An approach for testing for defects when the tester acts like an end user, attempting to use the software product or its individual features.
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Capture screen during exploratory testing
While doing exploratory testing it would be nice to be able to record the screen (in a non-intrusive way), so if a defect is found the steps to reproduce it can be easily reviewed.
Are there any good ...
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Does automating your manual tests give you good automated tests?
I notice that the tag wiki for the "automated testing" tag contains the following sentence: "Commonly, test automation involves automating a manual process already in place that uses a formalized ...
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What are the challenges around the integration of Manual and Automated Tests?
This is more a request for your professional opinion than a question...
We are seeing how test automation is spreading to more and more organizations. This in itself is a good thing, but at the same ...
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What benefit does having developer experience or background have on the effectiveness of a tester?
One thing that I've benefited from in my testing career is that I do have some knowledge of software development coding methods and concepts. While I probably could not code my way out of a paper bag ...
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When writing manual test cases and scripts, how much detail is too much detail when documenting the steps?
One of the things that I try to balance when writing out test scripts for manual testing is trusting that the person executing the test (which may not always be me) is reasonably competent to know how ...
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Internal Acceptance Test (not automated): How long should it take?
Given that each test environment is different, is there a general rule of thumb as to how long an internal manual acceptance test should take?
Definitions / clarification:
Where I came from, when we ...
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How to deal with automation naysayers?
In my team, there are a number of experienced QA people. I work mostly on developing tools to make the QA process easier for these guys, such as developing test automation.
The uptake has been slow, ...
