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Getting team buy-in for automated mobile testing

Amine BellakridQA & TestingJuly 23, 2019

Getting team buy-in is notoriously difficult. Even when change is absolutely necessary, it’s tough to get people to care enough to support it. Why? Because of habits. Because of comfort. Because of complacency. But managers can’t blame their team for …

Introducing Playground: Your analytics inspector for iOS

Amine BellakridQA & TestingJune 25, 2019

Today we’re excited to share something we’ve been working on for a while. Some of you may have followed us on Product Hunt, some of you may have seen the sneak peek we posted last week, and some of you …

Playground = Playground - The analytics inspector for iOS

Sneak peek: Gearing up for the launch of Playground

Amine BellakridQA & TestingJune 17, 2019

We’re getting ready to launch a brand new product on Product Hunt very soon, so naturally the team is working tirelessly toward making that day a success. But before we talk more about Playground, let’s hit rewind and talk about …

The basics of: Mobile app onboarding

Amine BellakridMobile DesignMay 15, 2019

Welcome to our new “The basics of” series. In this series we’re going to tackle all the questions related to mobile design, mobile QA and testing. We’ll be looking at issues both big and small–nothing shall be overlooked. (Psst! Make …

The biggest mobile design trends in 2019

Amine BellakridMobile DesignMay 7, 2019

To hamburger menu, or not to hamburger menu? That is the question. Sure, the mobile design community has made some questionable decisions over the years. But so far, 2019 has seen a lot of exciting mobile app releases and significant …

Mobile app user expectations: You have two seconds (or less) to impress

Amine BellakridMobile Design, QA & TestingApril 27, 2019

In 2007, Apple changed the game with the release of its first iPhone. Soon, installing applications on our mobile devices became the norm. Fast forward 10 years and the mobile app industry is thriving. In 2017, there were 178 billion …

How we manage expectations and communications as a remote team

Amine BellakridInside WaldoApril 16, 2019

We’ve previously shared about how we work as a remote team and about our product process. We even took a look at how we built a bot to help us collaborate and communicate with one another more efficiently. I wanted …

What the heck is black box testing?

Amine BellakridMobile Engineering, QA & TestingApril 4, 2019

Black box testing is kind of a fancy way of saying “have someone use your app and see if it works right.” It’s a method of testing the requirements and functionality of software without the knowledge of its internal structure. …

Why and how we built a Slack bot for code deploys

Vincent JaouenInside Waldo, QA & TestingMarch 20, 2019

I’d like to introduce you to waldo’s newest buddy, Walbot. Walbot lives in the great unknown between Slack, AWS, and Github. There, he performs great magic that provides our team with an extra layer of security and more seamless collaboration. …

Simple is better: Mobile app signup forms and data collection

Amine BellakridMobile Design, Mobile Engineering, UncategorizedMarch 12, 2019

We recently shared how a few of our favorite apps mastered clean and simple customer onboarding by practicing empathy and designing with their customers in mind. We took a high-level look at their onboarding flows and what we love most …