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Are your UI automated tests dependent or ordered?
While writing UI automated tests, I've come across situations where test dependency looked like a must. For example, say I have two tests, where the second is dependent on the success of the first. I ...
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What needs to be tested besides compliance with functional requirements?
Should the tester check usability, security, reliability, anything else?
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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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How do I resolve a "Lock file still present" error?
I've got a Perl-based Selenium instance running on my Win7 workstation. When I fire up a test script, I get an error "Lock file still present!"
Caused by org.openqa.selenium.server....
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Is the "Joel Test" appropriate when looking for a QA job?
The "Joel Test" lists 12 items to look for in a software company:
Do you use source control?
Can you make a build in one step?
Do you make daily builds?
Do you have a bug database?
Do you fix bugs ...
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Should programmers run automated tests written by QA?
Perhaps programmers have their own unit tests, perhaps as the result of doing Test-Driven Development. They run these tests very often; perhaps every few minutes, but at least a few times each day.
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How should you interview for QA positions?
Joel has his "The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing (version 3.0)", but that's really for programmers.
How should you go about interviewing testers?
We ask programmers to program on a whiteboard; how ...
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How do you tell a programmer they're not testing their own code enough?
Suppose you're working with bright programmer, but every time you test the code you find a serious, obvious bugs. Things the programmer could have noticed if they did their own testing before checking ...
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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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What books would you recommend to start learning about software testing
I'm trying to learn more about software testing, so I want to know which books you would recommend on this topic
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Will recordings made with Test Manager in IE8 work in IE9?
I've had a quick read around this subject and it looks like Action Recordings can be made in Internet Explorer 9 and then played back with fast forward. However my question is about recordings made in ...
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Python coverage and external executables
I have a project that has almost complete unit test coverage. There's only one statement that isn't covered and I can't work out a good way to do so. Say the project is called foo, I have foo/commands....
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When to start testing a solo project?
I'm building a solo project myself. (Java backend, Java AWT frontend. No lectures about AWT vs swing vs *wt, please :-))
It's fairly straightforward
Primary server - keeps user information
Content ...
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How do you write a great bug report? [closed]
"Is this going to be a stand-up fight sir, or a bug hunt?"
- Hudson
I've always wondered what the secrets were to writing a great bug report. Over time I've narrowed down the activity to three ...
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