I recently added The QA Chatbot to the site, to try it out. It seems to work very well, with a couple of quirks such as repeating answers - but nothing's perfect! The chatbot is provided by Chatzap and you provide the name and the 'knowledge' [...]
As we're now into 2023 - Happy New Year! - I thought I'd provide an overview of some of the testing projects I've worked on this year - its quite varied as you can see below, covering a fairly decent range of projects and sectors. - [...]
As we're about to say goodbye to 2021, I thought I'd provide an overview of some of the testing projects I've worked on this year - its quite varied as you can see below, from autonomous vehicles to covid testing! - luxury villas booking website - [...]
New blog post on Basic Security Testing for websites #securitytesting #websitesecurity #basicsecurity #testing #qa www.patwalsh.co.uk/basic-security-testing/
High profile websites being hacked is nothing new nowadays - we hear about a different hack every week, if not every day. Hackers will use many different techniques to break into high profile websites and systems - including targeting weaknesses in the website's security, social engineering [...]
Flagged up a #bug on this today - different project - still looks like most developers don’t even look at #OWASP -… twitter.com/i/web/status/1012437091156922368
I've recently started using the Kobiton device testing cloud, to enhance the range of iOS and Android devices that I can test apps and websites on. Over the last few years, I've looked into several other device testing cloud platforms from all sorts of companies and [...]
What is TesterJobs.co? TesterJobs.co is a UK software testing jobs website I have launched, where software testers can search for jobs and employers can post jobs to find the software testers they need. What are the TesterJobs.co USPs? it’s independent of any other job website or [...]
Update - September 2019 - new iPhones added to the list. Update - August 2019 - lots of phones and tablets added to the list. Update - September 2018 - I've now added the latest devices to the list - iPhone XS Max, iPhone XS, iPhone [...]
I've signed up for #OnlineTestConf on 13-14 June - free online conf for #testers t.co/Vn4jzoLD1Z… twitter.com/i/web/status/866970467181244418
Update - the latest version of the Mobile Device Quick Comparison Chart will now always be at https://www.patwalsh.co.uk/mobile-device-quick-comparison-chart/ It can be difficult keeping track of all the different mobile devices - smartphones and tablets - and the differences between them. With each new version of the [...]
2016 has been busy so far, I’ve worked on lots of different testing projects, with a brief outline of some of them below: Property crowdfunding website testing: mobile device testing Coastal ecosystem website testing Cinema info and booking website testing Cinema iOS 9 app testing Cinema [...]
2015 was a busy year for me, with a wide range of projects worked on and also some excellent training and education completed, including the Rapid Software Testing Applied course run by James Bach, which I completed in July. And to give a flavour of the [...]
From July 15th to July 17th 2015, I took part in an online course called Rapid Software Testing Applied (RSTA) where the techniques and practises of Rapid Software Testing (RST) are used on a real-world software product. The course was run by James Bach, one of [...]
Having used Gherkin in a couple of different testing projects, I thought I'd provide a Quick Intro to Gherkin, for those not familiar with it. So far, I've used Gherkin as a way of documenting tests, rather than automating tests, but it's used in both scenarios. [...]
Below I've listed 10 Testing Blogs, which I often visit to catch up on latest events and news in the testing world, plus also read some different viewpoints on testing. James Bach - The Consulting Software Tester http://www.satisfice.com/blog/ Michael Bolton http://www.developsense.com/blog/ Google Testing Blog http://googletesting.blogspot.co.uk/ Maverick [...]
Sauce Labs have recently released a free Mac App which allows you to use their online website testing platform via a desktop Mac App, rather than the usual method of via a browser. The Mac App can be downloaded for free via saucelabs.com/mac / or iTunes / [...]
Following on from my post the other day about iPad Website Testing, I thought I'd post on a similar area, but on iPhone device. Turning on the Debug Console before starting testing will help identify any errors which may occur during the testing. The error messages [...]
Here's a simple little testing tip when testing websites on the iPad, using the Safari browser. Turning on the Debug Console before starting testing will help identify any errors which may occur during the testing. The error messages will be shown in the Debug Console and [...]
As I recently started using TestFlight for this, I thought I'd outline how the other way of delivering Apps to testers works - that is Ad Hoc Delivery. Firstly, the UDID of your iOS Device(s) has to be known by the Developer delivering the App to [...]
Last Wednesday, I went along to Day 2 of Apps World 2012, at Earls Court 2. I went for the full day, as there was more of interest during the morning session, especially around the area of Mobile Testing. My photos from the day are below, [...]
Last Tuesday, I went to the first day of Apps World 2012, at Earls Court 2. I went along to see what I could find out about the latest Apps and App Technologies, plus also to do some networking. Event photos from Apps World blog [...]
Bug #3 Skyfall website bugs, has been posted to the site in the Bugs section. Bug #3 - Skyfall website bugs - dead links
I've now started using TestFlight, which enables simple delivery for iOS Apps for testing. The idea behind it is that iOS App developers setup a project that testers can be added to. The testers can then access the latest builds of the App as and when required [...]
I recently attended this webinar, given by Jonathan Lipps of Sauce Labs. You can check out the webinar on YouTube. I’ll briefly outline the main points, for future reference. Webinar Intro Almost as easy to test web apps with Sauce / Selenium as it is to [...]
I recently attended a webinar on the uTest platform, which was titled "Intro to Selenium2Library & Robot Framework". I hadn't heard of Selenium2Library or the Robot Framework, so this was a really useful intro to both of these at once. Also there was some information on [...]
Part 2 covers how to obtain Crash Reports from iOS Devices by using Apps on your iOS device, after there has been an iOS App Crash The following Apps allow you to see Console logs on your iPhone and/or iPad: System Console - by Electric Labs Console [...]
Having tested several iOS Apps via the uTest platform, on both iPhone and iPad devices, I thought I'd share some of the tips and tricks I've picked up while doing this. iOS App Crashes A crashing iOS App is seen as the most serious type of [...]
Bug #2 NHS Stoptober site, share to Twitter bug, has been posted to the site in the Bugs section. Bug #2 - NHS Stoptober site - Share to Twitter bug
Bug #1 iOS Calendar Notes has been posted to the site in the Bugs section. This bug can lead to you losing the Notes for your event, in the iOS Calendar App. Bug #1 – iOS Calendar Notes
