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Best practices for developers to increase testability of web apps for QA?
I'm writing a document for a developer at my company who will be working on a web app. Here's the advice I have for him so far (below). Can any of you think of more that I can add? Not sure which tool ...
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2answers
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Data driven testing on Selenium ide
Kindly let me know is there any option to call data from an Excel on selenium ide?
and how its works.
I have to call data from an excel (where data are stored) .Please let me know solution to this ...
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1answer
74 views
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 ...
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1answer
86 views
How to calculate the number of tests in a test set in QC?
I have tests split to few test sets under the same folder. I can use the Live Analysis tab in order to see the number of tests in the folder. I wonder how can I see a number of tests per test set? ...
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2answers
108 views
How to automatically break Unit Tests when their related Requirements change (before any code change)
The shop I work for has recently switched to Agile/Scrum software development. We've started logging User Stories, and defining their scope with Acceptance Criteria. So, we have
Features defined ...
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4answers
185 views
Looking for growth in automation
Is there something or an automation test tool that is free that I could be using to enhance my skills in automation? My company is not allowing me to grow in my field, and this is not good. They do ...
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4answers
520 views
XSS/CSRF security testing
I'm a Java Automated tester for a website built with GWT. My bosses now want me to specialize in security testing. The problem is that nobody in the company knows anything about security testing, ...
4
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5answers
234 views
Recommendations for code coverage tools?
I have a wishlist for code coverage tools and am wondering if people could recommend some tools that fulfill all or many of my wishes. I am starting my search for tools that work specifically with ...
2
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1answer
160 views
Selenium Webdriver | Unable to locate element error
I am trying to run the below code but getting error. Can you please point out the issue?
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import ...
3
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3answers
878 views
Webdriver Check if Checkbox is Set and Set it if Not
I am learning Webdriver with JUnit by going through Alan Richardson's Selenium Simplified book and taking translating the exercises/tests from Selenium RC to Webdriver. So far, this has proven to be ...
8
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5answers
409 views
Copying Production Data to a QA Environment
Many companies have a match of their production platform available in a QA environment, with the only difference being that the QA environment connects to QA datasources (which generally contain fake ...
2
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1answer
915 views
How to get XPath of a list element generated by AJAX?
When I type a keyword ("Documents 1.xml")
driver.findElement(By.id("documentSelect_enter")).sendKeys("Documents 1.xml");
in this field:
<input id="documentSelect_enter" type="text" ...
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1answer
2k views
“java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError” Error when running Selenium RC script
First of all I have recorded the script in Selenium IDE, then exported into the junit4 (RC), then copied the junit4 (RC) code into Eclipse IDE. When I run the project with junit test, I found the ...
3
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2answers
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Is it a good idea to learn Selenium RC alongside Webdriver
I have recently started exploring Selenium. According to the experts future lies in Selenium Webdriver. But my question is being a predecessor should I also learn Selenium RC? Will it be worth ...
2
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0answers
47 views
How to get the Event Object of the Click event on Selenium IDE?
I am a newb at selenium thing.
I have image map area and on click event of this area a function is firing where the click Event Object is being passed to do some calculation.
I have recorded the ...
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1answer
197 views
How to write Test Strategy [closed]
How do I write test strategy in simple way by referring Functional requirement document. and Business requirement document. What are the bullet points?
2
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5answers
133 views
Software Quality Assurance Conferences - List and recommendations
I have been looking for some good conferences to attend and recommend to colleagues. Looking up on Google and some sites, I thought it would be a good idea to create a list of SQA conferences, the ...
2
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4answers
2k views
Good Beginner eLearning Training Videos & Tutorials for HP QTP?
I am new to HP QTP automation tool. Could you please suggest some free good websites that provide elearning, training, tutorials, and videos for mastery of HP's QTP software.
Thanks! :)
3
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1answer
69 views
Jmeter's threads got stuck and never end
I'm working on some Jmeter scripts, everything seems to work just fine; they got recorded and run properly (for a couple of users anyway).
The problem appears when I run the scripts for more than ...
1
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4answers
63 views
Testing for SU Sprints
In an agile environment, for sprints for small updates, what approaches to testing are recommended? Do we just do exploratory testing after the SUT has been built before releasing it or do we do both ...
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2answers
189 views
How to stress test this chat application
I am creating a chat application with node.js and socket.io. I want to know how many chatters my application can handle.
What I want to know is what will happen to CPU and memory on the server ...
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2answers
78 views
Crowdfunded feature request system - would it make users hate me?
There's a free webapp I develop and I use a feature request system where each user gets limited votes and it works great. Since I don't get paid for this though, I was thinking of turning the most ...
4
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14answers
859 views
Is there a test management tool that I can associate tests with multiple projects?
I am looking for a test management tool (mainly for manual testing) that would allow me to associate tests to multiple projects.
We are a consulting firm that has many clients with different ...
1
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1answer
75 views
What are the different test scenarios to be checked for giving license to a client
i have a web app .License is given to the customer to use it.What could be the possible test scenarios that has to be checked before deploying it.I have found out a few
1)Change the server time zone ...
1
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1answer
63 views
I should follow ISO 12207 but how should I verify integration/code without testing?
I am forced to follow ISO 12207 for systematic approach. I have been reading a lot here and found similar questions, yet not the same one and definitely not any suitable answer.
According to this ...
4
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3answers
294 views
Applied and got interview within hours, I'm wondering if this SQA company is a scam..please advice
Some background, I only do blackbox testing for a small company getting paid (40-50k), to be honest its more than enough. I get really a few hours of work a day than the rest of the day I use to teach ...
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2answers
1k views
Selenium 2.0 WebDriver: Clearing Session Data
Is there a way to clear out session data for a driver instance in WebDriver? My code is written in C# (and NUnit), but I'm not picky on the language for the answer.
2
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0answers
91 views
How to deserialize and correlate Binary Large Objects in Load Runner 11.5 Web Custom Request?
I'm working on a Silverlight based application. We've recorded the scripts using Load Runner 11.5 and while replaying to find dynamic values for correlation, we found out that the entire data in a ...
3
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8answers
421 views
In what phase or stage of the project should QA testing start?
Is it more efficient to start testing during project development or before deployment?
2
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1answer
66 views
Recommend issue tracker to be used with Basecamp
Background
In my company we started to use Basecamp for managing the project (mainly assigning work to developers). But unfortunately Basecamp on it's own doesn't have sufficient tools to track the ...
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0answers
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What is so specific about reentrancy? [closed]
Developers and testers are obsessed with ensuring (or avioding) the reentrancy. Organizations always analyze it specially (e.g. this one says: Many functions must complete their execution and return ...
1
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2answers
123 views
How to handle dynamically updated params in XPath queries in Selenium?
I am new to Selenium IDE.
In my Web application, while playing back the recorded events, some internal id in XPath expression gets changed dynamically.
E.g.: (//*[@id='edit_1_undefined']) in this ...
3
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3answers
596 views
Handling popup with many buttons using Selenium webdriver
I'm using Selenium web driver with Java language. When there are two buttons in a popup i.e. ok and cancel , it can be easily handled with web driver using the following code:
Alert alert = ...
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6answers
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Is mail testing with selenium possible?
We have merely just had a kick off meeting for a new project that i am required to automate and ASAP. The project is essentially a "mailbox project",if you will,and i have no idea as to where to start ...
3
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3answers
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Why testing, by definition, cannot find deadlocks and stack overflows?
Sean M. Beatty says in "Where testing fails" article that "deadlocks, stack overflows, race conditions and timing problems cannot be detected by testing (whether it is code inspection, whide-box ...
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2answers
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JMeter Concurrent Users Count Practice
I have a web application which is working in production and there are 2000+ users of my application. Now I have to perform performance testing on the system so is there any idea how many concurrent ...
4
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3answers
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How do I automate “service-level” testing for a GUI app
I have extensive experience automating GUI testing with tools like TestComplete or Microsoft's CodedUI. However, I am trying to get out of the game of testing at the UI layer and instead would like to ...
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11answers
424 views
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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2answers
80 views
What is the most appropriate tool to test web app for beginners? [closed]
I want to start test automation for web app. But i have confusion in selecting the tool. e.g, Whats tool to use and how to use it..... I did not use any tool before, just manually test the web app.
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1answer
103 views
Is Selenium 2 WebDriver JavaDoc API available offline?
Can I get a offline copy/archive of Selenium Webdriver Javadoc API which is available here so that I can bind the same to my Eclipse IDE for offline use?
A ready-made HTML archive will be ...
2
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1answer
55 views
Webdriver addon is not starting with Firefox
I have a Selenium test suite configured to run with Django & teamcity but today I have noticed that when running my tests locally, Firefox launches without the Webdriver addon bar across the ...
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1answer
145 views
What are the building blocks of QTP 10 Automation Object Model
I need to understand QTP Automation Object Model. But I need to quick start just by understanding main building blocks. I understand taking a shortcut is not safe always. Yet, can anyone help me ...
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0answers
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Modifying multiple Test Cases status [duplicate]
Sometimes I have a list of test cases in the Test Lab and I want to their Status to be changed. Is there any neat way to do it except of just going and doing that one by one?
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1answer
300 views
Advance commands of Selenium are not working in IE browser
I am using the SeleniumBackedWebdriver API in my current project, which supports both Selenium RC and WebDriver APIs. The Advanced User Interactions API like mouseUp(), mouseDown(), runScript() are ...
3
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1answer
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Automated Test Management: Running, Saving Results, Querying, etc
The team I am currently working with has a very large application to test (several custom programs, running in a distributed environment), and has built up a very large set of automated test cases for ...
2
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1answer
100 views
How do you manage large sets of Acceptance Criteria?
Where I work we've recently made the switch to SCRUM. We've gone through the usual problem involved in such a transition from Waterfall but, overall, we now have a functional Agile/SCRUM approach.
...
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0answers
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Fitnesse + WebDriver: any working solution?
Could you please tell me if there were any attempts to integrate Fitnesse and Selenium WebDriver? I'm looking for something like Selenesse (https://github.com/marisaseal/selenesse), but for WebDriver, ...
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1answer
242 views
How to record a thickbox using Selenium IDE?
Is there any way to record a thickbox using selenium IDE?
The thickbox which I am trying to record is developed using jQuery.
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3answers
1k views
Recommendations for functional testing a WCF service
I need to do some functional testing on a component that exposes a small set of WCF endpoints. I'm still ramping up on WCF, so I'm hitting a bit of analysis paralysis trying to figure out the best way ...
2
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1answer
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Finding client-side bottlenecks in Silverlight
I'm in charge of load testing and finding bottlenecks in a Silverlight application - no functionality testing, just load and performance testing.
I don't know much about the underlying core of ...
