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5 Myths About Testing
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Testers, or as some call us, "QAs" (quality assurance), get a bad rap. We're in the risk mitigation game, not insurance policy sales.…
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2 More Things Testers Forget When Testing A Website
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This is part 2 of an article I wrote on the subject of "Things testers forget when testing a website". To recap, sometimes a tester forgets things. Sometimes there is just too much to do so trade-offs have to be made. I call these, "things we remember to forget." Sometimes it's a genuine oversight.…
3 Things Testers Forget When Testing a Website
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As testers we can't remember everything, and as much as we would love to think so, we're not Superman, or any of his friends or relatives. Here are some things I have forgotten to test from time to time.…
9 Tips on Website Localization Testing
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Okay so you've been given a large website that will roll out in, say, 85 countries and countless languages, sometimes more than one per country. Sure, many of these will be in your native language, but no, you won't be able to speak or understand most of the languages.…
A Scaredy-Cat's Guide to Getting Started in Automation Testing with Python
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Scaredy-cat (noun, informal): a timid person, someone frightened by almost everything Why am I a scaredy-cat? I am not from a developer background. Coding is scary and confusing. I don't understand lots of codey-techie stuff and I am impatient to just get going. Classes? Page objects? Huh?!…
