Regression testing is looking for bugs in functionality that was previously working and may have "regressed" to a non-working state.
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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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Why can't my Selenium Grid VM node get parameters from/register to the hub?
I'm trying to set up a Selenium Grid node on a virtual machine. I am using VirtualBox for the VM and Jenkins (with VirtualBox plugin) to set up the grid. When I try to register the node, I get the ...
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How to deal with automated test cases that always fail?
I'm facing a lot of automated GUI tests that fail one or more verifications during their run. All the failings points have been reported in our tracking system and they are known issues but get ...
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How would you call backward porting testing?
A real life example-
Linux Kernel A feature B was tested and released,
Linux Kernel A+1 feature B+1 was tested and released
Now feature B+1 is ported back into Linux Kernel A
How should I call the ...
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When should I do regression testing during each sprint?
I am in a small Agile development team with no automated testing. We use Scrumwise to keep up with development. The above answers address the question with automated tests and hardening testing at the ...
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Looking for a content-aware library for regression testing of PDF files
I'm doing some automated regression testing on a web application using Rational Functional Tester with Java.
I need to test some PDF files produced by that application, comparing them with a "base" ...
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Courses for non-IT people to study testing?
I am a non-IT student, but I want to enter into the IT world. Which courses do I have to study to get job in testing? What is the difference between QA tester and ISTQB tester? Which is the best ones?
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Mirror a browser session
I am doing some regression testing (changes to underlying database structures) where I'm lucky enough to two separate environments which should contain the same data. What I'd like to do is open a ...
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How do you test reports and analytic engines like BI/BW?
I'm working with several companies that are deploying SAP HANA (in memory appliance that compresses data from the DB and moves the entire structure into memory resulting in query times that are ~3600 ...
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Regression testing for web services and SharePoint workflows - What should I research?
Apologies if this question has been addressed before or not relevant to this exchange. I did some initial searching and I've only recently discovered this area of stackexchange so I'm unsure of the ...
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What proportion of different types of software testing does your team use?
Note: I've asked this over on SO and p.SE and it got closed. I'm not trying to game the system, just looking for a home :)
I'm seeking a little "wisdom of crowds" estimation or a pointer to an ...
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What would be a good term for continuous testing post-deployment?
I'm thinking of live production sites here, where there is a continuous community or much content being updated, sort of like a newspaper site or community site (the one I work at is a healthcare ...
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How important is it to test a build against a clean data set?
Our web application is complicated, as are most modern apps. Typically, at the end of a release cycle, we branch our code and perform a regression test on the code. Additionally, all new features are ...
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What are the tiers of testing that should be done on a large scale distributed system?
Let's say you have a large distributed system in the cloud that's got dozens of developers working on it and actively adding code to. Your job is to make sure all of the quality gates are used and the ...
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Considerations for site audits and testing on IE9?
Now that Internet Explorer 9 has a growing market share (5.63% at time of writing, and closing in on IE7 fast), what are some of the major considerations for people wishing to test sites and web ...
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What's the recommended practice for separating unit tests from integration tests for automated testing?
On a project I've been working on, we've been steadily increasing the code coverage through tests. Some of these tests were done as integration tests, and some as unit tests. The integration tests can ...
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What is the difference between regression testing and re-testing?
I was asked this question in an interview recently. Just wanted to see what your opinions were on this...
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Bugs keep reappearing in our GUI software during development. How should this be addressed?
We have a software product has a lot of usability features, and we're constantly changing it. We have issues with things like persisting scroll position which seem to get fixed, but then are broken ...
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Regression Testing Functionality Of Code In Button Press?
I have to run the code inside of my button_Click method to do regression testing, but since the method is private, I can't simply call it from my regression testing assembly.
private void ...
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Should automated tests be efficient?
I've written and edited a bunch of automated GUI tests. In some cases, the tests are inefficient (eg to select an item from a list, instead of a clever search, a dialog is opened and starting fro the ...
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How should I test the output of image renderers thoroughly, efficiently and in a branchable way
I am trying to improve the tests for a bunch of renderers that generate 2D images, and I am looking for advice and ideas for testing that are both efficient and thorough but also branch friendly.
All ...
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System for keeping track of regressions reported by RSpec
In a large set of tests written for RSpec there are some tests who are expected to fail (at least, for a couple more months). These known failures makes it difficult to sort through the results ...
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How do you fit regression into Kanban?
This question was inspired by: Fitting regression testing in a Agile/ Scrum development cycle
Two out of three answers there suggest a hardening sprint every couple of cycles. There's also mention ...
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What is the difference between “automated testing” and “automated regression testing”?
"Automated Testing" as a term seems to have a number of different uses. For some, it means built in unit tests that, when a new build is run, execute to make sure code refactors have not broken ...
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Fitting regression testing in a Agile/ Scrum development cycle
What is the best way to fit regression tests into a Agile/ Scrum development cycle?
I've been working as the sole QA person in a 4 person Scrum team developing a new web client in jQuery. I am ...
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Has automated UI regression testing helped you in finding critical defects in system?
I have heard a lot of "abuse" about automated testing, especially UI bases automated tests. As UI is very fragile and prone to change (especially in agile shops).
Personally my automated tests have ...
