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By Lisa CrispinTag: Automated Software TestingAutomation seems to be a big buzzword, but I hear it used in different contexts. In terms of testing, does automation simply mean any kind of testing t...

By Chris McMahonTag: Automated Software TestingNot long ago someone asked me, "If you were pressed for time and could only automate one short test, what would you do?  In response, I said...

By  Lisa Crispin from SearchSoftwareQuality.comTag: Automated Software TestingWhat kind of automation skills should testers have, and what’s the best way to get them?Programming skills...

Four Best Policies for Regression Testing as Suggested by Software Testing ExpertsThe regression testing system is a part of an intermediate or expanded infrastructure. It consists of a suite of tes...

I liked the purpose, idea and motivation behind weekend testing from day one. Unfortunately, till now I did not participate in any session because of... well excuses :-). Finally I attended my first e...

By Lisa CrispinSearchSoftwareQuality.comThe first step to succeeding with a distributed software team is to accept the fact that your team will be less productive than it would be if all team membe...

Test-driven development appears to be testing of the requirements. What about white-box unit testing? Isn't it important to have tests that will exercise the various code paths?I'm not sure what the...

Agile methodologies are known to embrace change, but doesn't this come with a price? What happens when other groups have dependencies? Won't changes late in the cycle wreak havoc with the schedule?E...

By David W. Johnson "DJ"SearchSoftwareQuality.comWith the advent of mature test automation tools, both commercial and open source, there is a growing perception that traditional “testers” are no ...

One of the key reasons for doing automated testing is to ensure that time is not spent on doing repetitive tasks which can be completed by tools without human intervention. Automation could be one of ...

There are some basic rules of thumb which will serve you well in testing any application that deals with lists of data (and which applications don't?).1.1; few; many"2."don't make any assumptions"...

IntroductionThis is the introductory article to a series of occasional articles related to testing, from the perspective of a developer. These articles are intended to pass on some simple techniques...

    有一次，当开发人员完成当前Sprint任务的代码之后，测试人员与开发人员、产品经理一起来浏览产品、从头到尾走一边，产品经理发现了问题，认为需要对功能进行比较大的修改。这时开发人员估计需要两天时...

[size=1.2em]I think it was Jon Bach's work on open book testing that really drove the analogy of every test being a question home for me. Each test you execute is really just a question you're asking ...

This tip comes from Ben Kelly. We all need to test on Internet Explorer, but we've been spoiled with tools like Firebug in other browsers. Ben has a tip to get Firebug to work in Internet Explorer:I...

I am currently involved in an interesting integration testing project where end-point is media delivery on play station 3(PS3). I have never played PS3 and haven't tested anything on any other device ...

Few days back I wrote on the subject of creativity and how new ideas can be generated in software testing. Today I will share how these ideas can be preserved and turned into something tangible and us...

This is a very interesting real life example of a classic concurrency issue and very neatly illustrates the abstract process of fault finding a race condition. What makes it particularly interesting i...

Automation is an important aspect of software testing. Testers use different tools to automate their testing activities.  The choice of tool would depend upon the type of application under t...

Bugs, Errors, Defects, Faults, Failures – All are indicators of customer dissatisfaction, especially when found in the production environment. With the increasing complexity of the software being dev...