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TheOnsiteManagerwhobribedtheTester

LearnSAHIstepbystep

ATestMatrixApproachforOrganizingTesting

TestingCircusRepresentatives

SoftwareTestingNews

CrossBrowserCompatibilityTesting

PromotingSoftwareTestinginYourOrganization

CrackTheCode

TestersatTwitter

QTPCodeCorner

InterviewwithMarkusGrtner

Agileislessefficient

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FromtheKeyboardofEditorinChief

Testing

Circus

Vol 2 - Issue 6

www.TestingCircus.com June 2011 - 2 -

Welcome to thenew issueofTesting

Circus.

In

the

last

few

issues

we

have

introducedfewmorenewregularfea

tures. Learning automation tool step

bystepandtesteventsaretwoamong

them.Wehavestartedtopublisharti

cles on Sahi from the last issue.

Narayan Raman will continue to

writeonSahitool inTestingCircus

future issues. I hope readers willget

benefitedfromhisstepbystepdemon

strationofpowerfulSahifeatures.

OneofourobjectivesatTestingCir

cushasbeentopublisharticlesofnew

writers,helpandencouragethemwith

oureditorialteamsguidanceinshap

ing the articles. We have received

many articlesfrom new writers and

weareworkingon thosearticlesand

we

wouldpublish

them

regularly

in

ourmagazine.

Corruption has been a buzz word

aroundtheworldinlastfewmonths.

InourregularcolumnFakeTesters

Diary we have tried to capture the

corruption culture in Software Test

ingpractices.

We would like to thank our Testing

CircusRepresentativesforhelpingus

promoting the magazine in their or

ganization.Wehavepublishedthelist

of

TCRs

in

this

issue

of

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(page40).Wewouldalsoliketopub

lishthephotosofourreaders.Wehave

publishedtwophotosofreadersinthis

issue(page11).

From this issue onwards we have

changed the questions asked in the

interviewwithtesterssection.Markus

answersfew interesting questions in

this issue of Testing Circus.Also inthenewssectionwehavetriedtocap

turenewsandeventsrelatedtoSoft

wareTesting.ThankstoBharathand

Parimalaforsendingthereportstous.

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Editorial AjoyKumarSingha 2

TestingQuote 3

LetterstotheEditor 5

AFakeTesters Journey AFakeTester 6

ATestMatrixApproachforOrganizingTesting BerniceNielRuhland 8

SoftwareTestingNews 12

PromotingSoftwareTestinginYourOrganization RobvanSteenbergen 15

CrackTheCode BlinduEusebiu 19

TestersatTwitter 20

QTPCodeCorner JaijeetPandey 22

CrossBrowserCompatibilityTesting VenkateshRamasamy 25

LearnSAHIstepbystep NarayanRaman 29

TestEventsforJuly2011 Testevents.com 36

Agileislessefficient 37

InterviewwithMarkusGrtner BrianOsman 38


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HiAjoy,

Iamavidreaderoftestingcircus,IwouldliketothankTestingCircusteamforprovidingalotof

informationthroughthemagazine.IwantyoutoincludeafewtopicsontestingSAPapplicationsinfuture.

Thanks,

Rajeshwari

Thanksforappreciatingourwork.Wewilltrytopublishtopicsofyouchoiceinourfutureeditions.

Editor.

Dearsir,IreadyourmagazineandIreallyappreciateyoureffort.Ihaverecommendedthismagazineto

manyofmyfriends.

Regards,

AjayRawat

Wearehappythatyou likedTestingCircusMagazine.KeepspreadingthewordaboutTesting

CircustoyourfriendscircleandQAfolks.

Editor

IlikedthetestingpuzzleandinterviewsectionofMayTestingCircusissue. Wouldyoupublish

alistofrecommendedlistofwebsitesandblogsonsoftwaretestinginyourmagazine?

Regards,

NickReinis

Wehavepublishedalistoftop100softwaretestingblogsinourOctober/November2010issue.

KeepreadingTestingCircusforotherinterestingtopics.

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I loved itwhen ithappened.MybossDelspewasmiffed

that his H1BWorkpermit was rejected. I celebrated in

silence!Hewentabouttellingeveryonethathecouldabout

howunfairlifewastohim.Betweenyouandme,Ithinkhis

VISAapplicationwas rejectedsincehesamanager.Have

you ever seen amanagerwhoworks?And do they really

expecttheUSgovt.togivemanagersaworkpermit?he

he...ButdonttellhimthatItoldyoutheabove,ok?

AndaveryupsetDelspespiedmetakingacoffeebreakand

taggedhimselfalongwithme.Thatshiswayofconnecting

withtheteamtoimproveteammorale.Ihateitwhenmyboss

inviteshimselftohavelunchorcoffeewithme.Well,dontI

deserve at least some time alone?And over coffee,hewastellingmethathewouldhavetakenupagovernmentjobin

India,ifnotforthecorruptionfactor.Andthismonthsstory

isaboutcorruptioninIT.Well,doescorruptionexistinIT?

Hmm...thebelowswhathappenedtomeandIleaveittoyou

folkstotellmeifcorruptionexistsinsoftware.

Thisisa3partepisode.Ihaveencountereddifferentstories

ofcorruptionandwill trytowriteabouteachoneoverthe

next3monthsAndheregoes

TheOnsitemanagerthatbribedthetesterIknowitAllwasthenameofmyonsitemanager.Ifyoulook

at thedesignations in Ele InfoSystems , they startfrom

JuniorITEngineer,ITEngineer,SeniorITEngineer,andgo

ontoJuniorSQATester,SQATester,SeniorSQATester,

JuniorSoftwareTester,Tester,SeniorSoftwareTester,Jun

iorModule Tester,ModuleTester, SeniorModuleTester,

JuniorFeatureTester,FeatureTester,SeniorFeatureTester,

Junior Lead Tester, Lead tester, Senior lead tester,Junior

assistanttestmanager,assistanttestmanager,seniorassist

anttestmanager,juniorassociatetestmanager,associatetes

manager,seniorassociatetestmanager,juniortestmanager

testmanager,seniortestmanager..andsoon.

Whenwejoined EleInfoSystems, weweretoldthatifw

workhard enoughwe couldget apromotion.Butwith s

manydesignations,promotionsand level changesarevery

periodicoverhere.Theyhappenalmostonceayeartoevery

one.

Well, comingback to the story,wewerejust3daysaway

fromcompletingtheproject.Andasusual,Ihadtosacrific

allmydaylightandnightlighthoursfortheproject.Ieven

missedtheIPLfinals.AndthatswhenIfoundtheproblem

Ifoundthatiftheapplicationweretobedeployed,itwoul

break at least 45 downstream systems, which can bring

businesstoahalt.Thisoccurredbecausenobodycaredtogiv

enough thought of testing outside the scope of theproject

Justbecausethescopewasclearlydocumented,allofusha

conveniently ignored thispartof testing thecriticaldown

streamsystemsafteroursystemsgolive intoproduction.

would have logged a defect, butwe had clear instruction

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from Delspe and Iknowitall tocallthemwhenwefind

anyhighprioritydefects.Theclienthadaccesstoourdefect

logsandwhowantstobetruthfultotheclient?

Anyways, Idecided to call Iknowitall and talk tohim. I

ignored Delspe sincehewouldnotunderstandmuchabout

this,anyways.AndwhenItalkedwith Iknowitall ,Ireal

izedthathedmissedincludingthisinourplans.Apparent

ly,theclienthadclearlycalledoutaboutthisandthiswasa

missfromhisend.

Iknowitall waslookingforapromotionandheunderstood

thatthiswouldputhiminjeopardy.Thatswhenhemadethe

suggestion.He toldme, Dont talk about this. I asked

Why?Hesaid Well,youknow,itsbestforyouandme

thatwedontdiscussthisatall.Whenitgoestoproduction,

I ll talkaboutthisandconvince thesepeople that its their

goofup.ItoldhimItsnotfair.Whatsbestisthatweboth

sittogethertotryandfixthis.Hesaid Itstoolatetofixit.Letsjustignoreit.andthecallwentonforhalfanhour.

Andthenithappened.

Iknowitall said, Ifyoupromise not to talk about it, a

rewardwouldbeawaiting.Iwasflabbergasted. Whatre

ward?

Letssaythatyoucanmaybegetatripoverhereforsome

time.Letsjustignorethatyoufoundouttheentirethingand

goonwith life.Revealingthisdefectnowmeansthatwedhavetoansweralotofquestionstoalotofpeople.Andthe

companymightlosethecontract.

Andthenext30minuteswentonhimconvincingmetotake

upthisoffer.Irefused.Irefusedtobeapartofthismockery!!!

Anddoyou knowwhathappenednext?Well, Igot reas

signed to a differentmodule thatwas tested a 1000 times

beforeandmyfriend Ihavenobrainswasassignedthispiece

oftestingforthenextweek.Thebugwasnotfixed,itwentto

productionand

itbombed.

Ihavenobrains was made the scapegoat in front of the

clientsand Iknowitall shoutedathiminfrontoftheclients.

Apparently,theclientswerenottooconcernedsincesomeof

thedownstreamsystemswerenotinuseanymoreandthat

helped bring down the criticality of the issue. The team

workedoverthenext72hoursandgotasolutioninthenext

3daysand Iknowitall reapedtherewardsandthepromo

tions.And I am still here,writing thisnote toyou, sinc

thatsallthatIcoulddo!!!

Howmuchmorecorruptcanlifeget?Lookoutforournex

issueofTestingCircus.


AfakeTestersDiarywasfirstpublishedinTesting

CircusJanuaryissue.NewReadersareencouraged

toreadourold issuesatwww.testingcircus.com

tounderstandthejourneyofafakesoftwaretester.

Keep reading future issues of Testing Circus to

knowmore!!!Doyouhave anything to sayabout

faketestingpractices?

[email protected]

Bytheway,haveyouseentheblogonfakesoftware

testing?Hereitis

http://fakesoftwaretester.blogspot.com

Editor

Aplatformfor software testers to collaborate, test

variouskindsofsoftware,fosterhope,gainpeerrecog

nition,andbeofvaluetothecommunity.

http://weekendtesting.com



Inpreparationfortesting,sometesterswilltranslatetherequirementstotestcasesdocumentingtheinputandexpecte

outputinordertocoverpositive,negative,andboundarytesting.Testcasescanbetimeconsumingtowriteandmaintain

andwillnot always allow theflexibility to introducedifferent testing scenarios.Over time the test cases canprovid

diminishingreturnssincethetestersmayberetestingthesamekeystrokesonamaturepieceofcodewhereasexploring

differenttestingpathswillidentifynewbugs.

Testerscanchoosedifferenttestingoptionssuchasexploratorytestingallowingthemtoexploreareasoftheapplicationthey

feel

may

be

vulnerable.

At

times

a

more

structured

approach

is

needed

to

help

the

tester

organize

their

testing

to

ensure

theyadequatelycoverthefeatureswhileallowingthemtheflexibilityofexploratorytesting.

WhatisaTestMatrix?Atestingmatrixcanbecreatedforfeaturesthatundergoregulartesting(ie.,regressiontesting)orfornewfeaturestha

requiremultipleroundsoftesting.Thegoalistoreducetheneedtogatherthisinformationeachtimethefeatureisteste

allowingthefocusongeneratingtestideasandperformingtesting.Thisapproachisalsohelpfulforfeaturesthatareteste

acrossmultiplebrowsersormoduleswithintheapplication.

Atestingmatrixcanbecreatedusingaspreadsheetortableformattotakeadvantageoftherowandcolumnrelationship

providingawaytokeeptrackofcompletedtesting.Therowsdefinethefeaturesoptionsandthecolumnsrepresentth

A Test Matrix Approach

for Organizing Your Testing

BerniceNielRuhland


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testingareas.Thisapproachreducesthetimetocreateandupdatethetestingmatrixthroughconsolidatingthefeature

optionsacrosstestingareas.Thetestercanbundlemultipletestsintoonetestscenarioorshecantestthemindividuallybase

uponhertestideas,experiencelevelintesting,andknowledgeofthefeature.Thisallowshertochangeherapproachwhen

retestingafeatureandallowsothertesterstotakedifferenttestingpathsprovidingbetteroveralltestingcoverage.

CreatingaTestMatrixIfyouaretestingyourapplication inawebbasedenvironmentandyouneedtotest theabilitytoprintareportusing

differentbrowsers,yourtestingmatrixmaylookasfollows:

Theabovematrixprovidesinitialguidelinesontestingcoverageandthesupportedwebbrowsers.Withthisinformation

coupledwithknowledgeoftheapplicationandhistoryoffixedbugs,testing ideascanbegenerated.Thismatrixcanb

customizedtoincludeasectiontodocumentthetestingideasandadditionalcolumnscanbeaddedsuchasnotes.Atesting

matrixshouldbecreatedbasedupontheneedsofthefeaturesbeingtested,therisklevel,andhowmuchdocumentationi

helpful.

VariationofaTestMatrixTheabovetestmatrixexampledefinesspecificfeatureoptionstobetestedallowingthetestertogeneratetheirtestideas

Anothervariationwouldallowthetestertodocumenttheirtestingideas. Yourtestingmatrixmaylookasfollows:

BenefitsofThisApproachThisapproachcanbehelpfulwhenthereareadefinitesetoffeaturesthatmustbetestedsuchasinregressiontestingorwhen

thesamesetofoptionsaretestedacrossmultiplebrowsersortestingareas.Whilethetesterisexecutingtheirtestingideasthisapproachcanhelpthemorganizetheirtestsanddocumentwhattheyhavetestedallowingthemtoreviewtheirprogress

Becauseitisnotalwayspossibletorunalltestideasacrossallwebbrowsersortestingareas,atestmatrixallowstheteste

toassesshowmuchtestingtoperform.Thisinformationcanbereviewedwithstakeholdersorothertesterstodiscusstes

coverage.

DisadvantagesofthisApproachThereisacostassociatedwithcreatingthetestmatrixbyensuringthecorrectinformationiscapturedandmaintainingiti

thefeatureschange.There istheriskthatatesterwilltestonlywithintheconstraintsofthisstructureandcouldmis



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ChennaiTestersMonthlyMeet 2

AftermanylongthreadsofemailsbetweenMohnesh,Murali,Sathishandme(Bharath),wehadthingsreadyfortheITB

ChennaiTestersMonthlyMeet 2.Theeventhappenedon

May21st2011inVirtusa.Thebestpartwasthattheevent

wasfullybookedtwoweeksbeforetheactualdate.

Aftera tightsecuritycheck,peoplewereallowed insidethe

venueandVirtusawaskindenoughtoprovideeveryonewith

anotepadandapen.Theeventstartedwithanintroduction

aboutITBandRIARUIwhichisthesupportingpartnerfor

ITBChennai.Thewelcome speechwasgivenbyMr.Suresh

Srinivas,TestingHeadofVirtusa.Heenlightenedthepartic

ipants on themindset of testers and the current trend in

testingandalsohowtestersshouldequipthemselvestobein

demandinthetestingmarket.

ThefirstpresentationwasgivenbyPraveenSrinivasfrom

Virtusa who spoke on the topic Understanding Restfu

ServicesandTesting.Thissessionwasveryinteractivefrom

the very beginning and everyonefelt theygained a lot o

information from this session. Praveen gave information

aboutSOS,SOAPandvariousotheropensourceandcommercialservicesthatcanbeusedforwebtesting.

After thefirstpresentation, theparticipants were briefe

about Problemonthetable whichtheyfeltexcitedabou

andpeoplewereaskedtosubmittheirticketfor Raffles in

whichRIARUIpromisedtogive3BugdeBugTshirtsfo

theluckywinners.

Thenextpresentationwasonthetopic AgileinAction by

Anvesh

from

Collabnet.

Anvesh

compared

the

traditionawaterfallandtheagileprocessandbriefedabouttheadvan

tagesanddisadvantagesineachofthem.Discussiononthi

topicpostpresentationwas reallygoodwhere thepartici

pants spoke on how agileprocess ismore beneficial in

productbasedcompanythanaservicebasedcompanyasth

service based organization has to show the client a lot o

differentinformationinordertopleasetheclientandhenc

hastoinvolveinmanyreportsanddocumentation.

ThenextpresentationwasbyKrishnavenifromVirtusaon

thetopic TestersandNetworking.Afterthispresentation

manycame toknowabout the existenceofChennai tester

group and Weekend testing which provided a learning

groundformany testers and also an opportunity tomee

renowned testers across theglobe.Participantswere open

enough to admit that they thought testingwas onlywha

theyhadbeendoingintheofficedayindayout.

All theparticipants appreciated the initiative by ITB and

thanked the organizers for conducting such an event in

Software Testing News

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Chennaiandshowedtheirwillingnesstoparticipateinallthe

ITBChennaiTestersMeetgoingforward.Allthespeakersin

thiseventweregiftedwithaParkerBetabyITBasatokenof

gratitudeforshowingtheirinteresttoparticipateintheevent.

AspromisedRIARUIgaveawaythreeBugdebugTshirtsfor

thethreerafflewinners.

Thenextwasthemostawaitedandinteresting Problemon

the table session wherefourproblems whereposted. The

problemswhere:

1.Toolsusefulformobiletesting

2.AtechnicalissueinQTP

3.HowtosayNOtoyoursuperiors

4.AboutTestingCertifications

Alltheparticipantsmanagedtohelpeachotherandtriedto

solvetheproblems.Thosewhowerenotabletosolvetheissue

whereaskedtopostthesameontheChennaiTestingGroup.

Thesession endedwithdistributingParkerBetapens to the

participantswhopresentedtheirproblemsinthe Problemon

the table session.Thismethodofawardingtheparticipants

who cameforward to share their issues during this session

encouragedotherparticipantstotakeparttoo.

Aftertheclosingceremonyalltheparticipantstookthisoppor

tunity tonetwork and know each other and share asmuch

informationaspossible.Thisexcitingeventshowedhowim

portant networkingwasfor everyprofession and showed a

betterpathforlearningmoreefficiently.Alltheparticipants

leftthevenuepromisingtoreturnbackwiththeircolleagues

forthenextevent.

[***ReportedbyBharathSfromChennai

www.riarui.org]

BangaloreTestersMonthlyMeet 2

Bangalore

Testers

Monthly

Meet2ki

started wi

Rahul

VermasIntroductorySpeech.Hespokeaboutdifferentme

upmodels in thepastandwhy theysucceededorfailed.H

mentionedhowBLRTMMfollowsapeermodelwherepeop

from different backgrounds can come together to learn an

havefunbothatsametime.

Rahul emphasized the needforDeveloperTesterfriendsh

and stayunited instead offightingwith each other.Wor

wouldbealotbetterplaceifbothbelievethattheybelongtot

sameside.Healsorequestedthatmanypeopleintheaudien

testersanddevelopersshouldstartpresentingatthemonth

meetsinsteadofjustsittingastheaudience.Thereissomu

ofgreatworkdonebypeopleoutthere,thatitshouldnot

unrecognised

Introductory speech was followed by Welcome Note fro

PankajKSinghofIBM.Pankajspokeabouthowemphasiso

quality hasgrown over theyears and how its evenmo

importanttodaytodelivergoodqualitysoftware.Healsospo

aboutIBMsviewofqualityandthestepstheyaretaking

adheretoqualityvalues.

ThefirsttechnicalsessionforthedaywaspresentedonIB

RationalQualityManagerbyVaibhavSrivastavaof IBM

Herantheaudiencethoughdifferentfeaturestopiqueaud

enceinterest.Thereweremanyquestionsthankstotheaud

ence,buthadtobecutshortbyRahulVermakeepingrest

the sessions inmind.Vaibhavpromised to staybackfor t

Problem on the Table (POT) session to answer impendin

questionsfromtheaudience.

Therewasashortteabreakallowingpeopletonetworkandta

toeachother.Ifsmartlyused,breaksduringmeets,worksho

andconferencesaremostproductiveasitllhelptheaudien

connectwiththespeakersandviceversa.Thatisexactlywh

happenedatBLRTMM2.Itwas interestingtoseefewno

smokersfollowafewothersrightintothesmokingareafor

valuablechat!

ThesecondpresentationforthedaywasfromAvnishTyagi

McAfee who knew Rahuls strict timeguidelines.He w



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readywithhispresentationevenbeforeteabreakended.His

topicwasBrowserExtensionsonWebSecurityTesting.He

talkedaboutafewtoolslikeTamperIEandTamperDatauseful

forWeb Security Testing.He even demonstrated a couple

whichmadeitthemostinterestingpartofthesession.Healso

presentedafewothertoolsthatcouldbeexploredinsecurity

testingarena.Audiencewasveryparticipative andadded a

fewmoretothepresentedtoollist.Avnishhopedthatifanyone

foundevenasinglebugbasedonthesetoolsattheirdailyjobs,hewouldthinkhispresentationwassuccessful.Iamhopeful

hiseffortisindeedsuccessful.Manytesterstooknoteoftools

andpromisedtoaddthemtotheirsecuritytestingchecklistin

theirdailyjob.

Sometimes, some speakers tend to think how the audience

doesntknowaboutsuchbasictools.Therealproblemisthere

arenotmanyplatformswherepeopleshareknowledgeoftheir

skills,tools,productsandothersonaregularbasis.Thisisone

mainreasonwhymoreandmore testersshouldattendsuchmeetsatregularintervalsoftime.

RightafterAvnishTyagi,NarayanRamanpresentedonTest

Automation.Hestartedwithaquestion,Howmanypeople

thinkRecordandPlaybackisbad.Hewentontosayhowthat

is afirstgood step towards check automation. Therewere

many queries in Selenium vs.Sahi stylewhichNarayan

answeredgenerously.Histalkwasfollowedbyasmalldemo

onSahiandhowscriptswritteninSahiareeasilyreadable.It

appearsthatsupportofferedforpeoplewhouseSahiisamaz

ing.ThefolksatSahiwontspurnitoffsaying,Thatisnot

Sahiproblem.Theyllsee if theycanaddress it even if it is

nonSahiproblem[ThinkaboutallthoseguyswhosayHey,

thisisaMicrosoftproblem].Thisaspect,Ithinkwillbringin

morecustomersforthemintimestocome.

Keynotessessionallowedpeopleintheaudiencetoparticipate

and sharegoodpractices thathavehelped in thepast.Dha

nasekar spokeabout the importanceofhavingdedicated test

environmentsfortesting.Heillustratedafewexamplesfrom

hisexperience inthepast.NikhilBhandarispokeabouthowtheirteamapproachedtheAgilepractices.Acoupleothersalso

talkedabouttheirexperiencesintestingingeneral.Itwasfun

toseepeoplesharegoodpracticescontrarytobestpractices.

ProblemontheTablestartedwithSunilKumaraskingwhy

some clients emphasize ongood English writing skillsfor

writingtestcases.Hesaidhewasfindingithardbecausetest

casewritingitselfisboring.Overthat,iftestersareaskedto

writeasperclientsEnglishvocabulary,itisverytimecon

suming. This question triggeredmany subquestions:W

write test cases in clientsEnglish,Whywritedetailed te

cases,Whywrite test cases in thefirstplace,Whynotu

videorecordingsorchecklistsetc.Rahulintervenedandhelp

diverttheaudiencetoSunilsproblem.Afewsuggestionswe

thrownopenintheairandfinallyconcludedbyAnanda,o

oftheQAmanagersatIBM.

A couple others alsopresented theirproblems which weaddressedbysomeofthemintheaudience.Oneofthemw

relatedtoperformancetesting.Rahulbeingaproanswered

withdifferentdimensions.

Problemon theTablewas themosthilarioussessionfor t

day.WehadPradeepSoundararajan,NarayanRaman,Sa

thosh Tuppad, Dhanasekar S, Rahul Verma, Ananda an

others(obviously,Ihavemissedtheirnames)whoproactive

participated in thediscussionsandargued to thecoreabo

whatthey

believe

in.

OneofthemostwonderfulthingsontheIndianTestingsce

isthisWehavepeoplewithdiverseviewsoncertification

testmaturitymodels, test casewriting towrite ornot

writeandmanymore.However,whentimecomestotalkabo

these,noneofthembackoutfromtheirbeliefssimplybecau

themajorityofpeoplethinkdifferently.Theyargue,counte

argue,fight,yell,screamanddowhattheycanonthestage

trytoconvincepeople.Attheendofthesession,alltheydo

exchangeHighFiveswitheachotherandsay,Hey,Ienjoy

thediscussion.

The end result of discussions shouldnot behatred towar

differentschoolsofthought.Itshouldbeaboutbeingable

convince others what one thinks is right and in themo

righteousway.Intheworstcase,itsaboutbeingabletogre

to thatperson in the hallwaywhen ourpaths cross agai

BLRTMM2concludedwiththislesson.

SincereThankstoIBM,Bangaloreforkindsponsorshipoft

venueoveraweekend.SpecialThankstoRahulVermaandt

TMMteamfortheirhardworkandtimetomakethisevent

successfulone.

[***ReportedbyParimalaShankaraiahfromBangalore

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Promoting Software Testing in Your

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Test Promotional Tip 12: Publish in the

organizationsmagazineabouttesting.

Ihadwrittenalistoftipsforpromotingsoftwaretesting.

One of those was: Publish in the organizations

magazineaboutsoftwaretesting.

Testing(or

any

other

subject)

isgenerally

taken

more

seriouslywhenanarticleappearsinprintinamagazine.

Ifitisprinted,thearticlehasmorevalueforpeoplein

common.Sopublishingarticlesabout testing inyour

organizationsmagazineisagoodwaytopromotetest

awareness.

Iveusedtheformulasmentionedbelowmyself,andso

farwithsuccess.Soletstalkaboutsomecommunication

andmarketingmagic.

There are twoformulas that almost sound likemagic

spells:NIDIAandAIDA

NIDIA: News, Importance, Deviation, Interest,

Authority

AIDA:Attention,Interest,DesireandAction

NIDIA

Ifyouwant towrite an article and want toget it

published, the chance ofgetting itpublishedwillnot

alwaysbe

a100%.

You

can

increase

your

chances

for

publishingbysettingupyourarticleasrealnews.The

NIDIAformula is used byjournalists to determine:

Whatisnews.

News:Thearticleyouwriteisrelevantandhappening

atthismoment.Orithasjusthappenedorisaboutto

happeninthenearfuture.

Examples:Youtestedsomethingwithgreatresults,or

atestguruhasvisitedyourcountryandyouvetalked

tohim,beentohistrainingorwatchedhispresentation

Nearfuture:Maybeyoull be introducing usability

testingorreleaseanewproductthatyouvebeentesting

withsuccess.

Importance:Somethingisnewstomanypeoplewhenthereissomethingatstake.

Examples:A lot of bugs are in theproduct that is

released byyou or another company, a competitive

companyhasreleasedacomparableproduct(isitbetter?)

Deviation:Unusualnews standing out of theway

thingsgonormally

Examples:Someonehaswon aprizewith testing, or

strangethingshappenedwhenyouweretesting.

Interest:A development or eventwhich the readers

themselvesareaffectedby.

Examples:Testing thisway,will change thewaywe

workinthecompany,notonlyforIT,butforallother

departments.Do a calculation of costs ofdefects that

couldhavebeenfoundintesting,insteadofproduction

Time tomarket is improved by testing early in the

process.Mostpeoplewill always careformoney and

timewastedorsaved.

Authority:Informationthatcomesfromamajorsource

getslotsofpeopleattention.Thiscouldbeapersonor

anorganization.

Examples: The test guru I mentioned before, you

interviewedhim.Orthenewscomesfromahighleve


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manager or thegovernment or anotherwell known

company.

Doesyourtopic/articlerelatetothepointsabove(orat

leastone)?Thiswillincreaseyourchancestogetyour

articlepublished.

AIDA

For the structure ofyour article and thepurpose of

promoting the testingprofession youwill have to

thinkabouthowthestructureofyourarticleshouldbe.

Awaytodo it iswrite itasan advertisement.The

AIDAmodelisamarketingmodel,whichincorporates

four important steps in an advertisement (and thus

usableforanyarticle)tobecovered.Seethefoursteps

asfourpartsofyourarticle.

AttentionFirst,youneedtheattentionofthereadertopullhimor

herinyourarticle.Thiscanbeacatchyheadline,ora

specialfontorcolor.Checkthemagazineinwhichyou

wantyourarticlepublished.Ifthemagazinehasalotof

bluecolorinit,takealookifyoucancolortheheadline

inanothercolor(orthecompletefirstparagraph).Find

somepositivecolorsandfonts.Nounreadablefontona

blacksurface,thatsdepressing(atleasthereinEurope,

inother

countries

and

cultures

color

has

different

meaning).Makeyour opening sentences something

specialthatattractsattention.Itshouldmakethereader

wantingtocontinuereading.

Interest

Thiswouldbethesecondpart/paragraphofyourarticle.

Trytotransformtheattentionofthereaderintogenuine

interest.Hereyoucantrytoreachtheemotionsofthe

reader.Writeaparagraphwithverypositiveinformation

about testing.Promise a saving on the cost, speed of

goingtoproductionorevenbugfreeproducts.Thisis

like the Interestfrom theNIDIAmagic spell. Be

carefulnottopromisetoomuch,youstillwanttohave

somecredibilityinyourcareeratyourcompany.

Desire

Nowyoucangodeeperintothesubjectandforexample

listthebenefitsoftestingcomparedtonottestingatall,

ortheprosandconsofautomatedtesting,modelbased

testing,exploratorytesting,etcetera.Thereadershould

reallywant to have theproduct (or at leastget very

interested inyourwork)afterreadingthisparagraph

Dontleavethedetails,intheinterestpartyoushould

stayawayfromdetails,butmoredetailed information

canbewritteninthispartofyourarticle.Bewareoftoo

muchdetailifthatisnotthestyleofthemagazine.Think

aboutthepeoplewhoarereadingthemagazine.What

personsarethey?Whatistheirlevelofknowledgeabout

IT?

Action

In the lastpart ofyour articleyou can try to raise

questionsinthereader.Providemoreinformationabout

yourtopicandgivethereaderthesenseheorshecando

somethingwiththisinformation.Ifyouweresellingaproduct,yourintentioninthisparagraphwouldbethat

thereaderwouldgototheshopandbuyyourproduct

Maybeyouwantthe interestedreadertocontactyou

And then indicate thatyou are always availablefor

questionsonyourtelephonenumberandemailaddress

Beopentoquestionsandletthatbeshiningthroughin

thispartofthearticle.

Articleready?Think,read,modifyandreview!

Oftenwewritesomethingbeautifulandthenthinkitis

ready.Wehavesentthearticletothepublisherand

WeforgotsomethingYourereadthearticlelaterand

seemistakesyourenotsohappyabout...Thatislearning

towritefrompureexperience(thusmakingmistakes).I

havethefollowingtipsthatwillmaybehelpyouabit

Thesearepersonalwaysofwritingforme,somaybeit

willworkforyouornot,butyoucouldtrythese:

First thinkaboutwhatyouwant towriteand

write the article onlywhenyou have agood

detailed idea inyour head. Dontjust start

writingwithoutanidea.

Whenyouhavewrittenyourarticle, letitrest

forafewdays.Sleeponit.Inthemeantime,think

aboutyourtext.Afterafewdays,readitagain

andwriteyournewideasdownwhilereading.



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Afterreadingthearticleonthescreen,printit.

Oftenyouwillfindmoreerrorswhenyouread

itonpaper.

When rereading your article, make long

sentences shorter; make two sentences if a

sentencefeelstoolongwhenreading.

Whoarethereaders(thetargetofthemagazine)?Adjust the language to the target, use

professional idiom very limited if it isfor a

general public. Explain something like

performance testing instead of assuming

everybodyknowswhatthatmeans.

Let afew colleagues orfriends read it and let

themcommentonyourarticle.Inthiswayyou

alwayswillget somegoodfeedback and even

spelling andgrammarmistakesarefound thisway.

Goodluckwithyourarticleandletmeknowifyoucould

use these tips.Whenyougot other tipsforwriting,

pleaseletmeknowtoo.

InthenextissueRobwillwritemoreonhowtopromote

testinginanorganization.KeepreadingTestingCircus.

Editor

RobvanSteenbergen isan independentsoftware

testconsultantfromTheNetherlands.

In the last 5 years he has been involved in

infrastructure projects and is now working at

Leaseweb. He is working in agile projects,

infrastructuralandsoftwareproducts,coachingnew

testersandhelpingwithsettingupandimprovingthetestprocessesforthiscompany.

Formoreinformationvisitwww.chickenwings.nl

Robcanbereachedat

http://twitter.com/rvansteenbergen

Email:[email protected]

Programmerproducescodehebelievesisbugfree1.Programmerproducescodehebelievesisbugfree.

2.Productistested.20bugsarefound.

3.Programmerfixes10ofthebugsandexplainstothetestingdepartmentthattheother10arentreallybugs.

4.Testingdepartmentfindsthatfiveofthefixesdidntworkanddiscovers15newbugs.

5.Repeatthreetimessteps3and4.

6.Duetomarketingpressureandanextremelyprematureproductannouncementbasedonoverlyoptimistic

programming

schedule,

the

product

is

released.7.Usersfind137newbugs.

8.Originalprogrammer,havingcashedhisroyaltycheck,isnowheretobefound.

9.Newlyassembledprogrammingteamfixesalmostallofthe137bugs,butintroduces456newones.

10.OriginalprogrammersendsunderpaidtestingdepartmentapostcardfromFiji.Entiretestingdepartmentquits.

11.Companyisboughtinahostiletakeoverbycompetitorusingprofitsfromtheirlatestrelease,whichhad783

bugs.

12.NewCEOisbroughtinbyboardofdirectors.Hehiresaprogrammertoredoprogramfromscratch.

13.Programmerproducescodehebelievesisbugfree....



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Crack The Code!BlinduEusebiu


Thereisavalidationdeviceforcardsthatismadefromtwo checkpoints. Each checkpoint has three sub

checkpoints that can be selected by theuser. These

subcheckpoints can return thevalues:True(forCard

Valid),False(forCardInvalid)andRandom(anyvalue

nondependent on the validity of the card).Theuser

doesnt know in the beginning what of the three

checkpoints returns what(for neither of the main

checkpoints).Thevalidationdevicereturnsat theendthevaluesfromthetwocheckpointsusingAND(logical)

operator.

Example:Cardgoes into the device: user selects one

subcheckpointforeachofthetwocheckpoints.Theuser

is not aware of the internal functioning but what

happensisthattheCardisValid,heselectedtheTrue

subcheckpoint at checkpoint one, the False sub

checkpointinsecondandattheendhewasabletosee

onlyresultFalse.HedoesntknowiftheCardisvalid

orwhatcheckpointsheselectedblindly.Onlyendresult

The user can try unlimited number of times the

validatingmachine,buthe isonlygivingonecard to

findoutthevalidity.Howmanytestsdoeshehaveto

takeandwhicharethoseinordertofindoutthevalidity

ofthecard?

Sendyouranswersdirectlyto

BlinduEusebiu

[email protected]

BlinduEusebiuisa tester for more

than5years.Heis

currently hosting

EuropeanWeekend

Testing.

He considers

himself a context

driven follower and he is a fan ofexploratorytesting.

He tweets [email protected] canfind

more interactive testingpuzzles on his

websitehttp://www.testalways.com

Sendyouranswersto

[email protected]

Namesofpuzzlesolverwillbe

publishedinthenextissueof

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Problem:HowtowritetextinNOTEPADfile.Solution:ConstForReading=1,ForWriting=2

Set

JP=CreateObject(Scripting.FileSystem

Object)

Sheetname=DataTable.GlobalSheet.N

ame

filename=E:\jaijeet.txt

DataTable.ImportSheet E:\Order

Book.xls ,Sheet1 ,Sheetname

Seta=

JP.OpenTextFile(filename,ForWriting,T

rue)

sum=0

j=1

DataTable.SetCurrentRow(j)

party=DataTable( Party ,global)

DowhileNot

DataTable(Party ,global)=theend

CallHeader

k=1 Dowhile


sl=FindSpace(len(k))

qty=trim(DataTable( Qty ,global))

sp_qty=FindSpace(len(qty))

desc=DataTable( Description ,Global)

sp_desc=20len(desc)


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mrp=DataTable( Mrp ,global)

sp_mrp=FindSpace(len(mrp))

sal=DataTable( Sale_Amt ,global)

sp_sal=FindSpace(len(sal))

rate=round(sal/qty,1)

sp_rate=FindSpace1(len(rate))

a.WriteLine()&space(sl)&k&space(sp_qty)&qty& &desc&space(sp_desc)&space(sp_mrp)&mrp&

&space(sp_rate)&rate& &space(sp_sal)&sal

sum=sum+sal

j=j+1

DataTable.SetCurrentRow(j)

k=k+1

Loop

charge=round(sum*3/100)

net_amt=sum+charge

sp_sum=FindSpace1(len(sum))

sp_net_amt=FindSpace1(len(net_amt))

sp_charge=FindSpace1(len(charge))


CallFooter

sum=0

Loop

Fucntions

FunctionFindSpace(a)

Ifa=1Then

FindSpace=3

else

Ifa=2Then

FindSpace=2

else Ifa=3Then

FindSpace=1

else

FindSpace=0

EndIf

EndIf

EndIf

EndFunction



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FunctionFindSpace1(a)

Ifa=1Then

FindSpace1=5

else

Ifa=2Then

FindSpace1=4

else

If

a=3

Then

FindSpace1=3

else

Ifa=4Then

FindSpace1=2

else

Ifa=5Then

FindSpace1=1

else

FindSpace1=0

EndIf

EndIf

EndIf

EndIf

EndIf

EndFunction

FunctionFooter()

a.WriteLine( )

a.WriteLine( TOTAL: )&space(sp_sum)&sum

a.WriteLine( HANDCHAR.:+

)&space(sp_charge)&charge a.WriteLine( )

a.WriteLine( NETAMOUNT:

)&space(sp_net_amt)&net_amt

a.WriteLine( )

EndFunction

FunctionHeader()

a.WriteBlankLines(2)

a.WriteLine( ROUGHESTIMATE)

a.Write(DATE: ) a.Write( )&DataTable(Date ,Global)

a.Write( )

a.WriteLine()&DataTable(Party ,global)& Medimics

a.WriteLine( )

a.WriteLine( SLQTY DESCRIPTION MRP RATEAMT)

a.WriteLine( )

EndFunction


JaijeetPandeyhasover5andhalfyearsofexperience inApplicationDevelopment, Maintenance andTesting.Frommorethanlast4yearshe

is

involved

in

automation

testing

withQTPandLoadRunner tools.Heisassociatedwithvarioustestinginitiatives inNCR regionof India.He teaches QTP on weekends.Jaijeet writes his blog athttp://jaijeetpandey.blogspot.com

He is currently employed withBirlasoft,Noida.Hecanbereachedathttp://twitter.com/jaijeetpandey


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The termCrossBrowser refers to theabilityforawebsite,

webapplicationoraHTMLconstructtosupportalltheweb

browsers. It is a support that allows awebsite orweb

application to beproperly rendered by all browsers. The

uniquechallengeofachievingthisgoalliesinthenatureof

themediumitself.Basically,BrowserCompatibilityTesting

can be verified for the following areas, Page Layout,

Navigation,Color

&

Graphics,

Multimedia

(Audio

&

Video),

ContentPresentation,FunctionalityandAccessibility.

NeedforBCT

Noteveryoneusesthesamebrowser,similartohoweveryone

isrunningonadifferentoperatingsystem;youcantexpect

allpeopletobeusingthesamewebbrowsingtool.

Sowhat are the options?The data about current browser

usagevariesdependingonthesourceandtheregion,butin

general, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and

Operamakes upmost of themarket share,with Firefox

dominatingthemarket.Firefoxhasover42.9%marketshare,

InternetExplorer8has24.3%andChromehaving25.6%.

When there are somany different options out there, each

runningtheirownrenderingengine,howdoyouensurethat

yourwebdesignorapplicationwillholdupineachofthem?

Successfullyleveragingtheabilityofthewebtoreachawide

audience is complicated by the varied webclient

configurations usedtointeractwithwebcontent.Thatswhy

wehaveascopetogoforBrowserCompatibilityTestingand

provide the solutions for the webclient configuration

compatibilityissues.

Causes BrowserCompatibilityIssues

TheCrossBrowserCompatibilityproblemisalmostasoldas

theweb browser itself. There are several reasonsfor its

genesisandgrowth in recentyears. Themajorcausesfor

browsercompatibilityissuesare,

Multiple Browsers Internet Explorer,Opera, Firefox

Safari

DifferentBrowserVersionsInternetExplorer(6,7,8)

Firefox(6.2,7.0),etc

DifferentComputerPlatformsWindows,Mac,Linux,etc

DifferentScreenSizesFrom800x600pixelsto1024x768

pixels

DifferentFontSizes

HTMLErrorsMistakesthatbreakyourpages

BrowserBugsLittleknownerrorscausebigproblems

Cross browser compatibility is widely recognized as an

important issue among web developers but hardly ever

addresseddirectlyduringthesoftwaredevelopmentprocess

Typicallywebapplicationsaredevelopedwithasingletarge

clientsideconfigurationinviewandmanuallytestedfora

fewmore,asanafterthought.


Cross-Browser Compatibility Testing

VenkateshRamasamy


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BrowserStatisticsW3CSchools,April2011

OSStatisticsW3CSchools,April2011

ScreenResolutionsW3CSchools,April2011

Note:StatisticsarecollectedfromW3Schools logfiles

Asmentionedintheabovestatistics,theincreaseddiversity

ofwebclientplatformconfigurationscausesexecutionofweb

applications to vary unpredictably, creating amyriad of

challengesforQualityAssurance duringdevelopment.So

thatidentifyingandfixingsuchkindofbrowsercompatible

issueswillhelptoensurethatthewebsitesconformsto its

specificstandards,makingitmorelikelytobecompatiblewith

anygiven

web

client

platform

configurations.

BrowserCompatibilityTestingMethodology

Some of themostpopular Browser Compatibility testing

methodologiesare,

ManualExecutionTechniques

AutomatedExecutionTechniques

OrthogonalStaticTechniques

Combinatorial

Techniques

ManualExecutionTechniques:

Themostpopular approach to evaluate aweb application

acrossmultiplewebclient configurations is to launch the

applicationinseveralpermutationsandanalyzetheresult.Verificationof

webapplicationcorrectness,usingthisstrategy,isessentially

a qualitative comparison between expected and observed

presentation/functionality. To verify theweb application

correctness,theapplicationmustbemanuallyloadedandif

atargetenvironmentisunavailable,subsequentanalysisis

infeasible. In addition, the time and effort required to

effectivelyassesswebapplications in thismannercanalso

impedethedepthofthewebapplicationevaluated.

AutomatedExecutionTechniques:

Tools such as BrowserShotspartially automate the above

approachbyloadingspecificwebpagesinapredefinedsetof

browsing environments and mailing screenshots of theresultsbacktotheuser.Theuserthenmanuallydetermines

thecorrectnessoftheWAbyexaminingthescreenshots.If

avisibleerror isdiscovered, theusermanuallydetermines

thecauseoftheproblem.Whilethisapproachautomatesthe

process of loading web applications, it is still resource

intensive,nondiagnostic,andlimitedtoasmall,fixedsetof

clientconfigurations.Inaddition,itcanonlybeusedtodetect

failuresevidentfromvisualinspection.



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willopenyourwebsiteintheirbrowser.Thentheywillmake

screenshotsanduploadthemtoourcentraldedicatedservers

foryourreview.

Fordetails:http://browsershots.org

BrowserCam

BrowserCam creates screen captures ofyourpages in the

operatingsystemsandbrowsersyouselected. Itseasytosee

howyour

designs

will

look

to

your

visitors

across

different

browsersandondifferentoperatingsystems.BrowserCams

ScreenCaptureService letsyou submit singleormultiple

URLschoosethebrowsersandoperatingsystemsyouwant

tosee,andscreencapturesofyourwebpageareloadedinthe

different browsers and operating systems you selected.

BrowserCamsDeviceCaptureserviceusedtoseehowyour

websiteswilllookondifferentPDAdeviceslikeBlackberry,

Apple,etc.

Fordetails:http://www.browsercam.com/

BrowserSeal

BrowserSealisafastandeasytousecrossbrowsertesting

andscreenshottool.Itallowsyoutocaptureanimageofyour

web siteundermultiple browserswith a single click of a

mouse and instantly inspect the differences. It supports

InternetExplorer(IE6,IE7andIE8),Firefox(3.0and3.5),

GoogleChrome,Opera(8,9and10)andSafari(3and4). I

isheavilyoptimizedforspeed,whichisespeciallyevidenton

largewebpageswithscrollbars. BrowserSealisnotjusta

screenshotapplication,itcomeswithstandaloneversionsof

allmajor browsers, includingOperaMini, allowing the

developernot only to verify theweb site layoutunder al

browsers,butalsotroubleshottheissueincaseofanyproblem

BrowserSealis

the

only

tool

that

allows

to

run

Opera

MinonaPC.

Fordetails:http://www.browserseal.com/

Conclusion

Nowadayswebbasedapplicationbecomesmoreandmore

popularbecauseofitsrichcontent,commercialityandease

accessacross theglobe. Buttestingthewebapplication is

challengingbecauseofitsincreasedcomplexityinwebclien

configurations,hence

new

methodologies

&

algorithms

have

been evolved day by daywith the implementation ofnew

technologyarena,ArtificialIntelligence&Neuralnetwork

fordoingbetterandqualityassuredBrowserCompatibility

Testing.

VenkateshRamasamy is currentlyworking asa

Senior Test Analyst in Cognizant Technology

Solutions. He has an excellent experience in

managingenterpriseITprojectlifecyclethroughall

thetestingphases. Hehasdevelopedmanysoftware

productsfor doing endtoend TestManagement

activities which optimizes the testing costs and

improvesthequality.Hehaspublishedabook,titled

Ahandbookon1000SoftwareTestingToolswhich

gives detailed information about 1000 softwaretestingtools. Hehaspresentedaround14research

papers in various technologies like Embedded

Systems, Micro Electronics, Communication,

InformationTechnology,etc.




Learn Sahi Step by Step

NarayanRaman

Narayan Raman is the founder, CEO of Tyto

Software Pvt. Ltd., a Bengaluru based software

products company specializing is software

automationproducts.NarayanistheauthorofSahi,

anawardwinningopensourcewebtestautomation

tool.He has over 10years of experience in the

industryandholdsaB.Techdegree inChemical

Engineering from IIT Bombay. Tyto Software,

started in2008,helpsorganizationssimplifyandachieve success in their test automationprocess.

Tytoisnowasmall,successfullygrowingcompany.

Narayancanbereachedat

http://twitter.com/narayanraman

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InthepreviouseditionofTestingCircus,AkankshaTalwarshowedushowtorecordandplaybackasimpletestscriptin

Sahi.Inthisarticle,wewillexplorefurtheronwritinggoodmaintainableSahiscripts.Wewillbeusingthesampleapplication

availableathttp://sahi.co.in/demo/training/

GOAL:Toautomateascenariointhesampleapplication,whichisasimplebookstore.Weshallperformthefollowingactions

1) Login

2) Adddifferentquantitiesofbookstoashoppingcart

3) Onadditionofbooks,theapplicationdisplaysthetotalamounttobepaid.Wewillverifythetotal.

4) Logout

First,letusrecordthesequence

1) OpenabrowserfromtheSahiDashboard.

2) BringuptheController(ALTDoubleClickonthepage)

3) Startrecordingascript.Give i

anameof1_raw_recording.sah

4) Enter

http://sahi.co.in/demo/training/

asthestartURLandclickGo

5) Enter test as username and

secretaspasswordandlogin

6) Addbooksindifferentquantities

(say3,1,2)andclickAdd

7) Onclickingadd,thebottomportionispopulatedandthetotalis

visible

8) Press theCTRL key and hover

overthetotaltextfield


Open Source Test Automation Tool - Sahi(Writing Maintainable Scripts)

NarayanRaman



9) OncetheAccessorfieldispopulated,ClickonAssert.

The Evaluateexpressionboxgetspopulatedwithpossibleassertions.Letusselectthe_assertEqualstatement

whichassertsthatthetotalis1800.

Clicking onTest >prints

the output of the selected ex

pressioninthebottombox.

Add this assertion to recorded

script by clicking on Append

toScript.

10)Click the Logout button on

theapplicationtologout.

Ifallwentwell,weshouldhaveascriptwhichlookslikethis:

TIP:Toopenthescriptforediting,clickontheScriptslinkonthedashboard,andthenopenthe.sahfileinatexteditor

likeNotepad++

Afewpointstonoteaboutthescript:

1) Thescriptdoesnothaveanywaits

2) ThescriptisfairlyreadableexceptforthesetValuestatementsafterlogin

Nowletuscomparethescripttoourinitialgoalstatements.Onedifferencetonoteisthatthegoaltalksaboutfunctionality

ofabookstoreapplication.Thescript,ontheotherhand,showsstepsatamorebasiclevel.Thescriptonlycommunicates

howauserinteractedwiththesystem,withoutcommunicatingtheintention.Atestscriptwhichdoesnotcommunicate

theintentionismuchmoredifficulttounderstandandmaintainlater.

Letusnowmodifythescripttoexpressourintentiontoo.Creatingfunctionsoutofgroupsoffunctionality,wearriveat:

_navigateTo("http://sahi.co.in/demo/training/");_setValue(_textbox("user"), "test");_setValue(_password("password"), "secret");_click(_submit("Login"));_setValue(_textbox("q"), "3");_setValue(_textbox("q[1]"), "1");_setValue(_textbox("q[2]"), "2");_click(_button("Add"));_assertEqual("1800", _getValue(_textbox("total")));_click(_button("Logout"));

function login($username, $password){_setValue(_textbox("user"), $username);

_setValue(_password("password"), $password); _click(_submit("Login"));}

function addBooks($numJava, $numRuby, $numPython){ _setValue(_textbox("q"), $numJava); _setValue(_textbox("q[1]"), $numRuby); _setValue(_textbox("q[2]"), $numPython); _click(_button("Add"));}


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Noticehowvariousstepsaregroupedlogicallyintofunctionstoexpressintention.Ifwelookatthelast4statements,login("test", "secret");addBooks(3, 1, 2);verifyTotal(1800);logout();

Itcommunicatestheintentionofthescriptverywell.

SIDENOTE:Sahiscriptis likeJavascript.Functions,parameters,variables,conditions, loopsetc.areallavailableand

followtheconstructsofJavascript.Onesignificantdifferenceisthatallvariablesstartwitha$inSahiscript.(Sahiscrip

isparsedbySahitoproducepureJavascriptcode)

Theaboveisasignificantimprovementoverouroriginalrecordedscript.Butwestillseesomeclutterwithallthefunction

definitionsatthetop.Soletusmovethemoffintoanewfileandseparatethefunctiondefinitionsfromthecalls.

library_functions.sah

verify_total.sah


function login($username, $password){ _setValue(_textbox("user"), $username); _setValue(_password("password"), $password);

_click(_submit("Login"));}


function verifyTotal($total){ _assertEqual($total, _textbox("total").value);}

function logout(){ _click(_button("Logout"));}

function verifyTotal($total){ _assertEqual($total, _textbox("total").value);}

function logout(){ _click(_button("Logout"));}

login("test", "secret");addBooks(3, 1, 2);verifyTotal(1800);logout();

_include("library_functions.sah");login("test", "secret");addBooks(3, 1, 2);verifyTotal(1800);logout();


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Wemoveallthefunctiondefinitionsintolibrary_functions.sahandthenjustincludeitinverify_total.sah usingthe_include

APIofSahi.Nowverify_total.sahcommunicatesveryclearlywhattheintentionofthetestscriptis.

Apartfrommakingtheintentionclear,functionsallowreuseoffunctionality.Ifweweretocreateanothertestcasewhich

needsloginandlogout,wejustincludelibrary_functions.sahandcalllogin()andlogout()functions.

NOTE:Recordersareasteppingstonetoautomation.Weshouldusethemonlyascodegenerationtools.Weshouldconver

recordedscriptsintofunctions,attheearliest,sothattheybecomereusable.Thereisalotofnegativityaroundrecordersin

theautomationworld.Theyareduetoinferiorrecordingtechnologiesratherthantheconceptofrecordingitself.TheSah

recorderisverysimpleandsmartandgeneratescodewhichisveryusable.Sojustgoaheadandrecordyourscripts.

Letusexamineourscriptoncemore.LookataddBooksfunction

We

see

here

that

the

3

textboxes

on

the

webpage

are

identified

as

_textbox("q"), _textbox("q[1]"),_textbox("q[2]"). Allthesetextboxeshavethesamenameqwhich isnotanuncommonscenario inadynamic

application.Sahitriesitsbesttouniquelyidentifytheelementsbyaddinganindex,butthatisnotenough.Supposeanother

bookisaddedtothelistortheorderofthebookschanges,thisscriptisgoingtofail.TofixthiswewilluseSahis_nearAPI

toassociateatextboxwiththenameofthebookinsteadoftheindex.Hereisthemodifiedcode:

Now,evenifthebookmovesupordownintheorder,thetestwillstillpass.Understanding _near,_inand_underAPIs

inSahiisinstrumentalinachievingsuccesswithautomation.WewilldiscusstheseandotherSahiAPIsinthenextarticle

Tillthen,happytesting!

InformationonSahi:

Website:http://sahi.co.in/

Forums:http://sahi.co.in/forums

Twitter:_sahi

SIDENOTE:Inourtrainings,weseethat,testerswhoarejuststartingautomationdonotgraspthedifferencebetween

afunctiondefinitionandafunctioncall.

Thisisafunctiondefinition:function logout(){ _click(_button("Logout"));}

Thisdoesnotgetexecutedunlesswecallitusing

logout();

Wedefineafunctiononceinascript,butcancallthefunctionlogout()anynumberoftimes.


function addBooks($numJava, $numRuby, $numPython){ _setValue(_textbox("q", _near(_cell("Core Java"))), $numJava); _setValue(_textbox("q", _near(_cell("Ruby for Rails"))), $numRuby); _setValue(_textbox("q", _near(_cell("Python Cookbook"))), $numPython); _click(_button("Add"));}



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Testing

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Regular

Featu

re

1. How longhaveyoubeen involved insoftware

testing?

Untilnowithasbeenfiveyear.ThefirstjobI

gotafterfinishingmyuniversitystudieswasa

jobasasoftwaretester.Oneandahalfyearlater

I found myself as a software testing group

leader. Threemoreyears later I started as a

consultantinAgileTesting.

2. Howdidyoubecomeasoftwaretester?

Iappliedforajobpositionasareleasemanager.Igotinvitedtoajobinterview,andwithinthe

first ten minutes I was told that I was

interviewing for a different position. I

eventually got the job, found myself in a

software testingposition.Not having learned

anythingabouttesting inuniversity,Istarted

mypath as a software tester by heavily self

educatingmyself about the theories behind it,

andgot onto thefirstprojectwithin thenext

month.

3. Whyareyoupassionateabouttestingandwhat

keepsthatpassionburning?

Allmy life I had been a tester.This lesson I

realized when digging deeper into software

testing. It seemed to natural to me, that it

actually didntfeel likework. I loved testing

software,findingallthesebugs,andinforming

othersaboutthecriticalityofthesoftware.Ifyou

feelthetestingattitude,yourpassionfortesting

keepsonburningonitsown.

4. You are very much involved in the agile

communitywhatisitaboutagilethatexcites

you?In2007Iwasfacedwiththeproblem,thatwe

hadatestautomationsolutioninplacethatwas

grownoverthepastyear.Wemaintainedthat

beastwith agroup of twelve testers and test

automatorsoverthatyear,butwerenowgoing

tohavejustfive testerspending their timeon

that.Earlyon, Iknew, Ihad todo something

aboutit.Istartedtodigdeepertofindoutabout

MarkusGrtnerstudiedcomputersciencesuntil2005.Hepublishedhisdiplomathesis

onhandgesturedetectionin2007asabook.In2010hejoineditagileGmbH,Hamburg,

Germany,afterhavingbeena testinggroup leaderfor threeyearsatOrgaSystems

GmbH.Markus is the cofounder of the European chapter inWeekend Testing, a

blackbelt instructor in theMiagiDo school ofSoftwareTesting, contributes to the

ATDDPatternswritingcommunityaswellastheSoftwareCraftsmanshipmovement.

MarkusregularlypresentsatAgileandtestingconferences,aswellasdedicatinghimself

towritingabouttesting,foremostinanAgilecontext.

Markus GrtnerOrganisationitagileGmbH

Role/DesignationTestingConsultant

LocationHamburg,Germany

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designforsoftwaretestautomation.Ireadabout

DesignPatterns,RUP, andXP.Ever since I

wondered how testers could keep up thepace

with the fast development cycles of Agile

development.

In February 2008 I saw there was a book

upcoming written by Lisa Crispin andJanet

Gregoryonthattopic.Sincetheyputupsomeof

theirdraftchaptersonlineforotherstoreview,I

startedtoread,andprovidethemmyfeedback.

Afterfinishing that, Ifelt like I exactly knew

whattodo.

Aftergetting back towork,we decided about

how to replace our test automation beast.

Within 18 weeks we completely rewroteeverything,andsucceededgreatlywithit.When

I left the company lastSeptembermost of the

codewasstillinplace.SincewelivedtheAgile

valueswithinthose18weeks,Igotconvincedby

thembyactuallyseeingthemhelpus.Eversince

thenIstartedtodigmyselfdeeperintoit.

5. What advicewouldyou haveforpeople who

wanttojointheITindustryassoftwaretesters?

Neverstop to learnabouttesting.Everyother

week there is a new topic coming up. I love

readingandlearningaboutevernewaspectsof

software testing.Especially ifyoujoin the IT

industryasanewsoftwaretester,keepcritical

with thecurriculumyoumightbefacedwith,

withyourworkasasoftware tester,andwith

yourcareerpath.WhereIcould,Ispentmuchof

myleisuretimeonselfeducatingmeevenmore.

TherearestillsomethingsleftwhichIwantto

digdeeperinto.Neverstopthelearning.Asmy

fatherusedtosay:Onceoutofapprenticeship

orhighschool,yourlearningjuststarted.

6. WheredoyouseeSoftwareTestinginnextfive

years?

Iambadatlookingintothefuture.Someofthe

clues I see currently happening tell me that

withinthenextfiveyearswewillprobablyseea

twofolded development. Traditional testers

eventuallybecomemoregeneralizedduetothe

ever increasing influence thatAgile software

developmenthasonthemarket.Yet,therewil

bemoreandmoretestersevenspecializingmore

into the topic of software testing. I especially

lookforward to see more and more context

driventesterscomingoutofthis.

One of the hopes I have is that current

certification programs get replaced by other

programswhichactuallymeansomethingonce

you really earnedyourself agood name as a

software tester.Maybe we can then start to

improveourcraftassoftwaretesters,finally.

7. YouareaMiagiDoblackbelttester Whatis

MiagiDoandhowhas itshapedyour testing

philosophy?

TheMiagiDoschoolofsoftware testing isan

inventionbyMattHeusser.Afterhavingbeen

approachedfrom several sides about software

testingtraining,hecreatedafilterforstudents

whichactuallywanted tofollowupon it,and

theoneswhowouldnotdoso.Inthatsense,he

putupablackbelttestingchallengeonhisblog

inearly2009,andIrepliedtothat.Aftergoing

throughsomemorequestions,Igottherankofa

blackbelt testerbasedonmyknowledgeabout

testingthatIhadshown.

Over the next few months I had severa

exchangeswithMattonSkype.Heworkedvery

closelywithme asmymentor. From time to

timeheprovidedmeinsights,gavemepointers,andwasagreatpeertohaveexchangeswith.I

alsohelpedhimwithonewritingortheotherat

that time, andfound myself able to take on

additional responsibility as a blackbelt

instructorinlate2009.

TheMiagiDoschoolisaschoolofeagersoftware

testersworking on their skills.Everyonewho




tookanexammeantitseriouslyatthetime,and

wantedtodigdeeper.Wearehandpickedand

showedexpertiseinthefieldofsoftwaretesting.

Ratherthantakingonameaninglesscertification

test,weactuallyhavetoproveourselvesinthe

craft. Ifyouwant to learnfrom us, thefirst

challengeforyouwillbetofindusmaybenot

afterpublishingthis.

8. Youarealsoanauthor Whathasbeenyour

favouritepieceofwritingandwhy?Howhasit

influencedyourcareer?

My favorite paper was Agile practices in a

traditionalenvironment

(http://www.shino.de/publications/Agile_practi

ces_in_a_traditional_environment.pdf),

accompaningmyfirst conferencepresentationever.Oneofthereviewers,BrettSchuchert,told

melastyearthathehassharedthisstorywith

manyclients.Theyalllovedthisstory,andgot

convincedbyAgilesoftwaredevelopmentfrom

it. Both, the conferencepresentation and the

paper,eventuallybecamealifechangerformeas

IappliedforanewjobtheoneIcurrentlyhave.

9. Yourfavouritemovieofalltimeis?

Matrix.Iwatcheditmorethan50times,Ithink.

ItwasthefirstmovieIwatchedinEnglish,and

cannownearlyspeakitbytheletter.Eversince

IlovewatchingmoviesinEnglish.

10.Please finish the sentence, I use twitter

because

...after signing upfor it in late 2009, Igot

addicted to it. I share some ofmywar stories

there, and eventually rant overweird stuff I

comeacross.

Thankyou!

[email protected]

Blog/Sitehttp://www.shino.de/blog

TwitterUrl@mgaertne

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