October 2009
Beginner
350 pages
11h 10m
English
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Into Socialtext
Before I could introduce Socialtext, I needed to introduce our work environment and lay out the fundamental issues involved when we test. At Socialtext, we have a number of different defects, with different root causes, that need to be found (or prevented) using different technical strategies. Without those precepts, we’d be making assumptions about the mission of our team (find bugs? or report status?), our goals (100% automation of all tests?), and what metrics are appropriate (number of tests? statement coverage?).
I did a simple check in the Socialtext Bug database and found the following rough categories of bugs (Table 16-1).
Table 16-1. Defect categories and examples
Category of defect | Examples | |
|---|---|---|
Untestable or rendering | 9 | Exported PDF has incorrect font; widget headers do not preserve padding; tag lookahead does not keep up with typing |
Browser compatibility untestable or rendering | 9 | Workspace pulldown has no scrollbar on IE6 |
Catchable by computer-based browser execution and evaluation | 19 | Delete tag; tag does not go away |
Catchable by reasonably light slideshow | 7 | All files list is incorrectly sorted for a complex sort |
Special characters, exception-handling, internationalization | 13 | Special characters (@$==, copyright or trademark, etc.) in fields do not render correctly on save |
Appliance installs or upgrades | 8 | Appliance upgrade fails |
Backup, restore, import, export | 3 | Import of old (<3 releases back) workspace fails |
Usability issues | 9 | Tab order, spelling, too many clicks to use, “make this ... |
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