stefanbutlin

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Creator/Founder of Testpad, an online app that uses structured checklists to make writing and running manual test plans easier. Features a keyboard-driven outline editor and mobile "remote control" for less alt-tabbing when running tests.

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QR codes in web apps for instant link from desktop to mobile version blog.ontestpad.com

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Comment · 14 years ago

If you'll forgive the self-promotion, you might like to check out my web app, Testpad (https://ontestpad.com), as a lightweight tool for organising manual testing. It's basically structured checklists rather than formal test case management, and has been doing well at agencies both big and small. Because it's lightweight and flexible (think cross between Excel, Notepad and OmniOutliner) you can start out as simple as you like and iterate the complexity as and when it's appropriate.

And to answer your question: I am of course using it to test itself! Plus some selenium for basic automation, but without going overboard as the app is very javascript-heavy and interactive, which limits how much can be usefully/cost-effectively achieved with automation.

Comment · 14 years ago

http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/3503/hard-code-g...

Comment · 15 years ago

It doesn't get that expensive.

FastSpring's price is ALL IN. It includes the merchant account, payment gateway and subscription features, and no setup fees nor monthly charges; just the per-transaction costs as noodle commented.

Plus, sign-up and testing is totally free and still gets awesome customer support; you only start paying them anything when you start selling your service. This struck me as ideal for an SMB in its first year.

Comment · 15 years ago

Google Checkout doesn't really do anything to help with subscription services though.

They have something coming for subscriptions which is in beta and described here: http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/developer/Google_Checko....

Chargify have an article comparing their service (recurring billing management) with Google Checkout here: http://help.chargify.com/entries/20110971-how-does-chargify-...