Category Archives: Manual Testing

Testing a website on different versions of IE

So, no matter how much you argue that it’s an ancient, irrelevant browser; there’s no way you can wriggle out of having to test your web app against IE6 on WinXP. But… trying to find a machine with it lying … Continue reading

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Test Case Interdependency

One of the most common ways of structuring a series of test cases is to make one test case dependent on the outcome of another. For example, Test Case ‘A’ verifies the functionality surrounding the ability to create an account. … Continue reading

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Link to ISEB Testing study documents

I did the ISEB exam a while ago. I didn’t revise for the exam, I just turned up and did it. It took a few minutes and I was done. I don’t have a high opinion of the exam – … Continue reading

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Data Conversion Testing

(NB: I’m writing this about half a day after having *5* wisdom teeth out – bear with me…) Most projects involve some kind of data conversion from a legacy system. Testing data conversion it is boring as hell and very … Continue reading

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