tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90307229972524005232011-09-17T18:59:29.487+01:00The web page to daily testing tips. Provides software testing tips using twitter to testers all around the world.anne-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251671179559459913noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030722997252400523.post-80093347888520958292011-02-20T07:35:00.001Z2011-02-20T07:46:01.033Z

As most of you know, the daily testing tip provides a software testing tip on each week day. Its run by volunteers who for six weeks provide a dailytesting tip. It can be a real challenge to find a tip within 140 characters that's succinct and helpful.  Please welcome the latest daily testing tip contributors.  Monday:  Dennis GurockTuesday : Vips GuptaWednesday: Matt Harp Thursday: Pablin

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I'm very excited (and a little proud) to announce the launching of the e-book "if i were a testcase I would...". Many of you know that the ebook started on twitter with the musing "If I were a testcase I would....". The response was huge. The idea for the book goes to Curious Tester, so many thanks Parimala. Thanks also to the Software Testing Club who I collaborated with to make this book a

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Andy Glover aka Cartoon Tester has very kindly agreed to donate some of his fabulous cartoons to the upcoming E-Book "If I were a test case I would ...."  Many thanks Andy for such a generous offer. The interest and response to this book has been fantastic with over 300 responses coming in to the challenge. Companies big and small have asked me for advertising. There's talk of an upcoming

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Daily Testing Tip has put out a challenge today. Its asking testers to complete the following phrase: "If I were a testcase I would........." and to add the #dttip tag at the end.  There have been some terrific responses such as: @msdeibel: If I were a testcase I would fail randomly so ppl start investigating and exploring using brains @michaelbolton: If I were a test case, I would ask "Why me

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The winning vote was: Think testing as a challenge; it is not simply verification and validation of what is written and communicated in the starting So congratulations to Vipul Gupta @vipsgupta for wining the vote. Coming in a close second was: Follow @dailytestingtip for some real good tips.  contributed by Ajay Balamurugadas @ajay184f  As you can see from the final count, there were many

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Wow, what a great response to the competition. Many thanks to everyone who sent in a software testing tip. Its your contributions that keep #dttip alive, so keep up the good work. You can vote on three different tips. Remember the winner will win a first edition copy of the brand new Software Testing Newspaper, The Testing Planet, due out in July. So get voting! Winner will be announced late

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Put on your thinking caps, because the daily testing tip #dttip has a great prize this week!  Daily Testing Tip and the Software Testing Club have teamed up this week for a great competition. The prize? A fabulous signed First Edition of The Testing Planet! We are asking you to submit your favourite #dttip between Monday Noon GMT and Wednesday noon GMT. On Wednesday afternoon the

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I think this week the vote was unanimous. Congratulations to Michel Kraaij with the following tip: "An exploring tester doesn't only find #bugs, but also finds inconsistencies which might possibly cause bugs in the future" Next week we are hosting a fantastic competition for the most popular testing tip. To enter into the comp, you have to enter your #dttip between Monday 12 pm GMT to

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What will be the most popular tip this week? You get to vote for 3 of your tips. Results will be out on late Friday. Most Popular #dttip 15th Juneonline surveys Here is a link to all the tips

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This weeks winner of most popular testing tip is : It is always gud to brainstorm on the testing activities that aren't clear. If u r nt convinced, u wil nt b able to justify your job @vipsgupta Congratulations to Vipul. P.S Editors pick is: Eat lunch with your developers -- they'll talk about changes they've forgotten to tell you about. @jbaibel Poll Daddy Results

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Anyone think that Tag Tuesday wasn't going to happen yesterday? Even when I'm away #dttip continues to thrive. Thanks to everyone who sent out a tweet yesterday urging people to share a software testing tip, another great sign of our strong testing community. Have you noticed how Tag Tuesday is starting earlier and earlier in the week? This weeks first tip came in last Friday. It's great, feel

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Another successfull #dttip day yesterday. We had over 30 tips come in yesterday,so many thanks to all contributors. A couple of personal favourites were: @Unlicensed2test: Get a 'bounce buddy'. Someone you can talk to about anything and bounce ideas off. @artofsqa: Sometimes you have to poke the code with a sharp stick to find out where it bleeds. @joelmonte: Testing ideas may come to you

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There were two tips that clearly were the most popular from the start the poll opened. Congratulations to Lisa Crispin and Zeger Van Hese for having their tips voted as most popular #dttip. The tips were: @TestSideStory: Just because something is beyond your current skill set doesn't mean it's beyond your current scope of responsibility (Cem Kaner) @lisacrispin: Spend some time today

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Wow, the tweets were pouring in yesterday and I had a record number of tweets. Thanks again to all who contributed. I know I've picked up a few handy tips that I've stored away. A special thanks to those who contributed multiple tips, @EEtester @JeroenRo and @TestSideStory to name a few. I've made a poll again. Because the large amount of tips, I've opened up the voting, so you can now choose

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Thanks to everyone who voted for their favourite tip yesterday. There was a clear front candidate all day and it was no suprise that Selenda's tip came up top. So here it is: @sdelesie:Building relationships is key to building great software. Invite programmers out for a drink; you'll be amazed by what you learn Full results can be seen in this feed See you next Tag Tuesday

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Well, the software testing tips keep flowing in. I thought it might be fun to have a vote on the most popular #dttip each Wednesday. Have a look at yesterdays tips and vote for your favourite software testing tip. Which is your favourite #dttip this Tuesday?Market Research

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There was another frantic day of sharing software testing tips yesterday. Many thanks to those on contributed. There were some fantastic tips yesterday. In fact, I've noted a few that caught my eye and have made a mental note to try them out, in particular jbtestpilots tool suggestions.  These are my personal favourites: @JeroenRo for : Holding ice with warm hands is like testing without

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Here is a list of everyone's tips. Many thanks to you all for making it such a fun day. I've listed the tips here for you to go through. My personal favourite was: 'Ever tried, Ever failed, No matter. Try again, Fail again, Fail Better' Samuel Beckett  by @esconfs, but perhaps that's because he's an Irishman, Beckett that is not @esconfs. #dttip for Tuesday 20th April     If you missed out

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Tag Tuesday. Test out your skills and help the testing community. Daily testing tip is inviting you on send in your favourite tip on Tuesdays. Its simple, just add #dttip to your tweet. The tip can be on anything related to testing, a tool you like, a way of using a tool, an approach or technique you favour, just make sure you include #dttip in the tweet. Great ones will appear in @

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