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7 Ways to Measure Test Coverage

31.03.2011

This article was updated in December 2020. There is no one-size-fits-all guide to creating test coverage. This is why many testers could benefit from the advice on how to do

5 Principal Advantages of Offshore Software Testing

28.03.2011

Errors are possible in any sphere, software development is not an exception from this rule – almost any software product has bugs, which have a negative effect and must be

Selenium 2 makes automation debugging easier

One of the parts of Selenium 1.0 that I never enjoyed was debugging automation that didn’t work. I had to faff about creating custom Firefox profiles with Firebug installed and

Purpose of an Independent QA Audit

25.03.2011

The Software Engineering Institute/Capability Maturity Model (SEI CMM) describes periodic independent audits of the QA activities and work products of an organization’s QA group.  This is specifically stated in the

Why Do We Need Performance Testing?

24.03.2011

Note: the article was updated in June 2018. The digital technologies are improving with every single day. This fact has made modern customers very demanding in the question of technology

Types of Bugs in Software Testing

Note: the article was updated in May 2022. Today, software teams face a lot of pressure to write large lines of code quickly, efficiently, and accurately to meet all business

What is Zombie Testing?

Note: This article was updated in November 2020. “Zombie testing” is a routine test execution using predetermined patterns and methods. In software testing, zombies are mostly concentrated on fulfilling their

Testing Delay – Headache of Test Managers

23.03.2011

Note: this article was updated in September 2019. Have you ever been late? Let me guess the reason – you are constantly short for time. It’s one thing when you

What is the Main Aim of Software Tester?

22.03.2011

“The main activity of testers is that they provide to the project participants of development software negative feedback on the quality of the product.” D. Spolsky recently described the same

Best practices for “Best practices”

Note: the article was updated in September 2018. We face the “best practices” definition quite often. But what does “best practice” mean? Who defines what practice is the best one?

Aggressive and Passive Testing

I’ve been thinking about how I *bucket* testing. Here is what I mean. I see testing as aggressive and passive. Aggressive testing, to me, is the art of asking the product