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Recycling publicly available tests?
What are the best ways to reuse existing tests for new things?
For example, Java and C# (Mono) both have tests testing their implementations of Hashtable.
If I write my own Hashtable (let's say for ...
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How to create Testcases and Validate the controls in Testcomplete
How should i validate my controls in Testcomplete by using the checkpoints.
MY issue is i want that the user should insert only String in certain textboxes and if any numeric or special symbols are ...
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Test Automation for different Locale?
I have begun with automation for a product which is in one language and soon to be ported in another. The only good thing is - Test Automation is just begun.
So there are two things which worry me - ...
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Is there a good way to structure my test code so I don't have to duplicate tests for different browsers using WatiN
In my WatiN tests I am currently structuring the test like this:
[TestMethod]
public void Failed_Attempted_Login_Invalid_Combination()
{
using (var browser = new IE(baseUrl + "login.aspx"))
{
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What's the most efficient way to run lots of tests?
Here's my current setup:
Compile on teamcity
Copy the dlls to 8 agents and run tests simaltaniousisly (via snapshot dependencies)
Finally taper them in to a single 'publish' build configuration.
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Xml Diffing Best Practices
There's a lot of xml out there, and diffing it against canned data has helped me in the past.
But there's a few things I find I need to do:
Delete segments of the xml I don't care about (timestamps)
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how to implement a given logged in user role through UI automation?
As suggested on StackOverflow I am posting this question here as well.
I am having trouble how to implement the Given step (with SpecFlow for example) of a logged in user role throught Web UI ...
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switching windows with Selenium2 and c# where popup window has same title as originating window
I've been attempting to figure this out for the past two days, unfortunately with no luck. I'm currently automating a scenario where a new window for a form is popped up from the main application ...
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Where should test fixture code live?
I'm working in a primarily Windows / .NET system. I've written a test framework in C# that includes a test harness that runs fixtures (anything that implements the ITestFixture interface). These ...
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Is there a way to identify that a Disk is removable ?
On windows XP/7, is there a way to identify from a script (never mind the script language being used) that a disk is not a network or fixed drive?
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How do I educate that it's not test automation framework?
The term "Test Automation Framework" is become a cliche in automated testing.
I have come across circumstances during work when my colleagues developed some reusable methods/function for an ...
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How do I satisfy external auditors that automated tests are at least as effective as manual tests?
My company is not an anti-automation place. In fact, one of the reasons they hired me was to bring in some expertise in test automation. The problem is that the current processes and procedures in ...
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Multiple Assembly QA Systems?
I'm having difficulty deciding whether or not using multiple assemblies for a QA system is the right approach to take. Here are some important details:
The underlying system is a single assembly ...
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How to 'Mock' SVN
I am testing an app that does some subversion interactions, such as comitting, adding, stat, etc.
What's a good way to get me started in terms of mocking the subversion client and working directory ...
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How do I write a script to be executed by Hudson to automatically restart test environment machines?
I am working in a test environment where we need more than 10 machines, including VMs. The AUT is a Distributed Network type and uses Cassandra nosql DB. We are required to restart each of the ...
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How is Selenium different from other GUI automation tools?
I have used WatiN and WebAii but I have limited experience with Selenium. How does Selenium differ from these other tools?
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Testing of automated scripts
How much testing of your automated scripts do people generally do?
Is it best to treat the automated test suite as a separate project or part of the Agile development cycle of the product your are ...
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Testing Unfamiliar Software
One thing I've picked up about testing software is to think about the software from the user perspective, and to sometimes "use" the software the way a "normal" user would. However, what if the ...
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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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testing embedded asymmetric multiprocessing system
I am testing an embedded system consisting of multiple processors working in different speeds, with different resources, all communicating through dedicated channels using a proprietary message ...
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Approaches to Testing a Scientific Library
I'm quite interested in the Scipy/Numpy project which is basically a Python scientific computation/numerical methods library. I'm also interested in testing. What are some good approaches for testing ...
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Can external object repository be used with dynamic objects?
I have heard as well as followed concept of keeping UI objects in external filed (xml or properties files in java). But there are times when I need to keep the objects with in test because I use them ...
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Should QA be able to code tests?
Having a development background, I am convinced that record and replay testing tools have their drawbacks, especially by making tests brittle. See Automated Testing != Record-Playback Tool for a good ...
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Headless Functional Testing For Your JavaScript Web App?
JavaScript is everywhere right now. With the advent of jQuery and other associated JavaScript frameworks it's amazingly simple to add very powerful user interactions to web sites and web applications. ...
