Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Testometer

So you must be wondering what is Testometer? Well Testometer is a new term coined by TestingGeek :), TestingGeek uses it to measure your testing skills.

Basic idea behind Testometer is to give you an indication on what areas you can improve upon. A Testometer can be anything, from a simple problem to a puzzle which can help you measure your testing skills against a scale. This scale is nothing but a set of pre identified categories against which your input is checked. For example given a problem what are all the possible categories in which you can write your test cases. Take tests given below to find out more :).

As of now this Testometer is in it's infancy, it will evolve with your feedback & suggestions.


* On Off Test - If you think boundary values has to do with only integer values, think again. This test will make you think differently with respect to boundary values. You will also understand the concept of powerful test case and what king of errors can be expected from developers.

* Line Distance Test - Have you forgotten how to calculate distance between two co-ordinates? Well do not worry, formula is given on the test, but what kind of data would you use to test function which will give you length of the line if you give co-ordinates?

* TicTacToe Test - This test will check your ability to create test cases for the TicTacToe game. It will be very different exercise for you because you will need to think about various conditions in which game can be tested.

* Sine Wave Test - This test will check your knowledge of the boundary value analysis. It also gives you information on how and why output boundaries are also important while testing any application for boundary conditions.


* Triangle Test - Purpose of this test is to assess and give you information on the various classes of data which can be used in any given problem. TestingGeek has seen this question being used in many interviews to check how good test cases you can write for any given problem.


Our special thanks to people who are identifying weakness and defects in Testometer and giving their constant feedback to improve Testometer. As a token of our appreciation, we are mentioning their names in the relevant test where they found defects or helped us in improving test.

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