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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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4answers
148 views
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 ...
2
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1answer
65 views
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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3answers
188 views
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 ...
2
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1answer
88 views
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 ...
2
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3answers
105 views
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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2answers
60 views
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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3answers
130 views
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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2answers
410 views
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
404 views
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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2answers
37 views
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 ...
3
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3answers
108 views
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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2answers
114 views
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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3answers
204 views
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 ...
4
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10answers
711 views
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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0answers
429 views
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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1answer
98 views
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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2answers
392 views
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 ...
4
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3answers
166 views
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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2answers
575 views
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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0answers
154 views
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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2answers
148 views
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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1answer
88 views
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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1answer
54 views
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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3answers
176 views
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 ...
4
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1answer
233 views
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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1answer
419 views
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 ...
2
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3answers
238 views
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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3answers
202 views
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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1answer
63 views
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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2answers
1k views
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 ?
2
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2answers
151 views
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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0answers
49 views
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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4answers
185 views
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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2answers
177 views
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 ...
2
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4answers
122 views
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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3answers
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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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2answers
768 views
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 ...
2
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1answer
57 views
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 ...
4
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4answers
339 views
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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2answers
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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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7answers
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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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0answers
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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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3answers
187 views
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 ...
5
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3answers
135 views
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 ...
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3answers
155 views
When should I start doing performance testing of a web-app?
Our company has started developing a new big web application. In a few months we testers will start integration testing, functional testing and regression testing both manual and automatic.
I am ...
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1answer
297 views
Create defect template in Quality Center
We are using Quality Center 10.00 Enterprise edition and I should have admin rights to my current project.
I would like to create a template for new defects, but can't find where to write the ...
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1answer
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Writing general requirements for accepting outsourced work on a web app project
I am assuming the product owner role during our Scrums and we have just completed our Sprint 0. Now that we have developed a detailed backlog of user stories with acceptance criteria for each story, ...
3
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1answer
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Watir WebDriver in conjunction with Java
Is it possible to use Watir WebDriver in conjunction with Java? I have to execute some Java methods for dealing with data in DB in order to simulate different situations and test website UI using ...
