Testing a new application can be a challenge and a little bit daunting. Below are a few useful tips that will hopefully help your testing, should you find yourself having a test an application that you have never used before. (These tips assume that you know about the applications main purpose and that maybe you have seen a demo of it.) Tip 1 - Talk to the developers Talking to the developer is a valuable resource of information about the application that you are testing. When talking to the developers you should do the following: Find out how the application works Developers are going to know better than most about how the application works. They will know things like the following What technologies the application is built on What is the architecture Does the application have any configuration options Areas of the code that caused them problems Talk through bugs you raise with the developers Going through a bug with a developer can give you insight into how the s...