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Using Comparative Testing: A Case Study in the Telecom Industry

Using Comparative Testing in the Telecom Industry

October 27, 2014 0

The concept of comparative (or back-to-back) test originates in testing hardware, when the output of the device under test is compared with the output of pre-tested “ideal” device wherein input is provided with the same data. From the viewpoint of Telecom industry, back-to-back test of OSS/BSS (Operating/Business Support Systems) solutions is usually implemented for testing systems managing large amount of data to get maximal coverage of migration and configuration processes. In this article, Yulia Liber discusses pros and cons of implementing comparative tests in Telecom.

Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes

October 24, 2014 0

Creating good, effective unit tests in .NET can be harder than it seems. In some cases, the code is designed so that isolating one component from another is easy. However, in most other cases, achieving this isolation is very difficult. First included in Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft Fakes helps you cross this gap.

Being a Better Test Leader or Test Manager

6 Common Mistakes When Setting Up a QA Department

October 13, 2014 2

As software development companies grow, it becomes more important to have a formal quality assurance (QA) process. In this article, Veronika Olshevskaya discusses six mistakes that you might do when you set up your QA department and suggests solutions to avoid making them.

Effective Debugging

October 9, 2014 0

Developers are always looking for ways to boost productivity. Effective debugging allows one to more quickly discover inaccuracies between our expectations and how the software actually behaves.

QTP to Selenium Migration

September 29, 2014 0

Hewlett-Packard’s Unified Functional Testing (UFT), formerly and better known as QuickTest Professional (QTP), has been one of the leading software testing tool in the market.

Introduction to Unit Testing with JUnit

September 24, 2014 0

Unit testing is a basic software testing activity that should be performed by every software developer. This handout produced by the Computer Science department of Stanford University introduces the ideas of unit testing and provides some examples on how to do it with JUnit in Eclipse.

Quality is a Team Sport

September 18, 2014 0

In theory everyone on an Agile team is responsible for software testing, but in practice this is rarely the case. Learn how to make quality a team sport in Scrum teams.