Barcode Scanners for Small Businesses

Though this post might go little off topic, it would be certainly interesting. Specially when I thought about it while going through a bar code software. I thought couple of times, why bar code software has been very useful for the businesses.

The retail sector has become an integral part of our lives. All the malls, small and big ones, are equally full of shoppers all the time.

Products being scanned for their barcodes is so much a routine part of the billing procedure. I used to wonder about the innovators of these barcodes and their scanners. What a creative idea of putting up barcodes on products to make the billing faster and neater! Wasp, the inventor of Barcode labels and scanners, is famous for its reliable, fast and light-weight Barcode scanners. The wide array of laser barcode scanners, wireless barcode scanners, CCD barcode scanners, and point-of-sale barcode scanners are designed to meet the needs of almost every type of application.

The most challenging and dynamic part of owning a small or medium scale business is the Inventory Control and Tracking. If done efficiently, Inventory Control reduces inventory errors, improves the value of your business and in turn customer satisfaction. So it is absolutely necessary that you opt for an easy to use and cost-effective Inventory Tracking and Inventory Control Software. You could choose inventory software solutions for one PC user, 5 PC users, or an unlimited number of PC users.

Employees are the most important aspect of any business. While we all wait eagerly for our monthly paychecks, simple mistakes in employee timekeeping can delay the payroll processing time. Time and Attendance Software by Wasp can be a good option to the traditional manual timekeeping setup. Using this user-friendly biometric time clock solution, you are bound to achieve improved efficiency and reduced time tracking errors by employees.

So, if you own a small or medium scale business and are looking for a easy to use and cost effective software for your company, Wasp can be a great choice.

Database Testing

Databases are an integral part of any software developed today. Whether you are a Software Tester or an owner of a web site, it is of an utmost importance to know about the underlying database.

The simplest task in dealing with databases is to write queries in order to communicate with a database. Web masters owning web sites or database administrators for complex or large software need certain level of expertise to perform complex tasks such as database monitoring, database auditing, database optimization, database models (also known as database schema), to name a few. This level of expertise calls for undergoing a comprehensive course.

For beginners, there is loads of online information about databases available on the Internet, like DatabaseGuides. It's a good idea for web masters to know about how their database works so that they can troubleshoot their own systems or know what is being done if a professional is hired.

Database Testing is an important aspect that a versatile Software Tester should be aware of. We'll discuss a few aspects of database testing here.

Why do we test database?

We all know that it's important to test the database our software uses. Your database holds confidential and valuable information which you would not like to be compromised. Testing the database provides us with a solid feedback essential for identifying defects.

What to test in database testing?

We need to consider the threats within the database (similar to White box Testing) as well as at the interface level (Similar to Black Box Testing).

Black Box testing might include, but not limited to:
Input data
Output Data (from queries, views, stored procedures)

White Box testing might include, but not limited to:
Unit tests for Stored Procedures / functions
Triggers / Views code
Referential Integrity

How to test?
When you want to test your database, you would need test databases that are replica of the original database. These are sometimes called as 'sandboxes' in agile terms. In this test database, you can experiment with data, develop new functionality, validate the changes and then integrate it with the project if satisfactory.

You'll need create database tests based on either rebuilding the existing database or starting afresh with creation of database and related schema. Identifying Test Data is an important task here. Once the tests are ready, you would execute them and check the results.

Database Testing is an elaborate topic that can't be fit in a single post. Would try and write more posts on the same.

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ISEB / ISTQB Foundation Software Testing Certification - Sample Exam Paper Questions and Answers

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2009!

I just told you about my success in ISEB Foundation Software Testing Certification and the books I referred for preparation.

Along with the books, it would always help you to understand what kind of questions you might see in the online exam at Prometric center or paper examination.

I have three sample exam question papers on ISEB Foundation exam.

1. ISEB Foundation Software Testing Certification Sample Question Paper 1 (with answers)
2. ISEB Foundation Software Testing Certification Sample Question Paper 2 (with answers)
3. ISEB Foundation Software Testing Certification Sample Question Paper 3 (with answers)
   

One of my readers helped me to upload these doc files on his website, so they stay there intact and safe than uploading it to any other free hosting website.

Here is the approach you can take.

1. Try to solve the sample question paper 1 above without any preparation. This will help you to understand your study levels required. Please don't get excited if you get good marks in first paper without preparation and still aim to read the books thoroughly. Simply because you might not come across exactly similar questions.

2. Now through the ISEB foundation text books I talked about and read all the chapters focusing more on the chapters, that you missed to answer the questions correctly in your first sample question paper

3. Once you are through with the books, now go through the sample question paper 2 and 3 and verify your answers. Note down the questions that you could not answer correctly.

4. Refer the books and revise those chapters again.

Success is yours!

ISEB / ISTQB Books For Foundation Certification in Software Testing

I just appeared for ISEB / ISTQB foundation certificate examination in Software testing and passed it with 87.5%. Moreover, couple of friends also cleared the certificate examination with flying colors. As ISEB exam is conducted through Prometric centers, you can get your results right after the examination.

I would like to share my experience with ISEB / ISTQB software testing certificate examination.

The books I have referred:
Software Testing: An ISEB Foundation

This book was my starting point to prepare for the examination. This is good for all those software testers who have not really got a chance to go through text books on software testing in past but have practical exposure to software testing. Yes, many of us directly get into job on our college graduation and learn software testing through organizational trainings or other means. For such candidates, getting the hands on software testing concepts is very essential and this book can help you in your efforts.

Foundations of Software Testing: ISTQB Certification

This book will clear all your concepts about software testing and mainly the knowledge required for passing ISEB Certification in software testing. I would suggest that you read this book 2-3 times, and you are certain to get 80% or more marks in ISEB exam. They have covered each key area in detail and most of the question that I faced in the exam were covered in this book already.

There are some interesting software testing books I have reviewed in past which have been useful for my knowledge in Software testing.