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We are now living in a world of Cloud and Digital business. Application Development of almost all the platform is in boom. For providing utmost customer satisfaction, the application has to be seamless and bug-free.We have been living in the age of manual testing since very long. We have new requirements pitching in every now-and-then from the clients where there is either enhancement in the application or any modification. For testing these new requirements, we need to run the older test cases repeatedly to test if it is not affected by the new change. And we end up testing the ... Read More

This Question comes to many professionals who are not actually into core technical and want to pursue their career in Selenium Automation. The term coding makes the non-programmers a bit scare to even start off with something like automation. There is a perception that a non-programmer cannot excel in Automation, but it is only in head. Many deserving and capable manual testers shy away from Selenium just thinking that it require some special skills.There are various many languages in which Selenium Scripts are designed such as Python, Ruby, C#, JavaScript and Java is one such of them. Knowing the popularity ... Read More

A Web based application is generally three tier architecture based application. First layer is presentation layer called front-end, second layer is business layer or application layer and third layer is database called back-end.Frontend TestingFrontend testing refers to testing the application UI or presentation layer. It can be manual as well as automated.Backend TestingBackend testing refers to testing the backend and application layers. It is normally automated.Following are the important differences between Frontend Testing and Backend Testing.Sr. No.KeyFrontend TestingBackend Testing1LayerFrontend testing is performed on Presentation Layer.Backend testing is performed on Application and Database layer.2GUIIn Cloud Computing, resources are centrally managed.In Grid ... Read More

Software testing involves only the testing of software parts of the system, while embedded testing involves the testing of both software and hardware parts of the system. Read through this article to find out more about software testing and embedded testing and how they are different from each other. What is Software Testing? Software testing refers to verifying and validating the behavior of the software developed. It ensures that software works as expected without any defect. It also helps in documenting that software is meeting the requirements and is ready to use. Software testing also checks the exceptions and error ... Read More

In the computer software testing world, there are two major software testing techniques namely Agile Testing and Waterfall Testing. Agile testing is more flexible and malleable, while waterfall testing is more structured and rigid. There are several other important differences between agile testing and waterfall testing which we will discuss in this article. But before going into the differences, let's start with some basics of agile testing and waterfall testing. What is Agile Testing? Agile testing is a software testing mechanism involving all team members where main owners are subject matter experts termed as Product Owners and testers as Quality ... Read More

Use Cases and Test Cases are two important terms in context of Software Testing. A use case tells how a System will behave or perform a certain task provided the given conditions and a test case contains the actual test data, set of instructions to system and expected result of the interaction with system.Following are the important difference between Use Case and Test Case.Sr. No.KeyUse CaseTest Case1ObjectiveThe objective of Use case is to ascertain a certain output after the set of operations.The objective of test case is to ensure that system is working fine for each given instruction and yields ... Read More

Functional TestingAll the user requirements as specified by the business should be well tested as a part of functional testing. Functional Testing demands Testing in the environment similar to that of client’s requirement. All the boundary conditions, negative scenario are accounted for. Each functionality of the application should be working well with minimal probability of any bug.Objective of Functional TestingThe basic requirement which is expected out of a well running application should be tested. The UI should be user friendly and easy to navigate. Error messages should pop-up in case any unwanted entry is entered.A bug free application with the ... Read More

To ensure smooth, speedy and effective testing and delivery of a project, automation plays a crucial role. It becomes very essential in this digital business that continuous testing and delivery are ensured.Automation requires tools which control and compare the actual and the expected results. Repetitive execution as a part of Regression is also considered when Automation is talked about.While handling a huge project, automation plays a key role where few areas needs to be tested again and again in periodic interval. End-to-end testing result ensure the robust working of the application.When Automation is considers, it becomes very significant to identify ... Read More

IntroductionAmong the four flavors of Selenium, Selenium Grid is one such flavor. The facility to run multiple tests on multiple machines, on multiple browsers simultaneously is made possible by Selenium Grid. It also allows running test cases on multiple browsers in parallel.Selenium Grid has 2 versions- older Grid 1 and older Grid 2. Old Grid 1 is obsolete now, hence Grid 2 is used.Selenium 2 is bundled with Selenium Server jar file. There is no need to install Apache Ant unlike Grid 1.How it worksSelenium Grid consists of hub and multiple nodes. Test runs on single machine called Hub and ... Read More

Selenium 1 or known as RC (Remote Control) and Web Driver differ in many aspects but the key difference comes in the implementation layer or in simple words the architecture of both of them.As name suggest, RC is a Remote Control which works by taking the remote of the browser and then injects the automation code to be tested by injecting the custom scripts written.The Web Driver (known as Selenium 2) works on the browser directly and uses browsers in-built features to trigger the automation test written by tester. Web driver is the successor of Remote Control.The architecture of Selenium ... Read More