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Test Automation

The quality engineering has gained the popularity as same way as software design and development and sometime more than some of the development technologies; as it is required for most of the application /systems. As being most recognized company in Quality engineering, we observed that most of the companies will have quality engineering department of their [...]

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Before the introduction of iPhone App Store, mobile phone applications were limited to native applications offered by handset manufacturers.  Users had a very limited choice and had no control on customization. The evolution of Android and iOS ecosystems since 2007 has made mobile applications very popular. It has allowed developers to write and sell their [...]

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Mobile Web Application Test Automation – IV

by Chirag Jayswal on September 6, 2011

I hope you found the first 3 parts of the blogs on Mobile Web Application Test Automation informative and helpful. While Part 1 provides an introduction to mobile web automation, Part 2 talks about the testing methodology and how browser simulations will work and Part 3 focuses on browser simulation tools. Continuing the sequence, in [...]

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“Why We Make Mistakes” in Test Automation

by jlucas on August 29, 2011

Test automation in general, and specifically scripted automation, is an essential component of any software testing effort. Advocating the appropriate use of automation in testing has been a major focus of mine since I started software testing over eight years ago. Recently, I have been reading the book “Why We Make Mistakes” by Joseph T. [...]

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Capture Screenshot with selenium remote web driver

by Chirag Jayswal on July 25, 2011

I had been facing problems with the ‘capture screen-shot’ functionality in the remote webdriver implementation. There are many blogs on the web that try to address this problem, but I was unable to find any solution to the problem I was facing.  Finally, I found a solution, and here is what I did. I hope [...]

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Last week, I evaluated InfoStretch framework (ISFW) and Sauce on Demand (SOD) integration. My main concern was to test not only the integration, but also to verify parallel execution of test that is supported by ISFW and SOD. I found that it worked without any additional efforts along with all benefits of the framework including [...]

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Selenium IDE Plug-in for InfoStretch Framework

by Chirag Jayswal on June 4, 2011

For non technical testers Selenium IDE is the ideal environment for creating Selenium tests. Selenium IDE provides code formatter for different language and/or testing frameworks. Choosing the right framework or scripting technique helps in maintaining lower costs. The approach of scripting used during test automation has effect on cost due to development and maintenance efforts. [...]

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Are you ready to use CSS selectors with selenium?

by Chirag Jayswal on June 4, 2011

Nowadays CSS selectors become popular and took place of xpath selectors. While locating elements the ideal candidate is to reference elements on the page by their unique id or name. If that is not possible, incase not available or auto generated, then XPath or CSS are the strategies available to you. Here you can get [...]

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Selenium RC and self signed certificates

by rutvik on May 20, 2011

While there are bunch of posts on the web for this issue,It’s so annoying when you face this issue.I spent about half a day to solve this issue even with all the help around it.So for the benefit of someone else here’s what i did Problem:If you are using a self signed certificate or the [...]

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InfoStretch Test Automation Framework Part-II

by Chirag Jayswal on January 9, 2011

InfoStretch test automation framework provides test page concept in a best efficient way by which you can manipulate page navigation same as on actual web application under test. Once page get created page objects/functionalities can be used in any test case, makes code more reusable. The framework takes care of not only launching that page [...]

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