Welcome to Testpad
Welcome to Testpad and, more specifically, Testpad's blog. The plan is to use this blog to keep you up to date with what's happening with the app, its features and, for the geeks at heart, how it...
View ArticleTestpad opens its doors; give it a whirl!
After 8 months of building, including several months of limited field trials with forgiving friends, Testpad is now 'in Beta' and ready for feedback from a wider audience. Hooray! It won't be perfect,...
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Testpad adds iPhone/iPad support for test cases
Big update to Testpad yesterday. You can now 'delegate' testing to your own iPhone or iPad, as well as friends, co-workers and guests. It makes your mobile a remote control for Testpad that let's you...
View ArticleBeta Progress and Latest Updates
Testpad has been live in its free Beta for 5 weeks now and has been getting some great feedback. Testpad's editing speed and the mobile access seem to be going down especially well. Many thanks to...
View ArticleTestpad is ready for business
I'm really excited to announce that Testpad today finished its beta phase and launched the pricing plans. Many thanks to all of you who sent in feedback during the beta. The comments and suggestions...
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Checklists. For bringing home Apollo 13. And software.
Image from Heritage Auctions“Houston, we have a problem” is what everyone remembers. What happened next was Commander Lovell got out a checklist for Lunar Module Systems Activation, pictured left, and...
View ArticleOnline Payments For SaaS Billing
h3 {margin-top: 30px} Testpad recently integrated a billing solution for its subscription plans. With so many Software-as-a-Service products popping up I imagined there would be lots of off-the-shelf...
View ArticleAn Interview with Testpad
The Software Testing Club recently interviewed me and have run it as a blog post: The Testing Planet - An Interview With Stefan Butlin, Founder of Testpad. Check it out for more background on what...
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New features - Projects, Libraries and UI
Testpad saw some big updates today with a whole new UI for grouping scripts into projects. Previously, Testpad had a "manage scripts" page that was a flat list of active scripts. This worked fine for...
View ArticleMinor update - expand/collapse controls and more
Small update to Testpad over the weekend, mainly in response to customer feedback... you don't get what you don't ask for! Keep that feedback rolling. Outline ControlsThere are now some subtle controls...
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New Per-User Pricing Plan
Testpad just grew some new pricing plans: a Free Starter Plan (announced in a separate post here) and a Custom Team plan that uses a per-user model as an alternative to the existing "Script Bundle"...
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New Free Starter Plan for Testpad
Testpad just grew some new pricing plans: a Free Starter Plan and a Custom Plan that's based on the number of users (announced in a separate post here). As ever with Testpad, these plans were added in...
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Make your own backups
Although the Testpad servers have got you covered with their hourly snapshots of the database, many customers have asked for ability to download all their data in one go, without having to export each...
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QR codes in web-apps to link desktops to mobiles and tablets
This post highlights a feature of Testpad that I think could be used a lot more across web apps in general - that of using QR codes as a convenient way to move a browser session from a desktop to a...
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New Video: Introduction to Testpad
The Testpad homepage now has a 2-minute video giving a very quick overview of Testpad. Check it out if you're new to Testpad and want a quick way to see what it's all about.Or send a link to a friend...
View ArticleUpgrade to Printable Test Reports
The printable (snapshot) reports now include a list of all test comments underneath the summary grid. The comments are those collected during testing, and can be used for any result type: pass, fail,...
View ArticleTestpad Release Notes on Tumblr
Detailed release notes and status updates for Testpad are now being published on Tumblr at ontestpad.tumblr.com.This blog (the one you're reading) will continue to cover major news and updates about...
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Bug tracking - multiple issues per result
Testpad has always let you insert bug numbers against results. Typically these come from a 3rd party issue tracking tool such as Jira or Bugzilla. Further, these numbers can be a clickable link to the...
View ArticleCopy/Paste Between Testpad Scripts
The Copy/Paste feature in Testpad's script editor has been upgraded to work between scripts. This feature now uses javascript's HTML5 localstorage feature to save the clipboard to a place that survives...
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Even Faster Testing
Testpad now supports keyboard shortcuts to set the results of tests during testing.When running a test, with the Test Run dialog open (pictured right), you can press:'p' or 'space' for pass'f' for...
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