Lecture #1. Fundamentals of Software Testing
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Bug-report: about using «incorrect» words
No doubts, a good bug report is a high quality document. Writing a bug report is an important task, because that’s the main point of communication between a tester, the developer and the project management. A well-written bug report will not only create a good relationship/relations between you and the developers, but will also save company resources to work with it.
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Main attributes of bug-reports
Bug report is a technical document that describes a situation or a sequence of actions that leads to an incorrect functioning of the test object with mentioning the causes and the expected result.
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How can attachments help to fix the bug?
The tester has a tough task to explain the bug to the developer in the easy-to-understand way. What can possibly help to understand the problem better than the depiction of it? That is why attachments are one of the crucial elements of the bug report, all the information collected must be added to it.
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Mantis glossary
Mantis – it is a freeware bug tracking system for the software products. It is used on our course to create the bug reports by the participant and to check them by the Training Center employees.
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Way to success: Map of the practical tasks of the «Software testing fundamentals» course
In order to complete the «Fundamentals of Software Testing» course successfully, you must complete all the homework and successfully pass the exam. The frequently asked question is: «How many bug reports do I need to register while completing homework and what is the grading system?» For this, we have designed a map of practical tasks.
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How to write steps to reproduce the bug
Steps to reproduce is a piece of information that is needed to reproduce the bug. Steps to reproduce is a very important piece of information in the bug report. After finding the defect in the software, one must write the precise steps to reproduce the bug. It is important for steps to be stable. Take a very attentive look at the situation: what type of data was inputted? in what exact order? In such cases a video recording helps a lot.
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Glossary of the Lecture 1 «Introduction. What is bug (defect)» for the «Fundamentals of Software Testing» course
Glossary of the Lecture 1 «Introduction. What is bug (defect)» for the «Fundamentals of Software Testing» course
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Personal account instruction
The personal account will help you in completing and sending homework, finding information and additional materials to study.
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How to write a proper bug report
Each company has its own rules for defect creation in the bug tracker – it depends on the company policy, development technology, bug tracker, project type and much more. But in any case, a good bug report has certain characteristics.
