Technical Corner

(Last Updated April 2004)

This page will contain useful Technical information that you can use. This page will also contain work I have done and sample of the same that would be useful to you. I plan to update this page regularly. If you have information you want to share let me know.

My Skills and experience span following areas:

-          Project Management

-          Testing and Automated Testing

-          Software Engineering

Cool Stuff

Find and Replace tool: This is a tool that one of my friends (Madhan Raj) has created which I found very useful. Download this and go through readme.doc on how to use the same.

Tips : Read Tips that you can use.

Click here for more tips on Microsoft Office

Glossary

Tech Glossary  A list of frequently used Technical Acronyms.

 Did you know www.whatis.com is a very site where you get definition of many technical terms.

Visual Test Information

I have worked with Visual Test tool for quite sometime. The following information would be very useful and also some sample scripts I have found useful.

If you are a beginner in Visual Test, you should first visit Visual Test site. You can download a free book from the site which is a very good way to get started with visual test. If you are likely to use Visual Test everyday, recommend joining Visual Test Mailing list. Information on how to join the list is posted at the above-mentioned site.

Testing Resources

The following is a list of resources on testing.

www.testing.com : Starting point with good links and resource on Testing
www.stickyminds.com : Testers forum and exhaustive collection of articles.
www.qaforums.com : Discussion forums on Testing Trends and Tools
www.jamesbach.com : Articles on Testing Trends
http://www.io.com/~wazmo/qa/ Testing Hotlist: Every thing you need to know
about testing
http://members.tripod.com/~bazman/frame.html Test Plan Templates and
checklists
http://www.softwareqatest.com/qatfaq1.html Software QA and Testing FAQ

Recommended books on Testing:

Testing Computer Software
Lessons Learned in Software Testing
How to Break Software – A practical guide to testing.