I have just started working as a manual/black-box tester in a QA team. I am currently learning about testing techniques/practices from others. What are some good resources which i can use to make a good foundation in software testing?  please link reference material including websites , blogs, free courses etc.
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For QA workstations preparation (Windows-based PCs) our IT department uses typical batch deployment tools. I'm not at all interested in the details of such process, but IT guys ask me:  What typical set of software you need for everyday manual testing tasks? We could include these in our deployment so that you guys could save more time for testing, not for environment prep &amp; tuning.  Sure thing we do test various range of projects, from web applications to standalone solutions, and each application requires its own set of tools for manual testing, e.g.:  Browsers Virtualization utilities DB clients Screens capturing tools FTP clients XML editors etc.  However, and that's for sure - there's a list of tools every QA MUST have installed on its PC, regardless of project types under testing. My area of experience is mostly standalone / complex web apps, that's why my vision on the task is a bit subjective. So, your suggestions of what are tools / software an average QA specialist can't live without will be highly appreciated. 2 assumptions:  Manual testing is a point of interest. Let's limit the list to not more than 15 (better 10) items.  Thanks in advance!
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After reading the overwhelming responses to the question , I decided to ask the same question but for the Advanced Developer Certification!  I have more than one year of experience as a Salesforce Certified Developer. I am planning to study and pass the Advanced Developer Certification to hone my skills into an advanced developer. Again, exactly as mentioned in the aforementioned question/post, the official page has little information and the study guide gives too broad a description of the topics in the examination. Hence, if you can give us some information, resources, practice examinations, hints, tips, or advice, it will be of great help!  An added advantage is that I have access to online Salesforce Partner Premier Training. What online training topics should I go though?  Edit: And perhaps any topics which everybody would not be doing in their day to day work?
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I just wanted to ask which are in your opinion the best available books on bootstrap out there. By this I don't necessarily only mean the one written by its developers.  Could you please indicate which textbook is according to you the best for bootstrap that covers the following criteria?   The philosophical/epistemological basis for the technique that lists domain of applicability, strengths and weaknesses, importance for model-selection? A good set of simple examples that show implementation, philosophical underpinnings, preferably with Matlab?
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What static code analysis tools are there for apex? The only one I seem to be able to find is the Force.com Security Source Code Scanner but that has the draw back of placing your request into a queue and running it when it can. I would like something I can run locally so I can make refactoring into a number of very short cycles.
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I want to learn Selenium WebDriver automation using Java. I have done manual testing before and want to learn automation. I just know the basics of Core Java.   Could you please suggest me the Core topics which one would require to perform test automation using Selenium WebDriver?   What topics on which a tester must concentrate and what topics to ignore in java programming?
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Is there good example code or a test project for explaining the . There are a lot of explanation links, but I want to have some good example code to show others without reinventing the wheel.
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I am a new homeowner and know literally almost nothing about home improvement. I would like to learn basic concepts by doing things one at a time...but I can't just jump in and do most things. Are there any good resources (websites/books) that provide project ideas or tutorials that are organized from extremely basic to very advanced? I could use this to start with things extremely basic and learn skills and get ideas as I go.
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I'm working on a large c++ system that is has been in development for a few years now. As part of an effort to improve the quality of the existing code we engaged on a large long-term refactoring project.  Do you know a good tool that can help me write unit tests in C++? Maybe something similar to Junit or Nunit?  Can anyone give some good advice on the methodology of writing unit tests for modules that were written without unit testing in mind?
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I am working to integrate unit testing into the development process on the team I work on and there are some sceptics. What are some good ways to convince the sceptical developers on the team of the value of Unit Testing? In my specific case we would be adding Unit Tests as we add functionality or fixed bugs. Unfortunately our code base does not lend itself to easy testing.
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Is there a good SE site that is only about refactoring?  I know there are sites like this, but SO has the largest audience of programmers so a section where you can just post a code snippet and people can give advice on refactoring it.
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I am wondering where is a good place or how is a good way to ask a question on what software tools to use for a specific task.  A lot of the time when searching for information on these types of problems stackoverflow comes up with the top and actually useful discussions and answers, but the question is locked.  I completely understand the point of discouraging "best of" or list questions as discussed in this question () and agree they often aren't constructive enough to justify the effort in moderating them.  What I am wondering is where is the right place to have a discussion like this? Stackoverflow has a good and active community so perhaps there is another section or related site I can ask less specific questions. And I do find some value in reading people's opinions, even if subjective on issues like this.  Here are some examples of the kind of questions I mean:    and   First results in google when searching for those subjects and some useful discussion.  Perhaps asking a question like this but with a strict and detailed specification it might be considered a valid and reasonable question to ask on stackoverflow; perhaps it's just a case of re-thinking how to ask a question. Or perhaps there's a more relevant place for this kind of discussion. Please let me know what you think.
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I have programmed with WPF for more than a year. When I started there weren't so many examples and guidelines to follow, now the situation is much more better.  I would like to ask you some help in listing the best WPF (open) source code examples or projects that you suggest to study in order to learn more about project structure, best practices, etc.  Thank you, Marco
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This is a canonical question and answer developed by the community to help address common questions. If you've been directed here, or your question has been closed as a duplicate, please look through the resources here and use them to shape more specific questions. To browse all canonical questions and answers, including more unit test resources, navigate to the  tag.  This canonical question is intended to address several classes of common questions by providing a quick summary and links to comprehensive resources:   How do I start writing my first unit test?  How do I unit test this code?  I need help writing this unit test.   Salesforce Stack Exchange looks for detailed, specific questions that the community can help you with, and can't write tests on your behalf. We feel that working with the resources below can help you get started, and we encourage you to make an attempt to write your test and return to SFSE with your specific questions when you encounter challenges you can't resolve.
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I am looking for most universal, up to date, open source, selenium framework for test automation. Or at least a number of frameworks for different languages. I am surprised as how every company and every test automation developer is building his own framework. It feels like  over and over again. Even Dave Haeffner  about how everyone wants to build their own. Yet in the links provided in the video by him, the framework collection seems poor (one framework per language) and, at least for java, out of date (2 years old), only with 6 contributors, and seems to be copyrighted. In test automation community so many things seem to be de facto standard. Why not pull it all together and have a repository, actvively maintained by test automation developers. As for this question to not seem too much opinion based: Please provide links for Java-Selenium-JUnit frameworks you know and use and believe in.
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This might be a silly question, but I am new to Salesforce, so I am asking this question that why there is 75% code coverage concept is there in salesforce?  What I know, in order to deploy or create a package 75% code coverage is mandetory.  But why this percenatge concept is a very improtant aspect in salesforce.  Regards
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Where would be a good place to start learning ConTeXt if you haven't got a lot of experience under your belt yet? Any place online or in a bookstore is welcome, provided that the reading is well-structured, well-written and beginner-friendly.  I know there is quite a heap of "official documentation", including "ConTeXt, an excursion", the official handbook and the contextgarden.net Wiki.   Still, often ConTeXt novices find it very difficult to get a good start with the documentation provided -- the command syntax seems to work sometimes, sometimes not; some commands work well with each other, others only in a specific order (which isn't documented anywhere) and some don't work with each other at all etc. The consequence is that there is a lot of experimenting with the code while the focus should be on the topic to be published itself.  This question would love to get RTFM answers, so please point out any Ms which should TF be R.
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I am a manual functional tester and I am keen on shifting my career from Manual testing to Automation testing using Selenium. What is the best way to begin with this goal of mine? Thanks!