Software Test Professionals Community Articles
Articles written by the STP community of professionals.
Ask the Tester: Perze Ababa
Have you ever heard of the New York Times? How about iVillage, a division of NBC Universal? You have, eh? We suspected you might. It turns out these large companies have websites that serve readers from around the world with constantly changing content, pulling data...
Ask the Tester: Perze Ababa
Have you ever heard of the New York Times? How about iVillage, a division of NBC Universal? You have, eh? We suspected you might. It turns out these large companies have websites that serve readers from around the world with constantly changing content, pulling data...
Security Testing – Web Apps – Some Tips For Newbies
If you’re interested in security testing web applications, these tips will help a non-security tester to consider some techniques to get started. The world of security testing is perhaps the most important, yet it’s often the most neglected aspect to testing. A lack...
From Feared Enforcer to Trusted Partner
In this webinar, illustrated with case studies of successful and unsuccessful test teams, Rex will explain how you can transform your test team into a trusted partner.
A Different Take on Mobile Testing – Test Beyond the GUI
Mobile Testers refer to "Mobile Testing" as testing the functionality of a mobile application on a phone or tablet. But, have you ever thought about what happens when you are performing a function while the battery is being charged? Let's stop and think about "Mobile...
Improving the Test Process
In this webinar, Rex will explain the evaluation guidelines and how to apply them to your organization. You’ll come away ready to get started on bottom-line focused, data-driven improvements to your testing processes.
Exploring Exploratory Testing
Exploratory testing can be termed: the freedom of the tester's passion to appreciate the software. Most of the script-based testing is observed to work under some commonly followed work procedures. But under some of the varying demands of the customer requirements,...
Ever Been Fooled by Performance Testing Results?
This article is based on experiences and research, giving you an insight into "the why" of our performance testing data-analyzing process and the possible outcomes. You Have Performance Testing Results! What now? Performance Testing, one of the testing techniques that...
Leading By Process A Roadmap to Test Management Maturity
Are leaders born or made? Most people believe leaders have natural characteristics that cannot be learned. Some believe that leadership is a trait you are born with. I have learned over the years that good leaders are made not born. Being a good leader is much more...
How to Pick Testing Tools
Ultimately, those of us who consider ourselves software engineers, like all engineers, are in the business of building useful things. Of course, engineers need tools. Civil engineers have dump trucks, trenching machines, and graders. Mechanical engineers have CAD/CAM...