It is very important to make sure that your application functions as expected. There may be times that you add one little piece of code and all of a sudden other parts of the application no longer works. You may not have time/capacity to manually go back and regression test all the pieces [...]

I attended the Conference of the Association of Software Testing (CAST) this week, which is hosted by the Association for Software Testers (AST). I was very impressed by not only the topics but also the great people. It was nice being able to sit down and discuss topics that we all face out in the [...]

No matter how good you think your code is there is always going to be a bug/defect of some kind. Defect numbers may range from 1 to thousands so it’s important to have a very good tracking tool. There are commercial tools out there but I figured I’d focus on the open source [...]

It is very important to make sure that there are no broken links on your site. A link may be active when your first added it but as the days, months, years go by the link may end up being broken.
Below are some open source tools that can help you find those broken links.

Bugkilla – [...]

I have been in the software testing field for over 9 years. I have played various roles ranging anywhere from manual tester, performance tester, business analyst to web developer.
Every project is different and every tester is different. Through the years I have gotten to know other testers either in person or via online. You can [...]

In every company/project the question always comes up on what the ratio should be. As we all know the ratio almost never comes out right but if you want info on how to estimate the ratio check this white paper out.
Estimating Tester to Developer Ratios (or Not)
NOTE: This is a word document.

I am a member of the uTest Community but the only problem I have so far with their projects is that they always want you to download some software you’ve never heard of.
I think I’m going to buy just a standard laptop for my uTest testing so I don’t hurt my other applications.
I think the [...]

I found a website called LearningDom today. They offer some free courses in testing, BA, & design. Even though I’ve been in the QA world for years I still believe that people should take training when ever possible. It’s good to know what’s out there and what other people are learning.