Blogging with TN: January 2014

Sunday 26 January 2014

Follow the link below to see examples how to read Excel file (.xls) via using Python's module xlrd

http://www.youlikeprogramming.com/2012/03/examples-reading-excel-xls-documents-using-pythons-xlrd/

Monday 20 January 2014

Web testing interview questions

Don't you know what kind of questions you'll might expect. This link can help you.

http://www.geekinterview.com/Interview-Questions/Testing/Web-Testing

Python for Black-box testers

Useful presentation on Slideshare helping how to use the power of Python as a replacement of manual clicking during Black-box testing of web applications.

Python for blackbox testers from Sajnikanth Suriyanarayanan

Follow the links below to see how Python can be used for testers

http://www.softwaretestingclub.com/forum/topics/how-do-you-use-python-in-your-testing-work

http://pythonhosted.org/testing/

FitNesse is quite easy tool made for acceptance testing. See below links providing handy information about how to get started with it, from the installation to creating your first test.

http://www.fitnesse.org/

Your first FitNesse test - how to start from the scratch
http://geekswithblogs.net/alternativedotnet/archive/2008/11/25/127388.aspx

Sunday 19 January 2014

Cucumber Tutorial

Making BDD fun...

http://cukes.info/

How to install Cucumber on Windows
http://www.agileforall.com/2011/08/getting-started-with-ruby-cucumber-and-capybara-on-windows/

http://qastuffs.blogspot.de/p/steps-by-steps-guide-to-setup-cucumber.html

http://blog.airasoul.net/2011/07/cucumber-on-windows.html -> the best

BDD with Cucumber

Behavior Driven Development with Cucumber from Brandon Keepers

Friday 10 January 2014

TDD vs. BDD

Test Driven Development vs. Behaviour Driven Development

Some might get confused while asked for the difference between it. Let's make it clear!

http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/135218/what-is-the-difference-between-bdd-and-tdd

Monday 6 January 2014

Open lecture about Software testing

Test Complete

VIDEO

Create your first test with Test Complete

TUTORIALS

How to become more familiar with TestComplete:

Either check TestComplete tutorials on SmartBear website
http://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/56209/

Or check Test Complete CookBook

Newly released book providing complete set of instructions from installation to how to create tests.

Check the details here:
http://www.packtpub.com/testcomplete-cookbook/book?utm_source=Social%20Media&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=Marketing

Try it on your own!

Get 30 days trial:
http://smartbear.com/products/qa-tools/automated-testing-tools/?_ga=1.5581043.1700832931.1389367079

REVIEW COMMENTS

Follow the links below to see reviews of TestComplete

http://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/29521

XML Parsing in Python

Follow the links below to see examples how to parse XML files in Python

Link 1
http://www.travisglines.com/web-coding/python-xml-parser-tutorial

Link 2
http://www.diveintopython.net/xml_processing/parsing_xml.html

Link 3
http://luisartola.com/software/2010/easy-xml-in-python/

Sunday 5 January 2014

Thailand

Travel within Thailand - link with timetables - bus, train, flights

http://www.sawadee.com/transfer/

http://gothailand.about.com/od/transportationflights/a/transportoverview.htm

http://www.travelmartbkk.com/

Top 10 beaches in Thailand

http://gothailand.about.com/od/topdestinations/tp/toptenbeaches.htm

Rainy season(s)

http://www.thaizer.com/weather/when-is-the-rainy-season-in-thailand/

Bangkok

Where to stay

For young people one of the best location to stay is the surroundings of Khaosan Road, which is zone of entertainment full of bars, restaurants, massage saloons or markets, where you can buy many souvenirs for reasonable prices. If you cannot afford branded clothes or accessories in your home country, don't worry about this, while watching the markets in Khaosan Road, you'll see plenty of copies of those stuff. Prices are much lower compared to e.g. original Ray-Ban glasses, but unfortunately do not expect too much from the quality.
The area itself is also rich for hotels or hostels and for those who would like to travel by coach to some islands, it is quite easy. You can see plenty of offers while walking, as the area is also full of travel agencies organizing transport to islands such as Koh Chang or Koh Samui.

Shopping

Bangkok is also great place for shopping, see below list of shopping malls worth to visit:

For fans of outdoor markets:

Transport

There are more options how to get from point A to point B in Bangkok, for fans of public transport the best option is to take sky-train (BTS) rolling above the streets. Network is not as dense as in other European cities but travelling via BTS is pretty comfortable and you do not have to worry about getting stuck in a traffic jam, which happens quite often throughout the day.

For individual transport the best is to take a taxi. Taxis in Bangkok are pretty affordable, but before the journey starts, it is good to check whether the driver has the taxameter turned on. If not, you can be terribly ripped off. In case your driver is reluctant to switch taxameter on before your journey, just jump out from the taxi.
Also check occurence of traffic jams, Bangkok suffers a lot from it. It is much better take a taxi outside rush hours, otherwise your journey can take ages.

Wanna know more about Bangkok, follow www.bangkok.com

Koh Chang

Transport

Unfortunately there are no shuttle buses in Koh Chang, public transport is provided by taxis only. Compared to Bangkok, taxis in Koh Chang can be very overpriced and without any taxameter. Drivers always take you somewhere for agreed price but unfortunately the do not charge for a cab but for a person.
The best option is to rent a scooter, which is possible in almost every hotel. Prices are usually around 200 THB per day. Do not bother if you do not have driving license for a scooter, nobody asks for. Just make sure you are skilled enough to ride (roads can be very steep in Koh Chang).

For now see island guide for independent travellers iamkohchang.com