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Advanced Software Testing: Static Code Analysis
In this webinar, Rex will discuss the use of static code analysis. Static code analysis allows us to find defects in code using tools, some of them free. Join this webinar, illustrated with examples throughout, to learn a technique that you can apply to your work right away.
White-box Testing Quick Tips– Web Application
There are many things that a tester has to do while testing the code and performing white-box testing. For instance, a tester will need to read, understand and analyze the code; find code optimization bugs and coding standards related to bugs; find hardcoded fixes;...
Bridging the Conversational Divide Between the IT Support Center and the Testing Department
There are two types of managers, those that are happy, even eager, to work with their colleagues and those that don't pay much attention to anyone else unless they have to. If you're a busy software test manager— that's probably redundant—you probably can use all the...
How Not To Automate
So why does automation seldom deliver the better, faster, cheaper and more effective testing that we expect? A lot has been said and published about Test Automation, but we thought if we told you how not to automate you may have more success, allowing you to...
Ask the Tester: Pradeep Soundararajan
Perhaps the single best known tester from the Indian subcontinent of Asia, Pradeep Soundararajan earned his reputation without the backing of a big company, without the impressive degree from an impressive college, and without writing a bestselling testing book (yet)....
The Don’ts of Automation
An automation effort is like a project of its own, often under-valued but potentially having an organization wide impact if not played right. Just as a GPS takes into account many parameters in deciding the shortest path that saves time and money, you need to know...
Building Your Testing Reputation
Many years ago the Director of Development, a fellow somewhat older and much wiser than most of the full-time employees at our mass-market commercial software company, invited me into his office. "I'm going to leave this job for one that's a better fit for me," he...
10 Critical Lessons in Test Outsourcing
In this webinar, Rex will talk about ten key lessons he has learned in his quarter-century of involvement in test outsourcing, both as a vendor and a customer.
Don’t Underestimate “Exploratory Testing”
My current team has been integrating exploratory testing techniques for a while now along with the traditional testing methods of manual testing as well as automation. Most of the testing communities that I have known seem to brush this testing technique off simply as...
Ask the Tester: Scott Barber
A U.S. Army Officer turned performance tester, Scott Barber is probably best known as the co-author of Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications by Microsoft Press. In the 11 years since Scott became a self-proclaimed “career tester of software systems”...