tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249353832012-01-20T09:20:27.844-08:00Microfocus SilkTest is the automated tool for testing the functionality of enterprise applications in any environment. Technical interview questions. SilkTest FAQ (frequently asked questions) and tips.MBnoreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24935383.post-53566854647434234732011-11-02T23:10:00.000-07:002011-11-02T23:11:22.498-07:002011-11-02T23:11:22.498-07:00

Starting today QA Testers can download SilkTest 2011 trial version from Micro Focus web site. SilkTest 2011 adds support for Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Flex and enhances cross browser support by adding Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 5 and Firefox 6 browsers. Additional enhancements for regression and functional testing with Micro Focus Silk Test 2011 include User Access Compliance (UAC) for

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Micro Focus SilkTest 2010 allows QA Testers to develop test cases scripts using different programing language such as 4Test, VB.Net, C#, or Java and various work environments SilkTest Classic, Microsoft Visual Studio or Eclipse, while SilkTest Workbench allows automation testing on recording and playback level for less skilled QA Testers. In the same time SilkTest test cases written in different

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The table below compares the demand for SilkTest 2010, HP QTP 11 and Selenium skills in QA Tester jobs advertised across US and India in October of 2010. I compared the job postings for QA Engineer position with automated testing tool experience on the following job search engines: dice.com, sfbay.craigslist.org/sof/ (only for San Francisco Bay Area) and naukri.com <!-- Row 1 --> <!-- Col

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The curious QA Tester should already notice availability of SilkTest 2010 trial download on MicroFocus web site.The first thing you will notice is the size of download SilkTest 2010 package - 694 MB, the previous version SilkTest 2009 R2 download size was just around 200 MB. The reason is that now SilkTest 2010 product suite includes the following components: • SilkTest Workbench is the

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Last week Micro Focus, a leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, announced the availability of SilkTest 2009 R2 and Silk4J 2009 R2 from Borland Software Corporation. Without a doubt Silk Test 2009 is quality choice for automated regression and functional software testing, but I wonder why Micro Focus labels the latest Silk Test version as 2009

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Could you convince QA manager to invest money in buying SilkTest 2009 license for your QA organization, while QA manager doesn't like test automation and doesn't understand the reasons of using of Silk Test 2009? What is the point of starting the Firefox or IE browser using 4Test or Silk4J code, selecting radio button, checking check boxes, clicking buttons and verifying the text with the help of

MBnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24935383.post-64012891368434500992009-08-17T06:00:00.000-07:002009-08-17T06:00:01.805-07:002009-08-17T06:00:01.805-07:00

Micro Focus SilkTest 2009 does not provide load testing capabilities and mainly used as functional testing tool. In the same time, a shrewd test automation engineer could easily integrate SilkTest 2009 with SilkPerformer 2009 to provide GUI Virtual User testing to validate performance and scalability when client-side performance.

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Micro Focus SilkTest 2009, support test case recording, editing, execution and results analysis. SilkTest Silk4J, An eclipse plug-in to enable Java as a Scripting Language.SilkTest Runtime, is a scaled-down version of Silk Test 2009 that provides a cost-effective way to run existing functional tests and analyze results, this edition require SilkCentral Test Manager 2009.

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The acquisition of the famous Borland by Micro Focus is complete. By acquiring Borland, Micro Focus is looking to take on Hewlett Packard, who is the leading provider of application testing tools with its HP Quality Center based on technology it acquired from Mercury Interactive a few years ago.

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Borland SilkTest 2009 is offered both in named-user and concurrent use license models.

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Borland has announced Silk 2009, a comprehensive software test suite designed to support the testing needs of both Agile and traditional development teams by simplifying testing activities, increasing the speed of test execution and integrating with a customer's existing test tools and frameworks to provide a consolidated view of quality across the software delivery life-cycle.Borland Silk 2009

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In May Borland Software said that it has agreed to be acquired in its entirety by Micro Focus International in a $75 million cash transaction, unanimously approved by the boards of both companies. Micro Focus currently support object-oriented COBOL compilers targeting the .NET framework and most likely expects the Borland acquisition to help it gain greater market share, increase its customer

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I'm always surprised to read in the requirement for Automation Test Engineer something like "5+ years test automation experience, including contributing to automation framework development and developing and maintaining Seque SilkTest or HP / Mercury QTP test suites". For me it means that hiring company does not have any test automation tools at all and you will be the very first test automation

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In the past few months, everyone has noticed a major shakeout in tech industry. Many Bay Area technology companies announced major layoffs or even have shut their doors. As result, salaries and hourly rates are going down. I just noticed on Bay Area Craigslist this open SilkTest contractor position. Don't you think that $40 per hour is very low for QA Tester with the knowledge of SilkTest,

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I believe there is no doubt that certain agile manifesto principles, such as "welcome changing requirements, even late in development" or "deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale" would make SilkTest test automation engineer wince. Does it mean SilkTest that automated script for complicated business requirement

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Just after having celebrated Borland (BORL) 25th birthday, the famous company announced the resignation of Tod Nielsen as CEO, within hours, VMWare (VMW) announced the appointments of Tod Nielsen as COO. In addition to this news Borland is laying off 130 employees, or approximately 15 percent of its regular full-time staff. The stock price hovers just below $0.85. Will Borland survive another

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Looks like job market for Silktest QA engineer shrank dramatically in the last few year. Based on this two years old post open position for test automation tool specialist, there was 184 open SilkTest position on Dice.com, and 17 Silktest jobs on sfbay.craigslist.org. Right now these jobs search engines offer just 54 and 4 Silk Test jobs respectively. Where did all the jobs go? One may think that

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Today Google officially released a test version of its Internet browser called Chrome. It is definitely exceptionally early to expect that Borland would provide support for Chrome browsers in SilkTest in the nearby future. Keep in mind that Internet Explorer is still commands more than 75 percent of the world browser market. In mean time, download Chrome browser and became proverbial with new kid

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Even in SilkTest 2008 SP1, there is no support for PDF documents, however, seasoned SQA Engineer can easily figure out how retrieve contents of a PDF document by using Desktop.TypeKeys("") and Desktop.TypeKeys("") to copy the contents to the clipboard and use the clipboard class to work with the contents of the document by saving the contents to a text file for further analysis. The above method

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This SilkTest interview question was very popular not long ago among interviewers and in most cases looked like: explain the major differences between SilkTest and Winrunner, compare Silk Test and Winrunner. This question was reasonable for companies trying to hire Quality Assurance Engineers and implement software automation tools. If you expect I would provide detailed comparison of Winrunner

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Borland SilkTest 2008 SP1 is officially available. 470 MB of SilkTest 2008 downloads are available for all Silk Test 2008 customers:The new features areSilk4J Eclipse Plugin - Silk4J enables Quality Assurance Engineers to create functional tests using the Java programming language. Silk4J plugin requires Eclipse 3.3;Java SWT/RCP Support for the SilkTest Open Agent - Quality Assurance Engineers

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I want to repost comment to SilkTest Question 58: SilkTest training from Borland It looks like I did the right decision when decided to take on site Silk Test training course.My experience with Borland's instructor led online training.This "instructor led" online version of the Advanced Training with SilkTest at $1500 is a total rip-off. I am considering contacting the credit card company to

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From the newsAustin, Texas - Apr 07, 2008 : Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ: BORL, www.borland.com), today announced the availability of its Borland Silk 2008 product line.Now SQA Engineers can download free Borland SilkTest 2008 (30-day trial version). The Silk Test 2008 release includes the following new features and enhancements:New SilkTest Open AgentSilkTest Default AgentAdobe Flex

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The life of SQA Engineers evaluating tools for automation testing becomes easier. SilkTest's competitor Winrunner went belly up. HP replaces HP Winrunner tool with HP QTP 9.5. Read more details on HP QTP FAQ site. The King is dead. Long live the King!

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Let's imagine that Borland SilkTest 2008 has been released and available for download, so we are going through the first few lines of release notes for Borland Silk Test 2008:What's New This section lists significant enhancements and changes that were made for the SilkTest 2008 releaseIntegration in development processSilkTest 2008 introduces Eclipse plug-in to allow test development to be done

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