Questions tagged [tools]
For issues related to tools that support testing.
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Best free (or very cheap) automation tool for Windows GUI testing? [closed]
I used to use vTask Studio, but it seems they've abandoned it. No updates in almost a year.
Is there are any other automation tool for Windows GUI testing?
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Capture screen during exploratory testing
While doing exploratory testing it would be nice to be able to record the screen (in a non-intrusive way), so if a defect is found the steps to reproduce it can be easily reviewed.
Are there any good ...
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Can someone offer suggestions for client based cross browser testing tools
I am looking for a tool that might allow my company to test a number of internal/private sites for browser compatability. I am particularly interested in being able to test IE, Firefox, Chrome and ...
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Should I try the evaluation version of HP Quality Center?
I'm trying to determine if I should spend some time working with a trial version of HP Quality Center. For a number of reasons, my time is very valuable to me right now both at work and in my ...
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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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Performance testing - a way in?
We have an a browser based application that is built on the Microsoft Stack, specifically .NET 3.5. It also uses Ajax, iframes, jQuery etc.
At the moment we are just guessing at the concurrency ...
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How to version a RFT project
Version control for test assets is a no brainer, but dropping a Rational Functional Tester directly into VC hasn't been easy. Attempting to use a tool like Subversion with multiple users modifying ...
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Maintaining automation framework for different browsers like IE and FF
How to maintain automation framework for different browsers like IE and FF?
In my current set up, I maintain two different configuration properties files, one with xpath locators that FF supports ...
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Functional tests for Flash
We are using a rich client developed with Flex. We would like to build automated tests to test whole features. I saw a module for Selenium, Flex Monkium, which could do the job.
Did you try it out? ...
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In house built testing tools
I've been having to deal with a lot of testing tools lately for testing tasks that should/must be automated. These include things like performance/load testing, webservice testing, vulnerability ...
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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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What are the best practices in quality assurance process measurement? [closed]
How do you measure quality assurance and quality of products in your teams? What metrics do you use? What tools do you use?
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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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Tools for Server application testing [closed]
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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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. ...
