Software engineering is an exciting field that offers various roles and responsibilities to individuals. Some prominent roles are developer, quality assurance engineer, project manager, product manager, DevOps, and many more. Each of these roles also has sub-roles. For example, we have front-end, back-end, and full-stack developers in development. In testing, we have manual testing, automation, unit testing, and end-to-end testing.

UI is nothing without UX. While user interface development is essential, it means nothing if it doesn’t lead to a good user experience. So whenever us devs add a new feature, or modifies the existing one, we must ensure the UX flows seamlessly. And that means thorough testing. Generally, the development process should involve tests at both the module and unit level to ensure both work as expected through the changes.

Many companies tell you that “the security of our customers’ data is very important to us” in their marketing communications. And you believe them, for a while. But then you discover they were hacked with an open FTP server, using a password like “nameOfTheCompany2022”, and you realise that it’s not that important after all. Why do we mention this, you ask? Well, a few months ago Bugfender got ISO 27001-certified.