Category Archives: Testing

Who Needs Estimates?

Last weekend, I participated in and helped organize the CodeChef TechTalks.  In Bangalore, we had a birds of a feather session where the question was asked, why do we need estimates when developing software? Here’s my take: No one is … Continue reading

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Functional Web Application Testing with Selenium IDE and RC

Introduction (How can testing make our lives easier) What is Selenium? Selenium IDE Trivial Example A Less Trivial Test Case (and some useful commands) Selenium RC Setup An example using Python The Future Additional Resources Reference Tutorials Testivus Introduction (How … Continue reading

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Testivus

Although we are striving towards integrating testing more closely into our development process we still have a long way to go. I thought this article does a good job of explaining testing philosophy in a fun way. http://www.developertesting.com/archives/month200705/20070502-000424.html To summarize: … Continue reading

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Good Bug Tracking (aka How to make developers not want to kill you for logging ambiguous bugs they cant reproduce)

In the high-flying fast-paced world of web development it seems like the current “hot” technologies change every day. Luckily there some things that never change… bugs. While we are trying to improve our method of logging, assigning, tracking and resolving … Continue reading

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