Software testing

Software testing is an “intentional investigation”

 When testers "compare the product to specifications," what they often find is that they identify intentions -- and the intentions are different from the product. While the tester's job may be to gather information, this becomes an intentional investigation, according to STAREAST 2012 keynote...

Security testing in an Agile environment

Recently, SearchSoftwareQuality.com has been examining the ongoing adoption of the Agile approach in small and large organizations. Our research shows that project success is highly dependent upon diligent requirements...

What’s your favorite open source tool?

Our new open source software special report serves up articles on the latest open source tool trends, problems and successes in application testing, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Windows environments....

Adam Goucher’s Selenium Eureka moment, IDE plugins and new book

If you test web applications across many platforms and don’t use Selenium, a suite of open source tools, you’re missing the boat, says software test expert and author Adam Goucher. In this post, Selenium expert Chris McMahon shares his recent conversation with Goucher about Selenium's benefits...

James Bach – The buccaneer tester

Most people who are in the Software Test and QA industry know who James Bach is. He's an outspoken rapscallion and makes no apologies about it. In fact, he's proud of it.  In this morning's keynote, Bach told us about what it means to be a "buccaneer tester." "Challenge the system," says Bach....

Regression test, reporting tools mark VersionOne’s new release

VersionOne, an Agile-focused application lifecycle management product (ALM) vendor, has just released Ultimate Edition, a suite of software testing and management tools that includes current and new features. Customizable reporting capabilities and enhanced regression test functionality are new...

Crowdsource specialist uTest launching new performance, load test offerings

uTest, known for their crowdsourced approach to functional testing, is adding load and performance testing to their offerings. SearchSoftwareQuality got wind of uTest's news, to be formally announced on Wednesday, February 24, and spoke with Vice...

Status reports can help provide software testing focus

Recently, I found myself struggling on a program to help plan and manage the testing effort for a couple of different concurrent projects. For both projects, testing is a critical path, and resources are tight. For both projects, there's a mix of planning and execution activities happening within...

Running, debugging and analyzing load tests using JMeter

In a recent tip series, resident site expert Mike Kelly explored JMeter, a popular and free -- open source load testing tool. He uses JMeter frequently because of its easy of use and supports several programming languages, including HTTP/HTTPS, SOAP, JDBC, LDAP and JMS. In the first tip,...

Capturing feedback during sprint reviews

After sitting in a number of different sprint review meetings, with a number of teams, I've noticed that not all teams have a formal way of capturing feedback obtained in sprint review. Feedback can be any of the following:

• A defect noticed by anyone in the room during the demonstration...