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Input Data Validation

Every web application is expected have at least one submit form. Data entered in form is transferred as input to database or to any other application and will decide the output. So, input data plays a very important role in retrieving the output data. Such data needs to be validated by the code. And tester has the responsibility of validating such data. At this point tester thinks about how can the validations be done and what type of data should be provided to validate the input field. Test data needs to be created and passed to the form through the automation tool or manually. Here are few steps or guide lines to validate the data. Let’s consider a sample form which acts as input to signing in as new member in a social networking site like facebook. It contains different types of input fields – Numeric, String, Alpha Numeric, date, preset values (from drop downs or check boxes), file uploads and Email addresses. Name: String input field Password : Alphanumeri

Bloggers day

Lets celebrate Bloggers day on August 31st. Get ready with the 5 new blogs which you like to recommend to others. Why is August 31st selected as bloggers day? August 31st means '3108' which resembles 'Blog'. For more details of it visit the site  http://www.blogday.org/

Test More n more

Testing it is just not a word but it is that act which gives value to the product developed by the developers. It is given more significance in present days but that value needs to be enhanced. Why, let’s see few examples of apps which were not tested perfectly and are in market with defect. These points are based on an excellent article “Perhaps they should have tested more” presented by Joe in his blog. Thanks Joe. 1.     Apple Iphones : Have IPhones failed to make the Daylight Saving Time transition yet again?   iOS 4.1 users in Europe reported that their alarm clocks failed to account for the time change due to the end of Daylight Savings, which shifted their clocks back an hour at 2 am this morning. As a result, their alarms went off an hour too late. 2.     Skype : Supernodes not so super? Skype once again had a worldwide outage related to software problems in their supernodes 3.     Google Docs : A recently-introduced bug in Google Docs caused some documents to be shared with