Acceptance Testing with Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft Test Manager

April 16, 2012 0

This blog post provides a detail process on how to write  acceptance tests for the UI using Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft Test Manager and Fit style tables.  Fit tables, originally defined for the fitnesse open source software testing tool, allow stakeholders and business analysts to enter expected input and the proper output in a tool they are comfortable wit, like word processor or a spreadsheet.

Selenium WebDriver API Tutorial

April 11, 2012 0

This tutorial introduces the Selenium WebDriver API. It presents how to mimic usage of the following HTML elements: link , button, checkbox, select combo box, alert box and table. A video explains how to record the Selenium scenario and the code of the examples is stored in github.

The Art and Science of Load Testing

April 11, 2012 0

This blog post discusses the load testing considered as a science and an art. It provides some interesting hints gathered from experience, such what it defines a golden rule of load testing “By the time the system is mature and stable enough to test, it’s time to deliver already”. It discusses also the fact that load tests are static, but the reality is not. Finally, how close you try to be to reality when you perform load testing, you will certainly not be able to replicate it completely.

Testing iOS User Interface

March 29, 2012 0

GHUnit is a test framework for Objective-C, Mac OS X and iPhone 3.x. It can be used standalone or with other testing frameworks like SenTestingKit or GTM. This video shows you how to use it to validate your mobile user interface. GHUnit has the ability to record the look of a UIView so that the developer is aware of any changes since the last test run.

Using SpecsFor.Mvc to Test ASP.NET MVC applications

March 28, 2012 0

SpecsFor.Mvc is a software testing tool that enables to create automated acceptance tests using a browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. This means that your application is tested from the UI all the way down to the database. Unlike  other tools which rely on recording actions, you write strongly-typed tests against your ASP.NET MVC controllers, action methods and view models. SpecsFor.Mvc takes care of translating your tests to the browser. Matt Honeycutt blog post provides a detailed introduction to SpecsFor.Mvc. It discusses the challenges of automated acceptance tests and how to install, configure and start using SpecsFor.Mvc with a simple example.

Robot Framework Tutorial

March 28, 2012 0

Robot Framework is a test automation framework for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development (ATDD) that uses a keyword-driven testing approach. Thomas Jaspers has created four blog posts that provide a comprehensive tutorial for Robot Framework.

Software Testing as an Art

March 21, 2012 1

Art and testing may look like an odd couple. True, Glenford Myers combined both in his book “The Art of Software Testing”, but the art in there was strictly limited to the title page, since the term isn’t even mentioned once throughout the whole book. It referred to skill and mastery, of course, not to an aesthetic experience.

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