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Making manual testing of software less

Posted in Software testing, testing tool by testing in London on the September 29, 2007

From Sys Con

Original Software has released an enhanced version of TestDrive-Assist offering powerful link and spell-checking features, as well as a markup function that allows for annotated comments to be attached to any area of the program.

Checking links is a time consuming and frustrating proposition, especially for complex websites with constantly changing content, updates and external links. TestDrive-Assist not only checks and flags potential problems, but it creates an annotated list of many different types of link errors from “server not found” or “timed-Out” to “redirect,” which helps developers determine how to pinpoint and fix problems.

Manual testing involves many steps and inputs from QA staff which are rarely annotated with a clear record of the problems flagged or the corrections made. TestDrive-Assist now includes a powerful but easy-to-use markup function that records and creates an annotated list of comments and details the corrected actions. Text, images and formatting changes can appear as markups or highlights, or can be annotated in comment boxes, creating a clear picture of not only the changes made, but the rationale for these edits and corrections.

TestDrive-Assist is available as a dedicated manual testing solution or can be incorporated with the Original Software’s Test-Drive Gold solution to allowing the user to benefit from automated regression testing, code-free scripting and self-healing scripts

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