software quality Archives

05 May

Agile automated testing

Agile allows you to deliver new features faster and more efficiently. But how can we assure the quality of those new features?

13 Apr

Brightest, a Great Place To Work!

Met dank aan onze fantastische #brightcrew mogen we ons sinds maart officieel a Great Place To Work noemen. Oh yes, We’re Certified! En daar zijn we geweldig trots op. #aimhigh

07 Apr

Page Object Model: Healthy code makes healthy tests

Automation frameworks are gaining popularity as a solution for automating complex applications. One of the main problems using a scripted automation framework is maintenance. The Page Object Model (POM) creates a layer of abstraction between the automated tests and the page under test.

04 Apr

1 JAAR BRIGHTEST WEST & 2 JAAR BRIGHTEST EAST

Op 1 april vierden we de tweede verjaardag van Brightest East, in mei is het feest in Brightest West voor hun eerste levensjaar. Tijd voor een interview met de regionale managers Thomas Peeters en Stef Geeurickx van Brightest West en David Vandingenen en Kevin Pieters van Brightest East.

16 Mar

Different roles under the mask

Since mid-January Belgian Friday night equals “masked singer-night”; a tv-show where celebrities are hidden inside beautiful costumes, the audience needs to guess who’s inside and every week one “character” is unmasked. This made me think, what about the character “software tester”? The name implies a clear role, but reality is different. A software tester has many roles hidden under its mask, let us explore!

03 Mar

Broken access control

If we compare the OWASP 2017 top 10 security risks with the one of 2021, we see that broken access control went from the 5th to the 1st place. Surely a good reason to see what broken access control includes and how to prevent access control anomalies.

16 Feb

The burden of choosing the best Test Management Tool

Insight on the usage of Test Management tools by our own Brightest consultants. Which ones are popular? What tips and tricks do they have to share with you to make the use of a particular tool just a bit more efficient or fun?

03 Feb

Becoming a security tester, challenge accepted

Brighter Gertjan (QA consultant) talks about his journey becoming a security tester by following the OSCP certification.

17 Jan

I’m blue if I was green I could be-a-tester-too. Da ba dee da ba di. 🎶

Blue Monday, de meest depri dag van het jaar zo blijkt. Het liedje “Blue” van Eiffel 65 opzetten maakt vandaag vast en zeker al wat vrolijker. Muziek door velen zo niet allen geapprecieerd en regelmatig luidkeels meegezongen. Sommigen kennen alle songteksten nauwkeurig uit hun hoofd, anderen zingen telkens een andere versie van dezelfde song. Zijn die nauwkeurige zangers dan “de blauwe” types en de freewheelers “de gele”, of hoe zit dat met die Insights kleuren? En welke kleur(en) zien we vaak bij testers terugkomen? Here’s a story….