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How can developers improve relations with testers?
Good and Interesting question.
Here are some to make the tester's job easier:
Developers should perform basic testing before giving the product to the tester.
Include QA from the beginning of the ...
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My manager wants regression testing in the QA environment - how to communicate against that?
I think it is not a good idea because regression testing is carried out once you complete integration and sanity testing followed by system testing.
No, it is not necessarily a bad idea.
You should ...
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How can developers improve relations with testers?
Treat them as equals.
I have seen a lot of developers thinking they are more or better then testers in their companies and also treat them that way. Developers and testers have a similar goal: Making ...
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How can developers improve relations with testers?
Just a few quick ones off the top of my head:
Run the code they've completed at least once on their machine before marking it as 'Done'.
Consult with QA on their intended route to implement a feature ...
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How can developers improve relations with testers?
I've worked in both roles for a while and my recommendation is:
Pair (before coding when possible) on test plans
See QA as an asset that is protecting you and customers from the mistakes we all make
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Why is a QA automation engineer preferred to a developer or cross-functional team approach?
Having a specialist is not antithetical to having a cross-functional team. In fact, I'd say that having specialists embedded on the team or within a team-of-teams can help to promote cross-functional ...
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Why is a QA automation engineer preferred to a developer or cross-functional team approach?
I think these roles often end up being quality advocates/coaches, more than someone who's automating test cases. This often encompasses several hats, not just the typical QA role, but also devops to ...
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What are the tools that we can use to automate, before completion of the development?
You could start with unit tests, while the application is being developed. In Java you can use JUnit for this.
If you don't have a fully functioning system yet, you can use mocking to mock objects. In ...
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Is checking web content for typos and spelling mistakes part of QA or testing?
I'm always on the lookout for grammar and spelling errors - purely because we're here to assure quality, and typo's aren't professional.
It's usually not the developer's fault because they just copy +...
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How can QA honestly identify their own strengths and weaknesses?
Does it matter? Sounds like impostor syndrome. Your probably less confident about your skills than you should be, it is the Dunning-Kruger effect.
In my book, you are good enough at anything, if you ...
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Selenium: getPageSource() returns previous pages' source
You may be getting the previous page source code because the getPageSource() method is called before the page arrives to the page you want.
One thing I would like to suggest is before getting the ...
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My manager wants regression testing in the QA environment - how to communicate against that?
My Advice:
Do not communicate your disagreement by email
Schedule a time to meet with your manager and have the conversation with them.
Emails do not work well for this sort of communication as it ...
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What is the level of coding needed to be a QA automation engineer?
I think the right answer is it depends.
It depends on where you work and what you are going to do as QA engineer.
At some places it is just manual testing.
At some places it is manual testing + UI ...
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Is there any disposable email service that allows receiving verification emails at a temporary address?
With Gmail the sender can add a + and any combination of words or numbers after your email address and you'll still receive the email.
if your [address is] [email protected], you could send mail ...
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How can developers improve relations with testers?
This is a simple point, but very effective:
Be a developer who says "thanks" or "good catch!" or something positive whenever a tester finds a defect.
It's the daily currency of the respectful ...
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How to explain what a software tester does to a 6 year old?
Pretend you are going to lend a toy (a teddy bear) to a friend 'cos they really want it.
Before you lend the toy you want to make really sure it will make your friend happy.
You have to have dinner ...
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My manager wants regression testing in the QA environment - how to communicate against that?
Very well put by Yu Zhang.
I just want to add my two cents to cover another aspect of it.
Even if we think that the manager's suggestion is incorrect. Before reacting, it is always good to spend some ...
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Is there any disposable email service that allows receiving verification emails at a temporary address?
Yes in the current scenario we have so many disposable email service providers available in the market. they provide the free public and private inbox for a temporary email address. recently I found ...
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How does the QA Team Lead role change in a cross-functional agile teams structure?
The QA team lead will often remain but their role should change considerably.
They will now focus on supporting the individuals instead of a project
Instead of being focused on specific current ...
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Will a developer be annoyed when a tester reports bugs one at a time instead of all at once?
The situation you describe happens all the time in many different contexts. It's not that unique as you might think.
I feel really bad for doing this, that I just don't find all the bugs at the same ...
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Why is a QA automation engineer preferred to a developer or cross-functional team approach?
Who do you want looking for bugs ? A developer that wants to get the product out the door and work on something else, or a seasoned QA veteran that has an appetite for finding business critical bugs ?...
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What can testers do to win over the hearts of software developers?
In addition to Michael Durrant's excellent answer :
Take time to make accurate bug reports. My rules of a thumb(I've been on both sides of the equation, which helps) :
Every hour spent in digging ...
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How can developers improve relations with testers?
To start off, have a positive attitude towards tester's activities & identified issues
Provide unit + dev-smoke tested builds to QA
Share release notes with info like included fixes, features and ...
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My manager wants regression testing in the QA environment - how to communicate against that?
You sound professional by outlining specific issues you foresee if the testing is carried out as your manager suggests. I could imagine several such issues:
regression tests require significant ...
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Responsibilities and suggested tasks of a QA/automation within an agile team?
...lack the engagement, commitment, and mindset of a quality lead...When given specific examples of what he meant, I have to admit he is correct.
First, what examples did your manager provide? That ...
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Fundamental Requirements For an Entry Level QA Engineer
In my experience people that started as SQA, as an entry point for being a developer, has failed. The best SQA I ever met were people that started their careers as developers and then moved to SQA for ...
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How can developers improve relations with testers?
All the answers so far are good.
A few other comments:
Remember that the testers aren't there to make your life miserable. They're there to provide business stakeholders with information about how ...
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Jmeter Expected closing bracket for IPv6 address at index 28
Never put the whole URL into "Server Name or IP" input. It's better to configure HTTP Request Sampler as follows:
Server Name or IP: dot4ap-mms-cr
Port Number: 8080
Protocol: http
Path: /fms/Kernel/...
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Multiple product-specific QA teams vs a single generic QA team
Neither, QA should be part of the Agile delivery teams. I mean that the QA/Testers should sit with the developers and help them deliver tested features during their iterations.
Read some Agile ...
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How unit testing helps QA testers?
On my mind comes at least three thing:
If unit test are developed by developer with focus on testing simple functionality: then you as tester (this highly depends on experience of developer with for ...
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