An engineering approach to Software Testing and Test Automation

Publication URL: http://www.thetestingplanet.com/2011/11/november-2011-issue-6/ Download PDF: The Testing Planet November Issue And you can view the large mind map here (click to open in a separate window). ...

A few more of my posts came out in “Hiring Testers” series in the Community Blog at Software Testing Club. In “How Come You Are Not Certified?” (the title was a joke, by the way, I do not agree that memorizing definitions out of context can make anybody a better professional – only hands-on experience matters!) [...] ...

..Or if you are thinking of that, and especially if you are wondering why it’s so hard to find good ones – you definitely need to become a reader of “Hiring Testers” series in the Community Blog at Software Testing Club. People are always looking for a job. Each job advertisement receives dozens, maybe hundreds of [...] ...

Reference Page: Mnemonics in Testing Defaulting Dependencies No Time for Ping Pong Sketching with a Pencil Review: VBScript vs. JScript ...

Join To Earn 10x Bonus Attacking Passwords Good to Check, Worth to Explore Documented == Unambiguous? ...

Last week Shilpa Venkateshwaran published on IT Knowledge Exchange my replies to the offline interview questions. Access online: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 Access offline: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 ...

Data Generation On-the-Fly A Fly in the Ointment Keyboard Shortcuts   Area Highlighter Trick ...

Test Design with Mind Maps Usability Study: Beliefs Are More Important Than Requirements Automation Puzzles   Folder Structure Template Document (XMind Mindmap)   Rapid Reporter, exploratory notetaking tool ...

Excel-based test-reports-2 Don’t blame VBScript Total Validator Be aware of Bounded Awareness ...

Spoon Browser Sandbox 18 automation refactoring heuristics with code examples Surplus is an asset Keep Moving Excel-based test-reports-1 ...

Time Management – Mind Map Printer-friendly XML and XSL reference cards IP Address Tools   Are you still using screenshots? ...

Get yourself out of Inbox Crash test your application   Unlearning for testers   SQL Injection cartoon and walkthrough ...

Bring up your Desktop in double-click! Test your wetware GUI Step Automation Heuristic (Mindmapped)   Ten 20 Years Old Usability Heuristics   Visualize XML then blink test   Close process in a second ...

I was honoured to join a team of contributing authors on Quick Testing Tips website that is run by Michael Kelly. Subscribe, visit, read, submit your comments and questions! ...

Publication URL:  http://www.qaguild.com/weekly_archives.php?UID=60 Code examples package: overload-codeexamples1 Overload your VBScript functions         While implementing Automated Functional Testing solutions I often face the challenge creating the scripts somewhat “intelligent”, capable of making decisions and recognizing different logical patterns on the run. One of the major steps on this path is breaking the boundaries of ...

Publication URL:  http://www.qaguild.com/weekly_archives.php?UID=55 Data-Driven != Parameterized (Or How to Avoid Test Flow Hard-Coding And Dramatically Reduce Code Maintenance Cost in Functional Test Automation)  Many times looking at the busy screen together with Business Analyst I used to discuss dozens of manual Test Cases they execute to cover the functionalities of this single Window or Dialog. [...] ...