preload

7+1 reasons why I use XMind as a Mind-mapping tool

Posted by Albert Gareev on Jun 29, 2010
2
[ad#4 links text line] [caption id="attachment_2962" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="Click to see full-screen in a separate window"][/caption] [ad#Large Banner] ...

My refactoring heuristics (3)

Posted by Albert Gareev on Jun 24, 2010
0
“Refactoring is a disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior. Its heart is a series of small behavior preserving transformations. Each transformation (called a ‘refactoring’) does little, but a sequence of transformations can produce a significant restructuring. Since each refactoring is small, it’s less […] ...

Quick questions – quick answers

Posted by Albert Gareev on Jun 22, 2010
0
Quick Answers Quick answers to questions arrived into my blog recently. How to load GUI map in QTP during run-time? Use methods of RepositoriesCollection object: Find / Add / Remove. See sample code, read investigation results. What’s the name of add-in for MS Dynamics Great Plains automation? There is no specific add-in. You would need Dot […] ...

Blink testing exercises

Posted by Albert Gareev on Jun 17, 2010
5
Blink testing, as described by James Bach and explained by Michael Bolton, is an oracle heuristic based on “snap judgment” effect. Try catching “bug” (an odd character) in patterns below. I arranged them by difficulty I had. Feel free to put your experience in comments. In full-screen view all characters are 10pt capitals, as in standard […] ...

My refactoring heuristics (2)

Posted by Albert Gareev on Jun 15, 2010
0
“Refactoring is a disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior. Its heart is a series of small behavior preserving transformations. Each transformation (called a ‘refactoring’) does little, but a sequence of transformations can produce a significant restructuring. Since each refactoring is small, it’s less […] ...

How to use Dictionary object for storing Excel data ...

Posted by Albert Gareev on Jun 10, 2010
1
Parent page: Service Functions – Excel (QTP, VBScript) Answers Description Connect to Excel through COM – Open workbook – Open worksheet – map cell values to column names. Notes. Heading and trailing space characters are removed To make mapping not case sensitive index is brought to lower case If your spreadsheet allows column name duplication you need to enhance […] ...

My refactoring heuristics (1)

Posted by Albert Gareev on Jun 08, 2010
0
“Refactoring is a disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior. Its heart is a series of small behavior preserving transformations. Each transformation (called a ‘refactoring’) does little, but a sequence of transformations can produce a significant restructuring. Since each refactoring is small, it’s less likely […] ...

Testing Challenge: Results

Posted by Albert Gareev on Jun 03, 2010
3
Participation Based on stats I have, over 70 people navigated to Escapa game page directly from my blog. I hope everyone is enjoyed, and I thank those who took a challenge of testing, found stuff, and posted their findings. I tracked on Software Testing Club and Twitter, in addition to my blog. If I missed […] ...

Testing Challenge: real-time input game

Posted by Albert Gareev on Jun 01, 2010
2
Now Closed – Proceed to Results A short intro I wholeheartedly support Matthew Heusser‘s (update: this blog is now only available under paid STP membership but you can access another Matthew’s blog) call to practice craft of testing, anywhere and anytime, above and beyond work responsibilities. Exploring, experimenting, and learning is always fun. To make […] ...
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
This work by Albert Gareev is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.