Software Testing Magazine

Using QUnit, YUI Test and JSTestDriver for Javascript Unit Testing

stmag — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:19 +0000

The increased complexity of browser-executed code has increased the need to write unit test cases for JavaScript code. This article describes some of the most common tools for unit testing JavaScript: QUnit, YUI Test and JSTestDriver. The learning curve can be steep if you do not typically write tests for client-side scripting and testing the user interface could require adjustments in your thought process. This article provides code examples that will walk you through sample test cases. QUnit is a powerful, easy-to-use, JavaScript test suite developed by the jQuery project to ...

Northway Solutions Group Releases 360° Automated Mobile Testing

stmag — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:51:19 +0000

Northway Solutions Group, in partnership with Jamo Solutions, is proud to announce 360° Automated Mobile Testing, an innovative solution for mobile device applications. Northway’s best of breed methodology, combined with Jamo’s M-eux testing solution allows clients to reduce the test cycle duration, increase the scope of testing, and ensure better software quality at less cost than typical manual testing. “Most solutions fall short of the ROI promised because they are based on device emulators or use bitmap recognition for recording workflows. This makes scripting cumbersome; doesn’t allow for reusability and portability ...

New API Testing and Monitoring Solution by SmartBear

stmag — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:43:47 +0000

SmartBear Software introduced API Complete, a first-of-its-kind solution that enables software developers, testers and IT operations staff to test and monitor the quality of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and Web Services in an integrated and streamlined fashion. API Complete helps organizations improve the quality of the increasing number of APIs and Web Services used in Web applications and sites, and can replace the fragmented approach currently used by separate development and operations teams. Ian McLeod, Executive Vice President & Chief Product Officer, SmartBear, continued, “The speed and availability of Web Services ...

Using SpecsFor.Mvc for Acceptance Testing

stmag — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:20:53 +0000

SpecsFor.Mvc is an open source tools that allows you to create automated acceptance tests using browser automation, meaning your entire application is tested from the UI all the way down to the database, exactly as a real user will use your application. However, unlike many other solutions which rely on recording actions or require you to learn a completely new framework and syntax, SpecsFor.Mvc uses familiar unit-testing tools and syntax. There is no “record” mode. You write strongly-typed tests against your ASP.NET MVC controllers, action methods, and view models, and SpecsFor.Mvc ...

Tips for Advanced Acceptance Test Driven Development

stmag — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:46:15 +0000

In this blog post, Mark Barne shares some useful tips and techniques to challenge those attempting to adopt acceptance test driven development within a corporate environment. Amongst the tips that I liked the best I will mention “Don’t clean up after tests”. Leaving the data created by the test can help immensely when issues are found. “Create unique contexts for each test”. To prevent tests stepping on each other’s toes if they are run in parallel, create a unique context for the test. “Don’t write the test at all.” If ...

Effective Strategies for Distributed Testing

stmag — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:39:55 +0000

Is your team distributed? Is the team split across different time zones? Are you facing challenges in evolving a high quality product? Is your testing phase in sync with the development of the product? This video shares thoughts, experiences and case studies on how to convert the principles for distributed testing into practices. It focuses on the practices of making testing effective on distributed teams by keeping things simple, yet effective. Video Producer: http://www.thoughtworks.com/

Unit Testing Javascript with QUnit and Sinon.js

stmag — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:53:24 +0000

In this blog post, Rob Stevenson-Leggett gives a detail presentation on how to start some simple Javascript unit tests using QUnit as the test framework and Sinon.js as a mocking framework. QUnit is a JavaScript test suite used by the jQuery project to test its code and plugins but is capable of testing any generic JavaScript code and even capable of testing JavaScript code on the server-side. Sinon.JS is a standalone test spies, stubs and mocks for JavaScript. It has no dependencies and works with any unit testing framework. The posts ...

Coded UI Tests with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

stmag — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:04:54 +0000

This video takes a detailed look at coded UI tests,which can be used to create fully automated UI tests for Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and web applications. Learn some techniques for creating robust coded UI tests which can be maintained over time along with your evolving application. The second half of this session examines Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management. Learn how to enable “continuous delivery” of your code changes into one or more virtual test labs, and enable a fully-automated build-deploy-test workflow.

Software Testing Certifications

stmag — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:52:46 +0000

Certification is now a mainstream feature of software tester careers. Even if the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) seems to be the main certification body in the software testing world with a representation in more than 70 countries, other software testing organizations offers both a community for sharing knowledge and opportunities to be a certified software tester. This article lists software testing and software quality assurance certifications currently available from different professional organizations. There could be sometimes a thin line between providing genuine training and the mere “selling” of a ...

AppGrader Free Software Testing Tool for Android

stmag — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:52:51 +0000

uTest has launched AppGrader for Android, a free automated testing tool that shows developers how well their app functions under real-world conditions on popular Android devices in the US. Within minutes of uploading a mobile app to AppGrader, developers receive a customized report with their app grade on a scale of 1 to 100, as well as any issues discovered during app download, installation, and basic usage. AppGrader also provides competitive context by comparing the app’s overall grade to the most popular Android apps in the same app store category. “After ...

Quality First Software Releases QF-Test 3.4.7

stmag — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:49:00 +0000

Quality First Software GmbH has released the latest version of their professional test automation tool for Web and Java GUIs in version 3.4.7. Most notable features added since the release start of the 3.4 branch in May 2011 are support for Firefox up to current 12, updated support for Eclipse 3.7.2 and 3.8M6 as well as experimental support for Eclipse version 4.2M6, ExtJS version 4 and RichFaces version 4 and an update to Groovy version 1.7.10. QF-Test generally features easy to use capture/replay for effective recording of test cases for Java based ...

JavaScript Unit Testing with Jasmine

stmag — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:37:27 +0000

Unit testing JavaScript applications can seem difficult. Issues arise with JavaScript scope, asynchronous XHR requests, DOM manipulation, and all the different browsers and platforms. Sometimes, JavaScript unit testing seems unreliable, brittle, or take more time and effort than it’s worth. The good news is that dozens of JavaScript test frameworks, libraries, and test runners help solve the problems. These make implementing unit tests for your JavaScript applications quick, reliable, and easy to maintain. The bad news is, there are dozens of JavaScript frameworks, libraries, and test runners to choose from. Selecting ...

New Features in Visual Studio 11 Beta Unit Testing

stmag — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:41:52 +0000

This blog post presents the changes to unit testing made in the new version of Visual Studio. The Test View and Test Results windows have been replaced by the Unit Test Explorer, a new user interface that let developers quickly interact with their tests. Third party test frameworks are supported by a new test meta-runner that coordinates and controls the flow of data between the user interface and the underlying test frameworks. Visual Studio will also provide a true native unit testing framework for C/C++. A new test isolation and ...

ZATS Mimic Allow Unit Testing of Java Web Applications

stmag — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:49:53 +0000

ZATS (ZK Application Test Suite) is a new product line of ZK bringing developers powerful features and functionalities. ZATS Mimic is a branch of ZATS which is a unit testing library and its 1.0.0 RC has been released and now available for download enabling developers to test a composer without an application server or browser. In agile software development, developers modify their codes frequently for requirement change or refactoring. They therefore also perform unit tests frequently to ensure quality of the software. In some cases, agile developers may deploy their web ...

SOASTA CloudTest Offered on CloudForge

stmag — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:55:00 +0000

SOASTA CloudTest will be offered as the first mobile and web performance testing service as part of CollabNet’s new CloudForge hybrid cloud development platform. Now, Mobile and Web developers on the CloudForge dPaaS will have access to the power of CloudTest to deliver the faster results demanded by the rapid pace of today’s application projects. “CollabNet understands that delivering a complete platform for Agile ALM and DevOps requires functional test automation and realistic scale performance testing,” said Tom Lounibos, SOASTA CEO. “CloudForge brings together all of the critical services needed to ...

Unit Testing Asp.Net Pages with ApprovalTests

stmag — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:47:40 +0000

This video provides an overview of the methodology used to easily unit test your Asp.Net (aspx) pages with the open source dll ApprovalTests. Video producer: http://www.approvaltests.com/

Pitfalls and Perils of Agile Testing

stmag — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:09:56 +0000

Many teams have tried to implement agile software development practices and failed. When you read about transitioning to agile development, it sounds so easy. Why don’t all of them succeed and why do so many agile adoptions go so badly? In particular, testing seems to get off track. Iterations turn into mini-waterfalls, stories are never quite “done”, and testers worry that they’re losing control or being set up to fail. Customers keep changing their minds and complaining that their requirements weren’t met. Obviously, some teams succeed with testing on agile ...

Job: Quality Assurance Analyst / Tester, Atlanta, GA

stmag — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:35:21 +0000

This position is for a member of the QA team; working independently and with a team on projects of diverse scope. The successful candidate will develop and implement tests and evaluate results for all product components in support of the delivery of quality software products that meet client specifications. They will also analyze test cases and provide regular progress reports. Requirements: Extensive knowledge in writing test cases. Create and execute test plans, test cases, test scenarios & test scripts based upon the requirements. Identify and track defects, issues, risks, and action items for the ...

Single Transaction Unit Testing in SQL Server

stmag — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:02:28 +0000

Running your SQL Server database unit tests within the scope of a single transaction allows you to roll back any changes that the test enacted after the test ends. This article propose a step by step approach to achieve this goal. You start to create a transaction in your Transact-SQL test script that uses BEGIN TRANSACTION and ROLLBACK TRANSACTION. Then you will create a transaction for a single test method in a test class and then a transaction for all test methods in a given test class.

Unlimited Virtual Users Load Testing with Load Tester PRO 5.0

stmag — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:56:45 +0000

Website traffic continues to increase while expectations for web page load times are now under a second. To meet the demand for testing with very large numbers of users Web Performance, Inc. has released Load Tester PRO™ 5.0, which generates traffic of up to 1,000,000 virtual users on complex, dynamic websites under a new, affordable flat-rate pricing structure. Load Tester PRO™ automatically scans through huge amounts of performance data and analyze a site’s performance to find out how many users the site can handle, regardless of the number of users or ...