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Just a quick note to share a useful resource with you. Just came across a good article “25 common programming errors” for software programmers and software testers. Basically this is more useful for programmers but I think software testers can get insight on how developers can unknowingly leave bugs in software programs.

Each bug listed in this resource can lead to serious software vulnerabilities if not fixed. The top 25 security bugs list will help programmers to avoid some common but serious coding mistakes. For software testers list will be useful as a security testing checklist for Internet as well as for testing desktop application.

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The year 2008 was very productive for software testing help in terms of new subscribers and site traffic. We covered many interesting and (I hope) helpful articles in this year.

Here is the recap of some popular posts from year 2008. I know it’s very difficult to select few posts to show here. Still these are some most popular posts, in random order, you can enjoy. Don’t forget to bookmark this page

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I am in process to compile a list of good books on software testing. Soon I will share this list with you. But lately I am getting too many requests to share any book on software testing for preparing software testing interviews. So here is a quick post to share an online testing book I found “A Software Testing Primer” by Nick Jenkins.

Basically this book is an introduction to software testing. So those who are new to software testing field can start their preparation by reading this book. You will get basic idea of manual and automation testing.

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Year 2007 was a great success for Software Testing Help blog. This blog grown tremendously in this year in terms of daily readers and email newsletter subscribers. We switched to our own softwaretestinghelp.com domain in around July 2007. In merely six months I can proudly show you a big list of our loyal readers.

It would be difficult to summaries the year 2007 for great software testing articles. I have picked some popular articles from last 6 months posts. Check them if you missed any of the article.

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To keep our readers updated on software testing events and activities, I will compile a weekly list of the online resources found. No doubt these resources are quality resources on software testing and you will get insight of software testing industry.

Microsoft last week launched software testing website – Microsoft tester center. James Whittaker Security Architect, Microsoft said “The goal of launching tester center is to provide community of software testers to share knowledge and learn from each other about software testing, day to day job work, testing tools and processes”.

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Here is digg into some interesting posts on Software Testing Help. Hope you will enjoy it:

• Difference Between Client server and Web application testing: The most frequently asked software testing interview question. What is difference between Desktop, Client-server and web application testing? I have shortly addressed this question here.
• Some interesting Software Testing Interview Questions: Here I addressed three basic questions like What is the most challenging situation in your testing career? What if one module is modified in application, Is it necessary to test whole application? How to test application without specifications?
• How to improve Testers performance? You can find here answer to What measures can company should take to improve testers performance as for some companies its not possible to hire required number of testers. Here you can also find a interesting debate in me and Pradeep S.
• Will Automation Testing tool make your testing easier? Some ins and outs of Automation. Be sure to think these points before going for your project Automation.
  So after taking decision for Automation you will not be in trouble.
• Why does software have bugs? A million Dollar question! The broad list of reasons like miscommunication, Software complexity, Changing requirements, programming errors and people egos which introduces common bugs. See some of the man introduced reasons and machine oriented bug reasons here.
• What if there isn’t time for thorough testing? Find out some tips to complete testing in time if you don’t have time for detail testing. Points to be considered when you are in such dilemma of what to test first?
• How to test complete Application? SQA processes to be followed in testing life cycle. And guide on how to test complete application right from the requirement gathering to last step post release maintenance?