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New QA Volunteer
Hello everyone,
My name is Victoria Hardy. I am a QA tester working for Vecna
Technologies in Cambridge. My company has a strong emphasis on community
service and open source projects, so I have decide to get involved with
the OpenOffice community. I have been a software tester for about 2
years. I have particular experience with manual testing, test case
writing, and accessibility standards for software. Although I have
mostly been doing manual testing I know how to use Selenium and I hope
to learn jBehave soon. I have some programming skills in Java, C++ and
Python.
What I don't really have experience with is the Open Source Community. I
have been reading through the QA orientation module. I have opened a
Bugzilla account. I am used to working with Jira, but Bugzilla looks
fairly similar so I don't think the learning curve on it should be that
steep. Perhaps it would be best for me to start with reviewing some of
the bug reports? Is there a specific procedure for doing that?
I look forward to working with you all.
Thank you,
Victoria
--
Victoria Hardy</br>
Software Tester</br>
victoria.hardy@vecna.com</br>
401-499-3942 (mobile)</br>
www.vecna.com</br>
Cambridge Research Laboratory</br>
Vecna Technologies, Inc.</br>
36 Cambridge Park Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140</br>
Office: (617) 864-0636
Fax: (617) 864-0638
http://vecna.com</br>
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Re: New QA Volunteer
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
Welcome Victoria, I am glad that your company promotes the open source
spirit. I recomend you to check out the introductory modules for the
QA processes.[1] Also please read the recent emails from the list on
our archives.[2]
Let us know if there is something you want to get into.
[1] http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-qa.html
[2] http://markmail.org/search/+list:org.apache.incubator.ooo-qa
On 8/20/14, victoria.hardy <vi...@vecna.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> My name is Victoria Hardy. I am a QA tester working for Vecna
> Technologies in Cambridge. My company has a strong emphasis on community
> service and open source projects, so I have decide to get involved with
> the OpenOffice community. I have been a software tester for about 2
> years. I have particular experience with manual testing, test case
> writing, and accessibility standards for software. Although I have
> mostly been doing manual testing I know how to use Selenium and I hope
> to learn jBehave soon. I have some programming skills in Java, C++ and
> Python.
> What I don't really have experience with is the Open Source Community. I
> have been reading through the QA orientation module. I have opened a
> Bugzilla account. I am used to working with Jira, but Bugzilla looks
> fairly similar so I don't think the learning curve on it should be that
> steep. Perhaps it would be best for me to start with reviewing some of
> the bug reports? Is there a specific procedure for doing that?
> I look forward to working with you all.
>
> Thank you,
> Victoria
>
> --
> Victoria Hardy</br>
> Software Tester</br>
>
> victoria.hardy@vecna.com</br>
>
> 401-499-3942 (mobile)</br>
>
> www.vecna.com</br>
>
> Cambridge Research Laboratory</br>
>
> Vecna Technologies, Inc.</br>
>
> 36 Cambridge Park Drive
> Cambridge, MA 02140</br>
>
> Office: (617) 864-0636
> Fax: (617) 864-0638
> http://vecna.com</br>
>
> Better Technology, Better World (TM)</br>
>
> The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential.
> Therefore,
> if this message has been received in error,
> please delete it without reading it. Your receipt of this message is not
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> author.
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Re: New QA Volunteer
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:52 PM, victoria.hardy
<vi...@vecna.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> My name is Victoria Hardy. I am a QA tester working for Vecna
> Technologies in Cambridge. My company has a strong emphasis on community
Hello Victoria, and welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project!
Ah, Cambridge. I used at Lotus Development Corporation, many years
ago, both in Lechmere and Kendall Square. Boca Grande burritos,
yummm... But now I'm out in the 'burbs.
> service and open source projects, so I have decide to get involved with the
> OpenOffice community. I have been a software tester for about 2 years. I
> have particular experience with manual testing, test case writing, and
> accessibility standards for software. Although I have mostly been doing
> manual testing I know how to use Selenium and I hope to learn jBehave soon.
> I have some programming skills in Java, C++ and Python.
Wow, it sounds like you have a great set of skills and experience.
We can always use someone with this kind of background.
> What I don't really have experience with is the Open Source Community. I
> have been reading through the QA orientation module. I have opened a
> Bugzilla account. I am used to working with Jira, but Bugzilla looks fairly
> similar so I don't think the learning curve on it should be that steep.
If you are entirely new to open source you might want to review some
of the other orientation pages as well, so you get a feel for how
we're organized and how we make decisions. It is very different from
a hierarchical top-down corporate structure. We're very "flat" and
self-directed.
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/
> Perhaps it would be best for me to start with reviewing some of the bug
> reports? Is there a specific procedure for doing that?
We just release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 last week. So reviewing
incoming bug reports from users, to see if there is anything
surprising (we hope not!) found by them in this release is a good
place to start. You can find details in the "Easy QA Task: Confirm
New Defect Reports" section of the QA Orientation page.
Regards,
-Rob
> I look forward to working with you all.
>
> Thank you,
> Victoria
>
> --
> Victoria Hardy</br>
> Software Tester</br>
>
> victoria.hardy@vecna.com</br>
>
> 401-499-3942 (mobile)</br>
>
> www.vecna.com</br>
>
> Cambridge Research Laboratory</br>
>
> Vecna Technologies, Inc.</br>
>
> 36 Cambridge Park Drive
> Cambridge, MA 02140</br>
>
> Office: (617) 864-0636
> Fax: (617) 864-0638
> http://vecna.com</br>
>
> Better Technology, Better World (TM)</br>
>
> The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential. Therefore,
> if this message has been received in error,
> please delete it without reading it. Your receipt of this message is not
> intended to waive any applicable privilege.
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> author.
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