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What are some tools for testing Mobile web apps?
I'm thinking along the lines of a Firebug for the iPhone/iPad/Android/BB that can truly give more insight on the markup/scripts.
Even when testing on the simulator/device, it's hard to truly simulate ...
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10answers
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How does a tester's perspective toward software differ from a developer's?
Just as there are developers who are orders of magnitude more productive and creative than other developers, so are there testers who are similarly outstanding. We all have our opinions about what ...
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3answers
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Where can I find information on getting started with Selenium 2
Some background. I am a long time WatiN coder, and have been since I first looked a Selenium a few versions ago, and decided that it didn't meet my needs, then went with WatiN.
I now want to switch ...
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3answers
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Is there a captureNetworkTraffic implementation in Selenium 2 via webdriver?
If yes, how is it called, or where can I find more info about it? (I'm not talking about using WebDriverBackend.)
If not, what alternatives are there?
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2answers
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Good resources/tutorials/tips for beginner doing automation?
I've just started automating all the tests our team has (~5000). I'm using Telerik Test Studio for the Silverlight automation. I have some tests written, but I'm quickly realizing that with each test ...
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10answers
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1.5 Million lines of code. 0 tests. Where should we start?
I'm a Java developer by trade. I was 'brought-up' in what you could call best practices. Then I took my current job. I had a choice between the Java/SOA team, and the ERP team. I was told that joining ...
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11answers
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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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7answers
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Developers have code kata to practice skills. What test equivalents are there?
Deliberate practice is key to developing mastery of a skill. If you want to practice your programming skills, there are a wealth of resources like code kata.
What are the equivalents for test design?
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16answers
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Do ISTQB/ISEB Testing Certificates prove someone can test?
I have passed the foundation level exam, and to be honest, i'm pretty sure that anyone could pass that exam with a couple of days of studying. My question is are they certificates really of value to ...
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1answer
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Your suggestions for writing reliable Web UI automation
Web UI automation is unreliable. I presume it is possible to increase the reliability of Web UI tests. One such advice would be to put an abstraction layer on top of your test that does actual DOM ...
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4answers
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What is really tested in an integration test?
what is really the difference between a component/unit test and an integration test?
Suppose you do very fine unit testing with stubs and drivers and test each component as far as you can with unit ...
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4answers
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I face a problem while opening Firefox with Selenium script
I face a problem while running Selenium scripts. I try to open Firefox using the following command:
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
public ...
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7answers
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Suggested books to start on software testing
I'm trying to learn more about software testing, so I want to know what are the suggested books on this topic
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11answers
649 views
Blogs to follow to further learning [closed]
I've tried my best to keep this question non-subjective so am not asking which blogs are definitively "the BEST" but instead am using the opportunity to just try to broaden my scope of reading around ...
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9answers
350 views
Security testing resources
Can anyone recommend any good security testing resources? Although I have a basic security skillset, I'd like to improve this. Some of the training I've seen online however seems kind of sketchy. ...
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11answers
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Best guidelines for bug reporting?
Nothing can ruin your day like a poorly-written bug report.
I've seen several sets of guidelines for bug reporting in different organizations. In your opinion, what guidelines/steps are most ...
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4answers
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Developing Unit Tests While Refactoring Legacy Code?
I have a big code library that I need to refactor in order for it to fit more nicely together (one big problem is there aren't clear enough boundaries between each component). Since there will be ...
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2answers
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Systematic approaches to selection of test data
I've used Phadke's design of experiments approach to select parameter values for testing (software) systems.
In a nutshell, the approach uses minimum, typical and maximum values of test (method) ...
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6answers
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How do I download a file using Selenium's WebDriver?
Basically I want to at least check that a download-able file exists / download link works, and preferably get stuff like the file size too.
Here's an example:
link = ...
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3answers
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How far would you go in ETL and data warehouse testing?
Recently I've been testing on an ETL/Data warehouse project and the strategy I took was to work very closely with the business and leverage their knowledge to come up with all the weird and wonderful ...
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3answers
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What does a Sofware QA Person Need to Know to Perform Their Job (Essentially)?
I'm doing everything I can to learn about Software QA and Software Testing. I've got a decent understanding of SQL and I'm applying that to MySql as that seems to be the most popular. I understand ...
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10answers
553 views
What benefit does having developer experience or background have on the effectiveness of a tester?
One thing that I've benefited from in my testing career is that I do have some knowledge of software development coding methods and concepts. While I probably could not code my way out of a paper bag ...
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4answers
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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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6answers
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Deployment Testing
What kind of things should be looked at after you have deployed a new system? So far I can think of the following:
Things to check:
a) Check it deploys to right folder: Open machine where build is ...
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1answer
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Flex Test Automation Tools Questions
Below tools I figured out for Flex Testing
FlexMonkium - Selenium IDE Addon
FlexMonkey - http://www.gorillalogic.com/flexmonkey
FlexPilot - https://github.com/mde/flex-pilot/wiki
FlexUISelenium - ...
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6answers
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Bug hunts and possible alternatives?
Recently, our QA department has been running bug hunts. Once a sprint all the teams do 10 min demos then they spend the whole day submitting bugs for a feature getting ready for release. They've been ...
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3answers
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How to do integrated testing?
So I have been reading up on a lot of books surrounding testing. But all the books I've read have the same flaws. They will all tell you the definitions of testing. But I have not found a single book ...
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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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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 ...
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3answers
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How to change status of all test cases in QC test lab
In QC, How to change status of all test cases(including all steps) together.
I need to make a large set of test cases "pass" in one go, hope there would be some query which can do this.
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5answers
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Why is separating functional and non-functional test important (or not)?
There have been several questions lately along the lines of "Is X a functional or non-functional type of testing?". Although I understand the distinction, it's never been an important distinction for ...
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1answer
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Where can I find some amusing cartoons about software testing? [closed]
I came across this Dilbert cartoon this week that I thought was pretty funny. What other good software testing related cartoons are out there?
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Alternatives to Session Tester for recording exploratory test session results
I'm interested in hearing suggestions for ways of recording exploratory test session notes. We currently use a mixture of Session Tester and a wiki for recording test notes.
I like many things about ...
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2answers
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How do I handle the login modal dialog created by onLoad in a WebDriver & Java based test automation
I am working on the test automation that uses WebDriver (Selenium 2) and Java. The AUT is web-based application. A modal dialog pops up that requires user authentication before the user can access ...
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2answers
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Isolating defect in distributed event-driven system
Our system takes an object from external system every time the object gets changed (change event), processes it and put it back processed into this external system. So, end-to-end testing is about ...
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4answers
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Looking for test management tool to integrate with JIRA, Hudson, SoapUI, and Selenium
I'm checking an open source test management tool for my company. The main options are Xqual and Testlink.
In the past I worked on Testlink, played a bit with Xstudio.
Our product is written in Java, ...
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4answers
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Is the “Joel Test” appropriate when looking for a QA job?
The "Joel Test" lists 12 items to look for in a software company:
Do you use source control?
Can you make a build in one step?
Do you make daily builds?
Do you have a bug database?
Do you fix bugs ...
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8answers
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How do you prepare yourself for a testing position?
I'm a developer. Right now we don't have much in my firm in the way of testers. Whether I do it here, or go to a different firm, I'm very interested in becoming a full time tester. How would I prepare ...
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12answers
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Building “slow to break” regression tests
I need to build a lot of regression tests for our product at work and I plan on using Selenium. I am concerned about building tests that will become quickly outdated and broken based on the fast pace ...
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6answers
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Software testing and QA podcasts
In a similar vein to the question blogs to follow to further learning, I would like to ask if there are any noteworthy testing podcasts? Searching in iTunes domes up pretty empty on the topic.
I know ...
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Good resources for building a QA team
Our corporation has, up until this point, largely lacked a 'quality mentality' of any kind. From no testers, they went to two testers - but 5 or 6 product teams still rely on a mix of developer and ...
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10answers
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What are key properties of great QA team member?
Provided you are ready to hire your first (or next) QA team member, what are the key properties of a person you will pay attention to?
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4answers
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What are the best beginner tutorials for Selenium IDE
I have gone through the possible duplicate question,it was related to selenium webdriver .
I am new to Selenium IDE tool. Could you please suggest me some best PDFs and sites with Selenium tutorials ...
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6answers
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What goes in your definition of done (DoD) ?
In agile projects, we use the definition of done to ascertain when to consider a user story to be ready for acceptance (implemented and tested). In the project's DoD we have things like following ...
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When is it OK not to have dedicated testers/QA team?
It just came into my mind that there are no dedicated QAs in stackexchange team.
Since they are indeed making an awesome product, I wonder when does the absence of dedicated quality assurance people ...
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9answers
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Best free (or very cheap) automation tool for Windows GUI testing?
I used to use vTask Studio, but it seems they've abandoned it. No updates in almost a year.
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5answers
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How do you wait for jQuery Ajax calls to complete in Selenium 2
I use Selenium 2 in C# to automate testing of our web sites. When building non-Ajax functionality, using webDriver.FindElement(By.Id("element-id")) to find elements on a page works fine, but when ...
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6answers
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Tools for Java software testing
I'm currently working(almost finishing) a Java project that consists on a server application and some client applications on the same network, that will communicate with the server only to request ...
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8answers
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Fitting regression testing in a Agile/ Scrum development cycle
What is the best way to fit regression tests into a Agile/ Scrum development cycle?
I've been working as the sole QA person in a 4 person Scrum team developing a new web client in jQuery. I am ...
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What learning resources are there for testers who want to study Systems Thinking?
Systems thinking is tremendously relevant to any professional tester, but few testers study it, despite the obvious benefits of learning techniques/approaches that allow you to study systems in terms ...
