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How to 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 = self.browser....
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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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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 I am concerned about building tests that will become quickly outdated and broken based on the fast pace ...
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Can a Manual Tester survive in software industry without learning Automation?
I mean to say is that if I dislike coding and don't understand complex code, then will I be able to survive as a QA. Or do I need to learn test automation to grow position and pay in my career, as I ...
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Compare screenshots of rendered web pages
In my team, we use Selenium for automation of functional testing. We also do a lot of manual regression testing to make sure the appearance of the rendered web pages is ok. I would like to develop a ...
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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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Are Selenium functional tests reliable enough to be worthwhile?
I'm finding that regardless of how solid my tests scripts are, I still have tests that fail (falsely), even though they worked just fine before. I'm not talking about if markup changes (although that ...
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What is meant by "Automated tests don't find new bugs"?
As I understand it, this sentence means that automated tests don't find new bugs in existing code (though they might catch a new bug in new code that breaks old code). Is this correct? Or is this ...
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Why should a software QA engineer need to learn JavaScript?
I've seen in lot of job advertisements, companies asking for JavaScript knowledge for QA. So my questions are:
What is the use of JavaScript for QA?
If JavaScript is used for testing, what kind of ...
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What programming languages are good for novice testers to learn?
I'm looking for a programming language to recommend to a friend considering teaching herself software testing. I have a friend who is interested in learning software testing, and I believe strongly ...
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How to check a button is disabled using Cypress
<button _ngcontent-c21="" color="primary" mat-button="" class="mat-button
mat-primary" ng-reflect-disabled="true" ng-reflect-color="primary"
disabled=""><span class="mat-button-wrapper">
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Can every test be done by automation?
Can every test be done by automation?
Or is there anything that cannot be done by automation?
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What's the difference between a good test and a bad test?
Please don't burn me for this simple question. I know, it may be very simple but for me it's complicated.
"A Good Test" or "A Bad Test" - every tester comes across these two terms.
Sometimes it ...
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How to explain the concept of test automation to a team that only knows manual testing?
I have been working as a QA in our 9 developer team for about a year. Had lots of 'firsts' within the year between personal and professional life. I replaced a QA who only did manual testing and ...
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What makes a good selenium locator?
When automating UI tests with Selenium, it is often not absolutely clear what method and what locator to use to locate an element. Some locators are less reliable, less readable than others. And, ...
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How to fill CAPTCHA using Test automation?
How can I automate "Enter CAPTCHA" using Selenium WebDriver?
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How can Internet Explorer 5 be emulated in 2020?
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One of our customers uses a rather old software solution, and this is still based (yes, it's unbelievable!) on Internet Explorer 5, and the customer still uses IE 11 in compatibility mode.
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Why do many jobs describe automation but then require extensive manual testing?
The question somewhat stems from frustration after seeing recent trends in software testing jobs:
In Job Description, automation skills are given utmost priority. All the interview rounds will be ...
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How do I work with dropdowns in Selenium Webdriver?
This is a canonical question, intended to provide a comprehensive answer to many related questions.
I understand the basics of working with Selenium Webdriver; I can navigate to pages, click buttons, ...
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Selenium: reuse existing browser session, instead of opening new windows?
This has been asked a million times on the web, but there's no clear cut answer. I tried "-browserSessionReuse" today without any luck; my tests keep spawning new browser windows.
X:\QA\Automation\...
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Has automated UI regression testing helped you in finding critical defects in system?
I have heard a lot of "abuse" about automated testing, especially UI bases automated tests. As UI is very fragile and prone to change (especially in agile shops). Personally my automated tests have ...
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Under what circumstances is Sikuli better for test automation than Selenium or Watir?
The Sikuli website says:
Sikuli is a visual technology to automate and test graphical user
interfaces (GUI) using images (screenshots).
Under what circumstances is Sikuli a better technology for ...
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How to handle dynamic changing ID's In XPath?
How to Handle Dynamic Changing IDs In XPath?
for example :
//div[@id='post-body-3647323225296998740']/div[1]/form[1]/input[1]
In this xpath id "3647323225296998740" is changing every time when ...
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Open source tools for automation of Java GUI application testing
The testing tools (or tools that could be used in testing purposes) for testing Java GUI application I know are:
Jemmy - jemmy library contains methods to reproduce all user actions which can be ...
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Mobile automation: Boss wants 100% coverage. How feasible is that?
Just started a new mobile automation role using react native for iOS.
I'm not new to automation, but I am new to React Native (with detox and jest). The learning curve is slow, but we are getting ...
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How to deal with automation naysayers?
In my team, there are a number of experienced QA people. I work mostly on developing tools to make the QA process easier for these guys, such as developing test automation.
The uptake has been slow, ...
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What's the recommended practice for separating unit tests from integration tests for automated testing?
On a project I've been working on, we've been steadily increasing the code coverage through tests. Some of these tests were done as integration tests and some as unit tests. The integration tests can ...
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Chrome driver 2.28: "Chrome is being controlled by automated test software" notification. Can it be removed?
I have just updated my project with the latest chrome driver (2.28).
When I run the browser through the driver, a yellow notification pops under the URL bar, saying "Chrome is being controlled by ...
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Is software testing different when we are dealing with game development?
I was reading this paper about the differences between software development in general and game development and the authors made some good points regarding software testing, pointing out, for instance,...
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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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Test Result Management and Reporting tool
I'm looking for a some sort of management/reporting tool that collects the results of tests, stores them for reporting, then lets users generate reports based on those tests.
We have numerous test ...
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Manual testing is better than Automation testing. Is that true?
With manual testing, you don't need to buy software automation tools or write scripts.
Automated tests are robotic and don’t necessarily act as a real would user. On the other hand, manual testing ...
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What is a good website to hack around using Selenium?
I want to learn Selenium, but I don't know what to code. Sure, I can throw Google some queries, I can fill out some forms, press buttons, find divs and links, etc. But I think this stuff is pretty ...
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Can someone be a good automated tester and be terrible programmer?
I'm currently working as an automated tester. Mostly I do GUI testing in SilkTest, which I like and think I'm fairly good at. Recently, I've been assigned a COM-testing project for our application's ...
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Should application and automated test languages match?
If an application is written in a certain language, e.g. Python, Ruby, Clojure, etc. should Quality Engineers use the same language to write the tests?
Should this be a decision that we can apply ...
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How to deal with flaky tests that have intermittent failures?
Having flaky tests that sometimes fail and sometimes pass is very frustrating:
there is no single reason each of the flaky tests fail
the failures don't seem to happen to real users using the ...
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Does automating your manual tests give you good automated tests?
I notice that the tag wiki for the "automated testing" tag contains the following sentence: "Commonly, test automation involves automating a manual process already in place that uses a formalized ...
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Are your UI automated tests dependent or ordered?
While writing UI automated tests, I've come across situations where test dependency looked like a must. For example, say I have two tests, where the second is dependent on the success of the first. I ...
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Is it realistic to try to hire someone who is a developer and a tester?
I've been trying to hire a tester for a few months without success. I really want to find someone who is both a tester and a developer, not because I want them to do two roles, but because the kind of ...
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Is it important to know manual testing before learning test automation?
Is it important to know manual testing before starting to learn how to do test automation?
Test automation is a part of testing activity, so obviously you need to be aware of testing concepts and ...
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What additional benefits does an software engineer bring to a QA position
I have noticed in the last few years that employers are now looking for QA/Developers (QA engineers that have been skilled developers).
I would like to know what others believe are the actually ...
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Transition from all manual testing to automated testing
Right now my company only does manual testing. We've talked about starting some automated testing for a while but it hasn't taken off at all. It seems like automated testing would be a good way to ...
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What are some good open source UI Testing tools for testing Windows GUI?
I need a list of some good tools which are open source and meant for automating the UI testing of Windows GUI. Any help will certainly be appreciated.
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Tools for Python software testing
Similar to Tools for Server application testing, I'm looking for Python-related testing tools/software (as Python is my most frequently-used language).
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How to Implement Page Object and Page Factory Pattern in Selenium Webdriver?
I am a beginner in learning selenium Webdriver. I am not able to understand how page object and factory models works and how it can be beneficial?
Kindly help me explain it with detailed explanation....
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Can we replace everything with automation or do we need manual testing? [duplicate]
I have seen arguments that we should automate all our tests, and I have seen arguments that manual testing is necessary.
I don't know which one to believe. Is it even possible to automate all tests? ...
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What are good guidelines to determine when to automate a test?
When it comes to test automation, I use a very arbitrary method based on experience that 80% of all tests should be automated.
This has worked well in practice, but is based more on "voodo" than ...
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How do I convince someone who's bought the Record-Playback line that object oriented framework is essential?
Here's the basic setup - over a number of years the testing team at my workplace has developed a sophisticated (probably rather more complex than strictly necessary) object-oriented, data-driven ...
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How does one get started with web test automation using Selenium?
So I've been testing web based analytical software now for the past 4 years or so with mostly manual techniques. But for 2015, I've set myself the goal of getting setup and start writing automated ...
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In agile (Scrum) practices, where do I start with making QA (testing) more efficient if the team is transitioning from waterfall to agile?
My team has recently transitioned from the traditional waterfall method to practising Scrum. Being the QA lead, really the only tester on a small team, how can I get the process more aligned with ...
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