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How do you design your test method/function
This question has been revolving on my mind from quite some time.
Do you develop one method for one test scenario or club similar scenarios in one method and develop automated tests for it. Both ...
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Learning about Ethical Hacking
I'm in the process of trying to learn more about ethical hacking, however a lot of the sources I am reading about have a lot of text/theory with very little hands on work. I was wondering if anyone ...
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How do you fit regression into Kanban?
This question was inspired by: Fitting regression testing in a Agile/ Scrum development cycle
Two out of three answers there suggest a hardening sprint every couple of cycles. There's also mention ...
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QTP vs Selenium [closed]
I have largely worked with Selenium for front end automation. Looks like there is great market for QTP in this arena, especially when you could afford commercial tools. Have you worked with both QTP ...
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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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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?
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What aspects normally differ when developing automation framework in QTP VS Selenium
I have worked in Selenium. For developing Web UI Functional Test automation suite I considered below aspects
Using TestNG Framework
Using Page Object pattern
XML based configuration
Logging of ...
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What are good metrics for a test team to use to start measuring their workload and ability to meet external deadlines?
The tester team where I work has a demanding customer base (we do business-to-business software, some of it ultimately public-facing, some business-facing), an application that's gone beyond anyone's ...
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Testing techniques repository?
I was wondering if there are any repositories or wikis of formal testing techniques - test design ideas, like pairwise or boundary. I couldn't find one so far.
Thanks!
Ahmet
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Release Notes Best Practices
What are some tips for writing good release notes? Any best practices or examples? My audience is both my QA department and the executive team.
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Testing/Verifying Google Analytic code
I need help figuring out a test methods for Google Analytic. Our client pushes out a lot of marketing campaigns and they love using GA to track what is working, what is not working and where to focus ...
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WebDriver: find elements by text
I know that WebDriver can locate links through their text, using find_element_by_link_text or find_element_by_partial_link_text.
Is it possible to locate any element (such as li, div, span, ...) by ...
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Web Service Testing & Automation - Open Source Tools
I am looking for Web Service Functional Testing + Automation - Open Source Tool.
SOAP UI - Free for functional testing. If you want to extend it for Data Driven Testing you need to buy Pro Version
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Attach to browser not spawned by Selenium2
One of the things that I miss about WatiN is the ability to attach to browser instances that were not spawned by Selenium. In my last position, this was the whole reason why I used WatiN, as the ...
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1answer
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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 ...
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Should you preload DLL's in performance tests?
When running automated performance tests, is it better to preload any DLL's which would slow the first run of a test? This would improve the consistency of the test results but would not reflect the ...
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What are the trade-offs of using page objects instead of a collection of functions in UI automation?
I've been using Selenium off and on for the past two years. Recently I've been seeing more references to page objects. (I'm referring to page objects as an means of organizing UI automation code -- ...
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In TestComplete 8, what tasks are best suited for keyword tests and which ones are best suited for “hand coded” scripts?
With version 8 of the automated testing tool TestComplete, the vendor has introduced a new feature called "Keyword Tests" that provides a visual interface for creating automated UI tests without ...
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What's the difference between Selenium IDE, RC, 2, and WebDriver?
Selenium seems to have a lot of different components and the website does not explain them very well and I'm still a bit confused which is which. What's the difference or purpose between:
Selenium ...
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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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Any good open source test management tools ?
I am thinking of developing some test management tools, to sit alongside the open source automation tools that I currently use. Primarily for recording manual and automated tests, results and ...
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1answer
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Is there any full Python webdriver API documentation?
I'm starting out using Selenium 2/Webdriver, been using Selenium IDE for a few weeks, to automate some tests and decided to go with Python. I've been writing some simple tests using some basic ...
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Automated testing of Oracle Forms
What is the best test automation tool you'd recommend for testing Oracle Forms and why? Assuming a Windows desktop environment.
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Is Selenium's LoadableComponent a good solution as test design pattern?
I need to refactor my Selenium tests, and come across their LoadableComponent wiki page. I began trying to use it, though I couldn't really understand what is it good for. I took a look at their ...
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Testing Distributed Systems
I understand and practice most normal testing methodologies, however for systems with several distinct interacting processes testing obviously becomes a lot harder. Unit testing is often not possible, ...
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Unable to run standalone test script in Selenium with Python
So, I have the latest Selenium 2.0 Python bindings installed via pip (Python 2.7.2, Windows 7).
I wrote a small script to see if I could get it working:
from selenium import webdriver
driver = ...
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1answer
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Firefox (3.6) not loading Flash when running Selenium2 tests
I've seen several mentions of an issue when running tests in Firefox: the Flash player doesn't load the SWF if the browser window doesn't have focus. This causes sporadic test failures if the system ...
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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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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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Is a distinction between “testing” and “checking” useful?
I've seen testers (Michael Bolton, mainly) make a distinction between "testing" (looking for defects using a variety of different methods) and "checking" (running a scenario and then verifying a set ...
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Is it fair to report a bug discovered during review without performing a test?
I'm QA with some programming experience, so I am able to debug and review the code of the system under test. I also often read the code to understand how to define request or what response should I ...
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Testers Performance Indicators / Metrics
What are the key performance indicators which you all are using in your company with respect to testers? As with any metric it can easily be skewed as testers and developers will often play to the ...
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Why should I have a “closed beta”?
I am running a test on a new Rails app and am doing an open beta from the start. You see these companies with private betas, and I'm wondering, what is the exact point of a private beta. If you inform ...
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I want to enter the SQA field specifically automation
I am working hourly for low wage as a QA intern/tester. I want to learn more about this field. I have already graduated, so everything I have learned is self taught or learned somehow on the job. At ...
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QA Methodology: Do you retest every change on a new build or only changed code?
I am leading a new QA team at my company and we are small (Myself and one other person). We are currently testing releases compiled by over 10 developers, so the ratio of developers to QA is skewed. ...
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Internal Acceptance Test (not automated): How long should it take?
Given that each test environment is different, is there a general rule of thumb as to how long an internal manual acceptance test should take?
Definitions / clarification:
Where I came from, when we ...
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Is there a guide or systematic way of writing test scenarios?
Are there best practices in coming up with effective test scenarios? Are there documented test scenarios that can be reused across different systems?
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How to deal with automated test cases that always fail?
I'm facing a lot of automated GUI tests that fail one or more verifications during their run. All the failings points have been reported in our tracking system and they are known issues but get ...
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Is Selenium the right tool for browser compatibility testing?
I have been seeing a lot of customers pushing for browser compatibility testing using Selenium. Was wondering whether this is really necessary. The push is mostly due to Selenium grid supporting multi ...
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Should I re-test fix at system level when the issue is at unit level?
I found a defect in manual end-to-end tests. We were able with developers to isolate the possible root cause in one of the components. We wrote a unit test that reproduces the defect at unit level.
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Failed automated tests: how to distinguish known and newly introduced bugs?
Use case: Fitnesse is used for automated testing of the web site.
SUT (software under test) contains a known bug. Say, we expect that web page contains "Changes saved successfully" string but this ...
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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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Techniques for test selection, give a large suite of test cases
I have a huge collection of test cases (inputs). I'd like to select a small subset that's likely to catch most of the bugs. Are there any standard or known techniques in the testing literature for ...
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Favorite troubleshooting tips for testers?
At CAST2011, Chris Blain spoke about troubleshooting tips he's found helpful as a tester. Ones I especially identified with:
Model
Take no one's word, and make no assumptions
Look for other causes
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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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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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Using formal methods when you test applications
Does anybody always follow concepts like, Cyclomatic Complexity, Equivalence Partitioning,
Boundary Value Analysis in their testing applications ? or Let me know the best way to cover these techniques ...
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Test cases in source code
Will it be a good practice to have test cases stored along with the source code in a file or within the source code comments itself? Few months back, I met a programmer from a big corporation who ...
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Is there some software to document the results of functional software testing?
Can anyone recommend some software that can be used to document the results of functional software testing?
This is not at developer level, it is for testers to follow documented procedures/scripts ...
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What are the advantages of automated user acceptance tests?
I'm completely new to this stuff, and for what I've seen it takes a while to get used to it.
I once tried, but felt I was spending way too much time just writing the tests, or just fixing them 'cause ...
