Chronicles Of Testing

Recently I tried four different word counters available online for free and the 'Word Count' browser extension on Google Chrome, to count word and characters of the same content across all different of them.  The algorithm used and the accuracy of the word and character counters apparently resulted in a different count of which 3 out of the 4 yielded 3 different results for word count and all 4 of them yielded 3 different character count with and without white spaces. Also, tried Word Count Google Chrome extension which yielded the same result when used on top of all 4 tools. Tools that I tried out and the results are as below:  [Word count] / [Character count with spaces] / [Character count without spaces] https://easywordcount.com/ - 448  / 2664 / 2202 https://wordcounter.net/ - 451  / 2630 / - Interestingly I tried Grammarly app (for the first time) on top of this tool and it yielded - 453 WC. https://wordcounttools.com/ - 453 / 2...

This article focuses on the approach to bug reporting with a closer look at the rejected and deferred bugs.  It was originally published in www.teatimewithtesters.com   What is heuristic? The word heuristic is derived from the Greek word 'heuriskein' meaning 'to discover'. A commonsense rule/set of rules intended to increase the probability of solving some problem (definition via the WordWeb 5.52). I was introduced to the heuristic approach of solving software (testing) problems when I first met Pradeep Soundararajan. Based on my personal experience with bug reporting, I have collated the points and the examples below to ponder upon while reporting bugs. DISSCOH D -  DISCOMFORT I - INQUISITORY S - SOME CASES S - SUGGESTION C - CASE CLOSED O - ORIGINALLY H - HISTORY D – DISCOMFORT Consider the word 'Error' being misspelled as 'ERORR'. This misspelled word is causing discomfort to you and requires to be ...