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(An Article for beginners and fresher testers) The myths revolving around the field of Software testing that it is a field which does not require any specialisation of any sort as far as skill or talent is concerned has proved to be wrong. It is has in fact become the backbone of every organization now and it is the tester who brings out the maximum portion of revenue to the business due to its capability to find bugs at a stage where if left uncaught could prove really expensive for the... Read Full Story

[Note – This post is for beginners. More details on DB Testing are available here - More on Database Testing - http://goo.gl/GIY7w http://goo.gl/ReHsk ] What is Database Testing? Database testing involves the tests to check the exact values which have been retrieved from the database by the web or desktop application. Data should be matched correctly as per the records are stored in the database. How to Test Database? Database testing is one of the major testing which requires tester to... Read Full Story

The Defect Trends report calculates a rolling average of the number of bugs that the team has opened, resolved, and closed based on the filters that you specify. The rolling average is based on the per QA Build. The following illustration displays an example of the Bug Trends report. Following is the example of Unhealthy Defect Trend Read Full Story

[Note – This post might not be helpful for testers who work in independent test companies] In my experience, I have seen that unlike developers, testers are not much clever.  One of the biggest pain-point for testers is that whenever a bug is caught in UAT or caught in later stages then blame is unfairly put on testing teams. This further results into unfair yearly reviews and appraisals of testing teams. I have seen that in many mid size companies, less value is given to testing teams... Read Full Story

Effective testing is often the result of good test cases. The “goodness” of test cases is typically associated with the test case contents, and is seen as ensuring high coverage and therefore effective testing. The objective of this webinar is to highlight that the form and structure of test cases matter significantly to good testing in addition to the test case content. In fact a good form and structure aids generating good content. Key Benefits: The form and structure enables - (1) test... Read Full Story

.. Continuing the Beginners Guide to Software Testing series User Acceptance testing is - the formal testing done on the system to ensure that it satisfies the acceptance criteria before the system is put into production. [Most of the times it is done by users/clients] the incremental process of approving or rejecting the system during development and maintenance. Acceptance Testing checks the system against the requirements of the user. It is done by real people using real data and real... Read Full Story

Thanks all for participating in the QTP books giveaway . So Guys, the wait is over.. Lucky winners of QTP books giveaway are -  QTP Unplugged 2nd Edition book winners -  Rani Samyuktha - sirisam.buddy@*****.com Srikanth - srikanth_200662@****.com Amit Verma - amit.v@*****.com Falguni Panchal - falguni136@******.com And I thought I knew QTP! Book winners - [These 4 books are giveaway from Tarun's side. Thanks Tarun] Revathi P - revathibe07@*****.com Mahesh Makapur - maheshbm@********.in... Read Full Story

Sometime back we asked on facebook that who all are interested in learning the QTP for free. Reason for asking is – I don't understand why people are spending hundreds of $$ on QTP trainings. There are recourses available at affordable prices. The resource we are talking about is a Book – QTP Unplugged by Tarun Lalwani. About Book: QTP Unplugged is the first book on QTP and it is the best seller. The writer is Tarun Lalwani. I pre-order this book in April 2009. When I got the book Tarun... Read Full Story

So guys, now you have the opportunity to learn “ Security Testing” basics. Softsmith is conducting a " Security Testing Webinar " this month on Date: 13-Oct-2011 Time: 4.00pm to 5.30pm IST Webinar Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/621773074 Detailed Content: Need of security testing. Authentication policies. Authorization rules. SQL injection. JavaScript injection. Malicious files. Penetration tests. You can register in this webinar by just clicking the above link, this webinar is... Read Full Story

In a world where a minor bug can have crippling effects, our just announced Coverity development testing platform makes it easier than ever for developers to find hard-to-spot, yet potentially crash-causing defects early in the software development life-cycle, reducing the cost, time, and risk of software errors. Why You Need Coverity 5.5 Test millions of lines of codes in minutes not hours. Get the deepest and most accurate analysis through Coverity ® Static Analysis and a highly-tuned... Read Full Story