Contexts

Have you ever visited a website that only has plain text and images? Most probably, no. It’s because such websites do not exist now. But there was a time when websites only had plain text and images with almost no styling. For the longest time, websites did not focus on user experience. For instance, this is how eBay’s homepage looked in 1999.

Entering the world of testers, one question started to formulate in my mind: “what is the reason that bugs happen?”.

Software testing is fueling the IT sector forward by scaling up the test process and continuous product delivery. Currently, this profession is in huge demand, as it needs certified testers with expertise in automation testing. When it comes to outsourcing software testing jobs, whether it’s an IT company or an individual customer, they all look for accredited professionals. That’s why having an software testing certification has become the need of the hour for the folks interested in the test automation field. A well-known certificate issued by an authorized institute kind vouches that the certificate holder is skilled in a specific technology.

Selenium, a project hosted by the Apache Software Foundation, is an umbrella open-source project comprising a variety of tools and libraries for test automation. Selenium automation framework enables QA engineers to perform automated web application testing using popular programming languages like Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, Ruby, and PHP.

In addition to the four values, the Agile Manifesto contains twelve principles that are used as guides for all methodologies included under the Agile movement, such as XP, Scrum, and Kanban.