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Benefits of a bug diary

Adarsh Kothari

Test engineers should maintain a personal bug diary and notes to gather the bugs that they come across during testing in their career. This will help in reproducing such scenario's during testing

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an application.

What to include in each entry:

Sl No.
Month & year
Type of product
Bug description
Idea that helped me/someone find this bug
Why did I feel happy finding this bug? / Why did I miss this bug?
What I learned from this bug

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