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Why you only need to test with five users (explained)

amirg — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:15:44 +0000

One question I get a lot is, Do you really only need to test with 5 users? There are a lot of strong opinions about the magic number 5 in usability testing and much has been written about it. As you can imagine there isn’t a fixed number of users that will always be the [...]

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What is the best place to store test data for your automated tests?

Inder P Singh — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:02:22 +0000

You need test data to execute your tests. The test data is used to provide inputs to the application under test and/ or verify the test results. Test data may be used to check if the application works normally with expected inputs, handles incorrect inputs gracefully and (optionally) if the application works with multiple test [...]

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Demystifying Exploratory Testing

Kohl — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:59:49 +0000

Early in my testing career, I discovered exploratory testing (simultaneous test design, execution, and learning [1]) and tried to practice what experts recommended in their articles. I thought I was applying their ideas as best I could, and I knew what I was doing would be called “exploratory testing,” but I was concerned. I wondered [...]

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Worldwide testing – Join the crowd

Testing the future — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:55:05 +0000

Today (March 17, 2010) I gave a presentation at the Swiss Testing Day in Zürich, Switzerland. The talk was about 25 minutes long and I had a great questioning section at the end. The presentation was about that testing is approving, accepting and exploring. Most testers only approve software and some explore it. But how is [...]

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Selenium testing tool

ITWorld_Testing — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:41:57 +0000

Selenium is an open source suite of tools that automate web application testing across many platforms. Basically, in simple words it is a web site testing and automation platform. Considered as a GUI based automation tool, it beckons several browsers on varied platforms. In my opinion, it is a platform, as it can’t really be [...]

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Powerful Test Metrics

ITWorld_Testing — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:36:16 +0000

What are Powerful Metrics? Metrics are simply a way to measure specific things you are doing, but you could create hundreds of irrelevant metrics that really don’t move you any closer to solving your everyday problems. Powerful metrics are a small set of indicators that are targeted to help you accomplish a specific set of goals. Metrics [...]

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Demand for cloud testing

ITWorld_Testing — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:28:31 +0000

Business applications are becoming more dynamic, distributed and component-based. This is due to demand for applications that are easier to use, more flexible and more connected to real-time data. Consequently, the task of testing and delivering these applications is rising in importance and criticality. This is where cloud testing has emerged as [...]

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Four Fundamental Requirements of Successful Testing in the Cloud – Part II

Logigear — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:24:51 +0000

Internet-based per-use service models are turning things upside down in the software development industry, prompting rapid expansion in the development of some products and measurable reduction in others. (Gartner, August 2008) This global transition toward computing “in the Cloud” introduces a whole new level of challenge when it comes to software testing. Read the full...

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Turns out I’m not a context-driven tester…

TestEye — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:01:36 +0000

In many years I have loved most of what is written by the people behind the context-driven school of testing. But I have also felt that there is something that isn’t a perfect match. For a time I thought it was because I saw a few different tries to push people to different schools – which I [...]

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uTest’s Software Testing Blog Named Winner of 2010 Hive Award at SXSW Interactive

amirg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:50:18 +0000

BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – 03/16/10) – uTest, the world’s largest software testing marketplace, today announced its Software Testing Blog won the Hive Award for Best Blog in 2010 in the Business Software category. The first annual Hive Awards for the unsung heroes of the Internet took place at SXSW Interactive this year. The name Hive Awards [...]

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