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Automated Software QA/Testing?

Posted by timothy on from the build-robots-which-can-automate-testing dept.

nailbite writes "Designing and developing software has been my calling ever since I first used a computer. The countless hours/days/months spent on imagining to actualizing is, to me, enjoyable and almost a form of art or meditation. However, one of the aspects of development that sometimes "kills" the fun is testing or QA. I don't mind standalone testing of components since usually you create a separate program for this purpose, which is also fun. What is really annoying is testing an enterprise-size system from its UIs down to its data tier. Manually performing a complete test on a project of this size sucks the fun out of development. That's assuming all your developers consider development as fun (most apparently don't). My question is how do you or your company perform testing on large-scale projects? Do you extensively use automated testing tools, and if so, can you recommend any? Or do you still do it the old-fashioned way? (manually operating the UI, going through the data to check every transaction, etc.)"

9 of 248 comments (clear)

  1. FP by stebe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    such a guilty pleasure

  2. 404 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Haha.

  3. I wish they tested this site by Megor1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I keep getting errors following links on slashdot today.

    --
    Everyone that disagrees with me is a paid shill
    1. Re:I wish they tested this site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Who modded this offtopic? This complaint is completely on topic. It would have been offtopic in another thread, but this thread is about software testing, and Slashdot clearly hasn't been tested.

  4. modding yo ass down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    also a guilty pleasure. :)

    1. Re:modding yo ass down by stebe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You should feel guilty for getting mixed up with my ass! Like Southern Iraq for most of the last decade, it too is a No Fly Zone. Except of course for the flies.

  5. Next and previous links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Another complaint: where are the links to the next and previous article?!

    I seem to recall that they were removed once because of the "load they imposed on the database". Back then they were quickly returned because of public demand.

  6. This is ONtopic, squared by mangu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The article is about software testing, and the parent post complained that slashcode isn't tested enough. I second that. Why do we keep getting those 503 errors? Why does the lameness filter forbid posting a short snippet of Perl code to illustrate a point? If slashdot did a halfway decent testing of their code we wouldn't have to live with petty annoyances like those.

    1. Re:This is ONtopic, squared by SoSueMe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Slashdot is tested every day.
      Bugs are reported publicly, as evidenced by your post.
      The only difference between this and what I do for a living (enterprise web application testing) is that the developers don't listen or don't know how to fix things.

      WAIT A MINUTE: There is NO difference.