proceeded before we had a roadmap and how it has proceeded after we came up with one. Why use a roadmap in the first place? The return on investment on R&D is not obvious. Our R&D work, in the short […]
An introduction to R&D at Qxf2
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 […]
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 […]
Easily Maintainable API Test Automation Framework
For a long time, Qxf2’s API tests were not really object-oriented. We were relying on (at best) a facade pattern or (at worst) the God class anti-pattern. Our colleague, David Schwartz of Secure Code Warrior, helped us make our API automation framework more object-oriented and easier to maintain. Thanks, Dex, for all the guidance, examples, code, code reviews and for […]
Broadcast a URL using Estimote Beacon (no code required!)
At Qxf2 Services, we explore and test different hardware products. Recently, we come across Estimote Beacons. We purchased and explored them. We like the Eddystone-URL protocol which can broadcast a URL to nearby devices. We think this is a useful feature for a lot of shop owners, especially in large malls. In this post, we will show you how to […]
Testers, get started with git
Hey, tester! It is 2017 and about time we all got comfortable with Git. I’ve heard too many testers saying that they think it’s too difficult to get started with git and that getting familiar with Git will take time. I’ve been thinking about how to get rid of this objection. I’m going to try and explain the basic concepts […]