1. Testing Experience in Web Application
Support Tools
Author: Vu Tran
Oct 2013

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How to auto fill?
How to capture all page?
How to count number of characters?
How to test session time out?
How to test long text?
How to test font size, color?
How to prepare test data: CSV, audio, video, pdf, image?

3. How to auto fill the forms?

4. Tips & Trick: Auto fill tool
Chrome:
+ Use Autofill on Settings page: refer
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142893?p=settings_autofill&rd=1
+ Use Autofill add-on from Store
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autofill/nlmmgnhgdeffjkdckmikfpnddkbbfkkk/reviews
FireFox:
+ Use Autofill add-on from Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/autofill-forms/
Safari:
+ Use Auto fill on Preferences: Click Settings button  Preferences  Select tab Auto Fill
Internet Explore 9:
+ Currently, there is no any ways to fill the forms automatically.

5. How to capture screenshot all web page?

6. Tips & Trick: FireShot
Chrome:
+ Use add-on “Webpage screenshot” from web store
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/webpage-screenshotcaptur/ckibcdccnfeookdmbahgiakhnjcddpki
All other browsers:
+ Use FireShot tool:
• Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/capture-webpagescreensho/mcbpblocgmgfnpjjppndjkmgjaogfceg?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon
• FireFox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireshot/?src=search
• Internet Explore: http://www.iegallery.com/Addons/Details/14299
+ Use Zing chat application.
Safari:
+ Still searching to find solution…

7. How to count number of characters?
Is this simple for 20, 32 or may be 128 characters?
So how about 500, 5000 or more characters? And how can you count number of
characters on Password field?

8. Tips & Trick: Notepad ++
Notepad ++ is the best solution

9. How to test session time out?
Are you waiting for session time out? 30, 60 minutes or more? You are wasting time…

10. Tips & Trick: Delete Session
Delete the session by manual
• Chrome & Safari : Right click  Inspect Element  Click “Resource” tab  Click webpage
on section “Cookies”  Delete session
• FireFox: Install Fire Bug (Link)  Open Fire Bug  Select “Cookies” tab  Delete session
• IE: Settings  F12 Developer Tools  Click “Cache” tab  Select “Disable cookies”

11. How to test long text?
Some fields are difficult to test long text, like Email field
Or take many times to create information with long text
• Create information
• Activation is required
• …

12. Tips & Trick: Inspect Element
Chrome & Safari
• Right click on the text
• Click “Inspect Element”
• Find the text in Source Code
• Edit
FireFox: (Install FireBug)
• Right click on the text
• Click “Inspect Element with FireBug”
• Find the text in Source Code
• Edit
IE:
• Settings  Open “F12 Developer tools”
• On HTML tab, click “mouse” button, then click on the text that you want to edit
• Find the text in Source Code
• Edit

13. How to test font size, style and color?
• What is font color of this text?
Black or Gray?
• What is font family of this text?
Is this the same with design?
• What is font size of this text?
13px or 15px?

14. Tips & Trick: Inspect Element
All browsers:
• Inspect Element like the previous tip
• Focus on Style panel at left side
• Try to find:
 font-size: 13px, 15px…
 font-weight or font-style: Bold, Normal, Italic
 font-color: Red, Yellow, Blue… or color code #000000, #5b5b5b
 font-family: font kind of text, like Arial, Time New Roman…