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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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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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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?
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The background of this question is, that I’m ...
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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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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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HP QTP 10 Issue while logging onto the demo Mercury Website
I am trying to log-in on the http://newtours.demoaut.com/ demo website created by HP Mercury to do some hands on their proprietary product QTP 10. I opened this site successfully on IE9 (Win7 X64 PC). ...
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How can I automate in Selenium IDE for email activation link?
In the send invitation process, the user will get a link in his/her inbox. When the user will click on the link, it will ask for a password and confirm the password.
How can I automate it with ...
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How can my team move away from record-and-playback when not everyone has scripting experience?
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My team is currently doing automated testing via our tool's record-and-playback function. I've read about the benefits of developing a more robust test solution via ...
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Automated testing in cloud
I have a Windows application using OpenGL and automated E2E test environment based on Sikuli framework. Tests run locally and are not available outside of my company network. As we have two different ...
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Automated Web Testing against Sharepoint solutions in a windows development house
I'm researching which web browser automation tools is most suited to running functional user tests against SharePoint based solutions and potentially MVC based custom web parts at a later date. We are ...
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What are strong points of RFT comparing to other test management tools?
I've started to evaluate RFT by getting their trial version, I'd like to hear on the strong points that makes you folks to stick with RFT. I'm using QTP and Silktest now and trying to find how useful ...
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How to share my test scripts with other stakeholders?
I have written Java automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver in Eclipse.
I uploaded everything to GitHub.
Here my questions are:
How can my manager/colleague execute these scripts in his or her ...
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Enforcement of quality as a runtime requirement
I come from a background that strongly emphasizes automated testing baked into the build process. You commit, the code is checked out by the build system, compiled, and tests run against it. If it ...
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Check for Windows version in Silktest Classic Open agent 2011
I am new to Silktest, so can anyone help me out to verify the Windows version and the IE browser that the test is about to run on.
Is there an inbuilt function that I could use in my test case that ...
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Where to focus testing? On integration level or unit level?
Consider a modern web application that serves JSON through a REST API to a rich Javascript-based application with one or more single-page apps within it. Our own application is written using Angular ...
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How to report test execution method when using @Factory in TestNG? [closed]
I am using @Factory annotation from TestNG to create tests dynamically. It will read a property file that contains the list of test cases to be executed and return them.
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Should tool generated test data be deleted during tear down in test automation?
I have seen this recommendation many times that tear down is supposed to clear test data which is created during tests. This is supposed to avoid interference with any future tests. For example email-...
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PHP: code instrumentation library to capture/record new unit test cases?
I have a library that seems to work as intended. I would like to add some instrumentation to the library to capture (some) current input and the result and save that as a test case. Is there a library ...
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Looking for open source testing tool that can be used to test Flash based applications
I am looking for a open source testing tool that can be used to test Flash based applications. I Googled and found "AutoTest Flash" but it seems to be in a dormant state. Has anybody used that tool ...
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Fitnesse editor with syntax validation?
We use Fitnesse with tens of project-specific fixtures to design the tests. However, writing the correct test is tedious, because of some trivial errors we make:
Syntax errors: unclosed tables, ...
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iOS UIAutomation UIAElement.isVisible() throwing stale response?
I'm trying to use isVisible() within a loop to create a waitForElement type of a function for my iOS UIAutomation. When I try to use the following code, it fails while waiting for an element when a ...
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What are some good test cases in order to do License Key authentication while software is being installed?
I want to learn about:
What could be the test cases to ensure the test coverage while any proprietary software is being installed using a license key. I wish to avoid (a) re-installation (b) multiple ...
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Align and maintain functionality across multiple platforms/programming languages
We are developing a library that we are looking to support on multiple platforms. We currently have a .Net(Desktop, CF, Silverlight, WP7), a Java (desktop and android) and a C++ (win32 for now) flavor ...
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SpecFlow - test MVC3 Web site with action calls
I'm very new to BDD testing, and would like to ask, is it possible/OK to test ASP MVC3 actions directly (using WebClient) using SpecFlow?
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Feature: Login
Scenario: Logging in
Given I post ...
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How to keep track of the features in a website for impact analysis?
I have been working for an ecommerce client for the last 6 years as manual and automation QA engineering. New features gets applied to our site once in 2 weeks. Whenever a redesign project comes up, ...
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UI and DB automation tool suggestions
Currently we (in the team) are using silktest (for last 8-9 years) and now looking for other tools to replace silktest, it's a different argument on why to look for other tool, setting that aside, ...
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What are the things to care for while choosing an automation testing tool?
I am new to software testing field ,I clarified for the need of automation tools What is automation testing and why do we need it?
Now it arises me the following questions
what were the things care ...
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Tools similar to Google Test for C++ unit testing?
Are there any tools similar to GoogleTest for the purpose of functional testing in C++. I plan to do them as part of Unit Testing and would like to know of other options available so that I can make ...
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Should automated tests be efficient?
I've written and edited a bunch of automated GUI tests. In some cases, the tests are inefficient (eg to select an item from a list, instead of a clever search, a dialog is opened and starting fro the ...
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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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TestComplete working with a very large application loses the ability to access application internal properties
I work with automated testing of a very large Delphi XE application using TestComplete 9. The application has a 180MB executable. The automation environment is Windows XP, 32 bit.
TestComplete is ...
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Automation engineers- general purpose vs. dedicated
As part of our recent recruiting effort we need to decide on the best approach for choosing automation engineers.
On the one hand software engineers, or programmers, can write great automation ...
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Maintaining regression results on web server or locally
I have a set of test cases which are run on every release of the compiler. The regression logs have to be in readable format. I already have a script to extract information from the logs which gives ...
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Service layer automation using Fitnesse
Does anybody used Fitnesse before? I am new to Fitnesse trying to set the automation framework at the Service layer. Any idea of how to do it in Fitnesse and any resources would be greatly appreciated....
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Resources for test automation
I'm trying to learn more about test automation as it relates to the QA process and there just doesn't seem to be a lot of resources out there. For example, if I do a search for TestComplete (a tool I'...
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What should be the critieria for the selection of new feature test cases to be moved into build acceptance test suite?
I am working on a project to move new feature test cases to build acceptance test suite. Later on I will also be selecting which test cases should be moved to regression suite.
While I was selecting ...
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What is the best practice for testing against modules which collect statistic
We have a distributed application which should be monitored. There are some modules which collect external data (disk usage, free disk space, CPU utilization, memory utilization, etc) and some ...
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What are the best practices for Integration Testing of a middle-ware?
I want to know about the best practices of Integration Testing for a middle-ware product. It includes several backends and also I want to test it over multiple platforms. The features of Clustering is ...
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If the position of objects change will the same script work?
I am testing a Java applet with QTP.I am adding the objects in the applet to my object repository.I am able to create an action that works with the objects in Objects Repository.My doubt is if an ...
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Using UI Automation framework without AutomationID or Name
I'm beginning to explore the possibility of doing UI automation using the UI Automation library that came with .NET 3 (will be using c#). There aren't a ton of tutorials out there on this, but the ...
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Setting the resolution of the slave used by Network Suite of TestComplete wanted [closed]
We are using a Network Suite inside of TestComplete 9 to do distributed testing. We have already setup a project that executes on 2 remote computers, our slaves.
Sometimes the resolution on the slave ...
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Tools for insufficient authentication
I must test a website for insufficient authentication. Use case:
I go to website which I'll testing.
Log in as admin(user with the highest permissions/privileges)
Run some tool.
Tool has login and ...
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Regression testing for web services and SharePoint workflows - What should I research?
Apologies if this question has been addressed before or not relevant to this exchange. I did some initial searching and I've only recently discovered this area of stackexchange so I'm unsure of the ...
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Press ESC key or click on CANCEL button of print(ctrl+p) dialog box in MAC OS using Selenium RC
I am using Selenium RC to create a framework with JAVA in MAC OS and Safari browser. Now to click on the CANCEL button in the safari browser print dialog box, I am using apple script. In the same ...
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Rule of thumb for using wait()
A rule of thumb for using wait() would be before navigating to a different page. For Ex :
WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(lambda driver: driver.title.startswith("Submitted!!"))
What would be other ...
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Are Exhaustive "Brute Force" UI Tests Worth It?
Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
Open the application
Open ALL dialog boxes
In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What ...
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What is the most appropriate tool to automate Sharepoint application?
I am trying to automate Sharepoint. Firstly to start with the basic features, further my sites, site collections and so on. Can anyone suggest a good tool to automate system tests for Sharepoint since ...
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Why run unit tests on mobile devices?
I know unit test suites exist for Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, etc.
I have some experience in writing unit tests in Java using JUnit, and C++ using CppUnit.
Why would one want to write a ...
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Need a similar functionality like WaitForPageToLoad in MonkeyTalk
Is there any similar function/ command in MonkeyTalk, like WaitForPageToLoad which is in Selenium, that lets me specify the script to wait for a screen to render before moving ahead? I checked ...
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How do fitnesse and selenium work together
I have read about Fitnesse in a number of books but when I look on the web I don't see much activity with it.
And a newbie question - how does fitnesse fit into the Selenium world? Are they ...
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