November 2008 Entries

Can Automated Testing be Called "Testing"?

WARNING--THIS IS A VERY--VERY--LONG POST To respect a friend's blog space, I've decided to respond to a commenter on Theo Moore's blog regarding a review he posted about TestComplete. The commenter posted the following comment to me: Dear MES, Thanks for answering my query on be half of Theo. I would still love to hear from her (I think theo is female not a male). >> there are things that you can do with QTP that qualify as "testing." Can you name them? I am especially interested to know what ......

Latest Frustration with QTP

Because of QTP, I now know that its possible to stare a hole in your monitor trying to puzzle out why a section of code isn't working like you'd expect it to. And here's what I mean: If Browser("Browser").Page("Pa... = True then Reporter.ReportEvent micPass "Link Found", "YES" End If Now I stared a hole in my monitor this afternoon trying to figure out why if the *.Exists(0) in debug mode equals True, then why on earth is this line of code not reporting a true condition for ......

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