Is Software Tester a Most Infamous Person in a Software Project Team? by Syed Feroz Zainvi
The fact that a software tester is a most infamous person in a software project team has some grounds underneath it. This is because a software tester usually speaks of the bugs in the developer’s code. For a developer to take this pin-pointing personally hurting is humane. ... The developer should understand that testing is an important activity in a software project and the role of the tester is to find as many bugs as possible at the earliest and ensure that they get fixed. ... If the developed software satisfies customer’s requirements and has little number of known bugs then only the...

Acceptance Test by Uzi Shuri
This article is presenting two acceptance test approaches. The article presents the two acceptance test phases. In addition the article is emphasizing the acceptance test importance main goal of being the last quality gate before implementing the software in real live environment. ... One tester use the GUI function and produce those extract files and second tester will load and test the results of the files on the second application. ... Since applications and interfaces are integrated, acceptance test team will work like a chain work, one test output which produced by first tester will...

Software Testing: Part 2 by Prakash Chakkunny
Classic Testing Misconceptions and Mistakes Let's take a look at some of the common mistakes or misconceptions that actually reflect on a Testers quality, his efficiency and effectiveness. A couple of assumptions that are the key culprits, are the assumptions that all defects in the software... The tester should have a natural hyper-sensitivity to trivial things, He should possess software engineering skills (understanding the rules of software engineering, knowing computer programming and having operating system level knowledge).

Testing a Software by Gijo George
Software testing assumes a very important role in Software life cycle. Without proper testing software is incomplete. Testing should adhere to some general standards. To help a software tester, a test plan is prepared. This test plan broadly describes the approach towards testing particular... A tester first look for the common errors which can normally appear in any software. ... A software tester also looks for logical errors during the functional testing phase. ... Software tester should have some functional knowledge before he begins functional testing.

The P's and Q's of a Software Tester by Debendra Nandi
Introduction: Broadly speaking, a software tester should have two kinds of skills one is how to perform at his work and another is how to approach work. First one is about technical skill and the second one is about soft skill. For a software tester these two skills are compliment to each other. ... There are numerous examples where a software tester shows his iterative nature. ... Because as a software tester you need to interact with different kind of people like your development team, designing team, and other testing team including your client who sits far way from you.

The Game Tester by Mary Beim
It's not easy to be a hardcore gamer. It's hard. Wouldn't it be easier if you had a job in the videogames business? Think about it: working for a software company, being able to play games during office hours, with people who share your passion. Free games, industry parties, lots of fun and good... In Europe, an internal tester is usually paid somewhere between US$15,000 to US$23,000, assuming he's employed full-time. ... The game tester starts working as soon as either the graphic engine or some of the AI routines are ready (and even earlier in some occasions: sometimes testers have to...

The Top 5 Wrong Reasons For Not Hiring Testers by Luc Richard
Considering whether or not your software company should hire a dedicated team of testers? Here are the Top 5 Wrong Reasons why you shouldn't. We Have a Beta Program Some people feel that the best way to debug a system is to ship it to your customers and wait for trouble tickets. ... As explained in Quality is Job #1 , one of my previous articles which lists reasons why software companies should hire a dedicated team of testers, professional QA people are more efficient at verifying software than developers are.

Attention Printer Cartridge Resellers! Your HP Tester Converter Info Is Right At Your Fingertips by Joseph Mercado
Your HP remanufacturing ways have just been made easier. The HP tester and converter are ideal for those who are big or small in the remanufacturing industry. The converter will test the following cartridge models: •HP 51645A •HP C6615D •HP 1823D •HP 51625A •HP 51641A •HP C6578D This... The tester will give an audible beep to indicate a successful operation. ... •Self-contained, needs no software or PC. ... The tester also converts the current style of the HP 51645A or HP 51645G into a 15/45 universal cartridge.

Automatic Test Cases by Uzi Shuri
This article will present the dilemma of automating test cases and will bring the advantages (values) and disadvantages (obstacles) of implementing it, solutions for these obstacles are also presented. What is the goal you would like to achieve by automating the test cases? ... Well, I must say it’s an individual decision for each software and company. ... The question if it necessarily to perform it for simple software is relevant, because manual tests are simple to be done and automation implementation costs might be higher than its value.

A Technician's Toolkit: What's in the Bag by Alex Smith
If you fix computers regularly (or you're the type that often fixes computers for friends and family), you've likely developed a collection of software and tools to help you fix things more efficiently. Since I ocasionally play technician myself, I thought I'd share with you some tools that make... Useful testers > Power Supply Tester > Network cable tester > Motherboard tester (usually PCI, outputs BIOS codes) Get a good bag How are you going to carry all this around? ... Have a good collection of software Quality software will help you diagnose and fix many problems.