[Webtest] Need Help
John and Pip
John and Pip" <pipandjohn@gmail.com
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Hi Mushafique,
This is not really the right forum to ask that question since it is not
really related to Canoo Webtest.
*Here are some general pointers *re testing and automation (apologies if not
all links work - copied from an internal wiki):
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Videos - mostly at a level suitable for trainee tester onwards:
- Proving Our Worth: Quantifying the Value of Testing by Lee
Copeland<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=114463176347297820&q=testing&hl=en>
- Becoming a Software Testing Expert by James
Bach<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6852841264192883219>
- Agile Testing by Elisabeth
Hendrickson<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3054974855576235846&q=testing&hl=en>
Just google software testing video or something like that and you should
get lots of hits. The ones on google have star ratings and you should be
able to tell from the title if they are technical or general. Please let me
know if you find any good ones! I must admit I haven't made time to watch
many (in fact only half of the first one above, and the third one).
http://club.drivenqa.com/video also has a long list of testing videos and
see http://club.drivenqa.com/ for a testing club and lots of other good
links.
Useful Testing Reference and Training Material:
- http://www.satisfice.com/tools/procedure.pdf is a must read guide to
structured exploratory Windows testing. We must adapt it for web!
- http://www.testingeducation.org/wtst5/PairwisePNSQC2004.pdf is a
great article on the pros and cons of pairwise testing.
- ISTQB Syllabus Foundation Level (The International Tester
Certification)
http://www.istqb.org/downloads/syllabi/SyllabusFoundation.pdf
- ISTQB Syllabus Advanced Level
http://www.istqb.org/downloads/syllabi/SyllabusAdvanced.pdf
- Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet:
http://testobsessed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/testheuristicscheatsheetv1.pdf
- James Bach's site http://www.satisfice.com/ has the slides for his
Rapid Software Testing class, plus links to articles on exploratory testing.
See RST <http://www.satisfice.com/rst.pdf> and his Heuristic Test
Strategy Model <http://www.satisfice.com/tools/satisfice-tsm-4p.pdf>
- IEEE 829 Standard for Software Test
Documentation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_829>
- google 'test process improvement
model'<http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=test+process+improvement+model>and
see wikipedia e.g. Implementation
Maturity Matrix, which is an adjusted version of the Test Maturity Matrix
found in the Test Process Improvement (TPI(R)) model developed by
Sogeti.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementation_Maturity_Model_Assessment>and
Koomen, T., & Pol, M. (1998). Improvement
of the test process using
TPI<http://www.sogeti.nl/images/ACFAXnSOM_tcm6-1670.doc>which lists 20
key areas.
- All I Ever Need to Know about Testing I Learned in Kindergarten - by
Lee Copeland <http://www.stickyminds.com/s.asp?F=S10145_COL_2>
- Test Techniques * http://www.pairwise.org/results.asp * Test Notes
and Coverage Maps--Aids for Rapid
Testing<http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp?Function=edetail&ObjectType=ART&ObjectId=12629>*
time-related
guidewords that can help broaden your test
coverage<http://www.stickyminds.com/s.asp?F=S10752_ART_2>by Michael
Bolton
- An Arsenal of
Answers<http://www.stickyminds.com/s.asp?F=S12370_ART_2>to the
question "How long will testing take?" By Michael Bolton
- A Brilliant Excel Tutorial on TDD (Test-Driven
Development<http://www.clarkeching.com/files/tdd_for_managers_and_nonprogrammers_using_excell_and_vba_final.pdf>
- Software Testing as a Social Science by Cem
Kaner<http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/KanerSocialScienceTASSQ.pdf>
- Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference proceedings
2007<http://www.pnsqc.org/proceedings/pnsqc2007.pdf>warning 600 pages
and 10MB!
Blogs and Sites related to testing:
- Elisabeth Hendrickson, the founder and president of Quality Tree
Software, Inc. http://www.testobsessed.com/index.php * She has a list
of 20 other testing blogs including Google Testing, Bret
Pettichord<http://www.socialtext.net/testteam/index.cgi?bret_pettichord>,
Brian Marick. * Particularly see the Agile Testing slides:
http://testobsessed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/agiletesting-talk-nov2006.pdf*
And this overview:
http://www.testobsessed.com/2005/01/19/agile-testing/ * She also
recommends these: Brian Marick's * Agile Testing Directions is one of the
earliest (2004) and remains one of the best explanations of Agile Testing in
general: http://www.testing.com/cgi-bin/blog/2004/05/26#directions-toc*
Jonathan Kohl has a wealth of great stuff at his blog
http://www.kohl.ca/blog/ * And really liked Jonathan's article,
Exploratory Testing on Agile Teams:
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=405514 * and her own
Google talk on Agile Testing:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3054974855576235846
- Not covered by Elisabeth: * Cem Kaner:
http://www.satisfice.com/kaner/ * Bj Rollison - Test Architect in the
Engineering Excellence group at Microsoft:
http://blogs.msdn.com/imtesty/ * Shirini:
http://shrinik.blogspot.com/index.html
- Google Testing team have started a blog about software testing.
Posts can be downloaded in PDF to read it in the toilet :-) It looks like it
is going to be worth a read. Check it out at
http://googletesting.blogspot.com/
- http://www.opensourcetesting.org/
- http://testingfaqs.org/
- http://lisa.crispin.home.att.net
- http://michaeldkelly.com/Publications.html
Organisations:
- Association for Software Testing (AST)
http://associationforsoftwaretesting.org/
- Agile Alliance and their position on certification:
http://www.agilealliance.org/show/1796
- Australia and New Zealand Testing Board
<http://www.anztb.org/>which has links to the ISTQB sylabi etc.
- http://www.tmmifoundation.org/ is dedicated to improving test
processes and practice. It is a non-profit making organisation and the focus
of the foundation's activities is the development of a common, robust model
of test process assessment/improvement in IT organisations.
- http://www.testrepublic.com /forum/topic/show?id=1178155
%3ATopic%3A14841<http://www.testrepublic.com%20/forum/topic/show?id=1178155%20%3ATopic%3A14841>TestRepublic
is quite a promising test community though India-based.
Automation:
- Canoo WebTest <http://webtest.canoo.com/> * Good white paper giving
background on
automation<http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/whitepaper.html>*
Even
better presentation<http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/externalCitations/JAX2007_WebTestPresentation.pdf>
- Fitnesse <http://www.fitnesse.org/> * Fitnesse Testing for
Fast-Paced Agile Web
Development<http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2005/11/22/fitnesse-testing-for-agile-web-development.html>
- Sahi <http://sahi.co.in/> - A free open source tool from an Indian
company that looks great but the community and support seem weak.
- Taekwondo-mation--Training Your Scripts for Dynamic
Combat<http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp?Function=edetail&ObjectType=COL&ObjectId=12627&tth=DYN&tt=siteemail&iDyn=37>is
a details article on a possible improvement to keyword driven.
- HtmlUnit committer Daniel Gredler has written an interesting article
in his blog: HtmlUnit vs
HttpUnit<http://daniel.gredler.net/2007/10/04/htmlunit-vs-httpunit/>
- "Improving the Maintainability of Automated Test Suites by Cem Kaner
and all his friends. An oldie but a goodie from
1997!<http://www.kaner.com/lawst1.htm>
- How Effective is Your Test
Automation?<http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=379757>by
Michael Kelly
Metrics:
- "Managing the proportion of testers to developers"
http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/pnsqc_ratio_of_testers.pdf
- "Software engineering metrics: What do they measure and how do we
know?" http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/metrics2004.pdf
- Victor Basili's powerful, simple paper about the Goal Question
Metric approach.
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mvz/handouts/gqm.pdf<http://www.cs.umd.edu/%7Emvz/handouts/gqm.pdf>
- Recommended reading: * Weinberg, "Quality Software Management Vol.
2: First Order Measurement" * R. D. Austin, "Measuring and Managing
Performance in Organizations". * Tom DeMarco "Why Does Software Cost So
Much" * "Code and Functional Coverage Tutorial", Shmuel Ur, IBM Research Lab
in Haifa at
http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/projects/verification/coverage_advisor/papers/bigcoverage.pdf
Other Topics:
- Technical Debt
http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/CardMeeting/Voluntary-Technical-Debt.html
- Testing Pyramid agile style for web apps: heaps of unit tests using
e.g. junit, then many business rules tests using e.g. fitnesse, then fewer
gui tests using e.g. selenium see
http://www.jroller.com/xwarzee/entry/agile_testing_efficiently_try_the
- The right metrics for load testing Trade Secrets from a Web Testing
Expert <http://www.stickyminds.com/s.asp?F=S5034_MAGAZINE_2>
- Cost and benefits of different types of inspection vs testing A
Review of Software
Inspections<https://drum.umd.edu/dspace/bitstream/1903/770/2/CS-TR-3552.pdf>
- Collaboration http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-team-room-wishlist
- A useful reference on
methodologies<http://www.mariosalexandrou.com/methodologies/dynamic-systems-development-model.asp>
- Four Classic Problems with Scripted Testing
<http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=471934>
and Software
Testing Automation on the Fly: Against the
Frameworks<http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=480902>both
by Michael Kelly
*
And here is some stuff specific to Canoo WebTest:
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http://webtest.canoo.com/ is the main site with links to downloads, manual
etc
http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/externalCitations/AgileVancouver2007_PatternsForContinuousTestAutomation.pdfis
a great basic intro and has good list of best practices and discussion
of
other testing approaches cf webtest
http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/externalCitations/JAX2007_WebTestPresentation.pdfis
a very good intro and also advanced guide
http://mguillem.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/webtest-vs-selenium-webtest-wins-13-5/Marc's
comparison of Canoo Webtest and Selenium
<http://www.socialtext.net/awt/index.cgi?errors_need_to_be_familiar_with_these_when_troubleshooting>
http://lists.canoo.com/pipermail/webtest/ has the archive of the mailing
list.
http://lists.canoo.com/pipermail/webtest/2004q4/002955.html has info on
browser types and useragent header.
http://lists.canoo.com/pipermail/webtest/2006q3/006521.html has good example
of writing your own log in webtest.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html gives the
rules for property files.
regards,
John
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Mushafique Ali <ali.mushafiq@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am Mushafique Ali. i am very much new to Canoo web test and Automatic
> Testing plz help me to be an effective tester.
>
> Thanks and regards
> Mushafique Ali
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Hi Mushafique,<br><br>This is not really the right forum to ask that question since it is not really related to Canoo Webtest.<br><br><b>Here are some general pointers </b>re testing and automation (apologies if not all links work - copied from an internal wiki):<br>
========================================================================================<br><br><h3 id="videos_mostly_at_a_level_suitable_for_trainee_tester_onwards">Videos - mostly at a level suitable for trainee tester onwards:</h3>
<ul><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=114463176347297820&q=testing&hl=en">Proving Our Worth: Quantifying the Value of Testing by Lee Copeland</a></li><li>
<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6852841264192883219">Becoming a Software Testing Expert by James Bach</a></li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3054974855576235846&q=testing&hl=en">Agile Testing by Elisabeth Hendrickson</a></li>
</ul>
<p>
Just google software testing video or something like that and you
should get lots of hits. The ones on google have star ratings and you
should be able to tell from the title if they are technical or general.
Please let me know if you find any good ones! I must admit I haven't
made time to watch many (in fact only half of the first one above, and
the third one).</p>
<p>
<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://club.drivenqa.com/video">http://club.drivenqa.com/video</a> also has a long list of testing videos and see <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://club.drivenqa.com/">http://club.drivenqa.com/</a> for a testing club and lots of other good links.</p>
<h3 id="useful_testing_reference_and_training_material">Useful Testing Reference and Training Material:</h3>
<ul><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.satisfice.com/tools/procedure.pdf">http://www.satisfice.com/tools/procedure.pdf</a> is a must read guide to structured exploratory Windows testing. We must adapt it for web!</li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.testingeducation.org/wtst5/PairwisePNSQC2004.pdf">http://www.testingeducation.org/wtst5/PairwisePNSQC2004.pdf</a> is a great article on the pros and cons of pairwise testing.</li>
<li>ISTQB Syllabus Foundation Level (The International Tester Certification) <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.istqb.org/downloads/syllabi/SyllabusFoundation.pdf">http://www.istqb.org/downloads/syllabi/SyllabusFoundation.pdf</a></li>
<li>ISTQB Syllabus Advanced Level <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.istqb.org/downloads/syllabi/SyllabusAdvanced.pdf">http://www.istqb.org/downloads/syllabi/SyllabusAdvanced.pdf</a></li><li>Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://testobsessed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/testheuristicscheatsheetv1.pdf">http://testobsessed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/testheuristicscheatsheetv1.pdf</a></li>
<li>James Bach's site <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.satisfice.com/">http://www.satisfice.com/</a> has the slides for his Rapid Software Testing class, plus links to articles on exploratory testing. See <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.satisfice.com/rst.pdf">RST</a> and his <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.satisfice.com/tools/satisfice-tsm-4p.pdf">Heuristic Test Strategy Model</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_829">IEEE 829 Standard for Software Test Documentation</a></li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=test+process+improvement+model">google 'test process improvement model'</a> and see wikipedia e.g. <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementation_Maturity_Model_Assessment">Implementation
Maturity Matrix, which is an adjusted version of the Test Maturity
Matrix found in the Test Process Improvement (TPI®) model developed by
Sogeti.</a> and Koomen, T., & Pol, M. (1998). <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.sogeti.nl/images/ACFAXnSOM_tcm6-1670.doc">Improvement of the test process using TPI</a> which lists 20 key areas.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.stickyminds.com/s.asp?F=S10145_COL_2">All I Ever Need to Know about Testing I Learned in Kindergarten - by Lee Copeland</a></li><li>Test Techniques * <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.pairwise.org/results.asp">http://www.pairwise.org/results.asp</a> * <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp?Function=edetail&ObjectType=ART&ObjectId=12629">Test Notes and Coverage Maps--Aids for Rapid Testing</a> * <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.stickyminds.com/s.asp?F=S10752_ART_2">time-related guidewords that can help broaden your test coverage</a> by Michael Bolton</li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.stickyminds.com/s.asp?F=S12370_ART_2">An Arsenal of Answers</a> to the question "How long will testing take?" By Michael Bolton</li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.clarkeching.com/files/tdd_for_managers_and_nonprogrammers_using_excell_and_vba_final.pdf">A Brilliant Excel Tutorial on TDD (Test-Driven Development</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/KanerSocialScienceTASSQ.pdf">Software Testing as a Social Science by Cem Kaner</a></li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.pnsqc.org/proceedings/pnsqc2007.pdf">Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference proceedings 2007</a> warning 600 pages and 10MB!</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="blogs_and_sites_related_to_testing">Blogs and Sites related to testing:</h3>
<ul><li>Elisabeth Hendrickson, the founder and president of Quality Tree Software, Inc. <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.testobsessed.com/index.php">http://www.testobsessed.com/index.php</a> * She has a list of 20 other testing blogs including Google Testing, <a href="http://www.socialtext.net/testteam/index.cgi?bret_pettichord" title="(12 months) Bret Pettichord is the lead developer for Watir and contributor to the initial releases of the Fit a...">Bret Pettichord</a>, Brian Marick. * Particularly see the Agile Testing slides: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://testobsessed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/agiletesting-talk-nov2006.pdf">http://testobsessed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/agiletesting-talk-nov2006.pdf</a> * And this overview: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.testobsessed.com/2005/01/19/agile-testing/">http://www.testobsessed.com/2005/01/19/agile-testing/</a>
* She also recommends these: Brian Marick's * Agile Testing Directions
is one of the earliest (2004) and remains one of the best explanations
of Agile Testing in general: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.testing.com/cgi-bin/blog/2004/05/26#directions-toc">http://www.testing.com/cgi-bin/blog/2004/05/26#directions-toc</a> * Jonathan Kohl has a wealth of great stuff at his blog<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.kohl.ca/blog/">http://www.kohl.ca/blog/</a> * And really liked Jonathan's article, Exploratory Testing on Agile Teams: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=405514">http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=405514</a> * and her own Google talk on Agile Testing: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3054974855576235846">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3054974855576235846</a></li>
<li>Not covered by Elisabeth: * Cem Kaner: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.satisfice.com/kaner/">http://www.satisfice.com/kaner/</a> * Bj Rollison - Test Architect in the Engineering Excellence group at Microsoft: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/imtesty/">http://blogs.msdn.com/imtesty/</a> * Shirini: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://shrinik.blogspot.com/index.html">http://shrinik.blogspot.com/index.html</a></li>
<li>Google Testing team have started a blog about software testing.
Posts can be downloaded in PDF to read it in the toilet :-) It looks
like it is going to be worth a read. Check it out at <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://googletesting.blogspot.com/">http://googletesting.blogspot.com/</a></li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.opensourcetesting.org/">http://www.opensourcetesting.org/</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://testingfaqs.org/">http://testingfaqs.org/</a></li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://lisa.crispin.home.att.net/">http://lisa.crispin.home.att.net</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://michaeldkelly.com/Publications.html">http://michaeldkelly.com/Publications.html</a></li></ul>
<h3 id="organisations">Organisations:</h3>
<ul><li>Association for Software Testing (AST) <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://associationforsoftwaretesting.org/">http://associationforsoftwaretesting.org/</a></li><li>Agile Alliance and their position on certification: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.agilealliance.org/show/1796">http://www.agilealliance.org/show/1796</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.anztb.org/">Australia and New Zealand Testing Board</a> which has links to the ISTQB sylabi etc.</li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.tmmifoundation.org/">http://www.tmmifoundation.org/</a>
is dedicated to improving test processes and practice. It is a
non-profit making organisation and the focus of the foundation's
activities is the development of a common, robust model of test process
assessment/improvement in IT organisations.</li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.testrepublic.com%20/forum/topic/show?id=1178155%20%3ATopic%3A14841">http://www.testrepublic.com /forum/topic/show?id=1178155 %3ATopic%3A14841</a>TestRepublic is quite a promising test community though India-based.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="automation">Automation:</h3>
<ul><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://webtest.canoo.com/">Canoo WebTest</a> * <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/whitepaper.html">Good white paper giving background on automation</a> * <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/externalCitations/JAX2007_WebTestPresentation.pdf">Even better presentation</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.fitnesse.org/">Fitnesse</a> * <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2005/11/22/fitnesse-testing-for-agile-web-development.html">Fitnesse Testing for Fast-Paced Agile Web Development</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://sahi.co.in/">Sahi</a> - A free open source tool from an Indian company that looks great but the community and support seem weak.</li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp?Function=edetail&ObjectType=COL&ObjectId=12627&tth=DYN&tt=siteemail&iDyn=37">Taekwondo-mation--Training Your Scripts for Dynamic Combat</a> is a details article on a possible improvement to keyword driven.</li>
<li>HtmlUnit committer Daniel Gredler has written an interesting article in his blog: <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://daniel.gredler.net/2007/10/04/htmlunit-vs-httpunit/">HtmlUnit vs HttpUnit</a></li>
<li>"Improving the Maintainability of Automated Test Suites<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.kaner.com/lawst1.htm"> by Cem Kaner and all his friends. An oldie but a goodie from 1997!</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=379757">How Effective is Your Test Automation?</a> by Michael Kelly</li></ul>
<h3 id="metrics">Metrics:</h3>
<ul><li>"Managing the proportion of testers to developers" <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/pnsqc_ratio_of_testers.pdf">http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/pnsqc_ratio_of_testers.pdf</a></li>
<li>"Software engineering metrics: What do they measure and how do we know?" <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/metrics2004.pdf">http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/metrics2004.pdf</a></li>
<li>Victor Basili's powerful, simple paper about the Goal Question Metric approach. <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/%7Emvz/handouts/gqm.pdf">http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mvz/handouts/gqm.pdf</a></li>
<li>Recommended reading: * Weinberg, "Quality Software Management Vol.
2: First Order Measurement" * R. D. Austin, "Measuring and Managing
Performance in Organizations". * Tom DeMarco "Why Does Software Cost So
Much" * "Code and Functional Coverage Tutorial", Shmuel Ur, IBM
Research Lab in Haifa at <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/projects/verification/coverage_advisor/papers/bigcoverage.pdf">http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/projects/verification/coverage_advisor/papers/bigcoverage.pdf</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="other_topics">Other Topics:</h3>
<ul><li>Technical Debt <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/CardMeeting/Voluntary-Technical-Debt.html">http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/CardMeeting/Voluntary-Technical-Debt.html</a></li>
<li>Testing Pyramid agile style for web apps: heaps of unit tests using
e.g. junit, then many business rules tests using e.g. fitnesse, then
fewer gui tests using e.g. selenium see <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.jroller.com/xwarzee/entry/agile_testing_efficiently_try_the">http://www.jroller.com/xwarzee/entry/agile_testing_efficiently_try_the</a></li>
<li>The right metrics for load testing <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.stickyminds.com/s.asp?F=S5034_MAGAZINE_2">Trade Secrets from a Web Testing Expert</a></li><li>Cost and benefits of different types of inspection vs testing <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="https://drum.umd.edu/dspace/bitstream/1903/770/2/CS-TR-3552.pdf">A Review of Software Inspections</a></li>
<li>Collaboration <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-team-room-wishlist">http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-team-room-wishlist</a></li><li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.mariosalexandrou.com/methodologies/dynamic-systems-development-model.asp">A useful reference on methodologies</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=471934">Four Classic Problems with Scripted Testing </a> and <a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=480902">Software Testing Automation on the Fly: Against the Frameworks</a> both by Michael Kelly</li>
</ul><b><br>And here is some stuff specific to Canoo WebTest:<br>======================================</b>===<br><p>
<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://webtest.canoo.com/">http://webtest.canoo.com/</a> is the main site with links to downloads, manual etc</p>
<p>
<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/externalCitations/AgileVancouver2007_PatternsForContinuousTestAutomation.pdf">http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/externalCitations/AgileVancouver2007_PatternsForContinuousTestAutomation.pdf</a> is a great basic intro and has good list of best practices and discussion of other testing approaches cf webtest<br>
<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/externalCitations/JAX2007_WebTestPresentation.pdf">http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/externalCitations/JAX2007_WebTestPresentation.pdf</a> is a very good intro and also advanced guide<br>
<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://mguillem.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/webtest-vs-selenium-webtest-wins-13-5/">http://mguillem.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/webtest-vs-selenium-webtest-wins-13-5/</a> Marc's comparison of Canoo Webtest and Selenium</p>
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<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://www.socialtext.net/awt/index.cgi?errors_need_to_be_familiar_with_these_when_troubleshooting"></a><a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://lists.canoo.com/pipermail/webtest/">http://lists.canoo.com/pipermail/webtest/</a> has the archive of the mailing list.<br>
<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://lists.canoo.com/pipermail/webtest/2004q4/002955.html">http://lists.canoo.com/pipermail/webtest/2004q4/002955.html</a> has info on browser types and useragent header.<br>
<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://lists.canoo.com/pipermail/webtest/2006q3/006521.html">http://lists.canoo.com/pipermail/webtest/2006q3/006521.html</a> has good example of writing your own log in webtest.<br>
<a target="_blank" title="(external link)" href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html</a> gives the rules for property files.</p>
<br>regards,<br> John<br><br>On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Mushafique Ali <<a href="mailto:ali.mushafiq@gmail.com">ali.mushafiq@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi! <br>> <br>> I am Mushafique Ali. i am very much new to Canoo web test and Automatic<br>
> Testing plz help me to be an effective tester. <br>> <br>> Thanks and regards <br>> Mushafique Ali <br><br>
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