With more than 57 million repositories, GitHub is the largest source code host in the world and virtually all developers know their way around it. If you use GitHub for version control, making use of its Issues module for bug tracking is a great option. Your developers spend a lot of time in GitHub. Allowing…
Soft launching, dark launching, and canary releases are useful strategies you can employ to test the market, make sure issues don’t reach production, and minimize their impact if they do. There does seem to be a lot of confusion on the definition of each term and the nuances between them and they are often used…
When your application is ready for its first beta test, you might feel worried about sharing your app externally, considering the risk it might pose to secrecy, privacy, and even security. Likewise, when beta testing a new app, many testers can feel concerned about the data the beta app collects and how it handles it.…
Ever since its release back in 2013, Slack has been quickly adopted by many teams across different industries. And with its ability to cut emails by almost half and reduce the need for meetings by 25%, it is no wonder it has become near ubiquitous. This popularity has also spurred a lot of different tools…
Trello is an extremely simple and flexible task management tool that can be adapted for a wide variety of processes and workflows. However, Trello’s true power lies in its ability to integrate with a huge number of tools, enabling it to unleash the full potential of the tools in your stack. In this post, we…
Any mobile phone that stores, or has access to company data, poses a security threat or vulnerability. And in the age of the smartphone, there are more mobile devices than ever that need to connect to your network and have access to sensitive data. This is where mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management…
Thanks to the flexibility and control it gives developers over their apps, feature flag tools are seeing wide adoption in the industry. They allow for quicker development and enable you to experiment, A/B test, and personalize your app to different users. However, using an in-house solution for feature flagging can be too time-consuming to implement…
Since the rise of web 2.0, the practice of beta testing has steadily been gaining in popularity. However, the confusion about what beta testing really is and what benefits it can offer has been increasing at almost the same pace. What Is Beta Testing? There is no standard for what a beta…
Beta tests sometimes seem like complex affairs, but in reality, they are quite simple and can be done for little to no cost. In fact, beta testing is considered a low-cost tactic to test your app and collect user feedback. The word “free” often translates into more work and time, and you will need to…
Beta testing is well known as a way to weed out the bugs and crashes that are still hiding in your code. The benefits of beta testing as a marketing tool have also started to get more attention recently, with many examples of apps that used beta tests to drive wide adoption. But beta testing…
Although the practice of beta testing has been around for quite a while, it has only recently started to gain traction and popularity. With the emergence of SaaS tools that facilitate the beta testing process, beta testing has become easier than ever and its adoption as a practice is rapidly increasing. Due to their lack…
Before you start your beta test, you must understand the difference between technical and marketing beta tests to be able to plan your beta test accordingly. These two types of beta tests have completely different goals and requirements and if you do not take their needs into account it can seriously affect your beta test…