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Software testing is any activity aimed at evaluating an attribute or capability of a program or system and determining that it meets its required results.

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How to emulate GPS location in the Android Emulator?

I want to get longitude and latitude in Android emulator for testing. Can any one guide me how to achieve this? How do I set the location of the emulator to a test position?
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How can one check to see if a remote file exists using PHP?

The best I could find, an if fclose fopen type thing, makes the page load really slowly. Basically what I'm trying to do is the following: I have a list of websites, and I want to display their ...
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Unit Testing C Code

I worked on an embedded system this summer written in straight C. It was an existing project that the company I work for had taken over. I have become quite accustomed to writing unit tests in Java ...
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How to test the performance of an Android application?

How can I test an application for performance in Android? What is the support provided in Android and how do I use it?
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javascript test for existence of nested object key

If I a reference to an object - var test = {}; that will potentially (but not immediately) have nested objects, something like - { level1:{level2:{level3:'level3'}} }; what is the best way to ...
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Best way to compare 2 XML documents in Java

I'm trying to write an automated test of an application that basically translates a custom message format into an XML message and sends it out the other end. I've got a good set of input/output ...
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Automated testing for iPhone [closed]

I know this one is going to be a long-shot, but I thought I'd try. Does anyone know of any automated test anything for the iPhone simulator? I'd love it if there was something like Selenium but for ...
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21answers
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Should I test private methods or only public ones?

I have read this post about how to test private methods. I usually do not test them, because I always thought it's faster to test only public methods that will be called from outside the object. Do ...
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Separate 'debug' and 'release' builds?

I think it's better to release the version of the software which your developers actually tested; I therefore tend to delete the 'debug' target from the project/makefile, so that there's only one ...
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Tools for Generating Mock Data?

I'm looking for recommendations of a good, free tool for generating sample data for the purpose of loading into test databases. By analogy, something that produces "lorem ipsum" text for any RDBMS. ...
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Simulators/emulators for mobile browser testing?

I'm doing development of a web application aimed at mobile devices. What software can I use to simulate/emulate mobile browser environments? I'm specifically looking for a way to test on Mobile ...
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How to develop and test an app that sends emails (without filling someone's mailbox with test data)? [closed]

I have a lot of apps that send email. Sometimes it's one or two messages at a time. Sometimes it's thousands of messages. In development, I usually test by substituting my own address for any ...
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C++ static code analysis tool on Windows [closed]

What C++ static code analysis tool are there on Microsoft Windows, and which would you recommend? Please state whether a particular tool relies on cygwin, and whether it cost money. One per post as ...
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How to load db:seed data into test database automatically?

I'm attempting to use the new standard way of loading seed data in Rails 2.3.4+, the db:seed rake task. I'm loading constant data, which is required for my application to really function correctly. ...
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HTTP testing tool, easily send POST/GET/PUT [closed]

I'm in the need of a tool to help debugging a web application. Is there some simple client tools that allow you to easily send and construct customizable POST/GET/PUT/DELETE HTTP requests?

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