Filing Bugs in Bugzilla

Hi friends,
I Recently tested TS_65_Appisupport_Sanity Test specifications for netbeans 7.0 beta version. While performing these test cases, I encountered few bugs. So inorder to report these bugs to the netbeans developers, we need to enter these bugs to the bugzilla.

Following steps can be taken to report a bug :

• Login to netbeans site.
• Go to Enter bug page.
• Click on appropriate module. For example, since I am testing for api support, i will click on apisupport  link. 

• Select the appropriate component from the component list. Component specify a NetBeans module in which the error occurred.

• Then select the version of the netbeans in which bug occurred.
• Then select the platform and OS.
• Select the priority of the bug. If u are not sure of the priority of the bug, then select P3.
• The CC option is optional which is a space-separated list of netbeans.org login names who are notified about subsequent changes of an issue.
• In summary field, just enter the brief title which shortly describes the type of bug. The summary should be 1 line title and not more than that.
• Now Enter description of the bug. Description is a detailed description of the problem. The description should possibly include all information needed to reproduce the problem

•  If you have taken any snap shot of the bug or have log files of the bug, then click on "Add an attachment" button.

•  browse for the attachment file, enter its brief description and then provide the type of the attachment by selecting one of the 3 radio buttons. If the attachment is Image/ HTML / XML / Binary file then select on "select from list : " radio button and from the combo box, select an appropriate type of attachment.

•   Click on Commit when done.  :)

Bugs Filed By me :

• Exception on closing files
• JDK bug while chosing platform folder.
• deactivation of button even after clearing invalid text.

Useful Tips for Reporting a bug :

• Always take a snapshot of the bug which may act as a proof of the bug and attach the snap shot while reporting a bug.
• Mention the link of the test cases : The link of the test cases you followed.
• Mention the build number of the netbeans IDE.
• Add [70CAT] in the bug name . This will signify that the bug is filed for the 7.0 version of the IDE.
• Add lots of information about the bug so that anyone can reproduce that bug.