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Is unit and component testing sufficient?
If you can test every line of [your product's] code via unit tests, wouldn't unit testing alone (theoretically) be sufficient?
Are there other "necessary" benchmarks of proper test coverage other ...
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Usability versus fail-fast dilemma
How do you call a situation when the system ensures that every its step was successful? For instance, one of the steps was to generate a file. Yet, target location may be occupied and copy fails. ...
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Difference between requirement, use case, and scenario?
I've taken a class on software testing best practices and test design. In the content, they have a model that basically shows that the three items are derived in this way:
Requirements > Use case > ...
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What is a good KPI for software QA?
How can you measure the efficiency of the QA team? What KPIs would you set up?
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Has anyone used Parasoft's SOATest Tool? [closed]
Has anyone used Parasoft's SOATest Tool for API Testing of XML and JSON?
http://www.parasoft.com/jsp/products/soatest.jsp?itemId=101
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What's the difference between “testing” and “quality assurance”?
Is there a difference between "testing" and "quality assurance"? If so, what are the main goals of each process? What are the critical differences?
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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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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 ...
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How to include passed assertions in the Test NG test resul report
I use Selenium webdriver 2 with Test-NG. Test-NG gives nice report in case an assertion fails. Customer wishes to see the same report in case an assertion passes. Is it possible to do with default ...
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How long does it typically take to progress from Test Analyst to Senior TA to Test Lead to Test Manager?
How long does it typically take to progress from Test Analyst to Senior TA to Test Lead to Test Manager?
I've been working as a TA for almost a year and was wondering how long it typically takes to ...
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1answer
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Attaching a defect to a blocked Test Case in QC
In QC there is an option to set a "Blocked" status for a testing scenarios which are unable to be tested due to a blocking defect. I wonder if there is an option to attach the actual blocking defect ...
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Automate verification of emails being received
One of the applications that I have to do an enhancement to soon has a number of emails that are sent from the application. To the point of verification, I need to see the delivery failure ...
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2answers
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Any good test plan/cycles or experiences without using crowdsourcing?
I'm trying to rethink our test cycle that we use at my company and am wondering if anyone could give any leads, examples, experiences, etc. to how you test without the use of crowdsource data. The ...
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What are some good examples of pure Computer Science and Mathematics applications in software QA?
I am looking for some good examples of pure Computer Science and Mathematics applications in software QA. The objective is to create a course for CS and Applied Math students with applications that ...
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3answers
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Selenium Webdriver cannot locate element for right click event
Hi Guys. I have a problem with right click mouse event in Selenium 2.0. I'm using that method but in a console I've got:
Unable to locate element:
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0answers
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Handling Alert box on page load
Is there any way to identify the JavaScript alert box (on page load) in selenium IDE?
I used commands like "storAlert", "assertAlert" etc. But selenium not identifying alert box.
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1answer
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How to Check my pc is having internet connection using java
I need to find whether my pc is connected to internet using java.From references, I found that using below code just verify whether NIC is up or down.
public static boolean ...
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Can we write wrapper class for TestNG and Junit framework
I am writing a framework to run tests using Selenium webdriver which uses the TestNG framework. My requirement is to write a wrapper class to class TestNG framework, however I don't want to directly ...
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1answer
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Can you trigger a credit card declined message through the PayPal Sandbox interface?
Can you somehow configure a test account in the PayPal Sandbox testing environment to return a credit card declined failure message when that user tries to submit a payment or trigger a failure ...
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Testing Server/Workstation Hardware specs recommendations?
I wanted to reach out and get some opinions of Testing hardware. Should I use VMs or a stand-alone tower? If I use VMs, what would be some recommended hardware specs for the hosting server? If a ...
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Test scenarios for an advertising identifier used for an iOS app?
When an advertising identifier is used for an iOS application - other than the Upgrade Scenarios what are the main things that a Tester should focus on to test the iOS Application.
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What does a QA Architect do in a team, and what skills are needed for this job?
I saw a job ad for a QA Architect. I realized that I don't know what is the role of QA Architect in a team.
So, what does a QA Architect do in a team and what skill does he need to have both in ...
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1answer
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API Automated Testing Tool XML & JSON
I was hoping you could help me...I am looking for an automated test tool that can:
MUST HAVE:
Ability to connect to a server endpoint that returns JSON or XML based data
Ability to fully parse and ...
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5answers
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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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5answers
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How should you interview for QA Automation positions?
A variant on the How should you interview for QA positions?
I am interviewing candidates for an Automation position, we don't use commercial automation tools, but rather use a framework using mainly ...
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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 ...
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3answers
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Selenium 2 element.click() is unreliable
I am using Selenium 2 2.16 build. I've been running into problems where I get a variable response to a click() call, where sometimes the click activates the behaviour behind the element (new page ...
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Error upon starting Select server “Could not find agent library JVMHOOK”
I am attempting to run the Selenium server for the first time on my machine and am receiving an error when running the jar, or when attempting to find the java version. Here is the error:
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4answers
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Learning resources for Performance Testing and LoadRunner
This question might be off-topic and/or Subjective but I am asking this question
because I could not fine any suitable answers via Google.
I am a Manual tester with knowledge of Java, SQL Server.
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2answers
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Issue with losing focus of “hover” command when the mouse is outside of the active window
If I automate mouse actions using Selenium2/Webdriver in combination with Firefox 12, I can easily get the "mouse" to move to and hover over a context menu so the sub-menus are seen. However, if I ...
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1answer
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Recommended Generic profiling techniques for quality assurance on HTML integration
All of our software projects are web based and many include the production of HTML templates (example pages) that then need to be integrated into a working software system or website.
Are there ...
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7answers
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Problem with IE9 security certificate when accessing HTTPS URLs using Selenium 2 WebDriver
I have some Selenium 2 WebDriver test cases for Firefox and Internet Explorer 9. When I access HTTPS URLs on IE9 (Windows 7 64bit) I get:
There is a problem with this website's security ...
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1answer
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Selenium WebDriver | Unable to switch to apparent pop-up
I am trying to automate Peoplesoft 9 based Web application on Firefox 20.0.1. On clicking a search icon another form opens which I thought to be a pop-up and tried my code -
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Using a variable in the filename textfield of CSV dataset config in JMeter
I want to parameterize the filename textfield of CSV dataset config. I am writing into different files for every user that I'm using in JMeter, hence I need to parameterize the filename option in the ...
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What other standards exist for Hardware QA?
I have been tasked with considering standards that can be used for hardware testing and QA - the hardware in this case being, for example, DAQ (DAC/ADC) and timing systems for diagnostics in a physics ...
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Mocking for MXUnit
I'm fairly new to Coldfusion; at my new position, we're using MXUnit for unit testing our service library, but so far we're not mocking out the database (so we're testing against live data). I want to ...
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How would I unit test these functions?
I have the following functions :
Get(ds,filename) - gets a file from a data source ds.
Put(ds,filename) - puts a file into a data source ds.
List(ds) - lists all files in data source ds.
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JMeter test for Cas Log into AJAX application
I am trying to load test an AJAX application with cas log in.
I recorded and played back the script; I saw user info in log just after recording it and playing back, but as soon as I closed HNX and ...
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1answer
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Shortcut key to move the cursor from Expected to Actual in QC
What is the shortcut key to move the cursor from Expected to Actual during test execution in test lab?
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1answer
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Does Selenium's LoadableComponent make sense in a SPA (Single Page Application)?
I'm writing a UI testing suite for a single page javascript application using Selenium 2 web driver. I'm still experimenting with how to fit the app inside a page object model. At the moment I am ...
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Problems with maintenance of Selenium on grid service
We have cluster of 5 nodes with all of them are Firefox nodes only. We have ran into so many issues maintaining the grid up and running.
Selenium nodes goes out of memory (JAVA heap space issues)
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Mantis or RedMine
For our small business and team, I am researching a decent bugtracking system. I have narrowed it down to two that seem to fit our needs (easy to set up, easy to post bugs for non-programmers, SVN ...
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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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1answer
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Testing EJB based web service - Java vs .NET vs SoapUI
I am testing a workflow application that takes the user step by step through each task. The inputs in each task are basically just barcodes or some numerical values. Fortunately, each task has an EJB ...
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Where can I find good JMeter tutorials?
I have just been assigned the tasks of doing some research and doing some JMeter tests of my own to get familiar with performance testing. As I have never used this tool before, I would just like to ...
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Runtime exception at selenium.start() - Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser
Followed this post -
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1414934/selenium-could-not-start-selenium-session-failed-to-start-new-browser-session
Error comes up at selenium.start(). I am using Selenium ...
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Selenium Tests run in the background when TeamCity CI is run as a Windows service
Our test suite is written in Python and makes use of the WebDriver Python bindings. We are looking into moving to TeamCity for continuous integration.
The setup I have in mind is a build triggered for ...
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Open source code to upload test results into HP QC/ALM?
Is there some open source code, available to upload test results into HP QC via their api, or will I need to write something myself?
Ideally via REST, so it can be done from non-windows machines.
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Unable to launch Chrome in remote webdriver
I have tried the following three options . I am using C#
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.Chrome();
capabilities.SetCapability("chrome.binary", ...
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Selenium IDE newbie - click on button not working .net
I am using this Selenium command within the Firefox IDE, it's my first time with Selenium so I may be missing something basic.
<tr>
<td>click</td>
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