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Adapting agile testing
I have provided my view points on what is agile testing an what is not agile testing. Would appreciate your views and sharing your agile test adoption experiences
#1. If you follow weekly release ...
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What is the Java code to subclass HtmlUnitDriver to support http authentication?
Is it possible to subclass a Java object in the constructor?
I am a Java newbie trying out Selenium example in a faq, ...
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Differences in methods to select an element based on content in XPath
Selecting an anchor link with content, such as <a>test link</a>, I can see three different ways to do it using XPath:
a[text()="test link"]
a[.="test link"]
a[contains(text(), "test ...
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What is the correct way to select an <option> using Selenium's Python WebDriver
I would like to select an <option> child of a <select> using the Python WebDriver.
I have a reference to the option WebElement I wish to select and have tried select() and click() methods ...
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How to eliminate \ reduce invalid failures in automation due to GUI changes?
I am into the automation of a web application using Selenium. I write test cases without hard-coding anything in the test cases. There were many invalid failures in the run due to GUI changes such as ...
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how to implement a given logged in user role through UI automation?
As suggested on StackOverflow I am posting this question here as well.
I am having trouble how to implement the Given step (with SpecFlow for example) of a logged in user role throught Web UI ...
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1answer
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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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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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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 best tools available to test performance of a MVC web site
I am new to QA. I need to find best tools available to test performance of a MVC web site. Please help me.
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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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Performing administrative test cases in Selenium IDE
For a Drupal site, I have written a test script in Selenium IDE that logs in as the administrator, adds a new user and peforms a series of tests on the registration page.
Once this user has been ...
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Any personal experiences on EggPlant, cross platform and application automated testing tool?
As a cross platform, cross application automated testing system EggPlant looks too good to be true.
Has anyone implemented a large automated testing project using it and what were your experiences?
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WebDriver login and click action ain't working…
I have the following problem.
I have a website where the Login is Via a Link that has the href: SubmitLogin().
I'm trying to use webdriver in the form of PageFactories.
I have this method:
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1answer
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testing RESTful webservice with kerberos authentication
I've been testing a RESTful webservice for the last little while using SoapUI. It's worked great until this week where a requirement was added that the web service must use kerberos authentication, ...
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Testing webservice engine: best practice
I am currently working in a web-service testing project. The web-service engine works on a large set of input data and returns some data that undergo a lot of calculations and filtering.
The testing ...
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Layered Architecture of Test Automation Software
I was introduced to a 5-layer-model for GUI test automation frameworks, that was considered common knowledge. But I would be interested in a source describing this model. The layers are the following:
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How can I convince Squish to recognise the menu bar on Mac OS X?
I'm currently recording some python test scripts for a Mac OS X application using Squish for Qt, version 4.0.2.
The menu bar of the AUT works fine if interacted with manually, but for some reason ...
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Question: C# Selenium: Read rows from html table until the last row is found, and Store in array
The following snapshot is what I see when I do a view of class and Ids in using IE Developer tool. It consists of a table and inside the table there are links. I need to read all the link names, and ...
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Solving “SeleneseTestCase is deprecated” issue
I'm working through the "Selenium Simplified" book just to really gain a solid understanding of Selenium and Java. I know the basics of Java, but this one is frustrating me. I must be missing some ...
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Selenium: Ajax Testing
Please brief me about the Ajax testing with selenium RC.
As in Ajax element does not reflect on the view-source, but using firebug we can see the changes in HTML source code.
There are two methods ...
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Is drag-and-drop possible in watir-webdriver?
I would like to drag-and-drop one element to the position of another, triggered from within a watir-webdriver script.
By "drag-and-drop" I mean picking up a draggable element and releasing it on ...
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Check an element through Selenium RC
Please suggest what logic should be used here through selenium RC.
Action
Check Close/Remove button.
Expected
In the upper-right corner of the app is a Close/Remove button. This button only ...
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Selenium:With selelenium RC can we scroll the scrollbar up or down of browser.
Can we use Selenium RC to move the browser's scroll bar up or down?
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Andriod Selenium testing by Python - connecting problem
I'm trying to get the Selenium Android client to run in my emulator:
Install SDK
Run emulator
Install android-server-2.0rc1.apk in the emulator and devices
Forward the port by adb forward tcp:8080 ...
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switching windows with Selenium2 and c# where popup window has same title as originating window
I've been attempting to figure this out for the past two days, unfortunately with no luck. I'm currently automating a scenario where a new window for a form is popped up from the main application ...
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Selenium - Stopping server
Selenium server (ver. 2) has stopped working for me for unknown reasons (see Selenium (RC) stops working...). I'd like to stop Selenium sever and restart it. When I enter ...
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Selenium (RC) hangs when started from Python test
Fairly new to Selenium (but loving it). I'm running a single test in Python on Selenium RC. I've been running it multiple times a day for about 3 weeks. Now when I try to run it, it executes all the ...
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Is there a captureNetworkTraffic implementation in Selenium 2 via webdriver?
If yes, how is it called, or where can I find more info about it? (I'm not talking about using WebDriverBackend.)
If not, what alternatives are there?
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Selenium:how to delete single characters from a textbox
Using Selenium how to delete single characters from a textbox using Selenium?
I have to delete the last 2 characters from text box.
Ex.ABCD to AB
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Selenium: How to set x and y coordinate position
I want to use the Selenium method mouseMoveAt(java.lang.String locator,java.lang.String coordString). How do I set coordString?
For example, if coordString is the x,y position (10,20), what does that ...
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How many types of testing i should perform?
We have developed a project, QA already verify the project and now its ok to air. but i am still wondering about expected bugs.
So my question is how many testing technique is there to certify a ...
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Advice when putting together a cost benefit analysis when considering changing defect tracking systems
we use a homebaked defect tracking system in my org. As a QA I have worked in various different organisations previously and find the current in-house solution to be sub par. I initially started to ...
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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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Where should test fixture code live?
I'm working in a primarily Windows / .NET system. I've written a test framework in C# that includes a test harness that runs fixtures (anything that implements the ITestFixture interface). These ...
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Creating test cases for site registration using Selenium IDE
I'd like to know how you can automate the registration process for a site that requires a unique email address or username each time, using Selenium IDE. My only thought would be to insert an ...
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Testing email generation
Some applications generate emails. There may be multiple email formats based on the purpose of the message. The email may be destined for a single individual or a group. It may also be ...
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Looking for a test tool for Flash-based web applications. Any ideas?
I'm looking for a Selenium-like tool to test Flash-based web applications (specifically a guided interview with questions and form fields that the user navigates through to produce a document at the ...
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What should you look for in a testing manager?
In some organizations, individual contributors have the opportunity to interview their prospective manager. What should testers look for in a testing manager?
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Can exploratory testing replace executing manual functional tests?
After a feature is delivered, we have recently started to perform exploratory testing on the feature before we execute manual functional tests. We find 95% of the defects during exploratory testing so ...
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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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What is the difference between sanity and smoke testing?
When there is a new build we perform smoke testing,in few projects they call it as sanity testing.Can someone please elaborate on the difference between the both.
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How far would you go in ETL and data warehouse testing?
Recently I've been testing on an ETL/Data warehouse project and the strategy I took was to work very closely with the business and leverage their knowledge to come up with all the weird and wonderful ...
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What is shakeout testing?
What is shakeout testing? Googling gives things such as,
To identify an initial test which
verifies that a load has been
successful and all software is
accessible and functioning as
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What are the pros and cons of a testing team having a lead vs having a manager?
Given that a lead (at least in my employer's view) would be a highly technically experienced person who also does administrative duties and a manager would be more experienced with management and less ...
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Is there a way to identify that a Disk is removable ?
On windows XP/7, is there a way to identify from a script (never mind the script language being used) that a disk is not a network or fixed drive?
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Should unit tests be executed as part of a build?
I worked at a company where unit tests ran as part of the build. The build failed if the unit tests failed. What are the benefits and disadvantages of that practice?
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Is the return on investment of any particular kind of testing measurable?
It is easy to find claims about the benefit of different kinds of testing, particularly when the testing technique requires purchasing a product or spending money on consultants. Has anyone ever ...
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Selenium form input sendKeys doesn't always work under IE
We're trying to use Selenium 2.0b3 to verify behavior of a Java web site we've recently acquired from a third party. The site often uses AJAX to plop HTML replacements onto the page.
Internet ...
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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, ...
