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SELENIUM TESTING: SELENIUM IDE (& its installation)

In our previous post of selenium testing, we discussed selenium testing briefly. But it was just an introduction about that. And the selenium is much wider in its own. In today’s article, we are going to discuss the selenium, IDE Tool. What is Selenium IDE?? In selenium testing, selenium IDE (Selenium Integrated Development Environment) is a simple tool present in selenium suite Selenium IDE has an inbuilt record and playback functionality that allow us to create tests very quickly, easily and efficiently. Selenium IDE is very easy to install and use. As selenium IDE is a Firefox plugin, it aims to support Firefox browser only. Therefore, we can execute our created test scripts on Firefox only. Selenium IDE supports auto complete mode which allows the user to: * Enter commands more quickly *Restricts the user to enter invalid commands. The most impressive thing about the Selenium IDE in selenium testing that the user need not to have any prior knowledge of pr...

SEO: Spamming & Violation Issues.

          In our previous post, we talked about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation ), that what is a search engine optimisation and how could be this beneficial for the audience as well as for the publishers.   We had also discussed various success factors of the search engine optimisation. In this post, we are going to have a thorough look on the spamming and other violation issues which can make anyone easily frustrating The search engine is so smart that it aims to check every bit of information you uploaded on the internet and knows very well that who deserves a penalty and for what he/she deserves a penalty. Let us discuss some points that we should surely consider in order to avoid violations and spamming. 1. AVOID CLOAKING Before discussing how to avoid cloaking; we first discuss what actually cloaking means. In search engine optimisation cloaking refers to ways to hide the text sophistically.  In cloaking practise, the sear...

LETS EXPLORE SEO!!

Before discussing SEO in deep let us first see, that what SEO stands for??? SEO stands for search engine optimisation, as the name suggests search engine optimisation means to optimise or modify the search engine so as to get the required results. Let us define search engine optimisation. Search engine optimisation is the process by which we can affect the visibility of the website or web search of a search engine as per our requirements. It should be noted that the site or web page which is placed on the top of the search results is probably the most viewed page. Search engine optimisation targets different kinds of results that could be image search, local search or any kind of video search. Actually optimising a website may include editing its content. The more you keep updating and editing your website, the more search engine results get optimised as per your requirement. Many search engine optimizers also tend to use backlinks or hyperlinks in order to place their we...

WHITE BOX TESTING VERSUS BLACK BOX TESTING

In previous posts we discuss a lot about testing, types of testing extra but here we are going to discuss something which is very important for every novel software tester, as this is the most asked question in a software testing interview. Before discussing the difference points let's quickly understand what is black box testing and what is white box testing?? White box testing is that type of software testing in which the inner structure is clearly known to the software tester. It is also called transparent testing. Whereas black box testing is that type of software testing in which the internal structure or code is not known to the software tester. SR. NO&CRITERIA WHITE BOX TESTING BLACK BOX  TESTING 1.Definition White box testing is a kind of testing in which internal structure, design or implementation of the product or software is well known to the software tester Black box testing is a kind of testing in  which  th...

INTRODUCTION TO SELENIUM TESTING

If you are interesting in software testing and desperately want to work in software testing profile then this post is surely for you, as we know that selenium testing is an important aspect of  software testing so you should go through this at least once. WHAT IS SELENIUM TESTING? SELENIUM is a tool for authoring tests without learning test scripting language like selenium IDE. Selenium is not just a tool but actually it is a cluster of independent tools. And selenium testing is a testing which is performed by using selenium tool. WHY WE USE SELENIUM TESTING I f we talk about the functioning and scenario of today's IT industries or companies then it is known to everyone that there is a mass movement towards automation testing. Not only this but the cluster of manual testing scenario  has also raised a great demand to make to manual testing automated by using various tools such as selenium.  There are numerous benefits which a software tester gets if he/she impleme...

LETS EXPLORE FUNCTIONAL AUTOMATION TESTING

          LETS EXPLORE  F UNCTIONAL AUTOMATION TESTING    As we know in software development life cycle (SDLC) , there are different stages and one  of the most important stage is software testing. There are different types or methodologies of software testing. Some of them are: ·          Manual testing ·          automation testing ·          black box testing ·          white box testing , etc       THIS BLOG BRIEFLY EXPLAINS YOU FUNCTIONAL AUTOMATION TESTING. Functional automation Testing actually makes use of special software to efficiently control the execution of the tests and the comparison of the actual outcomes with the predicted outcomes. Functional Automation Testing increases the test coverage, retain knowledge improves accur...

TOP TOOLS USED TO PERFORM BROWSER COMPATIBILITY TESTING

In previous two posts, we learn a lot about compatibility testing i.e. what actually is compatibility testing ??? How compatibility testing is performed and many more. As we all know that in order to perform browser compatibility testing   we use several efficient too in order to make our testing more easy and accurate but we are still unaware of these tools. So in today's post, we are going to discuss various tools which are listed on top in order to perform browser compatibility testing or so-called cross browser testing. Below is given a list of top tools which are commonly used to perform browser compatibility testing or cross browser testing. Lets's have a look. SPOON BROWSER SANDBOX If you are using spoon browser sandbox then it allows you to work with a number of web browser even without installing them on your system. By using this tool, you can easily access all famous browsers like  Mozilla firefox, Google chrome, opera mini and many mor...

HOW TO PERFORM COMPATIBILITY TESTING!!!

In a previous post, we have discussed what is browser compatibility testing. And in this post, we are going to discuss that how can we perform compatibility testing. Before discussing further, Let us first revise a bit about compatibility testing. Browser compatibility testing simply means testing your website or application on different browsers. Compatibility testing also called cross-browser testing. BROWSER COMPATIBILITY TESTING IS PERFORMED BY It is tester's responsibility to determine that which browser should be chosen as there are millions of browser present. Other personalities like the client, business analysis, and marketing team also take a healthy competition. Sometimes companies also keep in mind that which browser is mostly used or you can say which browser attract more traffic and then the browser is chosen accordingly. Whoever performs compatibility or cross-browser testing, but final results are thoroughly examined by design and development team and rele...

DESKTOP APPLICATION TESTING

WHAT IS DESKTOP APPLICATION TESTING?? Before understanding basics of desktop application testing,  let us first define desktop application testing.           This type of testing is used to test the desktop base applications that whether they are working according to the clients requirements or not. It aims to remove various bugs, errors, issues or failure that reduces its efficiency. As we know that today the mobile apps are highly trendy and are widely in use. But as far as desktop applications are the concern they have their own field of interest and are always stays in fashion. Desktop applications run on personal computers and on workstations. As far as desktop applications are concerned we can categorize them as graphical user interface(GUI), load and functionality. Desktop application requires a need of installation testing and reason behind this is that desktop applications are used by the single user and the are therefore installed in an ...

BROWSER COMPATIBILITY TESTING.....make sure whether your website is compatible or not??

What is  browser compatibility testing in software testing?? In software testing browser compatibility testing is a type of testing in which is used to ensure compatibility of the system/product/software/application or website which is built with various other objects such as various hardware platform, operating systems, users and other specific requirements.

SECURITY TESTING.....how to make your website more secure!!

SECURITY TESTING Before discussing how to secure your website. Let us take a quick review on what is testing??? What is website??? And what a security testing is??? WEBSITE A website is a set of web pages or we can say that website is a collection of web pages. These web pages are continuously accessed on the internet. WEBSITE TESTING Website testing is a type of testing   where test cases or test plans are executed in order to check  various web applications. In website development, security is the main concern that really need to be concentrated upon  If your website is not really secured, any unauthorized person can easily hack private information  or any confidential data of any user and can lead to a severe harm. Therefore, in  web development security testing is most important. SECURITY TESTING Security testing is a kind of testing in which various static and dynamic  analysis are done,  different test cases are planned a...