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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:36 PM

Localization Testing Part III

Part 1 provided an overview of localization class issues, and Part II discussed issues with non-translated strings in a localized product and gave some helpful hints to manage that problem during the software development lifecycle. In Part III I will
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Friday, October 30, 2009 8:34 PM

Localization Testing – Part II

I should be of no surprise to anyone that localization testing generally focuses on changes in the user interface, although as mentioned in the previous post these are not the only changes necessary to adapt a product to a specific target market. But,
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:00 AM

Localization Testing: Part 1

When I first joined Microsoft 15 years ago I was on the Windows 95 International team. Our team was responsible for reducing the delta between the release of the English version and the Japanese version to 90 days, and I am very proud to say that we achieved
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:03 AM

Adding Variability in Test Case Design

I love autumn! Yes, I am definitely a boy of summer and very much prefer warmer weather; however, there is something special about autumn. This past weekend my daughter, and my 2 friends Dongyi and her husband Yuning and I participated in the Rum Run
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:11 AM

Testing is Sampling

It seems it is about this time of year that I need to detach a bit from the world to reflect back on the past year and reevaluate my personal and professional goals moving forward. Perhaps I am just getting older or perhaps just a bit wiser (that is synonymous
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:58 PM

Better Bug Reports

When we report a bug our hope is that bug is fixed. But, of course we know that isn’t always the case which is why there are usually several alternative resolutions developers, project managers, or managers may choose for resolving a bug such as postponed,
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Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24 AM

Exploratory testing inside the box

Much of the information about exploratory testing focuses on testing from an end-user perspective. Pundits of exploratory testing claim the approach is also useful from a white box test design approach, but I have yet to see any practical discussion or
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Friday, March 06, 2009 6:51 AM

Basic Blocks Aren't So Basic

In the book How We Test Software at Microsoft I discuss structural testing techniques. Structural testing techniques are systematic procedures designed to analyze and evaluate control flow through a program. These are classic white box test design techniques,
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:12 AM

Troubleshooting Test Data with String Decoder

I value static test data that is derived from historical failure indicators, or representative of typical end-users. But, of course a problem with static test data is that it only provides a limited set of all possible data, and becomes stale or provides
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:58 AM

Random string generation…Update!

One of the biggest challenges in input testing is the sheer amount of potential characters and the virtually infinite number of permutations of those characters in different character positions in a string. Even if we know about the myriad of language
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Monday, January 19, 2009 7:04 PM

The Minefield Myth (Part 1)

In my studies at university I studied anthropology. Several courses I took surveyed folklore and its relevance in modern society. Many people mistakenly believe that most folklore (folktales, legends, myths, ballads, etc.) are purely fictional and simply
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Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:27 AM

Data-Driven Testing

I am generally not a big fan of static data in test automation, but being a pragmatic person, I know there are clearly times when using data-driven testing is just plain common-sense. For example, data-driven testing is an effective automation approach
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 3:55 AM

The Ultimate Desktop Reference

I have a library of books and white papers on software testing, engineering processes and management, and software development that I have read and reference quite often. For new testers I generally recommend A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:51 PM

Boundary testing isn’t guessing at numbers!

At a recent conference a speaker posed a problem in which a field accepted a string of characters with a maximum of 32,768 bytes, then asked the audience what values they would use for boundary testing. Immediately some of the attendees unleashed a flurry
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:36 PM

Thoughts on Professionalism

As a young lad growing up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay I would often spend part of my summer vacation from grade school helping my grandfather work the crab pots on the north shore. Now, don't think "Dangerous Catch," crabbing in the Chesapeake
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