This post is for the testers who have some basic idea about MySQL database. I want to put up few things I came across when I dove deeper into MySQL. Here’s a brief overview of the order in which a query is executed inside a MySQL server. When you execute a SQL query, the order in which the SQL directives […]
How is a query executed in MySQL?
My experience working remote
This is an article about my experience working remote, the challenges which I faced and how I tried overcoming them. I hope this article would be helpful for people who have recently started working remote or who are planning to work remote soon. A Great start The thought of working remote may excite some people or put off some people. […]
MySQL Architecture and Layers
Many testers know how to write SQL queries and how to fetch data from the tables. But only a few understand the internal architecture and how MySQL interacts with storage engines. This blog discusses the MySQL architecture, different layers and journey of SQL statement in MySQL data. MySQL architecture is broken into three layers basically which can be defined by, […]
State of Testing Survey: 2017
It’s January. Which means the State of Testing Survey 2017 has gone live. This is a worldwide survey that tries to identify the existing state of testing. Taking the survey is one step into bringing more transparency into our profession. If you are a tester, please consider participating in the survey. Like most surveys, you will receive a report with […]
BrowserStack Live: Running manual tests on the cloud
Ever wanted to quickly see if you can reproduce an issue on a specific combination of browser version and operating system? In this post, we will show you how to use BrowserStack’s Live offering to test your web and mobile applications across a wide range of browser and operating systems. Why this post? We work with startups. Many times, our […]
Selenium- Firefox/geckodriver installation issue
Problem: Our selenium scripts started failing when we were running our tests on Firefox browser version 47 or higher. After a little bit of research we came to know that Selenium WebDriver 2.53.0 is not compatible with Firefox 47.0 or higher. The WebDriver component which handles Firefox browsers will be discontinued and we had to use geckodriver instead. Why this […]
Testing the Fitbit heart rate monitoring system: Part 2
In this post, we outline a cheap and creative way to perform repeatable and controlled tests on the Fitbit heart rate monitor. Our test has a reasonable degree of accuracy. We hope it helps the Fitbit developers rapidly test their prototypes. To be clear: thorough, accurate and precise testing is needed in the later stages of development. The test outlined […]
Testing the Fitbit heart rate monitoring system: Part 1
We outline a quick and dirty test for testing Fitbit’s heart rate monitor. This is the first in a series of two posts that will cover our work on developing a cheap and quick test with an acceptable level of accuracy for the Fitbit heart rate monitor. Why this post? The ‘why’ behind this post is long. You can safely […]
Selenium to get browser console log
The browser console log, along with debugging also helps us capture errors that occurred when using a web application. Your developers will thank you when you include console errors in your bug reports. As part of running your GUI automation, it is a good habit to check and report the errors present in the browser’s console. In this post, I […]
Comics for easier conversations – November 2016
This is part of the series of ‘Comics for easier conversations’, in which I share work related cartoons. This November post has comics related to work scenarios like missing an important detail, deadline dates and applying a new concept. Listed comics: 1) When you are testing a few functionalities and as an oversight, you missed an important one. 2) At […]