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At QFS not only the software runs well: For the sixth time, company employees and their families participated in a company run of the Business Forum Oberland on June 4. Two days later, the soreness had almost subsided and all were fit again for a golf taster course as part of the QFS summer event.Details

In case you need to set up QF-Test for web testing on the latest Ubuntu LTS version 14.04, there are some things you should know. Follwing article from our mailing list will help.Features QF-Test/web

“Reduce complexity” is the magic formula! Watch our video showing how to test AJAX applications at business level with QF-Test/web mapping the browser’s DOM back to high-level UI elements.Features QF-Test/web

All the major projects for QF-Test 4.0 have made significant progress since beta 2. Support for the Chrome browser is nearing completion, embedded browser support is stabilizing and has more features and for JavaFX we are already talking about final details like automated procedure recording or some special checks which have now been implemented.For SWT applications this version fixes a serious performance issue that unfortunately was introduced in QF-Test version 4.0.0-beta2.

Our automation framework with QF-Test runs like a clockwork currently. Since February we have reached an average of 3,000 tests per hour (peak: sometimes even over 50,000 per day) with 60 QF-Test daemons :-).Boris Basic, LT Test Service Center, Suva, Luzern, Switzerland.Please feel invited to share your small and big success stories.Testimonials

Secure yourself a place in this compact course in English here at QFS - and best fundamentals for a highly efficient use of QF-Test.For reservations or further information please contact sales@qftest.com. Details

This update primarily adds support for Firefox versions 29 and 30.

QFS is now offering special ‘Theme Webinars’ covering important aspects of test automation with QF-Test.Our experienced trainer and consultant Martin Moser starts the series with two sessions about the scripting languages Jython and Groovy on April 28 (English) and April 29 (German). Each session will be about 1.5 hours long and costs 100 EUR per user.For reservations or further information please contact sales@qftest.com. Details

This version completes support for generic classes which are now uniform for all GUI engines. Chrome support is progressing well and embedded browsers via JavaFX WebView or JxBrowser 4 can now be interacted with, capture/replay of mouse events already works.

Read our new case study about the successful usage of QF-Test at Swiss Life insurance company in Munich!Details

QF-Test version 4.0.0-beta1 adds support for JavaFX and the Chrome browser. Additional highlights include improved support for Java WebStart and Applets, support for the AJAX framework jQuery UI, generic classes for components of all GUI engines, an improved user interface with colored syntax highlighting and a new package for client-side ssh connections.

QFS not only stands for our company name - Quality First Software - but also for Quality, Fun and Sustainability: this acronym of our company philosophy resulted from an intensive “Leitbild” process in 2012/13, developing the vision and guiding principles for QFS’s future with the entire staff and under guidance of an external consultant. Details to the general orientation project , QFS corporate philosophy

Save travel time and costs and learn how to use QF-Test efficiently in our webinar (in English) from 24 to 27 March! There are two sessions, each 1.5 hr, on each of the four days, with topics covering the full range from beginner levels (e.g., capture-replay) to advanced (e.g., scripting, dependencies). The 1.5 hr modules can be booked individually or en bloc - register here under sales@qftest.com or via phone +49 8171 386 480, there are only few places left. Details

Besides updating support for Firefox versions 27 and 28 (new) as well as Eclipse / SWT 4.3 SR2 this version fixes focus issues with Java 8 and Swing.

“Reduction of complexity” is the magic formula our product QF-Test/web employs to make cross-browser web testing, especially of AJAX based applications, easy and efficient. Watch our new video demonstrating this principle in a graphic way.Features QF-Test/web

Act now to secure a place in our next compact course at the QFS headquarters in Wolfratshausen near Munich - and to explore how to use QF-Test highly efficiently. Recommendation of a course participant: “I was fully pleased with the course. Both the training and the product (QF-Test) are very professional.” Details

QFS and its new partner Muth Partners (Wiesbaden, Germany) share the common goal to assist customers effectively with continuous monitoring and improvement of their software quality.Muth Partners work is based on years of experience in quality management systems and test tools, test specification, test automation, load- / performance tests and review implementation. In addition, they conduct training for ISTQB® Certified Tester.Details

We are pleased to report on the initiative of our customers hsp Handels-Software-Partner GmbH announcing about our technological partnership. Our test tool QF-Test helps hsp to examine the various aspects of GUI usability of their e-balance tool Opti.Tax for their customers reliably. Especially the combination of ease of use and structuring of highly complex IT processes has convinced them.Details (German PDF only), References