All kinds of tools that support testing.
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What are some tools for testing Mobile web apps?
I'm thinking along the lines of a Firebug for the iPhone/iPad/Android/BB that can truly give more insight on the markup/scripts.
Even when testing on the simulator/device, it's hard to truly simulate ...
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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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Typical software & tools short-list for *manual* QA specialist (tester) working environment
For QA workstations preparation (Windows-based PCs) our IT department uses typical batch deployment tools. I'm not at all interested in the details of such process, but IT guys ask me:
What ...
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Tools for Python software testing
Similar to Tools for Java software testing, I'm looking for Python-related testing tools/software (as Python is my most frequently-used language).
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11answers
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In house built testing tools
I've been having to deal with a lot of testing tools lately for testing tasks that should/must be automated. These include things like performance/load testing, webservice testing, vulnerability ...
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9answers
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Performance testing - a way in?
We have an a browser based application that is built on the Microsoft Stack, specifically .NET 3.5. It also uses Ajax, iframes, jQuery etc.
At the moment we are just guessing at the concurrency ...
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Tools for Java software testing
I'm currently working(almost finishing) a Java project that consists on a server application and some client applications on the same network, that will communicate with the server only to request ...
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Can someone offer suggestions for client based cross browser testing tools
I am looking for a tool that might allow my company to test a number of internal/private sites for browser compatability. I am particularly interested in being able to test IE, Firefox, Chrome and ...
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Should I try the evaluation version of HP Quality Center?
I'm trying to determine if I should spend some time working with a trial version of HP Quality Center. For a number of reasons, my time is very valuable to me right now both at work and in my ...
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How can I spoof HTTP request data while testing?
I'm testing a Windows desktop application, that requests data from a server during certain operations. I want to make sure the application can handle all possible responses, including bad ones.
What ...
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Maintaining automation framework for different browsers like IE and FF
How to maintain automation framework for different browsers like IE and FF?
In my current set up, I maintain two different configuration properties files, one with xpath locators that FF supports ...
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Alternatives to Session Tester for recording exploratory test session results
I'm interested in hearing suggestions for ways of recording exploratory test session notes. We currently use a mixture of Session Tester and a wiki for recording test notes.
I like many things about ...
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9answers
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Best free (or very cheap) automation tool for Windows GUI testing?
I used to use vTask Studio, but it seems they've abandoned it. No updates in almost a year.
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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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Load testing tools vs. making your own
I've never needed to work with commercial load running tools before, as our test infrastructure is pretty immature here and I've used internal tools in the past. We're working on a .NET technology ...
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Looking for a faulty application for training
As part of training for new QA resources, I would like to have them practice testing against an application with known issues. I know there are security examples of this type of application (i.e. ...
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4answers
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Headless Functional Testing For Your JavaScript Web App?
JavaScript is everywhere right now. With the advent of jQuery and other associated JavaScript frameworks it's amazingly simple to add very powerful user interactions to web sites and web applications. ...
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6answers
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What are some small, standalone or web applications for test new QA staff on?
I'm permanently stuck with the following trouble: being Senior QA I need to quickly check and hire people for short-time testing projects. I specialize mostly in manual testing, while the range of ...
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2answers
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In TestComplete 8, what tasks are best suited for keyword tests and which ones are best suited for “hand coded” scripts?
With version 8 of the automated testing tool TestComplete, the vendor has introduced a new feature called "Keyword Tests" that provides a visual interface for creating automated UI tests without ...
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Automated testing of Oracle Forms
What is the best test automation tool you'd recommend for testing Oracle Forms and why? Assuming a Windows desktop environment.
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Favorite troubleshooting tips for testers?
At CAST2011, Chris Blain spoke about troubleshooting tips he's found helpful as a tester. Ones I especially identified with:
Model
Take no one's word, and make no assumptions
Look for other causes
...
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Is there some software to document the results of functional software testing?
Can anyone recommend some software that can be used to document the results of functional software testing?
This is not at developer level, it is for testers to follow documented procedures/scripts ...
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3answers
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Documentation tool in Session-Based Test Management (SBTM)?
I wonder if anyone have experience of a tool for session-based testing?
Nowadays we use SharePoint lists where we can write down our session plus other relevant info about the session (requirement, ...
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4answers
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Test Data Bank creation: approach, important points, useful links, data generators, file storages?
Being Senior QA, I often face one and the same problem: for every project I'm involved in I need to prepare / collect / generate various sort of testing data. It might be VERY different - below are ...
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Are Mind Maps useful as a testing tool?
I don’t know much about Mind maps but I’ve seen expert testers (James Bach and Michael Bolton) use them to plan out their test strategy – usually in a demonstration. It seems like a plausible way to ...
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What test generators do exist?
What tools exist to automatically generate test scripts (or test script templates) from a formal specification or a program's source code?
EDIT:
The background of this question is, that I’m ...
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Replacement for Microsoft's USB Device Simulation Framework (DSF)
I am looking for a replacement to Microsoft's USB Device Simulation Framework (DSF) which is deprecated on the Windows 7 WDK, especially for one supporting USB 3.0
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which version of jmeter-plugins (>=0.3.0) can work under JDK 1.5?
Which version of jmeter-plugins (version >= 0.3.0) can work under JDK 1.5?
And which version of JMeter is compatible with this version of jmeter-plugins?
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Which tools should I start with?
I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc...
It started to get boring and I think ...
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Do Academic Researchers in Automated Software Testing Believe All Testing Can Be 100% Automated?
While surfing today, I found this article on attitudes on automated software testing among academics and practitioners. Since I am currently an automated tester in industry, I agree with the ...
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How to test a location based application
Our application is location based. We have tested its main functionality, (using mock locations) and now it is time to test how it reacts on real cases using GPS.
So, what are the main limitations ...
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What good learning resources are there for testers who are new to Cucumber?
My team have recently decided to introduce Cucumber for our GUI automated checks. As it happens, we have people in the team who are very experienced with it, so I think we'll be fine, but it's made me ...
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Functional tests for Flash
We are using a rich client developed with Flex. We would like to build automated tests to test whole features. I saw a module for Selenium, Flex Monkium, which could do the job.
Did you try it out? ...
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Applications that export JMeter-compatible JMX files?
Are there any other tools that can cooperate with JMeter tool? For example I record script and then export it to JMeter. I know that I can export jmx file to JMeter using BadBoy aplication but is ...
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Why isn't Sahi more common?
So I was doing some website test automation research, I stumbled upon Sahi. Open source, setup was easy, API easy to understand, javascript, java, ruby support, notepad ++ plugin, etc. After trying ...
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Is NUnit a viable choice for a starting long term project these days?
I currently participate on the decision to pick a unit testing framework for a bigger long term project. NUnit, being an ubiquitous unit testing tool, would make it a natural choice for me, but not so ...
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Desktop apps or web services to test receiving text / SMS messages US-based
I'm a manual QA tester.
I have a client (web-based) which allows certain business to send custom promotional text messages to their customers provided the business account has the customer's mobile ...
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Open source deployment validation tool
Asked this on stackoverflow and earned myself the tumbleweed badge... Anyone here know of any?
I'm looking for an Open source tool to help with deployment validation for mainly web based applications ...
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1answer
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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 test management tool to manage Cucumber tests?
In my company we have our tests specified in Gherkin (Cucumber), and we use Jenkins to schedule the execution of these tests.
We have the need of a management tool, where we can associate the tests ...
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XMLs and JMS queue trigger to database - what to test?
I'm testing a system that involves XMLs from a JMS queue getting inserted into a database using a JMS trigger (webmethods).
Firstly, I turn off the JMS trigger to let messages accumulate on the ...
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What tools are available for testing client/server software in various network topologies?
For testing a client/server platform that communicates over TCP/IP, is there a tool available to mimic various types of interposed network component, such a firewall with NAT or a SOCKS5 server.
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Providing feedback to developers
I'm the client, and I'm wondering what the best practice is for providing feedback to a 3rd party development shop that's building my company's iPhone app.
Current process:
Devs provide a version ...
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Tools for insufficient authentication
I must test a website for insufficient authentication. Use case:
I go to website which I'll testing.
Log in as admin(user with the highest permissions/privileges)
Run some tool.
Tool has login and ...
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Tool to color-highlight important phrases in log
When testing a mobile app (android in this case), I like to use the SDK to monitor the data traffic between app and server. This to easier detect defects and send the reports to the proper developer ...
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Comparing Sqlite databases
I would like to compare Sqlite databases with each other, both schema and data. I know that a rather crude method exists by comparing the database dumps with each other. But are ther any other methods ...
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Cross Browser Testing of enterprise applications
I'm looking for a cross browser testing solution for an enterprise banking application during the QA phase. Is there a tool out there that mimics the action that the tester takes on one browser and ...
2
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1answer
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Keyboard visualisation tool?
What I'm looking for is a tool that would be able to detect and visualize keyboard actions when recording video. I imagine a resize-able always-on-top window showing current keyboard layout and ...
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1answer
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Testing a data de-duplication and matching engine
Has anyone ever tested a row based data de-duplication and matching program (the data could be any personal information like names,addresses and postal codes etc) ?
What kind of strategies/tools ...
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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 ...
