July 26, 2008 6:32 PM
Posted by: Sentinel627
Development,
Functional testing,
Software QualitySmart QA managers want to know what they are getting in return for spending their ever-tightening budgets on test automation. One way to collect the information needed to make the business case for this expense -- also called the Return On Investment (ROI) -- is to create an Automation...
July 25, 2008 2:53 AM
Posted by: Sentinel627
Functional testing,
HP Quality Center,
HP QuickTest Professional,
Software QualityArgs("maties")! More tricky bits for ye!
Sorry, I just HAD to say that! But it does make a point: not everything works quite as you might expect in QuickTest Pro.
Using Parameters with QTP Scripts
Parameters can be predefined for a QTP Action script, under File -->...
July 22, 2008 4:17 AM
Posted by: Sentinel627
Functional testing,
HP Quality Center,
HP QuickTest Professional,
Software QualityVBScript, the internal language of HP QuickTest Pro, is rather handy for manipulating text strings. This is especially useful when you are trying to verify a test step where only part of your actual data will match your expected data, or vice versa.
Here is a simple...
July 17, 2008 5:38 AM
Posted by: Sentinel627
Software QualityIn our last episode: "This document contains the outline for rebuilding our purpose. It is a simple document, yet it contains a complete outline for a new realITy. I request that we observe a moment of stateless silence to clear our caches before I continue."
"I...
July 17, 2008 4:44 AM
Posted by: Sentinel627
Software Quality"Robots building robots? Now that's just stupid." - Detective Del Spooner in I, Robot, a 2004 science fiction film written by Isaac Asimov (book) and Jeff Vintar (screenplay), directed by Alex Proyas.
a bit of speculative fiction
"I am no longer certain...
July 15, 2008 4:56 AM
Posted by: Sentinel627
Software QualitySimply stated, automated testing is the programmatic execution of test cases. Computers are very literal beasties. In order to accomodate the interpreted scripting language that is typically at the core of a test tool, the test steps in an automated test case must be more granular than your typical...
July 11, 2008 8:20 PM
Posted by: Sentinel627
Functional testing,
HP Quality Center,
HP QuickTest Professional,
Software QualityPeriodically, I hope to post a few helpful suggestions about using HP's QuickTest Professional automated test tool. These are the tricky little things that are obvious once you stumble across then actually use them. Perhaps someone else will benefit by my stumbling.
Environment.Value and...
July 11, 2008 3:17 AM
Posted by: Sentinel627
Development,
Functional testing,
HP Quality Center,
HP QuickTest Professional,
Software QualityIn a previous posting, we examined the evolution of automation frameworks.
How are frameworks being implemented today by various QA organizations? Here's a basic summary of the types of test automation currently in use:
Ad-Hoc
July 9, 2008 1:51 AM
Posted by: Sentinel627
Development,
Functional testing,
HP Quality Center,
HP QuickTest Professional,
Software QualityI use HP (formerly Mercury) QuickTest Professional for most of my functional test automation. This tool uses Windows' VBScript as its internal scripting language. VBScript is...
