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Tool to generate test cases for configuration app based on use case variation?
I am making changes to a configuration tool for a web application. The tool allows internal users to configure messages and custom experiences for external users of the webapp.
I have been given a ...
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How do I get Selenium Server to launch Chrome on 64bit Windows under Jenkins with Selenium Grid?
I am migrating a Selenium server environment from Windows 2008 server 32bit to Windows 2008 server 64bit. Whenever I try to run a job with Google Chrome, I get the following error message:
Error ...
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Simple SVN post-commit hook for Jenkins on Windows Server 2008 [closed]
I have VisualSVN Server holding several repos with PHP applications on Windows Server 2008 machine.
I need to figure out how to deploy PHP scripts to production machines (2 Windows servers + 1 ...
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How to read data from Excel by using loops? [closed]
I created an Excel file name "readdata.xls" and entered some inputs like
UserName Password
Akshit Ak12345
Ashwika AS12345
I've written a code like this ....
package ...
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ArrayOutOfBoundException when reading test data from Excel [closed]
I am very new to Selenium RC. Please, help in my question.
I installed jxl.jar file (Java library for Excel) and added it to Eclipse build path.
I created an Excel file as readdata.xls where I ...
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Competition ideas between test teams
In my office we have several test team. Recently our organization decided to keep competitions between test teams. I look forward for the ideas to improve ourselves and compete among us to show up our ...
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1answer
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Telecom testing - any tool integration and use of test frameworks?
Telecom testing is an interesting niche area, and you either use expensive commercial tool solutions, or open source solutions to do testing (e.g. SIPp), but they're not always one-size-fits-all.
I ...
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How to create a 'quality-centric culture' within a team/organization?
I have recently talked to the head of the quality department of another company and they struggle with the problem that the developers still think quality is actually the QA's job. They work in ...
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1answer
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Open source web security testing tools
Are there any open source solutions for testing web security vulnerabilities? I am not looking to make my web application bullet proof since it'll be used internally at our organization. But I'd ...
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Deployment Testing - when to perform
In order to put an updated service live we have a test team who conduct SAT, UAT etc and the desktop support team will create a Rapid Install Package (RIP) for deployment. My question is when is it ...
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What common browser plugins should be tested against?
In previous companies, I'd decided not to test against Skype plugin breaking my website's UI.
Is it common enough now that it should be tested, just as Flash is/was common place?
I have no analytics ...
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Is it common to track defects found during code reviews?
In "Applied Software Measurement" and "Code Complete" the authors state concrete numbers for removal efficiency of defects found during code reviews (formal, informal etc).
Is it common to track ...
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Web application GUI automation best practices
Our team develops automation solutions for various web based products.
I'd like to compile a list of patterns and best practices from the GUI web automation space that have been used and proven as ...
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1answer
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Selenium - page load timeout
Is it possible to set timeout for page load in Selenium test?
I have a problem, when sometimes test execution freezes on page load (application doesn't load new page, test hangs up), so test needs to ...
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Bug Reporting/Tracking Solution for Third Party and In-house Teams
I am gearing up to start a project where development will be taking place in-house and with a third party at the same time.
I am trying to find a solution which will allow both us and the third ...
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3answers
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Bug Fix Verification - UI Design
I am working on this ticket created by a fellow QA Tester. The ticket requires a notification message with a link to be created. Our developer worked on it and acceptance test was met. However, upon ...
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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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How to finish the testing in the same iteration/sprint?
I am aware of the fact that agile testing is an ongoing process and should happen in parallel to development. But how is that actually achieved? Is it even possible to fix all found issues in the same ...
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Test team names
Has anyone found a name for a software testing team that they think really communicates our role well? Our team is brainstorming ideas right now, and I know this is something my last team struggled ...
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Why can't my Selenium Grid VM node get parameters from/register to the hub?
I'm trying to set up a Selenium Grid node on a virtual machine. I am using VirtualBox for the VM and Jenkins (with VirtualBox plugin) to set up the grid. When I try to register the node, I get the ...
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How to use statistics to improve our site? [closed]
Someone has asked me:
Which way to measure 'why customer leaves our site?' or 'closes our apps' ?
How to complete our statistics and KPI that are More complete & More perfect?
How can ...
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Selenium WebDriver and Highchart testing
I know this question has been asked before on S.O. and other websites but I haven't found a definite answer -- most of them say its not easily done but I wanted to make sure that was the final ...
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Should a scrum be any different for testers from multiple teams?
I am about to start managing a team of testers within a company. Each tester is on a different team, one tester per team. For example, one tester is on the database team, another on the software ...
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Selenium WebDriver: select value from KendoUI DropDownList
I'm not being able to select a value from a Kendo's dropdown, this is the code (C#):
var select = FindElement(By.Id("Type"));
select.SelectByValue("HouseHold");
That's not the selenium raw api, I'm ...
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How to do user acceptance testing on ETL/Data Warehouse
I've tried running searches on Google, however there is not a lot of information available on testing ETL and DW solutions. I'm specifically interested in functional/user acceptance testing. The only ...
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Converting emoticons to images in chatroom: how to test this?
I'm testing an application which has chatrooms, where the users will input emoticons while chatting each other. The user will input the various types of smiley/emoticons in it.
How can I write a ...
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How can I test a chatroom in a webpage? [closed]
I have a Web app which has built-in chatroom. The chatroom was built with Flash and it will be loaded within the webpage. Any ideas and guidance to test in this scenario?
What kind of scenarios can ...
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Industry standard on testing zoom levels
Is there an industry standard on how many zoom levels should be tested when working on a website?
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Reporting Intermittent Bugs
I am an entry level tester and been experiencing new things about testing everyday which is great. So I am thinking, how do I deal with an intermittent bug since its most likely that developers wont ...
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Using Selenium Opera Driver doesn't start my test execution
I am able to open the Opera browser using Selenium Opera driver. But I am unable to navigate to any URL using: driver.get("www.google.com");
Opera driver starts and doesn't load the given link.
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Open-source/freeware testing tool for Set-Top Box
According to Wikipedia a set-top box (STB) is:
an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the source ...
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How does ITIL training benefit my software testing career
I have just been offered an opportunity to do ITIL certification. How will this benefit my career as a QA Tester? I have read about the course but I still dont get how important it will be for me.
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What would be the best roles and assignments for a developer in a QA team?
How can a developer that joins a QA team give the help that has the biggest impact and which are the best assignments for him that would most benefit the team?
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Considering automation parameters, which is better: relative Xpath or absolute xpath? [closed]
I want to perform automation (selenium) using Xpath. Which one gives better results?
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How to open multiple browsers using webdriver?
I want to perform multiple browser testing:
While working on a project i needed to open multiple browsers simultaneously using Webdriver script.
Does anyone have experience in implementing this ?
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Open source security testing tool faster than Zed Attack Proxy?
I want to perform security testing on a website. I have already tested a website with Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) but I found it quite slow.
I am looking for an open source tool that will be faster and ...
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How to set RemoteWebDriver capability with the IP of requesting client?
I have deployed webdriver script over Tomcat 7.0.29 with simple jsp pages for data punching of my applications from remote machines.For that i have launched nodes,registering with the hub on which ...
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“session has expired” error - after clicking a button with webdriver in IE8
After clicking a button in my application with webdriver, it gives me “sorry..your session has been expired” in IE8 and i am unable to proceed. But I am able to do it manually.
Now to proceed with ...
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Should web pages be tested for ZOOM levels?
As a Product Manager, one of my entry-level SQA Testers asked me an interesting question - "Should we be testing for zoom levels? ie, when a user magnifies or zooms out in their browser or an iOS user ...
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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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Which automated tests do devs create vs SQA staff?
We have a big remote SQA team now who have identified about 600 bugs with test cases to both assist in manual testing and prepare for us to start automation testing.
Our development lead has setup a ...
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Best practices for organising and naming test cases
I have a Python package which may contain several modules. Of course, I have unit tests, component tests, and functional tests. All of them are in package/module/test directories, most of them are ...
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What is the correct way to configure the VirtualBox plugin on Jenkins?
I am trying to get the VirtualBox plugin working with Jenkins. My plan is then to hook up the Selenium plugin as well and get a grid running on the VirtualBox cloud. When I follow the instructions on ...
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Test automation for .NET / Java Project relying on app container
I am looking to a testing / continuous integration tool which can help me with the following:
1) Inside a Maven project, allow me to run a JUnit test case that, using some API, deploy an application ...
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Looking for open source, Java-based tool for performance testing
Goal:
I have an enterprise application written in java to test for performance. I need to do it separately, so I will be basically simulating a user interaction over http/https.
My findings:
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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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Looking for an excellent example of using a spreadsheet for test case management
It is an unfortunate reality of our industry that many testers are stuck using a spreadsheet to manage their test cases.
I wanted to ask (in a community wiki), what are some good techniques and ...
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How to tests TransactionManager? And Correct Behavior of Transactions and connections?
I have three transaction services that are executed within a transaction boundary (stratTransaction or begin transaction). All three services uses different connection (No_Transaction, ...
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Test automation strategy for mobile apps
I am currently working on planning a test strategy for test automation for our mobile apps.
The problem is that all the automation frameworks I've seen utilize a slightly different context than what ...
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Internationalization testing
By internationalization testing I intend testing application with one or more additional languages and one or more additional regional settings (locale).
We expect a number of risks with ...
