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How to deal with testers who do more than test
In my firm, we don't have testers, exactly. We have analysts who translate business requirements into specifications. (Think the guy from Office Space, except these guys actually provide some value. ...
7
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2answers
290 views
Suggestions for “Selling” TDD, and FDD to sceptical non engineering managers
Let's say you are a developer (specifically, the team lead) and you want to improve the quality of your company's products. Since you cannot change the whole company, you focus on what you and your ...
7
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1answer
214 views
How can I teach QTP to treat a control as another similar control?
I have a third party check box control in my AUT that QTP does not recognize. Is there a way to have QTP treat it as a regular .NET check box?
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5answers
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How do you wait for jQuery Ajax calls to complete in Selenium 2
I use Selenium 2 in C# to automate testing of our web sites. When building non-Ajax functionality, using webDriver.FindElement(By.Id("element-id")) to find elements on a page works fine, but when ...
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4answers
525 views
When do you stop testing? [closed]
When do you decide to stop testing, for me it boils down to -
Allocated time is exhausted
No high severity/priority defects are found
Any other pointers which you consider while deciding to stop ...
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10answers
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1.5 Million lines of code. 0 tests. Where should we start?
I'm a Java developer by trade. I was 'brought-up' in what you could call best practices. Then I took my current job. I had a choice between the Java/SOA team, and the ERP team. I was told that joining ...
7
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4answers
552 views
How to organize test documentation?
Testing process involves plenty of documentation. How to organize it, so that it is easy to get an information that is needed?
11
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7answers
460 views
Should QA be able to code tests?
Having a development background, I am convinced that record and replay testing tools have their drawbacks, especially by making tests brittle. See Automated Testing != Record-Playback Tool for a good ...
3
votes
4answers
749 views
Test management product recommendation
I am looking for a test management product to structure our current manual testing. What I would like to it handle is:
recording of test cases, including parametrised ones;
historical analysis of ...
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4answers
2k views
Selenium2 assert questions
I've recently started converting my automation suites from WatiN to Selenium2. In both cases, I've been using C#.
Although these may seem like simple questions, I've been searching for answers for ...
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7answers
812 views
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 ...
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3answers
2k views
What are some real world strategies for testing ETL and data warehouse applications
Does anyone have any advice to share on how to successfully test BIG ETL or data warehouse applications?
I have my own iteas of course, but there only appears to be one main article on line that ...
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3answers
260 views
Preparing for ISEB
I recently asked this question on a less active exchange and as a result didn't get the range of opinions I was after so am repeating it here.
I've been working as a tester for the last 6 months (in ...
4
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6answers
1k views
Can Selenium and Bromine 3 execute overnight and email the results
I would like to automate the testing with selenium - even when I am right now a beginner with automatic testing and especially selenium. Therefor I am working with Bromine 3 RC 2. Is there a way to ...
12
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3answers
734 views
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).
6
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5answers
337 views
Is there any reliable way to test CSS of a site?
is that a feasible idea?
what tools do you use?
what do you call this kind of testing?
12
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10answers
1k views
Can every test be done by automation?
Can every test be done by automation?
Or is there anything that cannot be done by automation?
3
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4answers
168 views
Should testers be worried about Quality Assurance? [closed]
In some companies, the testers are expected to do Quality Assurance.
In my opinion, this is not the way to go.
Testers normally don't have the mandate to push things thorugh on a higher level.
Because ...
13
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7answers
408 views
Are your UI automated tests dependent or ordered?
While writing UI automated tests, I've come across situations where test dependency looked like a must. For example, say I have two tests, where the second is dependent on the success of the first. I ...
2
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2answers
196 views
What needs to be tested besides compliance with functional requirements?
Should the tester check usability, security, reliability, anything else?
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1answer
425 views
What are the best practices in quality assurance process measurement? [closed]
How do you measure quality assurance and quality of products in your teams? What metrics do you use? What tools do you use?
3
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2answers
1k views
How do I resolve a “Lock file still present” error?
I've got a Perl-based Selenium instance running on my Win7 workstation. When I fire up a test script, I get an error "Lock file still present!"
Caused by ...
35
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4answers
866 views
Is the “Joel Test” appropriate when looking for a QA job?
The "Joel Test" lists 12 items to look for in a software company:
Do you use source control?
Can you make a build in one step?
Do you make daily builds?
Do you have a bug database?
Do you fix bugs ...
27
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11answers
926 views
Should programmers run automated tests written by QA?
Perhaps programmers have their own unit tests, perhaps as the result of doing Test-Driven Development. They run these tests very often; perhaps every few minutes, but at least a few times each day.
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27
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11answers
4k views
How should you interview for QA positions?
Joel has his "The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing (version 3.0)", but that's really for programmers.
How should you go about interviewing testers?
We ask programmers to program on a whiteboard; how ...
15
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6answers
487 views
How do you tell a programmer they're not testing their own code enough?
Suppose you're working with bright programmer, but every time you test the code you find a serious, obvious bugs. Things the programmer could have noticed if they did their own testing before checking ...
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6answers
741 views
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 ...
10
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6answers
872 views
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 ...
16
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7answers
1k views
Suggested books to start on software testing
I'm trying to learn more about software testing, so I want to know what are the suggested books on this topic
6
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1answer
649 views
Will recordings made with Test Manager in IE8 work in IE9?
I've had a quick read around this subject and it looks like Action Recordings can be made in Internet Explorer 9 and then played back with fast forward. However my question is about recordings made in ...
3
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2answers
345 views
Python coverage and external executables
I have a project that has almost complete unit test coverage. There's only one statement that isn't covered and I can't work out a good way to do so. Say the project is called foo, I have ...
4
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2answers
228 views
When to start testing a solo project
I'm building myself a solo project. (Java backend, Java AWT frontend. No lectures about AWT vs swing vs *wt, please :-))
It's fairly straightforward
Primary server - keeps user information
Content ...
4
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4answers
811 views
How do you write a great bug report? [closed]
"Is this going to be a stand-up fight sir, or a bug hunt?"
- Hudson
I've always wondered what the secrets were to writing a great bug report. Over time I've narrowed down the activity to three ...
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4answers
1k views
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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0answers
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What is your setup? [closed]
I'm just starting new (web) project and I want to do things right.
We are going to use refinerycms with a couple of our extensions for sites and extjs in backend
Now I'm thinking about this toolset ...
4
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2answers
662 views
Writing automated tests for System.Web.HttpApplication
I am currently using Moq to write automated tests for System.Web.HttpApplication in C#:
public FakeHttpApplication CreateBaseMocks()
{
MockContext = new Mock<HttpContextBase>();
...
4
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3answers
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What are the different things to capture in a Test Case?
In our Project we have a Test case based on Rational Test Manager (RUP Process).
This test case includes, Description, Preconditions, Steps and expected results for each step and finally a notes ...
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12answers
676 views
Building “slow to break” regression tests
I need to build a lot of regression tests for our product at work and I plan on using Selenium. I am concerned about building tests that will become quickly outdated and broken based on the fast pace ...
25
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10answers
1k views
What are key properties of great QA team member?
Provided you are ready to hire your first (or next) QA team member, what are the key properties of a person you will pay attention to?
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3answers
680 views
Upgrade SilkTest automation scripts to work with IE9
We use SilkTest 2010 Open Agent to perform Automated Web Testing. Our scripts currently work on IE6 - IE8 and on Firefox 3.X.
IE9 has changed modal boxes to unintrusive pop-ups at the bottom of ...
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12answers
3k views
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 ...
