Raising Defects can challenge even the best of testers, as the tester at ClicheQuest Offices found out to his peril. Lessons this cartoon has to teach us about raising, or not raising, defects - ed: 'so we should say "lowering" then?' (sorry, I couldn't resist):"All we want are the facts ma'am" as Joe Friday would [...]

A short list of Software Testing PDFs to enjoy and learn from.The CAST 2008 proceedingsOWASP WebGoat and WebScarab - teach yourself some penetration testingThe FitNesse Fixture GalleryGetting fit with .NetPerformance Testing Guidance for Web Applications

Steve Martin's Autobiography starts with the following phrase:"I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four were spent in wild success... enjoyment when performing was rare - enjoyment would have been an indulgent loss of focus that comedy cannot afford. After the [...]

With the JavaScript I have written - I describe the tests which exercise the functions in the .js file and manipulate the variables in the .js file as Unit tests. Then when I test functions which interact with the html page that I import the .js file into - I class that as Functional testing. [...]

Continuing on our adventures in TDD JavaScript land and we reach for the code coverage tool. The mighty Google returns JSCoverage as the first hit for JavaScript code coverage, which means it must 'be' good, right? Let's find out how well it plays with QUnit.You can download JSCoverage as a precompiled Linux or Windows build.So [...]

I have a little project that I started writing in OpenLaszlo. I chose OpenLaszlo because I thought I could script it in standard JavaScript but during the development of my minor app I found a few errors with the OpenLaszlo JavaScript implementation and the project stalled. Now, having started a new job, where the development [...]

Well, that last post took me by surprise - I had forgotten I had set up more slogans in advance. So to quickly try and redeem the blog and add some value... some links about testing with Microsoft PowerShell.The first link came through my blog aggregator from the MSDN Tester Center. I assume the addition [...]

With Practice,you too couldhave an Evil Laugh like mine.Why not start now? Bwa Ha Ha Ha!