AutomatedQA Blogs

ANN: AQtime 6.40 is now available!

David - AQA — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Hello:

AutomatedQA is happy to announce that a maintenance release is now available for AQtime: AQtime v.6.40.

What's new in AQtime 6.40 can be found on our web site at:

http://www.automatedqa.com/products/aqtime/whats-new/

This update is free for all registered users of AQtime 6. To download and install it, just log on to https://clientservices.automatedqa.com/ - our secure product download portal.

The trial version is available at http://www.automatedqa.com/downloads/aqtime/.

New Beginner TestComplete Online Training

AutomatedQA Corp. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:42:46 GMT

AutomatedQA is happy to announce that we now offer live online training for beginners who do not know scripting or are new to TestComplete, our award-winning automated testing tool. This live online training will be broadcast by Falafel Training and will take you through TestComplete's full set of tools for test automation and illustrates how to create Keyword-Driven Tests for automation; including Windows client, Web client, database access, HTTP ...

How do you code? :-)

Alex Kuzin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:13:36 GMT

Yesterday I encountered a blog post in which the author shares his experience of using treadmills when coding. He claims low physical activity helps him keep focused on tasks. The idea of combining walking and coding looks rather amusing. Enjoy:

http://blog.8thlight.com/articles/2010/2/25/walk-and-code

I wonder if anyone creates automated tests this way? :-)

Support Portal Update: the How To Section is Now Available!

Alex - AQA — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:44:14 GMT

We’ve added a new How To section to our online Support Portal! --
http://www.automatedqa.com/support/

This section will provide solutions and tips for common tasks related to using our products. For instance, right now you can learn how to perform the following tasks with TestComplete:

download a file from the Internet
verify whether a web link is available
create and drop SQL databases
manipulate display settings
put your computer to the Hibernate ...

Positive Effect of Negative Testing

AutomatedQA Corp. — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:41:04 GMT

Many tests are positive: they check that an application accepts valid data and processes it correctly. A negative test checks whether the application handles improper user behavior correctly. For instance, a positive test would be to open the File | Save As dialog in a text editor, enter a valid file name and then confirm the file was saved successfully. A negative test would be to open the File | ...

Cloud Testing With TestComplete

AutomatedQA Corp. — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:39:40 GMT

Cloud computing and cloud testing are gaining popularity in small and mid-size software companies. These technologies allow you to use almost unlimited computing resources to test your web, client/server and network applications. We decided to publish a series of articles discussing cloud testing and describing how to use TestComplete for this. Here is the first article in the series:

Cloud Testing With TestComplete »

Enjoy reading!

TestComplete Video Training Website

Tatyana — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:25:11 GMT

Today we would like to tell you about one more useful website devoted to AutomatedQA products, Falafel TV, which was launched about 6 months ago by our partners and friends from Falafel. This website is dedicated entirely to online video training. By now more than 15 screencasts on TestComplete have been posted there. They illustrate how you can maximize the effective use of TestComplete and how its features ...

AQtime for C++ code coverage analysis

AutomatedQA Corp. — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:36:14 GMT

A new AQtime 6.30 review was recently posted to the Our Craft blog. The author, danielmeyer, shares his experience of using AQtime when performing C++ code coverage testing. He has never used AQtime before, so the post contains his first impression of AQtime’s Coverage Profiler along with step-by-step description of his actions.

You can read the full post at ourcraft.wordpress.com

Cross-Browser Testing With TestComplete

AutomatedQA Corp. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Another web-related technical paper was published - Cross-Browser Testing With TestComplete. This article tells how to organize a cross-browser testing with TestComplete and contains recomendations on creating tests that will work in any supported browser. Enjoy reading and testing.

Enhanced Support Section

Alex Kuzin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:27:37 GMT

We've enhanced the AQA Support section. Check it out and you'll find updated FAQs, online help for all AQA products and an improved search engine. The search results now contain a new tab, Support Portal, that lists FAQ and online help pages that match your query. Like all things on the web, this is not the final version. We've got big plans for the future. Please let us know ...

Web Testing and Tabbed Browsers

Artem Sataev — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:28:31 GMT

A new technical paper has just been published – Web Testing and Tabbed Browsers. The article describes how the page tabs are implemented in most popular browsers (Internet Explorer 7-8, Firefox 2-3), and provides code snippets that demonstrate how to perform typical tab-related tasks. We hope this information will help you create reliable and flexible web tests.

New AutomatedQA Forums

Jeff Young — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:49:17 GMT

We are very pleased to announce the launch of the new AutomatedQA forums. This new forum includes discussion boards for the following topics:

TestComplete

AQtime

AQtime Forum

Automated Build Studio

Automated Builds Forum

AQtrace

AQtrace Forum

Automated Docking Library

Docking Library Forum

We hope you enjoy these new forums and find them ...

TestComplete 7 Gets Windows 7 Compatibility Logo

AutomatedQA Corp. — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:56:42 GMT

We are happy to announce that Microsoft has certified TestComplete 7.20 for use on Windows 7. As a partner of the software giant, AutomatedQA took part in the Windows 7 Software Logo program. Recently we received confirmation that TestComplete 7.20 has passed Microsoft-designed tests for compatibility and reliability on Windows 7 and meets the Windows 7 Logo requirements. This means you can use TestComplete for testing your applications on Windows ...

AutomatedQA purchases Pragmatic Software & Software Planner

Drew Wells — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:40:14 GMT

We’re excited to announce that AutomatedQA has purchased Pragmatic Software, makers of Software Planner. Software Planner is an ALM tool for software development including requirements, deliverables, tests, defects and support. It already has a great integration with TestComplete and we’re looking forward to making it even better.

Steve Miller, Pragmatic’s CEO and now AQA’s VP of ALM Solutions, and Pragmatic have been AutomatedQA partners for some time. They enhanced Software ...

TestComplete 7.20 with Windows 7 Support Is Out!

Jeff Young — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:51:28 GMT

The new TestComplete version with long awaited Windows 7 support is finally here, so you can now start automating your software tests and run existing regression tests on Windows 7.

Other new features include:

Support for Firefox 3.5
Support for Silverlight 3
New XML Checkpoint Comparison Settings

You can find a complete list of enhancements here:
http://www.automatedqa.com/products/testcomplete/whats-new/

This update is free for all registered users of TestComplete 7. To download ...