Bugfixing/en

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Bugfixing is literally solving a problem. However bugfixing consists of a lot more...

Bug fixing consists of

Communication

• Receive and understand the bug report
• Ask for additional information
• Give status reports
• Ask circumstantial information

Configure the bug finding and fixing environment

Precondition is you have your personal development environment in place.

Find the bug

1. Isolate the bug

which situation

which platform

using what Graphical User Interface object

which pre condition

what data input?

2. Make the bug reproducible. Show when and where a bug appears.

The bug is considered "found" in all its extent if all platforms all situations, all etc. are tested or logically excluded.

Fix the bug

• ...or make a workaround
• Document the bug and its fix

Have fix the bug fix tested

Organizations and individuals that just survived a bug are quite sensitive. Test the fix before delivery.

Stage the fix to acceptance and production

Have the bug fix approved.

amenability

From: http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/how-to-find-a-bug-in-application-tips-and-tricks/

What actions cost time & expertise?!

In addition the activities mentioned above, we have to account for the following activities:

1) Understand the whole application or module in depth before starting the test.

2) Prepare good test cases before start to test

3) Create sufficient test data before tests, this data set include the test case conditions and also the database records if you are going to test DB related application.

4) Perform repeated tests with different test environment. Report results.

5) Try to find out the result pattern and then compare your results with those patterns.

6) Evaluate test data pattern to analyse the current set of tests. Reproduce all bug-patterns.