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The Se7en Deadly Sins in "Software Testing"

Published on 2010-05-05 02:04:00

1. Lack of "Lust for finding Defects" – Lust could be an objectionable vice in the Bible, but in the "Bible of Software Testing", lust is a good thing; lust for finding defects that is. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire towards finding defects is something that differentiates a great tester from that of a mediocre one. Once this lust dies down inside a tester’s heart, it would be very difficult to keep going. Having said this, I do realize that there could be times like the "tes

Seeing own 'tweet' in the Twitter 'replies' page! Is this a Bug?

Published on 2009-11-26 01:00:00

Before I go ahead and publish this anomaly, let me clarify that this is an 'intermittent' issue that I have been seeing for the past few days. Though I have few screen shots to describe the happening of the issue, I'm yet to find out a reliable way to reproduce this. So good luck.If you have still no idea on what twitter is then in a single sentence - 'it is the most happening micro-blogging phenomenon in web right now, which is redefining how people used to communicate with each other"! In case

Lessons Learned from “How I Fixed” Posts!

Published on 2009-09-16 12:27:00

Yesterday during an online conversation, one of my blog readers expressed her concern: “Debasis, recently I have seen you posting 2 “How I Fixed” posts in quick succession. I wonder why you are deviating from your mission, considering “Software Testing Zone” is primarily a testing related blog”! I replied back quickly: “Well, why not? And no, I don’t think that I’m deviating from my mission to grow STZ as a testing-centered blog”!If you are a regular reader of “Software tes

Confusing LinkedIn Status Update Screen when the Session is timed-out! Is this a Bug?

Published on 2009-09-14 07:38:00

As if the number of post categories on Software Testing Zone were few, I am introducing yet another series of posts, which I have decided to call as “Is this a Bug?” In this series I am going to post a number of software anomalies that look suspicious and buggy to me. This series will be a kind of repository where I am going to dump all the suspected software defects and bugs that I encounter in my day to day life. When I post them under this category it essentially means that these are the

How I Fixed my Hijacked Firefox from MyWebSearch Spyware!

Published on 2009-08-26 13:31:00

Update! For more such awesome Tips and Tricks do visit the Technology How To section. 3 days back I was browsing a popular website and I spotted “Zwinky” (which is supposed to turn a photograph into a 3D image)! It did look harmless and hence I installed it willing to give it a try. If you read me regularly, then you might probably know that I prefer Firefox over any other browser. I had used Firefox while downloading and installing “Zwinky”. But my excitement was short-lived when I

Interviewing a Testing Expert - Phil Kirkham

Published on 2009-08-01 12:16:00

I am back again with yet another interesting Interview with a Testing Expert; this time with Phil Kirkham (from UK) who is a Programmer turned Tester turned Test Consultant at Acutest. He writes about testing on his blog at Expected Results! He is a Moderator of Software Testing Club and Testing Reflections as well. I felt it would be exciting to interview him and when I approached him he was kind enough to honor my interest in taking his interview. Here is what Phil has to say: Debasis: Wha

How I Fixed "IE 7 cannot open the Internet site - Operation aborted" error!

Published on 2009-06-18 03:25:00

It all started from a reader’s email this morning. Duane Cantera reported: “When I try to open this web page I get an error message in internet explorer and the operation aborts.”Emails like these are strange. They can send a blog owner into panic mode much quicker than an earthquake warning can possibly do; I was no exception. Before I knew, I had already opened Internet Explorer 7 and was opening the URL. The page started loading, as my eyes remained glued to the monitor screen and for a

Interviewing a Testing Expert - Karen Johnson

Published on 2009-05-26 11:24:00

I understand that it has been a while since I have posted anything new on “Software Testing Zone”. This was partly because of the hectic schedule through which life has been going through recently for me. Anyway, I think I have settled down for now and hence I took liberty to come back with yet another interesting Interview with a Testing Expert; this time with Karen Johnson from karennjohnson.com. Karen is an independent software test consultant. She views software testing as an intellectua

Software Testing Diplomacy: A Tester’s Guide on How to Deal with Programmers!

Published on 2009-04-15 05:10:00

When I started my career as a software tester, it hardly took me any time to witness the ongoing rivalry between the programmers and the testers. When you are young in your software testing career and join a new work place, things are much like a prison. You notice people are divided into groups and you are pulled into a group even before you realize what is going on! This is probably so common in software development teams that people take it for granted! To make matters worse I have even seen

Interviewing a Testing Expert - Jonathan Kohl from Kohl Concepts [Part-2]

Published on 2009-03-23 04:44:00

Friends, I am back with the final part of the interview with Jonathan Kohl, co founder of Kohl Concepts and a world-renowned expert in Software Testing. In case, you missed out the first part, I would strongly suggest you to read it first before proceeding to read this one. So here we go:Debasis: Tell me of any situation when you had wished you were NOT a tester! Jonathan: Testing can be political. The wishes of the technical staff and executives sometimes don't map to the reality of what they a