tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34792726980551505472024-03-19T09:37:04.510+05:30Testing Explorer<i>If you can’t Fly,then Run,
If you can’t Run,then Walk.<br> If you can’t Walk,then Crawl.But whatever you do,Keep Moving.<br>-Martin Luther King,Jr.</i>Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-24153573987346838172021-11-24T23:58:00.003+05:302021-11-24T23:58:49.974+05:30TestingTestingJassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-36015977247991382992011-01-17T18:54:00.010+05:302011-01-18T09:37:22.259+05:3050th Anniversary Weekend Testing Blast<big><b>50th Anniversary WT Blast,it was great, it was fun, it was thought provoking.</b></big><br />
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<b>Date:</b> 8-Jan-2011.<br />
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<b>Time:</b> 4pm – 6 pm IST.<br />
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<b>Mission:</b> FireShot is a browser add-on which captures, edits, annotates, organizes, exports, uploads and prints screenshots of your web pages.<br />
They are facing a problem with many issues being raised on their support page and most of them lack important information. Please work in pairs and go through the issues logged and add additional information to help the programmer. Please work in pairs and go through the issues logged and add additional information to help the programmer. We were asked to discuss our points using <a href="http://typewith.me/">typewith.me</a><br />
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<b>Links:</b> <a href="http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/">Download Fireshot</a> & <a href="http://screenshot-program.com/sup/index.php?a=vforum&f=12">Defect Forum Page</a><br />
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<b>Notes:</b> After the mission was announced, I was a bit nervous to work in pairs, as I have never worked in pairs was wondering if it will be a good idea, will I be able to amalgamate my views with my co-pairer (is there a word like this, no idea).Anyways, I paired with <a href="http://hanseatictester.info/?p=164">Maik Nogens</a> and it turned out to be a right decision.<br />
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<b>Strategy:</b> We started off with the Skype chat but then moved on to have a Skype call, as it was easier to speak & work in co-ordination & it saved Time too :)<br />
We first decided to work on Defects related to Chrome add-on <a href="http://hanseatictester.info/?p=164">Maik</a> gave a random search to fetch a list of defects related to the Chrome add-on. When we started , we went through the first defect we had fetched randomly, we tried to reproduce it but it was working fine, we read all the discussion threads but no where it was posted if the defect was still open or closed.<br />
So we moved on to another but it was the same, we were unable to reproduce, the defects we had picked we were simply unable to reproduce as the defects seemed to be fixed .We observed that there was no clear way to understand whether the defects were closed or still in progress. We jotted down our Observations in <a href="http://typewith.me/">Typewith.me</a>( it turned out to be only us using it anyways ).It turned out to be a really wonderful session , worth to be the 50th WT session.<br />
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<b>Lessons Learned:</b><br />
<ul><li>While going through the defects I realized how important it is to write a proper bug Report, as the discussion threads were a bit confusing to understand,</li>
<li>It is always good to have a bug reporting tool.</li>
<li>Write the Big reports as descriptively as possible, attach evidences in the form of Screen-prints, video recordings etc.</li>
<li>It is important to know the status of the bug whether bug is still open /closed or rejected.</li>
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<b>Our Bonus:</b>And what more we could ask for we also received the 50th WT Badge too,I have inserted the Badge above,Thanks Del Dewar for such a wonderful suggestion.<br />
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<b>Special Mention:</b> <a href="http://cartoontester.blogspot.com">Andy Glover</a>,Many Thanks <a href="http://cartoontester.blogspot.com/">Andy</a> for the wonderful 50th WT Badge.I'm lovin' it :)<br />
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<b>Chat Transcript:</b> You can find our Chat Transcript <a href="http://weekendtesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/WT50SessionChatTranscript.pdf">here</a><br />
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<b>Related Posts:</b> <a href="http://hanseatictester.info/?p=164">50th WT session and „Pairing“</a> , <a href="http://weekendtesting.com/archives/1661">WT50 – Fireshot – Support Issues</a>Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-60889665748928602762010-04-19T14:03:00.017+05:302010-04-26T09:48:48.627+05:30James Recommends....................It was a mundane Monday morning in office & so to perk myself up, I just started browsing <a href="http://www.satisfice.com/">www.satisfice.com</a>; I opened the <a href="http://www.satisfice.com/recommends.shtml">People recommendations</a> page which I had missed/skipped last time I was browsing the site. The Title of <a href="http://www.satisfice.com/recommends.shtml">this</a> page said James Recommends & I found a list of 15 names with a description about each of them.<br />
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<a href="http://www.satisfice.com/blog/">James Bach</a> had listed a few names which made me reminisce <a href="http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-history/akbar.html">King Akbar </a>& his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratnas">9 Jewels or Navratnas</a>.I clicked on the name <a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com">Mike Kelly </a>& I was like wow! <br />
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<a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com/archives/date/2009">Mike Kelly’s blog</a> seems to be like a Treasure Island. The categories seemed so interesting & the posts very informative. I was drawn towards the categories <a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com/archives/category/heuristics">Heuristics</a> & <a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com/archives/category/im-an-idiot">I’M an idiot </a>(yeah!!! Sounds familiar isn’t it).<br />
Check out these gems!<br />
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<a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com/archives/508"><b>Managing focus when doing exploratory testing</b> </a><br />
Christina (Tina) Zaza’s advice for all of us:<br />
• block off time to test (1 to 2 hours), close out email and IM, and schedule a conference room if needed so people know you’re unavailable<br />
• before you start, open up everything you think you’ll need to do your testing effectively: applications, databases, spreadsheets, tools, etc… — this way you won’t get distracted or slowed down mid testing<br />
• prioritize your tests – she listed three methods she uses: <br />
o faster tests (or quick tests) first<br />
o higher risks tests (or tests more important to the business) first<br />
o group features together to reduce context switching while testing<br />
• don’t stop your testing once you’ve started to write up defects or to ask developers/analysts questions — note them while you test, and then do that after your session is completed<br />
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<a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com/archives/92"><b>The Hoffman Heuristic: Why not try them all?</b> </a><br />
Mike Kelly narrates how a small but a very interesting assignment given by James Bach made him reminisce Doug Hoffman’s Heuristic. This heuristic is based on Doug Hoffman’s testing of a massively parallel system<br />
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<a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com/archives/83"><b>The Pirate Heuristic</b></a><br />
Which says , when you run out of ideas – steal someone else’s,Pretty Interesting,what do you say.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com/archives/351">Quick Testing Tips update</a></b> <br />
Which brought me to <a href="http://www.quicktestingtips.com/tips/">Quick Testing Tips</a> website.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com/archives/42">Coming up with a heuristic</a></b><br />
It mentions about <a href="http://www.satisfice.com/tools/satisfice-tsm-4p.pdf">the heuristic test strategy</a> by <a href="http://www.satisfice.com/blog/">James Bach</a>,<a href="http://www.testingreflections.com/node/view/2681">Test Reporting Heuristic</a> MCOASTER <br />
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<a href="http://www.michaeldkelly.com/archives/325"><b>Simple tips for testing application navigation</b></a><br />
Some simple test ideas that can be pulled from the article include:<br />
* Can you navigate without having to mouseover icons to figure out what’s what? Is it easy to find the link to the home page (or other core areas of your site)?<br />
* Is there a way to distinguish between internal and external links?<br />
* Can you easily open links in the same tab and a new tab? If you open it in the same tab and click back, do you actually go back to where you were?<br />
* Can a user easily tell where they are within the site or application?<br />
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The list is endless, I am still reading, why don’t you drop by & join me.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
JassiJassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-14485849354677233692010-04-02T20:37:00.000+05:302010-04-02T20:37:55.442+05:30Blogger Buzz: Blogger integrates with Amazon Associates<a href="http://buzz.blogger.com/2009/12/blogger-integrates-with-amazon.html">Blogger Buzz: Blogger integrates with Amazon Associates</a>Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-13696618405312905622010-02-21T13:29:00.006+05:302010-03-29T09:48:58.006+05:30WT26 - Do you have your Budget?<b>Weekend Testing Session #26 Experience Report</b><br />
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<b>Date:</b> 20-02-2010<br />
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<b>Timing:</b> 3pm - 5 pm IST<br />
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Mission:</b> To test the Application and Report the bugs/issues in it. <br />
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<b>Application Tested:</b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/buddi/"> Buddi ver-3.2.2.10 </a><br />
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<b>Operating System:</b> Windows XP with Java installed<br />
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<b>Bug Reporting:</b> <a href="www.Bugrepository.com">www.Bugrepository.com</a> Select WT26 from the Project folder<br />
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<b>Coordinated By:</b> <a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com">Ajay Balamurugadas</a>,<a href="http://testingexplorer.blogspot.com">Jaswinder Kaur Nagi </a><br />
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<b>Participants:</b> <a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com">Ajay Balamurugadas</a>, Arvind Jaiswal,Arun, Allmas Mullah, <a href="http://testingexplorer.blogspot.com">Jaswinder Kaur Nagi</a> ,Shakthi Bhuvaneshwaran, qudsia.yousaf<br />
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<b>Application briefing: </b>Buddi is a personal finance and budgeting program, aimed at those who have little or no financial background.<br />
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<b>Arun:</b> had initiated the discussion session, since the application was new for him he had no idea how to start testing with ,but once he had hands on the functionality, there were no problems for him. According to him the application was quite unstable,he felt there were many issues generating graphs. Overall it was a good experience for him since it was the first time he was testing any application without any requirements & that too a Financial application. Weekend Testing would like to appreciate him for helping other participants to understand the application.<br />
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<b>Arvind:</b> Learned how to test an application where there is less time and no requirements given as such. It was quite challenging for him. He also learnt about any finance related software, how it can be as he had never worked till now. He also came to know about himself and how can to handle such a situation.<br />
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<b>Allmas Mullah:</b> According to her the application was very basic & there was not so much fun in testing it and the main thing was she didn’t find it intuitive enough When she tried to read the tutorial to get more info, she found that it was online but was expecting it to be a part of the application which made her realize that it was completely not a desktop/stand-alone application, so having no internet connection can lead to no access to its Tutorials. According to her if a 55 yr old lady who is not used to computers uses this application then the Tutorial can be a problem. If the application is used by a novice user then it scores low in being attractive enough for the novice user to use, he/she would rather use book and pen. Her overall experience testing under pressure can be fun if one knows how to maintain one’s calm<br />
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<b>Shakthi Bhuvaneshwaran:</b> Was initially quite apprehensive as he was unable to understand what exactly he was supposed to do, but when helped by Arun he could continue very nicely. Shakthi did Ad-hoc testing. Being a Financial application made it quite interesting for him to test, he tried to learn the application with out idea of functionality this made it more interesting for him. Overall it was very good experience and he enjoyed testing the financial application.<br />
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<a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com"><br />
Ajay Balamurugadas:</a> Ajay was the facilitator for the WT#26 but unfortunately there was a power cut at his end so he was unable to continue, But he was back after an hour and decided to test the application later after the discussion was over.<br />
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<b>My Experience:</b><br />
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I downloaded the application to test but found that it needed Java Virtual Machine, so downloaded Java. But then Ajay called up saying that since there was Power cut at his end I will have to take up the session and do the coordination .I was a bit apprehensive and quite nervous but I took up the challenge. I was worried since Ajay has been coordinating since almost 25+ sessions, it can be possible that I will not be accepted by the participants.But things went well & <a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com">Ajay</a> was also helping me through the phone calls & then online, the session was completed successfully. Many thanks to Ajay & Weekend Testing for giving me this opportunity.<br />
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I would like to Reiterate the important Lesson what Allmas said:<br />
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“Testing under pressure can be fun if one knows how to maintain one’s calm”</b>Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-84863779101171962492010-02-15T01:24:00.007+05:302010-02-15T22:00:46.668+05:30European weekend Testing–05 # EWT05<b>Date: </b>13-02-2010<br />
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<b>Time:</b> 3 pm – 5 pm GMT (3-4 pm Testing & 4-5 pm Debriefing).<br />
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<b>Mission:</b>To test the below mentioned application and Find quality related valuable information about the product.<br />
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<b>Application Name:</b> <a href="http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/">Virtual Magnifying Glass 3.3.2</a> <br />
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<b>Reporting issues:</b> <a href="http://www.bugrepository.com/my_view_page.php">www.BugRepository.com</a><br />
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<b>Participants : </b><a href="http://www.softwaretestingclub.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1qyjeckcl3cxl">Anna Baik</a> , <a href="http://www.enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay Balamurugadas </a>,Indra, <a href="http://testingexplorer.blogspot.com/">Jaswinder Kaur Nagi</a>, <a href="http://testconsultant.blogspot.com/">Jeroen Rosink</a>, <a href="http://passionatetester.wordpress.com/">Krishnaveni K</a>, <a href="http://blog.shino.de/">Markus Gärtner</a> ,<a href="http://nagashree-manjunath.blogspot.com/"> Nagashree Manjunath </a>, Shiva Shankari , <a href="http://testsidestory.wordpress.com/">Zeger Van Hese</a><br />
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As usual the Mission and Debriefing session were awesome. We started our Testing by introducing ourselves.<br />
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I downloaded the application from the link provided by <a href="http://blog.shino.de/">Markus Gartner</a>. But for some reasons the installer did not start it was getting an error related to permissions. Strange enough it was my own Personal PC & I had all the rights, so no idea why that was happening. Markus helped me by sending application installer via Skype but still no success.<br />
As a last resort I closed all the applications and restarted the machine but unfortunately it did not work. So ,on Markus’ tip-off I reported this as a bug, the only one by me yesterday, pretty weird for me .Surprisingly, I tried to install it again today and the installer was okay. I was able to install so no idea what happened yesterday.<br />
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Debriefing was awesome, in which we came to know that <a href="http://testsidestory.wordpress.com/">Zeger</a> and <a href="http://www.enjoytesting.blogspot.com">Ajay</a> tried to pair and test together using SFDPOT Oracle by dividing the work between them, they found some serious usability issues<br />
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<a href="http://testconsultant.blogspot.com/">Jeroen</a> used a different approach altogether .If you are interested in knowing the approach used by Jeroen and other testers to test the application, please dive in to read the entire Transcript <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/26851177/EWT05-Chat-Transcript">here</a> (Transcript courtesy: <a href="http://blog.shino.de/">Markus Gartner</a>)<br />
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<b>Lesson Learned:</b><br />
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"Test this" is not a mission you should accept, we need to ask questions, so that we do not fall in the Traps we create ourselves by assuming things.<br />
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<b>Some wonderful quotes:</b><br />
<i>“So many traps we create for ourselves”</i> - <a href="http://www.enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay B</a><br />
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<i>“We need to clear the traps quickly”</i> - <a href="http://www.enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay B</a><br />
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<i>“Clearing traps is a skill. Recognizing traps is a bigger skill”</i> - <a href="http://www.enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay B</a>.<br />
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<i>“More often than clearing I see people working around traps”</i> -<a href="http://www.softwaretestingclub.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1qyjeckcl3cxl"> Anna Baik</a><br />
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<i>“Sometimes we get so used to working around traps, we assume they will always constrain us”</i> –<a href="http://blog.shino.de">Markus Gartner</a>.<br />
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<i>“It's a success if you can say "testing is fun"</i> afterwards”- <a href="http://testconsultant.blogspot.com/">Jeroen</a><br />
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<i>“Minds are shaped when guided under pressure in a certain direction trying to maintain vision and control”</i> - <a href="http://testconsultant.blogspot.com/">Jeroen</a><br />
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<i>“I feel as if I am triggered to think, probably my subconscious would just do its work in the background about new things that I learnt from this session and how could I have done better </i>“ - <a href="http://nagashree-manjunath.blogspot.com/">Nagashree Manjunath<br />
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Happy Reading<br />
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<b>Related Links</b><br />
<a href="http://weekendtesting.com/archives/781">EWT05 – I can see clearly now</a><br />
<a href="http://testconsultant.blogspot.com/2010/02/weekend-testing-ewt05-my-first-attempt.html">Weekend testing EWT05: my first attempt</a><br />
<a href="http://testsidestory.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/through-the-looking-glass-and-what-testers-found-there-ewt05/">Through the looking-glass, and what testers found there – EWT05</a><br />
<a href="http://nagashree-manjunath.blogspot.com/">Weekend Testing - Motivating ans knowledge sharing platform</a>Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-79934944350141223562010-02-14T19:58:00.009+05:302010-02-15T21:53:28.706+05:30European Weekend Testing - 04 #EWT04<b>Date :</b> 06 – 02 -2010<br />
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<b>Time :</b> 3 – 5 pm GMT (3-4 Testing and 4-5 Debriefing)<br />
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<b>Mission :</b><br />
You are contracted by three stakeholders to evaluate URL shortening services. The stakeholders are<br />
• A heavy twitter user tweeting a lot of internet references over the day<br />
• A university student wanting to share stuff from his homework/courses over the internet with his fellow students<br />
• An online magazine publisher for referencing further readings on the internet<br />
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The pre-selection already has taking place and the most promising products are<br />
• <a href="http://tinyurl.com">http://tinyurl.com</a><br />
• <a href="http://bit.ly">http://bit.ly</a><br />
• <a href="http://3.ly">http://3.ly</a><br />
• <a href="http://is.gd">http://is.gd</a><br />
• <a href="http://tr.im">http://tr.im</a><br />
• <a href="http://stnx.at">http://stnx.at</a><br />
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Evaluate the products for their applicability for the given users and report any problems the mentioned stakeholders may run into.<br />
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<b>Participants :</b><a href="http://www.softwaretestingclub.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1qyjeckcl3cxl ">Annabaik</a>, <a href=" www.enjoytesting.blogspot.com ">Ajay Balamurugadas</a> , Markus Deibel ,<a href="http://blog.shino.de/">Markus Gartner</a>, <a href="http://testingexplorer.blogspot.com/">Jaswinder Kaur Nagi</a> ,Phil Kirkham, Tony Bruce<br />
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<b>My Views:</b><br />
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I was quite apprehensive, as I had already delayed in joining EWT session, only 35 minutes were left and the mission seemed to be huge at least to me when I read it.<br />
I did a Google search to find information related bugs/issues found in such URL shortener websites but then I stopped after 5 mins, reason- we all know how addictive “Google Search” can be, I felt once I start searching using Google, I will be drawn towards reading the results and more results and spend time in searching.<br />
Time was ticking, so I decided to test URL to find any bugs/issues and I did find some. The bugs were reported at<a href=" http://www.bugrepository.com/"> http://www.bugrepository.com/</a><br />
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At 4 pm (GMT) the Testing was stopped to start the Debriefing session, in which each of us shared our views about how we felt about the mission, the approach we used and lessons learned. <br />
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Are you finding this interesting then please read our Chat Transcript posted <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/26624933/EWT04-Chat-Transcript">here.</a>(Transcript courtesy: Markus Gartner)<br />
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<b>Wonderful Quotes from this session :</b><br />
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<i>There is 'no solution' - most testing answers are 'it depends'</i> by Phil Kirkham.<br />
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<i>Just like there is NO 'Best Practice', there is no ONE Right solution</i> by <a href="www.enjoytesting.blogspot.com ">Ajay Balamurugadas</a><br />
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<i>I also look at all the participants here and think "I'm not worthy! These people are all so accomplished!" :) Then I think "great, what good company to learn a lot in"</i> by <a href="http://www.softwaretestingclub.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1qyjeckcl3cxl ">Annabaik<br />
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Happy Reading<br />
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<b>Related Links</b><br />
<a href="http://weekendtesting.com/archives/749">EWT04 – Battle of the URL Shorteners</a>Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-2703802760991452962010-02-10T00:35:00.012+05:302010-02-11T22:00:15.861+05:30Weekend Testing Musings - WT#24 Experience ReportApart from Testing ,what do <a href="http://www.satisfice.com/blog/">James Bach</a>, <a href="http://www.satisfice.com/kaner/">Dr. Cem Kaner</a>,<a href="http://testertested.blogspot.com/"> Pradeep Soundararajan</a>, <a href="http://www.testingthetestable.blogspot.com/">Dr Meeta Prakash</a> have in Common? <a href="http://weekendtesting.com/">Weekend Testing</a>.<br />
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<b>Date:</b> 06- Feb-2010<br />
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<b>Timing:</b> 3 pm – 5pm<br />
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<b>Mission:</b> A Group discussion about Testing, Traps in Testing, Requirements, Skills<br />
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<b>Guest Participant:</b> <a href="http://www.testingthetestable.blogspot.com/">Dr Meeta Prakash.</a> <br />
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<b>Coordinated By :</b> <a href="http://curioustester.blogspot.com/">Parimala Shankaraiah </a>, <a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay Balamurugadas</a><br />
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Participants:</b>Ajay,Arun, Dhara ,Krishnaveni,Indra,Jaswinder,Last Samurai,Nitesh,Pari,Suman,Sunil,Ramakrishna,Rakshith<br />
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The Session started off with the question “What is Testing”?<br />
Discussion continued on Topics like Traps in testing, Traceability ,Requirements and ended with important Skills needed in Testing.<br />
Dr. Meeta Prakash very patiently replied to each of our queries and solved our doubts giving us some important leassons.She even Shared a link to understand <a href="http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=tree+diagram&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=KUZtS_iRCpKekQWNianUBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQsAQwAA">Tree Diagrams</a> which can be used to track traceability .<br />
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Overall the session was quite interesting and productive.<br />
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Major Discussion Highlights to remember:</b><br />
<i>What is Testing?</i><br />
Testing is technical investigation/evaluation of the product to provide quality related information to the respective stakeholders<br />
It is no different as applied to software from other domains &<br />
the 2 aspects of verification and validation become the key identifiers while testing<br />
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<i>What are the major Traps in Testing?</i><br />
1. Not being able to ask the right questions<br />
2. Aiming for a Quantity or number instead of quality of bugs.<br />
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Important Skills Needed for a Tester:</i><br />
1.) Asking the right questions using the 3 columns approach<br />
• Write the question<br />
• Write key requirement coming out of it<br />
• Track dependencies and outcomes.<br />
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2.) Objectivity in approach <br />
• Objectivity means that you should not have a negative approach while testing. You should be able to see through the rationale behind each failure you observe<br />
• To report each and every failure either as a defect or as an<br />
• Not only just thinking of negative test cases but also be considering what way the software modularity flows and how can it be broken<br />
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The Entire Chat Transcript can be found <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/26671050/WT24ChatScript">here</a><br />
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<b>Related Links:</b><br />
<a href="http://weekendtesting.com/archives/773">WT 24 : Testers’ Day Out With Dr. Meeta Prakash</a>Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-80209551563003172642010-01-19T23:01:00.009+05:302010-01-20T20:59:45.985+05:30Weekend Testing Musings-- part 1It’s been quite a while since I have blogged, <a href="http://weekendtesting.com/">Bangalore weekend Testing</a> has reached its 21st Chapter. Europe Weekend Testing kicked off on 16th Jan.<br />
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<a href="http://weekendtesting.com/">BWT</a> Chapter 20 had given us a great opportunity to discuss with <a href="http://www.kaner.com/">Dr Cem Kaner</a> regarding specifications based testing , it was awesome .Unfortunately I missed the second part of <a href="http://weekendtesting.com/">BWT</a> due to the huge Power cut at my place But Thanks to Twitter , I received a Tweet by <a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay</a> about the Europe Weekend Testing session and I jumped with joy, there’s more,Skype crashed and a great amount of time was wasted in uninstalling and reinstalling it , by the time I could join I had only 17 minutes. The Help feature was disabled .I tested the application for 17 minutes. I did find a couple to bugs but did not send my bug report ,I was late we were supposed to send in 11 minutes and also I wasn’t aware of the Report format, nor could ask due to time constraints and the bugs found were just 3. <br />
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I became a silent observer of the discussions happening later enjoying the questions, discussions and suggestions given, all stalwarts of Testing, wow. Right from questions like if asking to STOP testing was a trap, can we search for bugs already found using Google and whether Tester’s having DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE are helpful or not. Well looking forward to participating in more of these sessions, blogging more about them.<br />
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Lessons learnt:<br />
• Remember the lessons learned and keep on applying them.<br />
• It is okay to be a silent observer but be alert.<br />
• Speak your mind out, I liked the way Maik asked questions in case he had any doubts.<br />
• Have to learn to start preparing the Report as soon as Testing begins.<br />
• Not to be panicky if unable to find a bug in the first few minutes.<br />
• Try to explore the Application for a few minutes before starting to Test.<br />
• Most important not to be hesitant to blog about it :)Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-87221913575543235822009-10-03T23:47:00.004+05:302009-10-04T00:43:11.787+05:30Testers will be testers…….................I had to book tickets for some family tour at the end of this month. <br />
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As we were not able to get tickets from <a href="http://www.irctc.co.in/"><b>IRCTC</b></a>, the most preferred site,I decided to try <b><a href="http://www.railticketonline.com/SearchTrains.aspx">RAILTICKETONLINE</a></b>. <br />
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But I had to register first……………….<br />
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While trying to register on <a href="http://www.railticketonline.com/SearchTrains.aspx">RAILTICKETONLINE</a>, the first thing I observed was there was a spelling mistake in the word “registration” on the main page.<br />
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So that increased my curiosity…………………<br />
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Also reminiscing <a href="http://blogs.stpcollaborative.com/matt/2009/09/24/visual-test-challenge/">Matt’s lesson</a> every time I test now, I started registering myself.<br />
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There was an exception at the first attempt, then a few more errors and I could register myself.<br />
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The most interesting I observed was changing the date of my desktop PC reflected on the site’s calendar……………..<br />
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I did not feel confident to buy the ticket thinking that the secure server might not be secure <br />
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But before I stopped my curious tour of this site…………..I tried to retest the update functionality to update my name and again it failed it just did not allow me to update my name.<br />
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I found all this in less than half an hour ………I wonder how this site was signed off …………………..<br />
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You can find my Report <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/20565883/Test-Report-Rail-Ticket-Online">HERE</a>Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-56462682545649887742009-09-28T13:42:00.008+05:302009-09-28T14:52:29.962+05:30Experience Report of testing KnowTime25th September 2009, Time 9:55 pm as usual when I came online pop came <a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay’s</a> question would you like to test an application now……….<br />
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So here we go…….<br />
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<b>Application Name:</b> <a href="http://knowtime.googlecode.com/">Know Time-your Time tracker.</a><br />
<b>Version:</b> alpha 0.0.1.exe<br />
<b>Time:</b> 9:56 pm to 10:56 pm.<br />
<b>Testing Time:</b>35 minutes.<br />
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I received the file in a text format via GTalk,I tested the application for around 20 minutes as I lost a lot of time well due to my impatience. Keeping in mind <a href="http://testertested.blogspot.com/">Pradeep’s</a> suggestion of choosing one quality criteria. I had selected usability and navigation. I found a few bugs.And last but not the least ,I am really grateful to <a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay</a> for all his support and help.<br />
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Learning’s:</b><br />
1.) Most important to have patience, wait for instructions to complete.<br />
2.) Having a mission of testing is more important.<br />
3.) I need to read more extensively.<br />
4.) Overall it was a good experience and I realized how important it is to practice.<br />
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<b>Few observations:</b><br />
1.) I had not waited for the instructions to complete and opened the txt file I had received, which I was not supposed to as it was an exe file.<br />
2.) I lost a lot of time trying to convert the file from txt to exe, due to which I could test only for 20 minutes.<br />
3.) While formatting the report I forgot to mention the application version which was pointed out to me later by <a href="http://enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay</a> <br />
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<b>Report:</b><br />
You can find our consolidated report <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/20307148/KnowTimeyour-Time-Tracker-Test-Report">here</a>Jassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04222670123900541460noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479272698055150547.post-45194373368814847522009-09-19T12:43:00.003+05:302009-11-19T23:52:21.345+05:30My First PostHi,<br />
Welcome to TestingExplorer . I am Jaswinder Kaur Nagi working as a Software Tester with Datamatics Global Services,Mumbai.I would be sharing my Learning's and views here. I thank <a href="http://www.testertested.blogspot.com/">Pradeep</a> and <a href="http://www.enjoytesting.blogspot.com/">Ajay</a> for inspiring me to start this blog and would be always grateful to my Delivery Head Renu Ma'am,My Test managers Vishal,Jyoti and Naveen for sending me to attend Pradeep's Testing Workshop ,due to which I actually became aware of the "Real world of Testing".<br />
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And before I conclude these favorite lines from the poem by Robert Frost always keep me going...........<br />
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep,<br />
But I have promises to keep,<br />
And miles to go before I sleep,<br />
And miles to go before I sleep.<br />
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Keep visiting,<br />
Thanks,<br />
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Cheers,<br />
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