Living life as a Software

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Recently I read a very interesting article on “All I Ever need

to know about testing” by Lee Copeland.
I was so impressed with the concept of our day to
day work comparison with the software testing.
I will extract only points related to software testing. As
a software tester keep in mind these simple points:
Share everything:
If you are a experienced tester on any project then help
the new developers on your project. Some testers have
habit to keep the known bugs hidden till they get
implement in code and then they write a big defect report
on that. Don’t try to only pump your bug count, share
everything with developers.
Build trust:
Let the developers know any bug you found in design
phase. Do not log the bug repeatedly with small variations
just to pump the bug count. Build trust in developer and
tester relation.
Don’t blame others:
As a tester you should not always blame developers for the
bugs. Concentrate on bug, not always on pointing that bug
in front of all people. Hit the bug and its cause not the
developer!
Clean up your own mess:
When you finish doing any test scenario then reconfigure
that machine to its original configuration. The same case
applies for bug report. Write a clean effective bug report.
Let the developer find it easy to repro and fix it.
Give credit to others for their work:
Do not take others credit. If you have referred any others
work, immediately give credit to that person. Do not get
frustrated if you not found any bug that later has been
reported by client. Do work hard, use your skill.
Remember to flush 
Like the toilets flush all the software’s at some point. While
doing performance testing remember to flush the system
cache.
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Take a nap everyday:

We need time to think, get refresh or to regenerate our
energy.
Some times its important to take one step back in order to
get fresh insight and to find different working approach.
Always work in teams, team score are always better
and powerful than individuals.
Now its time to take nap   Happy Testing!
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60 comments ↓

#1 priya on 07.19.07 at 4:12 am

Need the test case models for Funtional testing.That too need test case models
to test the Uppercase characters and Lowercase characters

#2 Nikhil on 07.28.07 at 12:04 pm

I like the concept of flush. flush to do performance testing right!

#3 sudheer on 08.09.07 at 6:14 pm

Thank u for giving this useful information for the tester. it will helpful to the
tester.
#4 Deepak Pase on 09.28.07 at 9:44 am
Content on this portal is really going to help me as a Quality Assiciate.

#5 vikas on 10.15.07 at 7:08 am

Thanks for this exracting this matter!!!!

But.. What is the other side of the story??

#6 satyajeet Bhosale on 10.29.07 at 5:09 am

Good..article..

#7 laxmi kanth on 11.10.07 at 5:57 am

I Want to some test case models.
And how to write the test cases

#8 Kamal on 11.16.07 at 11:13 am

Good Article…

#9 vishal c chinchane on 11.21.07 at 9:59 am

i’m fresher as tester. How can i start testing a software which will be used at
Share Brokers to import trades, apply brokerage & preparation of bills,etc.
pls help me out of this?

#10 Tanvi on 11.23.07 at 12:19 pm

great article….

#11 Anurag Jain on 12.12.07 at 12:12 pm

Hi,
What an article.. I like your concepts.. I like to follow some steps which is given
by you..
Thanks Dude

#12 Lakshmi on 02.14.08 at 1:14 pm

Hi !!!

Can anyone help me………..

What is the meaning of Build Verification Test?

Is this the tester responsibility to have BVT?

 If it is , then what were the things that should be taken into consideration while
undergoing BVT????

#13 bala on 02.18.08 at 11:31 am

hi
i would like to do software testing courses…
want to know the basic course wat i can do and wat are is the career that is
available in this field… once i do the basic manual testing courses… wat can i do
further…
please help me out

#14 ayesha on 03.03.08 at 5:03 am

I want to knowwhat is error seeding and error guessing can u please help me out
with this

#15 shabeena on 03.10.08 at 9:49 am

This s good…..
I will agree, But here “x” told that, an experienced person has to help the new
developer……….
But what i feel is, if we tell them begining itself, means we are some what
loosing our holding on tht person…….:) …….rt?

#16 champ on 04.22.08 at 8:39 pm

The attitude you have is wrong shabeena. no body can have a hold on
anybody.One should share the knowldege he/she has and move on to learn more
. If your trainer ans teacher had your opinion you would never have learnt what
you know now ..   . No hard feelings.. leadership is all about producing more
leader , NOT MORE FOLLOWERS !!!

#17 shreya on 04.23.08 at 2:25 am

Hi champ
please suggest some topic in testing.
I have to give seminar in my company.
Regards
Shreya

#18 rahul on 04.23.08 at 5:27 am

 @shreya take this topic very latest..

Vugen scripts.

#19 Muqeeb Ahmed on 05.05.08 at 10:43 am

The points mentioned is realy gonna develope a good tester as well as it will lead
soon the person towords management side i mean to say team management as
know he is learning how to deal with people and work 

#20 selvam on 06.11.08 at 1:51 pm

Hi Friends,

Currently i am working in Non-IT field and planned to switch my career to

testing.I had learned the basics of testing,and now i am very eager to learn
testing practically with real time projects.
If any one interested to teach testing personally with real time projects , i will be
more grateful, or else show me the right place in chennai.
Thanks & regards
selvam.ba@rediffmail.com

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#22 ramesh on 07.01.08 at 6:11 pm

Lakshmi

hi madam,

BVT is not but sanity.. this is we testers are doing whenever we get releases.

Regards,
Ramesh

#23 ramesh on 07.01.08 at 6:15 pm

Hi all,
 Iam very much interested in giving training on Manual and Automation testing
(QTP) descriptive programming. Can anyone tell the institute we i can get
chance to prove myself in Ameerpet ,Hyd.

Feel free to contact me at ramesh16j@gmail.com

Thanks,
Ramesh

#24 RAZA on 08.08.08 at 4:41 am

really a good article!!!!!!!!!!

#25 p.k.yadav on 08.26.08 at 9:35 am

dedication to your work.

#26 p.k.yadav on 08.26.08 at 9:36 am

I M interested in automation testing.

#27 p.k.yadav on 08.26.08 at 9:37 am

please tell me anybody about QTP>

#28 Rahul on 08.26.08 at 9:56 am

@p.k.yadav
use best guru in world..google sir..

#29 Girija Prasad Mohanty on 10.03.08 at 11:32 am

Glad to know the info… furnished by you..
Great Job Dude…Keep it up…

#30 Satya on 10.21.08 at 11:20 am

Thats a Gr8 article (All I Ever Need to Know about Testing I Learned in
Kindergarten) Thanks dear for ur post

#31 shruti Khavaskhan on 11.11.08 at 11:36 am

Wow…..Very Nice Article Really….

Being new in this field, this will sure help me…

Thanks….
 Fantastic..Article….very helpfull….for everyone..in this field….

Good One….

#32 RAMYA on 12.29.08 at 7:04 am

“A developer needs to understand only the requirements of the client,but a

Tester needs to understand the requirements of both the developer and the
client”!!!!!!

“Hats off to hard working testing professionals”!…

#33 Rajesh Kumar on 12.29.08 at 8:52 am

Build varification Testing is nothing but Sanity
Testing/level-0 testing/build verification testing etc.,
because this test is the first test which we are conducting
as soon as we get the build from development team. here we
are checking/verifing wether the build is operatable,
understandable,or not and wether the build is stable.
Mainly we are concentrating on wether the build is working
or not and operatable or not etc., means verifying the build.

#34 Binayak P Silwal on 01.15.09 at 5:57 pm

This article seem to try enlighten tester’s soul. Nice try and a true tester will
always follow this article from his/her heart.

Appreciated!

#35 Vivek on 01.23.09 at 11:21 am

Its very effective article for me while other tester doing same thing opposite than
this article.
Thank-you
Very nice……..

#36 Pankaj Sharma on 05.13.09 at 8:09 pm

Gr8 Artical

#37 srinivasa thangella on 10.29.09 at 12:28 pm

 i’m fresher as tester. How can i start testing a software which will be used at
Share Brokers to import trades, apply brokerage & preparation of bills,etc.
pls help me out of this?

#38 srinivasa thangella on 10.29.09 at 12:37 pm

hi
i would like to do software testing courses…
want to know the basic course wat i can do and wat are is the career that is
available in this field… once i do the basic manual testing courses… wat can i do
further please help me out

#39 ragavan on 10.29.09 at 12:40 pm

plz help me
how to start testing

#40 allwin on 01.16.10 at 12:29 pm

good one……………….

#41 Real napster on 04.07.10 at 11:13 am

Nice article…. Hope to have more of these kinds….

Testers rock….. 

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#43 srinivasareddy on 07.05.10 at 11:18 am

i have completed load runner course,i need realtime exp plz tell me any realtime
instituts or persons…,or any job assistance instituts…..

#44 Suganthy on 07.09.10 at 4:08 pm

A REAL good article. The points mentioned here are very valid ones.

#45 indumathi on 07.12.10 at 1:58 pm

 Hi,
All concepts are explained very clearly in this blog.I am searching performance
testing concepts.I didnt find that in this blog.Can you explain how to do
performance testing manually in a web application

#46 Mayasen on 07.13.10 at 4:15 am

Hi Indumathi (#46),

Practically it is not possible to do the performance test in manual. You should use
atleast any open_source tool to do this.

You can see the performance testing kind of tips in the comments @ web
application testing page in this forum.

Wishes…!!!

#47 Augustine on 09.10.10 at 3:44 pm

Those are really interesting points. I like.

#48 RAJKUMAR on 01.07.11 at 4:55 am

Nice article

#49 Mahammed riyaz on 01.11.11 at 4:58 am

hi.

please help me…..

i go a job in MNC,….with a Testing Domain.i want to go with developing….
what my ? is….which is good …testing/developing..
how will be the growth in future.

#50 sanjay bedwal on 03.11.11 at 5:34 am

hi ..i think the idea of sharing information is really good..
as a fresher nobody can’t do anything without any guidance..
good points

best of luck to all tester …

i myself taking training for testing….
#51 Nadeem on 04.08.11 at 11:19 am

very useful information for software tester, thanks for sharing with us.

#52 krishna on 04.19.11 at 11:37 am

Good…article…..

#53 Neha on 05.11.11 at 10:36 am

Hi!!!!!

I like your concept…its too useful for fresher in s/w testing.

very much Appreciated…………

#54 lipi on 08.08.11 at 5:04 am

I have joined one multinational company.Here they set me in QA section.But i

have know nothing abou this.So what can i do now and what will be my future?
please answer me.

#55 raju on 02.08.12 at 4:25 am

good Article

#56 Sri on 02.18.12 at 5:16 am

Very useful and effective article.

#57 karishma khare on 09.05.12 at 11:43 am

sir,my question is that after getting experience on automation testing,can
anyone switch to development feild?

#58 karishma khare on 09.05.12 at 11:46 am

plz answer me soon

#59 sami on 01.31.13 at 7:08 am

how is life in software testing???and am certified in ISTQB….how is life for tester

in USA,IRELAND and other western countries…plz do rply….

#60 sayed on 02.08.13 at 10:06 am