Test Design is the selection of test aims, methodologies and implementation methods to satisfy the goals of a testing scenario.
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Testing database transformation mappings
If regularly testing the creation of different datawarehouse tables using mappings from source tables. What do you suggest is the best approach or specific SQLs to do the trick?
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What new things need to be covered in Embedded Systems testing compared to normal manual testing?
Can you provide me with some common checklist for Embedded Systems testing please? What are the new things that are covered in this?
And can you also advise me some interesting references for reading ...
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Test isolation and automation
We are using Selenium webservices for our automated functional testing .
I have a test which tests creation of some objects. If I run the same test again, I need to make sure that each test has a ...
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xUnit tests patterns for testing threaded applications
Are there either any xUnit (or otherwise) design patterns or anti-patterns for testing threaded code?
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Is Selenium's LoadableComponent a good solution as test design pattern?
I need to refactor my Selenium tests, and come across their LoadableComponent wiki page. I began trying to use it, though I couldn't really understand what is it good for. I took a look at their ...
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How to use Selenium's PageFactory annotations with dynamic loaded elements?
I'm rewriting some Selenium tests according to the page object design pattern taking advantage of Seleniums' annotations. My problem is that I have some html select elements whose option elements are ...
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PageObjects: Aggregation/Composition vs Inheritance for nested components
I need to refactor my Selenium tests, and was wondering what the best design solution would be for a portal with a hierarchical page organization. We are using tiles, and we have defined a baselayout ...
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Turning software testing into an internal service
I've been tasked with changing the focus of my team from a "can do everything" team into one that is more service orientated, i.e. we can provide the framework for your testing rather than being there ...
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What goes in a Testing playbook?
The concept of the Testing Playbook has been recently added to the list of possible tools in your Context-Driven toolset. The Playbook has been described as being similar to the list of plays that a ...
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Do I Need To Create Mock Classes For Every Class?
Let's say I have a system composed of three classes: A,B,C that share certain dependencies.
To test A independently, I would need to create mock objects for B and C
To test B independently, I would ...
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Test cases for find and replace function of notepad [closed]
I have made a notepad in c and i want to add find & replace feature so i just want some test case for that feature so that it works fine in notepad editor.
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Tester Versus Test cases written by the tester [closed]
I have always believed that a great tester is one whose test cases help in discovery of a lot of bugs in the product and not one who finds a lot of bugs in a product.
In otherwords a team or a ...
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What criteria do I apply to a highly complex development project to warrant getting “real world” data?
Both the product I used to work on and the one I'm working on now have a fairly large and complex matrix of possible configurations, work-flows, and data scenarios. The one product had, no joke, ...
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Are state transition diagrams a good software testing technique
I have been looking at different testing techniques and wondered if anyone had some "real world" examples of using state transition diagrams rather than the bog standard clock and light switch ones ...
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Workflow shortcut to meet the release deadline
When you design a test scenario or even when you run your tests and you stumble to lack of specifications from your marketing Dept. should you bypass them and take the initiative of making your own ...
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Multiple Assembly QA Systems?
I'm having difficulty deciding whether or not using multiple assemblies for a QA system is the right approach to take. Here are some important details:
The underlying system is a single assembly ...
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How do you design your test method/function
This question has been revolving on my mind from quite some time.
Do you develop one method for one test scenario or club similar scenarios in one method and develop automated tests for it. Both ...
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What types of testing are LEAST suited to using pairwise testing (and similar test design approaches)?
For those of you who have used pairwise test design methods (or similar combinatorial software testing methods) in an attempt to zero in on a manageable number of unusually powerful tests from among a ...
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Systematic approaches to selection of test data
I've used Phadke's design of experiments approach to select parameter values for testing (software) systems.
In a nutshell, the approach uses minimum, typical and maximum values of test (method) ...
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Testing techniques repository?
I was wondering if there are any repositories or wikis of formal testing techniques - test design ideas, like pairwise or boundary. I couldn't find one so far.
Thanks!
Ahmet
