Testing and QA

Bugs found by customers cost more than bugs found by testers. Dotqode’s QA engineers test every release before it reaches your users.

How we test

We plan testing alongside development, not after it. Manual testers explore new features the way a real user would, while automated tests check that existing features still work after every change. We test across browsers and on real devices.

Every bug report includes steps to reproduce, expected and actual results, and screenshots or recordings, so developers can fix issues quickly.

What we test

Our QA engineers work on web applications, mobile apps and the APIs behind them. Depending on the product, that covers:

• Functional testing of features against their requirements, including the unhappy paths: wrong input, expired sessions, missing data.
• Regression testing before each release, to confirm that what worked last month still works today.
• API testing of responses, error handling and permissions, independent of any screen.
• Performance checks that show how key pages and endpoints behave as the number of users grows.
• Basic accessibility checks, such as keyboard navigation, contrast and screen reader labels.

Common situations

Teams usually come to us for QA in one of these positions:

• Developers are testing their own work, and bugs keep slipping into production
• Releases are slow because every one needs days of manual checking
• An automated test suite exists but is flaky, so nobody trusts it
• A product is about to launch and needs a thorough check across devices first

In each case we start small: a test plan for the next release and a first round of results, so you can judge the value quickly.

For flaky automated suites, we first find out why tests fail at random. The cause is usually timing, shared test data or an unstable environment. Fixing those causes is often more valuable than writing new tests, because a suite the team trusts is one the team keeps running. We also agree simple measures with you, such as how many bugs reach production, so improvement is visible over time.

Who this is for

This service suits product companies without dedicated testers, teams preparing for an important launch, and businesses that have software built by another supplier and want an independent check before accepting it. QA engineers can join your existing team as part of a dedicated team, with access to your issue tracker and builds. On an end-to-end project, testing is included as standard and runs alongside development from the first sprint.

Test plans, test cases and automated suites are written for your team to keep. When we finish, they stay in your tools and continue to protect future releases.