agile vs. traditional testing ...

okay, i'm in that part of my dissertation where i am supposed to write something along the lines of agile vs. traditional testing.

i could use some input, so if anyone is reading this and willing to help a student in distress ... ;)

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my tool scope

first month is over and i have to hand in my dissertation in less than 8 weeks.

can you tell that i'm getting a little nervous?

so here come the tools i decided to give a closer look:

• selenium: for regression testing and functional black-box stuff. doing that i will also check CubicTest

  ...is a graphical Eclipse plug-in for writing Selenium and Watir tests. It makes web tests faster and easier to write, and provides abstractions to make tests more robust and reusable.

  ... we'll see about that ;)
• robotframework 2.1: to go keyword driven and check the possibilities to combine it with selenium tests.
• JMeter: 'cause i need to get some performance and load testing done

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an add-on made of awesome: zotero

last week i stumbled upon zotero - a most awesome firefox add-on! it lets you collect, manage and cite your research resources.
best thing: you can create snapshots of the resources, highlight text passages and export the whole thing so you can attach it to your dissertation.
now ain't that cool?!

am using the tool for a little over a week now and am totally convinced.

go get it > zotero!

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collecting open-source test-frameworks

as previously posted i'm busy writing my dissertation on "automated software testing for ajax-(Ext JS)-based web-applications".

i have the betas done for the parts introduction,motivation and basics of general testing of my dissertation.

now i'm searching for open-source testing-frameworks that fulfill my specific testing needs:
concept testing
change-based testing
functional testing
regression testing

i definitely have selenium with all its' modules on my plate and will try them till they break. i also read and heard a lot about Canoo WebTest and will give that a try as well.

any more tools?
hell yeah, there seem to be a lot of capture replay tools out there but well documented, open-source(!) tools that can handle ajax and ext JS on multiple browsers seem to be few and far between.

edit: opensourcetesting.org has a great list of open source testing tools. check them out!

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flash player detection kit

adobe has a neat little kit that helps you detecting what flash version(s) you have running on machine incl. plugin versions in your various browsers.

on to the best part:
the kit not only checks your versions but it also provides you with methods that help you detect the flash versions in remote client browsers connected to your web-application so you can suggest an upgrade.

	Detecting the Flash Player Describes what you need in order to detect the user’s Flash Player version and to determine if that version can display your Flash content.
	Overview of Detection and Installation Techniques Outlines the different Flash Player detection and installation methods, and describes the contents of the Detection Kit ZIP file.
	Using Client-Side Scripting to Detect the Flash Player Version Discusses under what circumstances you would want to use client-side scripting detection, and provides scripts.
	Using ActionScript to Detect the Flash Player Version Discusses under what circumstances you would want to use ActionScript detection, and provides scripts.
	Using Server-Side Code to Detect the Player Version Discusses under what circumstances you would want to use server-side detection, and provides scripts for PHP and ColdFusion.
	Installing or Updating the Flash Player If the Flash Player is not installed on the end user’s computer, or if the installed version won’t allow proper viewing of your Flash content, you can initiate the installation of the latest version of Flash Player.

get it here: adobe's flash player detection kit

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