testing

send the VSTS 2008 test results by email

Can I send the VSTS 2008 test results by email automatically after test run? ...

Eclipse: how to run plugin test as part of local build

Hello! Due to incomplete understanding of eclipse infrastructure I have one problem. Historically we have one ugly thing in our build procedure. It looks like following: After eclipse builds entire workspace there is one incomplete thing in local build of plugins. It is some data file which is currently built during execution of special ...

Is there any Windows Azure Local Development environment?

I remember I stumbled upon a page once that said Microsoft has released an application that allows you to test your client applications for windows azure locally. The application would act as mock windows azure environment and you could use local end points for connecting to it. Does anyone know which application is it or what is its na...

assertArrayEquals(Object[] o1, Object[] o2) cannot be found

My setup: Netbeans 6.7 Java6 JUnit 4.5 added as the Test libraries When I try to pass in two class arrays (cast as Object[]) I get the error "cannot find symbol" and my test case will not compile. I do not have an issue with the other assert statements, and as I said I am using the JUnit 4.5 libraries. Does anyone have a clu...

Java: Interview questions for software tester?

These days I have an interview for the position: Software Testing Engineer. Any ideas what questions might pop to the interview? Any tips? ...

Setting up development server references

What would you guys recommend as good references for setting up a testing server (xampp on xp pro), a staging server and a production server while also having svn? I'm a noob to "hardcore" development but want to start off on the right foot and set up my environments like the pros do. I have several projects coming up and want to take tw...

Interviewers expect job candidates for application development jobs to know hexadecimal arithmetic

Does anyone think it is silly for interviewers to expect potential Software Engineers specializing in application development or UI to know hexadecimal arithmetic? ...

Misusing the term "Code Freeze"

I'm just curious if the community considers it acceptable to use the term "Code Freeze" for situations where we stop development except for testing and fixing bugs. Development Situation We're just finishing up our third and final sprint, which will be followed by a "Code freeze" and 2 weeks of Q/A testing. It is a big release and som...

coverage.py: exclude files

How do I exclude entire files from coverage.py reports? According to the documentation you can exclude code by matching lines. I want to exclude entire files, so that the reports don't include 3rd party libraries. Am I missing something? Can it be done? ...

How do I test that all my expected web.config settings have been defined?

I am using the built in test framework in VS2008 and I would like be able to write a test that makes sure all the expected web.config settings have been defined so that if by accident one is removed or changed my suite of tests will detect it and not have to be tested in a runtime scenario. How would I set this up? I do not want to set...

Hiring Software Developers for Testing Positions

Would you hire a software developer/engineer for software testing position? If so, why? What are the pros and cons for hiring development engineer as test engineer? ...

Is there any value in using abstract test classes ro run Unit and Integration testing?

I have this abstract test class [TestFixture] public abstract class BaseTests { private IRepository _repository; public BaseTests(IRepository repository) { _repository = repository; } [Test] public virtual void CanGetResultsFromSearch() { var results = _re...

testing user log in process in rails

i am trying to create a simple login test, but cannot get past the follow_redirect. it says: TypeError: can't convert Symbol into String when it meets the 'follow_redirect'. Does it have anything to do with the fact that we are using https for the login process? i simply want to assert that the user is able to log in, and gets redirecte...

Is leaking objects considered OK in Testing Scenarios?

I have written some Objective-C test cases. A typical looks the following: - (void) test_size_Equals_Excpectation_After_initWithSize { int size = 10; Buffer* buff = [[Buffer alloc] initWithSize:size]; GHAssertEquals([buff size], size, nil); } Buffer alloc returns buffer with reference count 1, I didn't care to call autore...

How to access controls by Name with SilkTest?

We have an automated test suite, using Borland Silk Test 2008 R2 to carry out regression tests of a new in-house product. The test script consistently refers to controls by their index: Form.Control3 ... We've made a "minor" change to the main form of the application, and now the control that used to have index 3 has index 4. The ea...

Stress Testing with NTLM Authentication

Hi, Looking for an open source web testing tool that can do Windows Authentication. I've used openSTA and Pylot in very small amounts but found neither to do windows. openSTA says you can do NTLM here: http://www.opensta.org/docs/sclref/build-auth-blob.htm I could not get it working - probably due to some config on the network or may...

Scala build tool and test framework that play nice together?

Here are my goals: 1. Run my tests in Eclipse and see the pretty green or red bar. 2. Run my tests on the command line with a build tool. I'm leaning towards specs and sbt, but I can't get them to work. I have no desire to pick up Maven. My question is which one of the follow sets works best? sbt and scalatest sbt and specs ant and sc...

Testing Code for Embedded Application

Background: I am developing a largish project using at Atmel AVR atmega2560. This project contains a lot of hardware based functions (7 SPI devices, 2 I2C, 2 RS485 MODBUS ports, lots of Analogue and Digital I/O). I have developed "drivers" for all of these devices which provide the main application loop with an interface to access the...

Can I get warnings for sending nil objects messages?

I'm aware that it's perfectly fine to send messages to nil objects in Objective-C. However, I am curious if there is any runtime support for flagging such situations. I can see this being useful in testing/debugging situations. ...

How to load db:seed data into test database automatically?

I'm attempting to use the new standard way of loading seed data in Rails 2.3.4+, the db:seed rake task. I'm loading constant data, which is required for my application to really function correctly. What's the best way to get the db:seed task to run before the tests, so the data is pre-populated? ...