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Welcome to the new issue of Testing Circus.Inthelastfewissueswehave introducedfewmorenewregularfea tures. Learning automation tool step bystepandtesteventsaretwoamong them.Wehavestartedtopublisharti cles on Sahi from the last issue. Narayan Raman will continue to writeonSahitoolinTestingCircus future issues. I hope readers will get benefitedfromhisstepbystepdemon strationofpowerfulSahifeatures. ganization.Wehavepublishedthelist of TCRs in this issue of magazine (page40).Wewouldalsoliketopub lishthephotosofourreaders.Wehave publishedtwophotosofreadersinthis issue(page11).

From this issue onwards we have changed the questions asked in the interviewwithtesterssection.Markus answers few interesting questions in this issue of Testing Circus. Also in thenewssectionwehavetriedtocap OneofourobjectivesatTestingCir turenewsandeventsrelatedtoSoft cushasbeentopublisharticlesofnew wareTesting.ThankstoBharathand writers,helpandencouragethemwith Parimalaforsendingthereportstous. oureditorialteamsguidanceinshap ing the articles. We have received Enjoy Testing Circus and send us many articles from new writers and feedbacks. we are working on those articles and AjoyKumarSingha we would publish them regularly in ourmagazine. editor@testingcircus.com http://twitter.com/ajoysingha

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Corruption has been a buzz word aroundtheworldinlastfewmonths. In our regular column Fake Testers Diary we have tried to capture the corruption culture in Software Test ingpractices.

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A Fake Testers Diary

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I loved it when it happened. My boss Delspe was miffed that his H1B Work permit was rejected. I celebrated in silence!Hewentabouttellingeveryonethathecouldabout howunfairlifewastohim.Betweenyouandme,Ithinkhis VISA application was rejected since hes a manager. Have you ever seen a manager who works? 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, he was tellingmethathewouldhavetakenupagovernmentjobin India,ifnotforthecorruptionfactor.Andthismonthsstory isaboutcorruptioninIT.Well,doescorruptionexistinIT? Hmm...thebelowswhathappenedtomeandIleaveittoyou folkstotellmeifcorruptionexistsinsoftware.

assistanttestmanager,assistanttestmanager,seniorassist anttestmanager,juniorassociatetestmanager,associatetest manager,seniorassociatetestmanager,juniortestmanager, testmanager,seniortestmanager..andsoon. WhenwejoinedEleInfoSystems,weweretoldthatifwe work hard enough we could get a promotion. But with so many designations, promotions and level changes are very periodicoverhere.Theyhappenalmostonceayeartoevery one.

Thisisa3partepisode.Ihaveencountereddifferentstories ofcorruptionandwilltrytowriteabouteachoneoverthe Well, coming back to the story, we were just 3 days away next3monthsAndheregoes fromcompletingtheproject.Andasusual,Ihadtosacrifice allmydaylightandnightlighthoursfortheproject.Ieven TheOnsitemanagerthatbribedthetester missedtheIPLfinals.AndthatswhenIfoundtheproblem. IknowitAllwasthenameofmyonsitemanager.Ifyoulook Ifoundthatiftheapplicationweretobedeployed,itwould at the designations in Ele Info Systems, they start from break at least 45 downstream systems, which can bring JuniorITEngineer,ITEngineer,SeniorITEngineer,andgo businesstoahalt.Thisoccurredbecausenobodycaredtogive ontoJuniorSQATester,SQATester,SeniorSQATester, enough thought of testing outside the scope of the project. JuniorSoftwareTester,Tester,SeniorSoftwareTester,Jun Justbecausethescopewasclearlydocumented,allofushad ior Module Tester, Module Tester, Senior Module Tester, conveniently ignored this partof testing the criticaldown JuniorFeatureTester,FeatureTester,SeniorFeatureTester, streamsystemsafteroursystemsgoliveintoproduction.I Junior Lead Tester, Lead tester, Senior lead tester, Junior would have logged a defect, but we had clear instructions

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fromDelspeandIknowitalltocallthemwhenwefind tions. And I am still here, writing this note to you, since anyhighprioritydefects.Theclienthadaccesstoourdefect thatsallthatIcoulddo!!! logsandwhowantstobetruthfultotheclient? Howmuchmorecorruptcanlifeget?Lookoutforournext Anyways, I decided to call Iknowitall and talk to him. I issueofTestingCircus. ignoredDelspesincehewouldnotunderstandmuchabout this,anyways.AndwhenItalkedwithIknowitall,Ireal izedthathedmissedincludingthisinourplans.Apparent ly,theclienthadclearlycalledoutaboutthisandthiswasa missfromhisend. Iknowitallwaslookingforapromotionandheunderstood thatthiswouldputhiminjeopardy.Thatswhenhemadethe suggestion. He told me, Dont talk about this. I asked Why?HesaidWell,youknow,itsbestforyouandme thatwedontdiscussthisatall.Whenitgoestoproduction, Illtalkaboutthisandconvince thesepeople thatits their goofup.ItoldhimItsnotfair.Whatsbestisthatweboth sittogethertotryandfixthis.HesaidItstoolatetofixit. Letsjustignoreit.andthecallwentonforhalfanhour. Andthenithappened. Iknowitall said, If you promise not to talk about it, a rewardwouldbeawaiting.Iwasflabbergasted.Whatre ward? Letssaythatyoucanmaybegetatripoverhereforsome time.Letsjustignorethatyoufoundouttheentirethingand goonwithlife.Revealingthisdefectnowmeansthatwed havetoansweralotofquestionstoalotofpeople.Andthe companymightlosethecontract. Andthenext30minuteswentonhimconvincingmetotake upthisoffer.Irefused.Irefusedtobeapartofthismockery!!! And do you know what happened next? Well, I got reas signed to a different module that was tested a 1000 times beforeandmyfriendIhavenobrainswasassignedthispiece oftestingforthenextweek.Thebugwasnotfixed,itwentto productionanditbombed. Ihavenobrains was made the scapegoat in front of the clientsandIknowitallshoutedathiminfrontoftheclients. Apparently,theclientswerenottooconcernedsincesomeof thedownstreamsystemswerenotinuseanymoreandthat helped bring down the criticality of the issue. The team workedoverthenext72hoursandgotasolutioninthenext 3daysandIknowitallreapedtherewardsandthepromo

AfakeTestersDiarywasfirstpublishedinTesting CircusJanuaryissue.NewReadersareencouraged toreadouroldissuesatwww.testingcircus.com tounderstandthejourneyofafakesoftwaretester. Keep reading future issues of Testing Circus to know more!!! Do you have anything to say about faketestingpractices? Writetous.faketester@testingcircus.com Bytheway,haveyouseentheblogonfakesoftware testing?Hereitis http://fakesoftwaretester.blogspot.com Editor

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A Test Matrix Approach for Organizing Your Testing

BerniceNielRuhland
Inpreparationfortesting,sometesterswilltranslatetherequirementstotestcasesdocumentingtheinputandexpected outputinordertocoverpositive,negative,andboundarytesting.Testcasescanbetimeconsumingtowriteandmaintain and will not always allow the flexibility to introduce different testing scenarios. Over time the test cases can provide diminishing returns since the testers may be retesting the same keystrokes on a mature piece of code whereas exploring differenttestingpathswillidentifynewbugs. Testerscanchoosedifferenttestingoptionssuchasexploratorytestingallowingthemtoexploreareasoftheapplicationthey feelmaybevulnerable.Attimesamorestructuredapproachisneededtohelpthetesterorganizetheirtestingtoensurethey adequatelycoverthefeatureswhileallowingthemtheflexibilityofexploratorytesting. WhatisaTestMatrix? Atestingmatrixcanbecreatedforfeaturesthatundergoregulartesting(ie.,regressiontesting)orfornewfeaturesthat requiremultipleroundsoftesting.Thegoalistoreducetheneedtogatherthisinformationeachtimethefeatureistested allowingthefocusongeneratingtestideasandperformingtesting.Thisapproachisalsohelpfulforfeaturesthataretested acrossmultiplebrowsersormoduleswithintheapplication. Atestingmatrixcanbecreatedusingaspreadsheetortableformattotakeadvantageoftherowandcolumnrelationship providingawaytokeeptrackofcompletedtesting.Therowsdefinethefeaturesoptionsandthecolumnsrepresentthe

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testingareas.Thisapproachreducesthetimetocreateandupdatethetestingmatrixthroughconsolidatingthefeatures optionsacrosstestingareas.Thetestercanbundlemultipletestsintoonetestscenarioorshecantestthemindividuallybased uponhertestideas,experiencelevelintesting,andknowledgeofthefeature.Thisallowshertochangeherapproachwhen retestingafeatureandallowsothertesterstotakedifferenttestingpathsprovidingbetteroveralltestingcoverage. CreatingaTestMatrix If you are testing your application in a webbased environment and you need to test the ability to print a report using differentbrowsers,yourtestingmatrixmaylookasfollows: Theabovematrixprovidesinitialguidelinesontestingcoverageandthesupportedwebbrowsers.Withthisinformation coupled with knowledge of the application and history of fixed bugs, testing ideas can be generated. This matrix can be customizedtoincludeasectiontodocumentthetestingideasandadditionalcolumnscanbeaddedsuchasnotes.Atesting matrixshouldbecreatedbasedupontheneedsofthefeaturesbeingtested,therisklevel,andhowmuchdocumentationis helpful. VariationofaTestMatrix Theabovetestmatrixexampledefinesspecificfeatureoptionstobetestedallowingthetestertogeneratetheirtestideas. Anothervariationwouldallowthetestertodocumenttheirtestingideas.Yourtestingmatrixmaylookasfollows:

BenefitsofThisApproach Thisapproachcanbehelpfulwhenthereareadefinitesetoffeaturesthatmustbetestedsuchasinregressiontestingorwhen thesamesetofoptionsaretestedacrossmultiplebrowsersortestingareas.Whilethetesterisexecutingtheirtestingideas, thisapproachcanhelpthemorganizetheirtestsanddocumentwhattheyhavetestedallowingthemtoreviewtheirprogress. Becauseitisnotalwayspossibletorunalltestideasacrossallwebbrowsersortestingareas,atestmatrixallowsthetester toassesshowmuchtestingtoperform.Thisinformationcanbereviewedwithstakeholdersorothertesterstodiscusstest coverage. DisadvantagesofthisApproach Thereisacostassociatedwithcreatingthetestmatrixbyensuringthecorrectinformationiscapturedandmaintainingitif the featureschange. Thereis the risk that atesterwill testonly withintheconstraintsof thisstructure andcould miss

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importanttests.Trainingneedstooccurtoensuretestersuse thetestingmatrixasawaytoorganizetheirtestingandnot constrainthetesting.

Bernice Niel Ruhland is a Software Test ing Manager with more than 20yearsexperi ence in testing strategies and execution, de velopingtestingframeworks,performingdatavali dation, and financial programming. She devotes many hours to reading testing approaches adopted by other testers to challenge her own testing skills andapproaches. Whennot exploringthetestingworld,Berniceen joys cooking and spending time with her husband livingahealthconsciouslifestyle.Theopinionsof this article are her own and not reflective of the companysheisemployed.Berniceenjoysinteracting withothertestingprofessionalsandcanbereached at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bernicenielruhland andhttp://twitter.com/bruhland2000.

Conclusion Whateverapproachisusedtoorganizetesting,itisimportant thatthetestingisnotlimitedbytheapproach.Thegoalofthe testmatrixistoprovideorganizationandnotbecomeacheck listthatisblindlyfollowed.Thevalueofcreatingatestmatrix must outweigh the time to create and maintain if it is to be reused.Atestmatrixcanbebeneficialforregressiontesting andwhentestingafeatureacrossmultiplebrowsersortesting areas. In the end, how a tester organizes her tests can be a personalpreferenceorcompanydrivenespeciallyinregulated environments.

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The first presentation was given by Praveen Srinivas from Virtusa who spoke on the topic Understanding Restful ServicesandTesting.Thissessionwasveryinteractivefrom the very beginning and everyone felt they gained a lot of information from this session. Praveen gave information AftermanylongthreadsofemailsbetweenMohnesh,Mura aboutSOS,SOAPandvariousotheropensourceandcom li,Sathishandme(Bharath),wehadthingsreadyfortheITB mercialservicesthatcanbeusedforwebtesting. ChennaiTestersMonthlyMeet2.Theeventhappenedon May21st2011inVirtusa.Thebestpartwasthattheevent After the first presentation, the participants were briefed aboutProblemonthetablewhichtheyfeltexcitedabout wasfullybookedtwoweeksbeforetheactualdate. andpeoplewereaskedtosubmittheirticketforRafflesin Afteratightsecuritycheck,peoplewereallowedinsidethe whichRIARUIpromisedtogive3BugdeBugTshirtsfor venueandVirtusawaskindenoughtoprovideeveryonewith theluckywinners. anotepadandapen.Theeventstartedwithanintroduction aboutITBandRIARUIwhichisthesupportingpartnerfor ThenextpresentationwasonthetopicAgileinActionby Anvesh from Collabnet. Anvesh compared the traditional waterfallandtheagileprocessandbriefedabouttheadvan tagesanddisadvantagesineachofthem.Discussiononthis topic post presentation was really good where the partici pants spoke on how agile process is more beneficial in a productbasedcompanythanaservicebasedcompanyasthe service based organization has to show the client a lot of differentinformationinordertopleasetheclientandhence hastoinvolveinmanyreportsanddocumentation. ChennaiTestersMonthlyMeet2 ThenextpresentationwasbyKrishnavenifromVirtusaon thetopicTestersandNetworking.Afterthispresentation, many came to know about the existence of Chennai testers group and Weekend testing which provided a learning ground for many testers and also an opportunity to meet ITB Chennai.The welcome speech was given by Mr.Suresh renowned testers across the globe. Participants were open Srinivas,TestingHeadofVirtusa.Heenlightenedthepartic enough to admit that they thought testing was only what ipants on the mindset of testers and the current trend in theyhadbeendoingintheofficedayindayout. testingandalsohowtestersshouldequipthemselvestobein All the participants appreciated the initiative by ITB and demandinthetestingmarket. thanked the organizers for conducting such an event in
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Chennaiandshowedtheirwillingnesstoparticipateinallthe ITBChennaiTestersMeetgoingforward.Allthespeakersin thiseventweregiftedwithaParkerBetabyITBasatokenof gratitudeforshowingtheirinteresttoparticipateintheevent. AspromisedRIARUIgaveawaythreeBugdebugTshirtsfor thethreerafflewinners.

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Bangalore Testers Monthly Meet2kick ThenextwasthemostawaitedandinterestingProblemon started with the table session where four problems where posted. The Rahul problemswhere: Vermas Introductory Speech. He spoke about different meet up models in the past and why they succeeded or failed. He 1.Toolsusefulformobiletesting mentionedhowBLRTMMfollowsapeermodelwherepeople 2.AtechnicalissueinQTP from different backgrounds can come together to learn and 3.HowtosayNOtoyoursuperiors havefunbothatsametime. 4.AboutTestingCertifications Rahul emphasized the need for DeveloperTester friendship and stay united instead of fighting with each other. World wouldbealotbetterplaceifbothbelievethattheybelongtothe sameside.Healsorequestedthatmanypeopleintheaudience testersanddevelopersshouldstartpresentingatthemonthly meetsinsteadofjustsittingastheaudience.Thereissomuch ofgreatworkdonebypeopleoutthere,thatitshouldnotgo unrecognised Introductory speech was followed by Welcome Note from PankajKSinghofIBM.Pankajspokeabouthowemphasison quality has grown over the years and how its even more importanttodaytodelivergoodqualitysoftware.Healsospoke aboutIBMsviewofqualityandthestepstheyaretakingto adheretoqualityvalues.

Alltheparticipantsmanagedtohelpeachotherandtriedto ThefirsttechnicalsessionforthedaywaspresentedonIBM solvetheproblems.Thosewhowerenotabletosolvetheissue Rational Quality Manager by Vaibhav Srivastava of IBM. whereaskedtopostthesameontheChennaiTestingGroup. Herantheaudiencethoughdifferentfeaturestopiqueaudi enceinterest.Thereweremanyquestionsthankstotheaudi The session ended with distributing Parker Beta pens to the ence,buthadtobecutshortbyRahulVermakeepingrestof participantswhopresentedtheirproblemsintheProblemon the sessions in mind. Vaibhav promised to stay back for the thetablesession.Thismethodofawardingtheparticipants Problem on the Table (POT) session to answer impending who came forward to share their issues during this session questionsfromtheaudience. encouragedotherparticipantstotakeparttoo. Aftertheclosingceremonyalltheparticipantstookthisoppor tunity to network and know each other and share as much informationaspossible.Thisexcitingeventshowedhowim portant networking was for every profession and showed a betterpathforlearningmoreefficiently.Alltheparticipants leftthevenuepromisingtoreturnbackwiththeircolleagues forthenextevent. Therewasashortteabreakallowingpeopletonetworkandtalk toeachother.Ifsmartlyused,breaksduringmeets,workshops andconferencesaremostproductiveasitllhelptheaudience connectwiththespeakersandviceversa.Thatisexactlywhat happenedatBLRTMM2.Itwasinterestingtoseefewnon smokersfollowafewothersrightintothesmokingareafora valuablechat! ThesecondpresentationforthedaywasfromAvnishTyagiof McAfee who knew Rahuls strict time guidelines. He was

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readywithhispresentationevenbeforeteabreakended.His topicwasBrowserExtensionsonWebSecurityTesting.He talkedaboutafewtoolslikeTamperIEandTamperDatauseful for Web Security Testing. He even demonstrated a couple whichmadeitthemostinterestingpartofthesession.Healso presentedafewothertoolsthatcouldbeexploredinsecurity testing arena. Audience was very participative and added 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 main reason why more and more testers should attend such meetsatregularintervalsoftime.

suming. This question triggered many subquestions: Why write test cases in clients English, Why write detailed test cases, Why write test cases in the first place, Why not use videorecordingsorchecklistsetc.Rahulintervenedandhelped diverttheaudiencetoSunilsproblem.Afewsuggestionswere thrownopenintheairandfinallyconcludedbyAnanda,one oftheQAmanagersatIBM. A couple others also presented their problems which were addressedbysomeofthemintheaudience.Oneofthemwas relatedtoperformancetesting.Rahulbeingaproansweredit withdifferentdimensions. Problem on the Table was the most hilarious session for the day.WehadPradeepSoundararajan,NarayanRaman,San thosh Tuppad, Dhanasekar S, Rahul Verma, Ananda and others(obviously,Ihavemissedtheirnames)whoproactively participated in the discussions and argued to the core about whattheybelievein. OneofthemostwonderfulthingsontheIndianTestingscene isthisWehavepeoplewithdiverseviewsoncertifications, test maturity models, test case writing to write or not to writeandmanymore.However,whentimecomestotalkabout these,noneofthembackoutfromtheirbeliefssimplybecause themajorityofpeoplethinkdifferently.Theyargue,counter argue,fight,yell,screamanddowhattheycanonthestageto trytoconvincepeople.Attheendofthesession,alltheydois exchangeHighFiveswitheachotherandsay,Hey,Ienjoyed thediscussion.

RightafterAvnishTyagi,NarayanRamanpresentedonTest Automation.Hestartedwithaquestion,Howmanypeople thinkRecordandPlaybackisbad.Hewentontosayhowthat is a first good step towards check automation. There were many queries in Selenium vs. Sahi style which Narayan answeredgenerously.Histalkwasfollowedbyasmalldemo onSahiandhowscriptswritteninSahiareeasilyreadable.It appearsthatsupportofferedforpeoplewhouseSahiisamaz ing.ThefolksatSahiwontspurnitoffsaying,Thatisnot Sahi problem. Theyll see if they can address it even if it is nonSahiproblem[ThinkaboutallthoseguyswhosayHey, The end result of discussions should not be hatred towards thisisaMicrosoftproblem].Thisaspect,Ithinkwillbringin differentschoolsofthought. Itshould beaboutbeingableto convince others what one thinks is right and in the most morecustomersforthemintimestocome. righteousway.Intheworstcase,itsaboutbeingabletogreet Keynotessessionallowedpeopleintheaudiencetoparticipate to that person in the hallway when our paths cross again. and share good practices that have helped in the past. Dha BLRTMM2concludedwiththislesson. nasekar spoke about the importance of having dedicated test SincereThankstoIBM,Bangaloreforkindsponsorshipofthe environmentsfortesting.Heillustratedafewexamplesfrom venueoveraweekend.SpecialThankstoRahulVermaandthe his experience inthepast.NikhilBhandarispoke abouthow TMMteamfortheirhardworkandtimetomakethiseventa theirteamapproachedtheAgilepractices.Acoupleothersalso successfulone. talkedabouttheirexperiencesintestingingeneral.Itwasfun [***ReportedbyParimalaShankaraiahfromBangalore] toseepeoplesharegoodpracticescontrarytobestpractices. ProblemontheTablestartedwithSunilKumaraskingwhy some clients emphasize on good English writing skills for writingtestcases.Hesaidhewasfindingithardbecausetest casewritingitselfisboring.Overthat,iftestersareaskedto writeasperclientsEnglishvocabulary,itisverytimecon

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How to promote Testing in Your Organization

Test Promotional Tip 12: Publish in the tohim,beentohistrainingorwatchedhispresentation. Near future: Maybe youll be introducing usability organizationsmagazineabouttesting. Ihadwrittenalistoftipsforpromotingsoftwaretesting. testingorreleaseanewproductthatyouvebeentesting One of those was: Publish in the organizations withsuccess. magazineaboutsoftwaretesting. Testing(oranyothersubject)isgenerallytakenmore seriouslywhenanarticleappearsinprintinamagazine. Ifitisprinted,thearticlehasmorevalueforpeoplein common. So publishing articles about testing in your organizationsmagazineisagoodwaytopromotetest awareness. Iveusedtheformulasmentionedbelowmyself,andso farwithsuccess.Soletstalkaboutsomecommunication andmarketingmagic. There are two formulas that almost sound like magic spells:NIDIAandAIDA Importance:Somethingisnewstomanypeoplewhen thereissomethingatstake. Examples: A lot of bugs are in the product that is released by you or another company, a competitive companyhasreleasedacomparableproduct(isitbetter?)

Deviation: Unusual news standing out of the way thingsgonormally Examples: Someone has won a prize with testing, or strangethingshappenedwhenyouweretesting.

NIDIA: News, Importance, Deviation, Interest, Interest: A development or event which the readers Authority themselvesareaffectedby. AIDA:Attention,Interest,DesireandAction Examples: Testing this way, will change the way we workinthecompany,notonlyforIT,butforallother NIDIA departments. Do a calculation of costs of defects that If you want to write an article and want to get it couldhavebeenfoundintesting,insteadofproduction. published, the chance of getting it published will not Time to market is improved by testing early in the alwaysbea100%.Youcanincreaseyourchancesfor process. Most people will always care for money and publishingbysettingupyourarticleasrealnews.The timewastedorsaved. NIDIA formula is used by journalists to determine: Whatisnews. News:Thearticleyouwriteisrelevantandhappening Authority:Informationthatcomesfromamajorsource atthismoment.Orithasjusthappenedorisaboutto getslotsofpeopleattention.Thiscouldbeapersonor anorganization. happeninthenearfuture. Examples:Youtestedsomethingwithgreatresults,or Examples: The test guru I mentioned before, you atestguruhasvisitedyourcountryandyouvetalked interviewedhim.Orthenewscomesfromahighlevel www.TestingCircus.com June 2011 - 16 -

manager or the government or another well known ortheprosandconsofautomatedtesting,modelbased company. testing,exploratorytesting,etcetera.Thereadershould Doesyourtopic/articlerelatetothepointsabove(orat really want to have the product (or at least get very leastone)?Thiswillincreaseyourchancestogetyour interestedinyourwork)afterreadingthisparagraph. Dontleavethedetails,intheinterestpartyoushould articlepublished. stayawayfromdetails,butmoredetailedinformation canbewritteninthispartofyourarticle.Bewareoftoo AIDA For the structure of your article and the purpose of muchdetailifthatisnotthestyleofthemagazine.Think promoting the testing profession you will have to aboutthepeoplewhoarereadingthemagazine.What thinkabouthowthestructureofyourarticleshouldbe. personsarethey?Whatistheirlevelofknowledgeabout Awaytodoitiswriteitasanadvertisement.The IT? AIDAmodelisamarketingmodel,whichincorporates four important steps in an advertisement (and thus Action usableforanyarticle)tobecovered.Seethefoursteps In the last part of your article you can try to raise questionsinthereader.Providemoreinformationabout asfourpartsofyourarticle. yourtopicandgivethereaderthesenseheorshecando somethingwiththisinformation.Ifyouweresellinga Attention First,youneedtheattentionofthereadertopullhimor product,yourintentioninthisparagraphwouldbethat herinyourarticle.Thiscanbeacatchyheadline,ora thereaderwouldgototheshopandbuyyourproduct. specialfontorcolor.Checkthemagazineinwhichyou Maybeyouwanttheinterestedreadertocontactyou. wantyourarticlepublished.Ifthemagazinehasalotof And then indicate that you are always available for bluecolorinit,takealookifyoucancolortheheadline questionsonyourtelephonenumberandemailaddress. inanothercolor(orthecompletefirstparagraph).Find Beopentoquestionsandletthatbeshiningthroughin somepositivecolorsandfonts.Nounreadablefontona thispartofthearticle. Articleready?Think,read,modifyandreview! Oftenwewritesomethingbeautifulandthenthinkitis ready.Wehavesentthearticletothepublisherand. WeforgotsomethingYourereadthearticlelaterand seemistakesyourenotsohappyabout...Thatislearning towritefrompureexperience(thusmakingmistakes).I Interest Thiswouldbethesecondpart/paragraphofyourarticle. havethefollowingtipsthatwillmaybehelpyouabit. Trytotransformtheattentionofthereaderintogenuine Thesearepersonalwaysofwritingforme,somaybeit interest.Hereyoucantrytoreachtheemotionsofthe willworkforyouornot,butyoucouldtrythese: reader.Writeaparagraphwithverypositiveinformation First think about what you want to write and about testing. Promise a saving on the cost, speed of write the article only when you have a good goingtoproductionorevenbugfreeproducts.Thisis detailed idea in your head. Dont just start like the Interest from the NIDIA magic spell. Be writingwithoutanidea. carefulnottopromisetoomuch,youstillwanttohave Whenyouhavewrittenyourarticle,letitrest somecredibilityinyourcareeratyourcompany. forafewdays.Sleeponit.Inthemeantime,think Desire Nowyoucangodeeperintothesubjectandforexample listthebenefitsoftestingcomparedtonottestingatall, aboutyourtext.Afterafewdays,readitagain andwriteyournewideasdownwhilereading. blacksurface,thatsdepressing(atleasthereinEurope, in other countries and cultures color has different meaning). Make your opening sentences something specialthatattractsattention.Itshouldmakethereader wantingtocontinuereading.

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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 is for a general public. Explain something like performance testing instead of assuming everybodyknowswhatthatmeans. Let a few colleagues or friends read it and let themcommentonyourarticle.Inthiswayyou always will get some good feedback and even spelling and grammar mistakes are found this way. Goodluckwithyourarticleandletmeknowifyoucould use these tips. When you got other tips for writing, pleaseletmeknowtoo.
InthenextissueRobwillwritemoreonhowtopromote testinginanorganization.KeepreadingTestingCircus. Editor

Rob van Steenbergenis anindependentsoftware 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 testersandhelpingwithsettingupandimproving thetestprocessesforthiscompany. Formoreinformationvisitwww.chickenwings.nl Robcanbereachedat http://twitter.com/rvansteenbergen Email:rob@chickenwings.nl

Programmerproducescodehebelievesisbugfree
1.Programmerproducescodehebelievesisbugfree. 2.Productistested.20bugsarefound. 3.Programmerfixes10ofthebugsandexplainstothetestingdepartmentthattheother10arentreallybugs. 4.Testingdepartmentfindsthatfiveofthefixesdidntworkanddiscovers15newbugs. 5.Repeatthreetimessteps3and4. 6.Duetomarketingpressureandanextremelyprematureproductannouncementbasedonoverlyoptimistic programmingschedule,theproductisreleased. 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

Thereisavalidationdeviceforcardsthatismadefrom two checkpoints. Each checkpoint has three sub checkpoints that can be selected by the user. These subcheckpoints can return the values: True(for Card Valid),False(forCardInvalid)andRandom(anyvalue nondependent on the validity of the card). The user doesnt know in the beginning what of the three checkpoints returns what(for neither of the main checkpoints). The validation device returns at the end thevaluesfromthetwocheckpointsusingAND(logical) operator. Namesofpuzzlesolverwillbe publishedinthenextissueof TestingCircus. Example: Card goes 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 validating machine, but he is only giving one card to findoutthevalidity.Howmanytestsdoeshehaveto takeandwhicharethoseinordertofindoutthevalidity ofthecard? Sendyouranswersdirectlyto BlinduEusebiu testalways@testingcircus.com

BlinduEusebiuis a tester for more than5years.Heis currently hosting EuropeanWeekend Testing. He considers himself a context driven follower and he is a fan of exploratorytesting. He tweets as @testalways. You can find more interactive testing puzzles on his websitehttp://www.testalways.com Sendyouranswersto testalways@testingcircus.com

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Problem:HowtowritetextinNOTEPADfile.
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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)) party=DataTable(Party,global) 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 Ifa=3Then 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(SLQTYDESCRIPTIONMRPRATEAMT) a.WriteLine() EndFunction

JaijeetPandeyhasover5andhalf years of experience in Application Development, Maintenance and Testing.Frommorethanlast4years heisinvolvedinautomationtesting with QTP and Load Runner tools. Heisassociatedwithvarioustesting initiatives in NCR region of India. He teaches QTP on weekends. Jaijeet writes his blog at http://jaijeetpandey.blogspot.com He is currently employed with Birlasoft,Noida.Hecanbereached athttp://twitter.com/jaijeetpandey

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Cross-Browser Compatibility Testing

VenkateshRamasamy
The term CrossBrowser refers to the ability for a website, webapplicationoraHTMLconstructtosupportalltheweb browsers. It is a support that allows a website or web application to be properly 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 provide the solutions for the webclient configuration compatibilityissues. CausesBrowserCompatibilityIssues TheCrossBrowserCompatibilityproblemisalmostasoldas the web browser itself. There are several reasons for its genesis and growth in recent years. The major causes for browsercompatibilityissuesare, Multiple Browsers Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, Safari

Noteveryoneusesthesamebrowser,similartohoweveryone DifferentBrowserVersionsInternetExplorer(6,7,8), isrunningonadifferentoperatingsystem;youcantexpect Firefox(6.2,7.0),etc allpeopletobeusingthesamewebbrowsingtool. DifferentComputerPlatformsWindows,Mac,Linux,etc So what are the options? The data about current browser usagevariesdependingonthesourceandtheregion,butin general, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera makes up most of the market share, with Firefox dominatingthemarket.Firefoxhasover42.9%marketshare, InternetExplorer8has24.3%andChromehaving25.6%. DifferentScreenSizesFrom800x600pixelsto1024x768 pixels DifferentFontSizes HTMLErrorsMistakesthatbreakyourpages BrowserBugsLittleknownerrorscausebigproblems

When there are so many different options out there, each Cross browser compatibility is widely recognized as an runningtheirownrenderingengine,howdoyouensurethat important issue among web developers but hardly ever yourwebdesignorapplicationwillholdupineachofthem? addresseddirectlyduringthesoftwaredevelopmentprocess. Successfullyleveragingtheabilityofthewebtoreachawide Typicallywebapplicationsaredevelopedwithasingletarget audience is complicated by the varied webclient clientsideconfigurationinviewandmanuallytestedfora configurationsusedtointeractwithwebcontent.Thatswhy fewmore,asanafterthought. wehaveascopetogoforBrowserCompatibilityTestingand

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BrowserStatisticsW3CSchools,April2011

Asmentionedintheabovestatistics,theincreaseddiversity ofwebclientplatformconfigurationscausesexecutionofweb applications to vary unpredictably, creating a myriad of challenges for Quality Assurance during development. So thatidentifyingandfixingsuchkindofbrowsercompatible issueswillhelptoensurethatthewebsitesconformstoits specificstandards,makingitmorelikelytobecompatiblewith anygivenwebclientplatformconfigurations.

BrowserCompatibilityTestingMethodology Some of the most popular Browser Compatibility testing methodologiesare, ManualExecutionTechniques OSStatisticsW3CSchools,April2011 AutomatedExecutionTechniques OrthogonalStaticTechniques CombinatorialTechniques

ManualExecutionTechniques: The most popular approach to evaluate a web application across multiple webclient configurations is to launch the applicationinseveral<browser,browserversion,operating system>permutationsandanalyzetheresult.Verificationof webapplicationcorrectness,usingthisstrategy,isessentially a qualitative comparison between expected and observed presentation/functionality. To verify the web application correctness,theapplicationmustbemanuallyloadedandif atargetenvironmentisunavailable,subsequentanalysisis infeasible. In addition, the time and effort required to effectively assess web applications in this manner can also impedethedepthofthewebapplicationevaluated.

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AutomatedExecutionTechniques: Tools such as BrowserShots partially automate the above approachbyloadingspecificwebpagesinapredefinedsetof browsing environments and mailing screenshots of the resultsbacktotheuser.Theuserthenmanuallydetermines thecorrectnessoftheWAbyexaminingthescreenshots.If a visible error is discovered, the user manually determines thecauseoftheproblem.Whilethisapproachautomatesthe process of loading web applications, it is still resource intensive,nondiagnostic,andlimitedtoasmall,fixedsetof clientconfigurations.Inaddition,itcanonlybeusedtodetect failuresevidentfromvisualinspection.

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clientside platform combinations of specific browsers, An orthogonal, static approach shifts the basis of Quality operatingsystemandscreenresolutions. Analysisfromacomparisonbetweenactualandexpectedweb Ex:BrowserShots,BrowserCam page appearance to a comparison between the HTML tags 2. Toolsprovidingemulationsoftware:Itallowstheuserto usedtostructurewebpagesandthesupportprovidedforeach interactwithaparticularwebapplicationasifitwerebeing intargetenvironments.Ingeneral,thebasisofmoststatic served on a particular webclient platform (Browser & evaluations is recognition of code patterns consistently OperatingSystemcombination). associated with erroneous behavior. Evaluating the correctnessofawebapplicationwithinaclientconfiguration Ex:AdobeBrowserLab,BrowserSeal inthiscontextinvolvesidentifyingunsupportedHTMLtags in the underlying source code. Hence, the strength of this analysisdependsonthequalityandcompletenessofthetag supportruleset.

OrthogonalStaticTechniques:

CombinatorialTechniques: The testing and fault diagnosis for Web application compatibilityareconcernedwithmultiplekindsofwebclient configurations <browser, operating systems, screen resolution>andthecombinationofalltheparameters.The combinatorial design approach for browser compatibility testingisaveryimportantmethodandhasbeenstudiedand appliedsincealongtimeduetoitseffectivenesswithasmall testsuit.Howtotestandfindfaultsefficientlyandquickly isadifficultandimportanttasktocomplete.Thetesterfirst identifiestheparametersthatdefinethespaceofpossibletest scenarios for the web application under test. The configuration parameters may be different browsers, operating systems, screen resolution, etc. The web compatibility issues may be caused by a parameter or interactionofsomeparameters.Combinedwiththecharacters of the Web application compatibility testing and the combinatorialmethod,weobtainedacceptablenumberoftest casesforthecompatibilitytesting.Afterexecutingthetest cases,weanalyzedtheresultssoastofindthefaultfactors bythepropertiesofcombinatorialmethod.

AdobeBrowserLab AdobeBrowserLabisanonlineservicethathelpsensure yourwebcontentdisplaysasintended.Accuratelypreview webpagesacrossmultiplebrowsersandoperatingsystems, navigatelinks,andusediagnostictoolstooptimizewebsites efficiently. It will accurately pinpoint the browser compatibility issues, compare web pages, and preview full screenshotswithmultipleviewoptionsandcustomizabletest settings. Fordetails:https://browserlab.adobe.com

BrowserCompatibilityTestingTools Currently there are several tools and services, both open sourceandcommercial,thatclaimtoaddresstheproblemof Browsershots cross browser compatibility checking. They fall under two Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in broadcategories,namely: differentoperatingsystemsandbrowsers.Itisafreeopen 1. Tools capturing screenshots: These web services can source online web application providing developers a captureandprovidescreenshotsofhowaparticularURL, convenientwaytotesttheirwebsitesbrowsercompatibility specified by the user, would be rendered, under various inoneplace.Whenyousubmityourwebaddress,itwillbe addedtothejobqueue.Anumberofdistributedcomputers

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willopenyourwebsiteintheirbrowser.Thentheywillmake GoogleChrome,Opera(8,9and10)andSafari(3and4).It screenshotsanduploadthemtoourcentraldedicatedservers isheavilyoptimizedforspeed,whichisespeciallyevidenton largewebpageswithscrollbars.BrowserSealisnotjusta foryourreview. screenshotapplication,itcomeswithstandaloneversionsof Fordetails:http://browsershots.org all major browsers, including Opera Mini, allowing the developer not only to verify the web site layout under all browsers,butalsotroubleshottheissueincaseofanyproblem. BrowserSealistheonlytoolthatallowstorunOperaMini onaPC. Fordetails:http://www.browserseal.com/

Conclusion BrowserCam BrowserCam creates screen captures of your pages in the operatingsystemsandbrowsersyouselected.Itseasytosee howyourdesignswilllooktoyourvisitorsacrossdifferent browsersandondifferentoperatingsystems.BrowserCams Screen Capture Service lets you submit single or multiple URLschoosethebrowsersandoperatingsystemsyouwant tosee,andscreencapturesofyourwebpageareloadedinthe different browsers and operating systems you selected. BrowserCamsDeviceCaptureserviceusedtoseehowyour websiteswilllookondifferentPDAdeviceslikeBlackberry, Apple,etc. Fordetails:http://www.browsercam.com/ Nowadayswebbasedapplicationbecomesmoreandmore popularbecauseofitsrichcontent,commercialityandease accessacross the globe. Buttesting theweb applicationis challengingbecauseofitsincreasedcomplexityinwebclient configurations,hencenewmethodologies&algorithmshave been evolved day by day with the implementation of new technologyarena,ArtificialIntelligence&Neuralnetwork fordoingbetterandqualityassuredBrowserCompatibility Testing.

BrowserSeal BrowserSealisafastandeasytousecrossbrowsertesting andscreenshottool.Itallowsyoutocaptureanimageofyour web site under multiple browsers with a single click of a mouse and instantly inspect the differences. It supports InternetExplorer(IE6,IE7andIE8),Firefox(3.0and3.5),

Venkatesh Ramasamy is currently working as a Senior Test Analyst in Cognizant Technology Solutions. He has an excellent experience in managingenterpriseITprojectlifecyclethroughall thetestingphases.Hehasdevelopedmanysoftware products for doing endtoend Test Management activities which optimizes the testing costs and improvesthequality.Hehaspublishedabook,titled Ahandbookon1000SoftwareTestingToolswhich gives detailed information about 1000 software testingtools.Hehaspresentedaround14research papers in various technologies like Embedded Systems, Micro Electronics, Communication, InformationTechnology,etc.

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Learn Sahi Step by Step

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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 10 years of experience in the industry and holds a B. Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay. Tyto Software, started in 2008, helps organizations simplify and achieve success in their test automation process. Tytoisnowasmall,successfullygrowingcompany. Narayancanbereachedat http://twitter.com/narayanraman

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Open Source Test Automation Tool - Sahi

(Writing Maintainable Scripts)
NarayanRaman
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.Giveit 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

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9)

OncetheAccessorfieldispopulated,ClickonAssert.

TheEvaluateexpressionboxgetspopulatedwithpossibleassertions.Letusselectthe_assertEqualstatement, whichassertsthatthetotalis1800.

Clicking on Test > 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:
_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"));

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:
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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function verifyTotal($total){ _assertEqual($total, _textbox("total").value); } function logout(){ _click(_button("Logout")); } login("test", "secret"); addBooks(3, 1, 2); verifyTotal(1800); logout();

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

Itcommunicatestheintentionofthescriptverywell. SIDENOTE:SahiscriptislikeJavascript.Functions,parameters,variables,conditions,loopsetc.areallavailableand followtheconstructsofJavascript.Onesignificantdifferenceisthatallvariablesstartwitha$inSahiscript.(Sahiscript isparsedbySahitoproducepureJavascriptcode) Theaboveisasignificantimprovementoverouroriginalrecordedscript.Butwestillseesomeclutterwithallthefunction definitionsatthetop.Soletusmovethemoffintoanewfileandseparatethefunctiondefinitionsfromthecalls.

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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]"), $numPython); _click(_button("Add")); } function verifyTotal($total){ _assertEqual($total, _textbox("total").value); } function logout(){ _click(_button("Logout")); }

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

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Wemoveallthefunctiondefinitionsintolibrary_functions.sahandthenjustincludeitinverify_total.sahusingthe_include APIofSahi.Nowverify_total.sahcommunicatesveryclearlywhattheintentionofthetestscriptis. Apartfrommakingtheintentionclear,functionsallowreuseoffunctionality.Ifweweretocreateanothertestcasewhich needsloginandlogout,wejustincludelibrary_functions.sahandcalllogin()andlogout()functions.

SIDENOTE:Inourtrainings,weseethat,testerswhoarejuststartingautomationdonotgraspthedifferencebetween afunctiondefinitionandafunctioncall. Thisisafunctiondefinition:

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

Thisdoesnotgetexecutedunlesswecallitusing logout(); Wedefineafunctiononceinascript,butcancallthefunctionlogout()anynumberoftimes.

NOTE:Recordersareasteppingstonetoautomation.Weshouldusethemonlyascodegenerationtools.Weshouldconvert recordedscriptsintofunctions,attheearliest,sothattheybecomereusable.Thereisalotofnegativityaroundrecordersin theautomationworld.Theyareduetoinferiorrecordingtechnologiesratherthantheconceptofrecordingitself.TheSahi recorderisverysimpleandsmartandgeneratescodewhichisveryusable.Sojustgoaheadandrecordyourscripts. Letusexamineourscriptoncemore.LookataddBooksfunction

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

We see here that the 3 textboxes on the webpage are identified as _textbox("q"), _textbox("q[1]"), _textbox("q[2]"). Allthesetextboxeshavethesamenameqwhichisnotanuncommonscenarioinadynamic application.Sahitriesitsbesttouniquelyidentifytheelementsbyaddinganindex,butthatisnotenough.Supposeanother bookisaddedtothelistortheorderofthebookschanges,thisscriptisgoingtofail.TofixthiswewilluseSahis_nearAPI toassociateatextboxwiththenameofthebookinsteadoftheindex.Hereisthemodifiedcode:
function addBooks($numJava, _setValue(_textbox("q", _setValue(_textbox("q", _setValue(_textbox("q", _click(_button("Add")); } $numRuby, $numPython){ _near(_cell("Core Java"))), $numJava); _near(_cell("Ruby for Rails"))), $numRuby); _near(_cell("Python Cookbook"))), $numPython);

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

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designforsoftwaretestautomation.Ireadabout Design Patterns, RUP, and XP. Ever since I wondered how testers could keep up the pace with the fast development cycles of Agile development. In February 2008 I saw there was a book upcoming written by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregoryonthattopic.Sincetheyputupsomeof theirdraftchaptersonlineforotherstoreview,I startedtoread,andprovidethemmyfeedback. After finishing that, I felt like I exactly knew whattodo. After getting back to work, we decided about how to replace our test automation beast. Within 18 weeks we completely rewrote everything,andsucceededgreatlywithit.When I left the company last September most of the codewasstillinplace.SincewelivedtheAgile valueswithinthose18weeks,Igotconvincedby thembyactuallyseeingthemhelpus.Eversince thenIstartedtodigmyselfdeeperintoit. 5. What advice would you have for people who wanttojointheITindustryassoftwaretesters? Never stop to learn about testing. Every other week there is a new topic coming up. I love readingandlearningaboutevernewaspectsof software testing. Especially if you join the IT industryasanewsoftwaretester,keepcritical with the curriculum you might be faced with, with your work as a software tester, and with 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

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