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| Automated Web Services Testing - An Interview With Matt Krapivner of SmartPilot Software |
| 2010-03-22 10:00:00 |
As more and more companies face decisions about automating their testing, it's important to understand some of the pitfalls of automation and explore methods that avoid those pitfalls. Likewise, we need to find mature open source testing tools that help bend the test automation curve in the right direction. In previous articles, we've written about model-based and keyword-driven testing, each promising to reduce test automation script maintenance costs while increasing effectiveness (coverage). As I've searched for answers in this areas, I've sought examples of how others have approached test automation as a way of benchmarking good ideas. Recently, I've had the good fortune to meet a practitioner who has pursued new and more effective approaches to test automation. His name is Matt Krapivner and his consultancy business has provided a very impressive test automation framework to a local Web 2.0 company.
We interviewed Matt recently and talked to him about the new approach he's u...
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| Top 10 Tips For Testing iPhone Applications |
| 2010-03-10 10:00:00 |
This article started out as a Top 5 list but quickly grew as we researched all the tips and techniques we use at RTL for iPhone application testing. Most of these tips came from tracking down memory-related problems, which often resulted in defects that were very difficult to capture.
1. Accurately report available memory. Many of the non-reproducible bugs you run into when testing iPhone apps are related to memory problems. It's critical that you know and report available free memory before launching an application. In all likelihood, the reproducibility of a crashing iPhone app bug is related to low memory conditions. Consequently, a crashing defect may disappear when there's plenty of free memory. In a previous article (Using Memory Sweep for iPhone App Testing) we described a tool that can be used to determine free memory.
2. Provide 'crash reporter' logs with your defect reports. Each time an iPhone application crashes, a .crash file is create...
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| How Much Is Your Offshore/Outsource Testing Defect Find/Fix Cycle Costing You? |
| 2010-01-12 10:00:00 |
Update: Linda G. Hayes, who is the CTO of Worksoft, Inc., and the founder of three software companies including AutoTester, the first PC-based test automation tool, wrote an interesting article on this subject at StickyMinds.com. She wrote about the "promise of the same value proposition" and outlined some key factors for success or failure with offshoring. One of the more interesting, and relevant comments (at least as it pertains to this article), was on "Time to Value". Linda said:
Offshore resources are never a quick fix, especially for testing. A 2005 report from AMR Research found that it took between fourteen months and three years before the offshore testers had sufficient familiarity to be effective in finding the root cause of problems. Others have found that the lack of domain knowledge resulted in spurious defects being reported that actually increased development overhead due to review and response times. In fact, one organization identified that as...
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| USB 3.0 Adapters Available Now |
| 2010-01-12 10:00:00 |
Update: USB 3.0 finally arrives on consumber laptops. CES: USB 3.0 arrives in HP laptop: Yes, it's fast.
November 25, 2009 8:00AM PDTWe may not have readily available computer systems with USB 3.0 yet, but there are USB 3.0 host cards and cables available now for compatibility testing of USB 3.0 supported devices. Several motherboard manufacturers have announced offerings with USB 3.0, but until we see them in mainstream computer systems, it will be hard to justify their use for testing USB 3.0 supported devices. Third party USB 3.0 adapters, on the other hand, are available to consumers and are a perfectly reasonable addition for your compatibility test matrices.
The adapters and cables listed below are available for purchase now:
USB 3.0 Super High Speed 2-Port PCI Express Card for Windows 7 and Vista
ExpressCard USB 3.0 2-Ports Hub
USB 3.0 Hi-Speed PCIe Card 2-Port
2-Port ExpressCard SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter
USB 3.0 Super High Speed Cables
Throwing Hard Disk...
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| Google Chrome Not Ready For Prime Time Compatibility Testing Yet (Still) |
| 2010-01-12 10:00:00 |
This Just In: CNET reports that Chrome has overtaken Safari in the latest usage stats (Chrome edges out Safari in browser usage). What exactly does this mean to developers and testers?
I think it's an interesting statistic but not significant (yet). Why? For one thing, Chrome doesn't ship as a standard browser on any system (yet). And until it does, a browser like Safari, which is the browser of choice for each new Mac user (until their friends somehow con them into using FireFox), will remain one of the two browsers (the other being Firefox) you must test on for the Mac OS. For a second reason, read the article below we posted last week.
December 9, 2009 8:00 AM PST
Even though Chrome has gained a 3.93% market share (as compared to Safari at 4.36%, IE at 63.62% and Firefox at 24.72%), it's not ready to be added to compatibility testing matrices yet. There are two reasons for this (besides still being in beta):
It doesn't run on Mac OS 10.4.x (only on Leopard)
Feat...
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| Understanding The Differences Between Testers And Developers |
| 2010-01-12 10:00:00 |
Are testers from Venus and developers from Mars? In an ACM article titled An Exploratory Research Study on Interpersonal Conflict between Developers and Testers in Software Development, the authors look at the difference between testers and developers.
As stated in the article, the goal is to better understand the differences between thse two actors in order to produce better software. The authors' call to action is based on two reasons:
Because of a trend toward more agile software development, testers are in contact with developers earlier and more often
Conflict can have negative consequences not only in relation to the end product but also in relation to the job satisfaction of both developers and tester
This paper points to studies that clearly separate testers from developers in terms of their goals: developers seek to maximize efficiency while testers are all about effectiveness. Developers seek to do get their work done with the least effort while testers seek the highest qu...
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| Things You Should Know About Windows 7 - God Mode |
| 2010-01-11 10:00:00 |
Take a tip from Bruce Almighty - use Windows 7 "God Mode" wisely. Windows 7God Mode provide shortcuts to various Windows 7 settings. God Mode is a folder naming trick and it's easy to do.
As the video below will show, you just create a new folder and rename it using one of the God Mode strings.
Special thanks to Marius Oiaga for providing this list of God Mode strings in the article Windows 7 and Windows 8 GodModes, the Complete List:
Action Center Microsoft.ActionCenter (Windows 7 and later only) {BB64F8A7-BEE7-4E1A-AB8D-7D8273F7FDB6}
Backup and Restore Microsoft.BackupAndRestore (Windows 7 and later only) {B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD}
Biometric Devices Microsoft.BiometricDevices (Windows 7 and later only) {0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
Credential Manager Microsoft.CredentialManager (Windows 7 and later only) {1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
Default Location Microsoft.DefaultLocation (Windows 7 and later only) {00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}...
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| Technology Advisory: FireFox 3.5.7 Released |
| 2010-01-08 10:00:00 |
Firefox 3.5.7 fixes the following issues:
Fixed a common stability issue.
Fixed a problem with how updates were being presented to users.
FireFox 3.6 beta is also available. This soon-to-be-released version is is built on Mozilla's Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions, and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Windows CE and Maemo....
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| Using Selenium And BrowserMob For Load Testing |
| 2010-01-07 10:00:00 |
Update: Who doesn't like FREE! The folks at BrowserMob now give you an instant free test. No signup necessary. Uses real browsers. See screenshots, DNS lookup times, time-to-first-byte, and more! It's worth checking out. Click to get your Free Instant Test.
November 30,, 2009 8:00AM PDT
We've written several articles on using Selenium for web testing, including a HOWTO series on "Automated Cross-Browser Testing With Selenium". We plan to expand beyond these functional testing articles by looking at how Selenium can be used for other types of testing. Today's video on BrowserMob shows how you can use Selenium for low-cost load testing service that uses real web browsers.
The video below takes you through recording a Selenium test case using the Selenium IDE and then running it using BrowserMob. I'm particularly interested in how easily you can set up your load tests and the great information provided in their dashboard.
Note: I've not figured out the pricin...
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| Latest DeployStudio Tips, Techniques And News |
| 2010-01-06 10:00:00 |
If you're a DeployStudio fan, or are looking to learn what's behind the growing popularity of this tool, then be sure to attend the upcoming DeployStudio Seminar described in today's article.
LinkedIn Event: If you're a Mac Systems Administrator with more work on your plate than time to complete it you can't miss this seminar. Oliver Block of Skeleton Key will present a demonstration of DeployStudio, which enables you to streamline the deployment of multiple machines. This and similar technology has saved our customers hundreds of hours. DeployStudio Seminar
Here's a nice PDF that covers a lot of the basics of installing and using DeployStudio. DeployStudio Tips & Tricks
This blog has a number of tips and techniques for using DeployStudio. Creating a Master DeployStudio Image
Latest DeployStudio Server with new features that allow you to define an authentication domain when configuring a workflow Active Directory binding task; provides packages management (packages sets ...
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