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Summary: An excellent resource for testers and programmers alike.
Review: There are not many viable resources available to the testing community because of the diversity of applications out there to test. While basic testing premises/processes are discussed, solutions usually are presented in expensive 3rd party testing applications. In this reference Mary presents inexpensive and complete examples of how a tester can utilize Visual Basic to automate and perform many of the routine testing procedures involved in any software application testing cycle. She shows that is not always necessary to learn propietary scripting languages or to use recorded scripts that often fail once a GUI or code base is tweeked. I highly recommend that this reference be added to your QA library.
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Summary: A Great Resource for testers and aspiring programmers
Review: This book is about exactly what the title says - using Visual Basic for testing other applications. The exercises in it are useful, the code is clear, and the style is casual and readable. For testers who want to learn to automate - or for UI testers who want to see a little more behind the scenes - this the the book for you!! It gives a great insight into the developers mind, and helps make all of us better testers.
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Summary: Good Book for Testers
Review: This book is exactly what the title says: an introduction to Visual Basic for testers. It succeeds wonderfully at that.
It is not a book about testing. If you already know VB and want to know how to test your application, there are a few chapters near the end that you will find useful but this book is not really intended for you.
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Summary: Good Book for Testers
Review: This book is exactly what the title says: an introduction to Visual Basic for testers. It succeeds wonderfully at that.
It is not a book about testing. If you already know VB and want to know how to test your application, there are a few chapters near the end that you will find useful but this book is not really intended for you.
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Summary: Solid,easy to grasp, straight to the point - VB book
Review: This book is long overdue for too long QA resources have been limited by others and themsleves to not look under the bonnet, so to speak or have payed for inflexible third party tools to do a simple job. I have developed entire smart'newbie' QA technical teams that just couldn't believe how easy it was to use code to test an application. It also adds to there skill set, gets them to really think 'how' best to test the application from a code point of view and even improves their test cases. Mary Sweeney's book "Visual Basic for Testers" is the starting point for any Manager who wants to do the same and give his/her team that extra weapon for finding issues.
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Summary: Annoying
Review: This book is really a primer on Visual Basic for someone who has never programmed before. Testing is just an afterthought.
If you're a developer trying to improve processes through testing this book is not for you. If you're a software tester who knows absolutely nothing about programming, nice to meet you, I didn't know you existed, take a look at this book.
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Summary: Annoying
Review: This book is really a primer on Visual Basic for someone who has never programmed before. Testing is just an afterthought.
If you're a developer trying to improve processes through testing this book is not for you. If you're a software tester who knows absolutely nothing about programming, nice to meet you, I didn't know you existed, take a look at this book.
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Summary: Great test automation book!
Review: Using Visual Basic, one of the most economical language platforms (in terms of cost and learning curve), Mary Sweeney guides us through the world of automated software testing. I found this book to be well documented, clearly written and easily accessible by a beginner like me. There are useful examples and tester's tips throughout the book that help me understand the key concepts. The added essays are particularly insightful for someone new to the field of software testing. This book is a great reference and a solid springboard for software testing. I highly recommended.
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