It is possible to achieve full coverage for any product that is developed, something that traditional testing doesn’t achieve.
Before the delivery/release of any application or business processes in to the market, we conduct rigorous “inspection” and testing, starting with unit testing conducted by the development and test/QA (quality assurance) teams, raise review defects and get the changes or requirements updated. Then it continues with formal testing of system features linked to other components and integrated systems. Cartik Tech (consultants) conduct testing / QA either with your internal QA department or as an independent service offering, using shift-left testing, test automation tools and test-driven development (TDD) approaches.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
AI and Machine Learning (ML) technologies are being integrated within automation testing at a lightning pace. The excitement among various companies to leverage AI and associated technologies, to transform business processes, reinventing how they run, compete and innovate is quite noticeable. Cartik Tech understands the market requirements and partners with their clients in a multi-step approach covering assessment, tools & techniques, skills and retraining for existing team, augmenting the `right`skills and align the overall delivery addressing Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and Continuous Testing (CT). At its core, ML is a pattern-recognition technology—it uses patterns identified by your machine learning algorithms to predict future trends. ML consumes tons of complex information and find predictive patterns, alerting or segregating those differences. This is the reason why ML is so powerful.
According to C. Williams (IEEE paper), Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is a multidisciplinary field whose goal is to automate activities that presently require human intelligence. Recent successes in A.I. include computerized medical diagnosticians and systems that automatically customize hardware to particular user requirements. The major problem areas addressed in A.I. can be summarized as Perception, Manipulation, Reasoning, Communication, and Learning. Perception is concerned with building models of the physical world from sensory input (visual, audio, etc.). Manipulation is concerned with articulating appendages (e.g., mechanical arms, locomotion devices) in order to effect a desired state in the physical world. Reasoning is concerned with higher level cognitive functions such as planning, drawing inferential conclusions from a world model, diagnosing, designing, etc. Communication treats the problem of understanding and conveying information through the use of language. Finally, Learning treats the problem of automatically improving system performance over time based on the system’s experience.
AI, ML & Automation Testing
Combining the three streams, AI, ML and automation, there are various avenues to enhance the testing efforts in an organization. Cartik Tech partners with their clients to architect the roles and provide the right consultants to address the challenges or changes.
Web Accessibility Testing
WCAG – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
The most well-known standard is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The WCAG provides a set of guidelines for creating accessible websites, covering areas such as robustness, perceivability, operability, and understandability.
POUR, an acronym that stands for Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust outlines the fundamental principles of web accessibility that are essential for creating web content that any user uses. These principles serve as the basis for ensuring functional accessibility for anyone who wants to access and utilize the web.
- Perceivable – It refers to the presentation of information and user interface elements in a way that can be detected by the senses, leaving nothing hidden. Though perceivability is mainly associated with visual elements for majority of web users, individuals who are unable to see rely on touch and sound to perceive information and navigate web content effectively.
- Operable – For an interface to be considered operable, interactive elements such as controls, buttons, and navigation must be functional and operable / accessible to users. This requires users first to identify the interactive elements and, for most individuals, operate them by physically clicking, tapping, swiping, or scrolling. However, for those unable to interact in these ways, alternative methods such as voice commands or assistive devices like eye trackers & head wands must be made available.
- Understandable – In essence, end-users should have no difficulty in grasping the significance and intent of the information displayed through the content, as well as in discerning the flow of user interaction and operation of the interface. Technology tries to exhibit clarity and consistency in both its presentation and displayed format, featuring predictable usage patterns and designs.
- Robust – Capability of the content to function consistently and dependably across a diverse range of technologies, including those that are designed as assistive devices.
Importance of Testing Accessibility Services
Test your website for accessibility – Use accessibility tools and conduct user testing to ensure that your website is accessible to people with disabilities.
Web accessibility is essential to creating a more inclusive and equitable society. Tests are to be integrated with regression test cases so that any new code coming in, does not break the existing accessibility Level as per standards. By making websites and applications accessible, businesses and organisations can ensure that everyone, including people with disabilities, can access their content, products, and services. Following web accessibility standards and implementing accessibility features can help ensure your website is accessible to everyone.