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[[Getting an ISO to test]] ~ Shows the different places to download an ISO for testing.
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[https://reactos.org/wiki/User:Oldman/A_layman%27s_guide/Getting_an_ISO_to_test| Getting an ISO to test] ~ Shows the different places to download an ISO for testing.
  
[[How to compile ReactOS]] ~ Shows how to get and compile the ReactOS source code.
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[https://reactos.org/wiki/User:Oldman/A_layman%27s_guide/How_to_compile_ReactOS| How to compile ReactOS] ~ Shows how to get and compile the ReactOS source code.
  
[[How to get a debug log]] ~ Shows how to get a debug log to report an issue in Jira.
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[| How to get a debug log] ~ Shows how to get a debug log to report an issue in Jira.
  
[[How to create a JIRA Issue]] ~ Shows how to report bugs in Jira.
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[| How to create a JIRA Issue] ~ Shows how to report bugs in Jira.
  
[[How to use log2lines]] ~ Shows how to use log2lines to give more detail to a debug log.
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[| How to use log2lines] ~ Shows how to use log2lines to give more detail to a debug log.
  
[[Regression testing]] ~ Shows how to find the revision where a bug was introduced.
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[| Regression testing] ~ Shows how to find the revision where a bug was introduced.
  
[[Miscellaneous]] ~ Scripts, Links and various other bits.
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[https://reactos.org/wiki/User:Oldman/A_layman%27s_guide/Miscellaneous| Miscellaneous] ~ Scripts, Links and various other bits.

Revision as of 13:55, 10 January 2019

Having found the official tutorials sometimes hard to understand and ambiguous, my aim was to make these tutorials simple to understand; I hope that I have achieved that and you find them helpful.

What I have written here is from personal experience; if I cannot do it myself, then I cannot write about it.

You should find here, most of the basic things that you will need to know, to become a useful and proficient tester.


Getting an ISO to test ~ Shows the different places to download an ISO for testing.

How to compile ReactOS ~ Shows how to get and compile the ReactOS source code.

[| How to get a debug log] ~ Shows how to get a debug log to report an issue in Jira.

[| How to create a JIRA Issue] ~ Shows how to report bugs in Jira.

[| How to use log2lines] ~ Shows how to use log2lines to give more detail to a debug log.

[| Regression testing] ~ Shows how to find the revision where a bug was introduced.

Miscellaneous ~ Scripts, Links and various other bits.