QA Basics

Positive And Negative Testing

08.04.2011

Probably all the testers know what a negative testing is. I even think that it is a favorite type of software testing for many of us. When you run a

Difference Between QA and Testing

07.04.2011

Note: the article was updated in October 2018 Software testing and QA (Quality Assurance) are not the same notions. They have different goals, specific features and methods to apply. Let’s

Analysis of Dynamics of Critical Defects

06.04.2011

Over time the number of errors in the test program becomes less and at some point it has become necessary to terminate software testing. Determine this point is not so

How to Involve Non-functional Testing?

01.04.2011

Note: this article was updated in July 2019 Who would have thought that product development is only half the way to success?! No less important is to verify its quality

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

Selenium 2 makes automation debugging easier

28.03.2011

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

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

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

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