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Don't Make It Hard For Me To Do The Right Thing

posted on 12/14/11 by Justin "Dez" Dessonville

There's no legal or ethical protocol for software developers or testers to report vulnerabilities or issues found on websites or within software that they don't have backend access to. 

So what should we do when we find something on a website that creates a security risk? 

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Test Plans, TestLink and Adventures in PHP

posted on 12/19/11 by Andrew Leaf

As a Clockworker, I'm consistently looking for ways to become a better tester, improve my programming skill set and find ways to do my job more efficiently. While life as a software tester at Clockwork is full of challenges and surprises, I found a particular part of my responsibilities tedious: Test Plan Entry.

Prior to launching the testing phase of a project, we enter test plans into TestLink, an open-source project. TestLink allows us to track test plan execution, and for the most part, it works well. However, entering test cases manually into TestLink can be time consuming.

A self-challenge was established: Find a way to speed up test plan entry, and level up my novice programming skills.

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