Test automation is the use of software to control the execution of tests, the comparison of actual outcomes to predicted outcomes, the setting up of test preconditions, and other test control and test reporting functions.
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manual tester wanting to get into automation
So its been a year since I have been studying python, and just recently I started picking up webdriver. It was a long journey, and I am still pretty noob, but I finally understand how to use it lol. I ...
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Any good open source functional testing tool for java based Web Application
Any good open source functional testing tool for java based Web Application Regression Testing
which require less coding effort
Except Selenium
our Web application is only run in Google Chrome
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Validate worksheet name using WATiR
How to validate the worksheet name / file name of Excel and CSV files in WATiR?
Because if we save the CSV file in with different name, the worksheet name will also change while in Excel it will ...
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Should programmers run automated tests written by QA?
Perhaps programmers have their own unit tests, perhaps as the result of doing Test-Driven Development. They run these tests very often; perhaps every few minutes, but at least a few times each day.
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Automate verification of emails being received
One of the applications that I have to do an enhancement to soon has a number of emails that are sent from the application. To the point of verification, I need to see the delivery failure ...
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Any good test plan/cycles or experiences without using crowdsourcing?
I'm trying to rethink our test cycle that we use at my company and am wondering if anyone could give any leads, examples, experiences, etc. to how you test without the use of crowdsource data. The ...
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Testing Server/Workstation Hardware specs recommendations?
I wanted to reach out and get some opinions of Testing hardware. Should I use VMs or a stand-alone tower? If I use VMs, what would be some recommended hardware specs for the hosting server? If a ...
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I want to enter the SQA field specifically automation
I am working hourly for low wage as a QA intern/tester. I want to learn more about this field. I have already graduated, so everything I have learned is self taught or learned somehow on the job. At ...
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Recommended Generic profiling techniques for quality assurance on HTML integration
All of our software projects are web based and many include the production of HTML templates (example pages) that then need to be integrated into a working software system or website.
Are there ...
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Using a variable in the filename textfield of CSV dataset config in JMeter
I want to parameterize the filename textfield of CSV dataset config. I am writing into different files for every user that I'm using in JMeter, hence I need to parameterize the filename option in the ...
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Mocking for MXUnit
I'm fairly new to Coldfusion; at my new position, we're using MXUnit for unit testing our service library, but so far we're not mocking out the database (so we're testing against live data). I want to ...
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How would I unit test these functions?
I have the following functions :
Get(ds,filename) - gets a file from a data source ds.
Put(ds,filename) - puts a file into a data source ds.
List(ds) - lists all files in data source ds.
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Does Selenium's LoadableComponent make sense in a SPA (Single Page Application)?
I'm writing a UI testing suite for a single page javascript application using Selenium 2 web driver. I'm still experimenting with how to fit the app inside a page object model. At the moment I am ...
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Best QA techniques [closed]
Can anyone tell me what are the best techniques to do a full QA on a social networking sites. I have a social networking site which is now growing each day. A whole lot of feature have been developed ...
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What are the available multi platform test tools available for native mobile applications?
I'm trying to push my organisation into more modern ways of testing our mobile software, thus I'm trying to build a list of tools that I can use to present to my line manager and his bosses.
By ...
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Looking for growth in automation
Is there something or an automation test tool that is free that I could be using to enhance my skills in automation? My company is not allowing me to grow in my field, and this is not good. They do ...
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Recommendations for code coverage tools?
I have a wishlist for code coverage tools and am wondering if people could recommend some tools that fulfill all or many of my wishes. I am starting my search for tools that work specifically with ...
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Webdriver Check if Checkbox is Set and Set it if Not
I am learning Webdriver with JUnit by going through Alan Richardson's Selenium Simplified book and taking translating the exercises/tests from Selenium RC to Webdriver. So far, this has proven to be ...
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Open-source/freeware testing tool for Set-Top Box
According to Wikipedia a set-top box (STB) is:
an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the source ...
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How to get the Event Object of the Click event on Selenium IDE?
I am a newb at selenium thing.
I have image map area and on click event of this area a function is firing where the click Event Object is being passed to do some calculation.
I have recorded the ...
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Is the source code required when using Selenium-RC with Grails?
Can anyone help with using Selenium-RC + Grails? I have used Selenium with Java but had no problem writing the code and launching the browser. But is the source code of my project required when i need ...
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how to locate cursors randomly in map
there is a lot of cursors in the map
every time you refresh the map you will get another different cursors with different IDs
so i can't use the IDs :(
i want to click at any cursor, tooltip should ...
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Does anyone know of an automation tool that will perform actions on sending or receiving of an email?
I need to test that a series of sites are up and running and that they can send and receive email.
Step one: send email from example1@example.com
Step two: expect response email ...
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RFT - very slow to add objects
I'm currently exploring RFT for my team. I have come across few issues (as per IBM help website, it's a known issue) with Java Scripting. Hence ditched it and now got .net scripting working with 2010 ...
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Is mail testing with selenium possible?
We have merely just had a kick off meeting for a new project that i am required to automate and ASAP. The project is essentially a "mailbox project",if you will,and i have no idea as to where to start ...
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JMeter Concurrent Users Count Practice
I have a web application which is working in production and there are 2000+ users of my application. Now I have to perform performance testing on the system so is there any idea how many concurrent ...
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How do I automate “service-level” testing for a GUI app
I have extensive experience automating GUI testing with tools like TestComplete or Microsoft's CodedUI. However, I am trying to get out of the game of testing at the UI layer and instead would like to ...
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What is the most appropriate tool to test web app for beginners? [closed]
I want to start test automation for web app. But i have confusion in selecting the tool. e.g, Whats tool to use and how to use it..... I did not use any tool before, just manually test the web app.
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What are the building blocks of QTP 10 Automation Object Model
I need to understand QTP Automation Object Model. But I need to quick start just by understanding main building blocks. I understand taking a shortcut is not safe always. Yet, can anyone help me ...
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Automated Test Management: Running, Saving Results, Querying, etc
The team I am currently working with has a very large application to test (several custom programs, running in a distributed environment), and has built up a very large set of automated test cases for ...
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select random cursors on map using selenium ide
I'm using google map api in my site and I want to test the cursors on map using Selenium IDE.
Now I use this code and it works fine:
clickAt > xpath=(//map[@id='gmimap85'])
but it tests only one ...
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Whether to choose Selenium over Watir or Lightweight Test Automation when testing web applications created using c sharp?
I am currently researching testing frameworks to test c sharp developed web applications. I have been leaning more towards the use of Selenium over Watir or Lightweight Test Automation but hesitant ...
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Testing Page Layout with webdriver
Has anyone tried to test the page layout of a website using webdriver? To be specific, using webelement.getPosition() and webelement.getDimension().
Shouldn't these two methods be enough for testing ...
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Tool to generate test cases for configuration app based on use case variation?
I am making changes to a configuration tool for a web application. The tool allows internal users to configure messages and custom experiences for external users of the webapp.
I have been given a ...
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Is it worth having one set of tests for both functional and performance testing?
I have been writing RESTful service tests using Jersey client. Though the tests are functional, it occurerd to me that I can execute same tests from JMeter and for performance (With some tweak of ...
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Automate functional testing for WCF services
I am trying to develop a tool to automate functional testing of WCF web services. I have researched a lot on previous projects and developments to start but I did not find any valid resource to start. ...
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Acceptance testing between iOs and web app with cucumber
I have an iPad application which sends some data to our web application. With this data, you should be able to do different kind of things.
We have cucumber tests for the web application (Using ...
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Looking for open source, Java-based tool for performance testing
Goal:
I have an enterprise application written in java to test for performance. I need to do it separately, so I will be basically simulating a user interaction over http/https.
My findings:
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SeleniumHQ stuct in Checking Resource aliases
I want to run testsuite from Hudson, for that i have installed seleniumhq plugin and configured in hudson, but when i run the hudson it stuck on "Checking Resource aliases" step.
Started by user ...
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What are features of MS Visual Studio Coded UI Test framework that are not present in other tools?
I've recently started working at an organization that has no automated testing in place. They are migrating to Team Foundation Server for project management and source control, and use Visual Studio ...
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Automating email verification feature of an application?
I'm helping to automate an new web application, part of this application requires email verification. What are the industry standards for automating the black hole known as "email"?
What I'm trying to ...
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What programming languages are good for novice testers to learn?
I'm looking for a programming language to recommend to a friend considering teaching herself software testing. I have a friend who is interested in learning software testing, and I believe strongly ...
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Why Isn't SilkTest More Common?
The title says it all. I've been using SilkTest for about a year now in my current role. It wasn't my choice to use, and I've never used it, or even heard of it, before this role. There are definitely ...
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Does the latest version of QTP have something similar to Selenium Grid?
Does anyone know whether QTP supports parallel test execution on multiple browsers now? I am looking for something similar to Selenium Grid.
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Oracle Forms automation using Cucumber or similar framework
I'm looking for toolset recommendations to automate testing of an Oracle Forms application, with the tests (ideally) to be driven from Cucumber.
I am aware of Oracle's OATS. Can its APIs be called ...
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Selenium - page load timeout
Is it possible to set timeout for page load in Selenium test?
I have a problem, when sometimes test execution freezes on page load (application doesn't load new page, test hangs up), so test needs to ...
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Is jQuery faster than CSS/Xpath selectors for IE 8.0 in Selenium1?
I am planning to run my existing Selenium 1.x tests in IE 8.0.
After checking few blogs and reading this, I tried to run my tests using jQuery locators with the method mentioned here. My tests uses ...
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What is tested by IcuTest?
In the current "Automated Software Testing" magazine there is a short article about IcuTest. It is written that with "Test Generator" you can automatically create GUI unit tests:
ICUTest is a ...
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Is there any automation tool for Symfony 2 framework in PHP
Is there any automation tool for Symfony 2 framework in PHP? If so, please suggest me some sites that help me study the tool.
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Automated network capture and analysis?
I was curious to know if anyone has done any work on automated network analysis such as starting network traffic capture (to file) before executing some test, perform some test, then stop capture, ...
