Questions tagged [test-design]
Use for questions about designing tests, specifically selecting test techniques to use in specific circumstances.
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Test automation and test data generation for chatbots how to implement?
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Our customer wants complete test automation including test data generation for a chatbot. The test data will probably be provided to us via RestApi. Since we have not completed this area yet,
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Should Tester's still focus more on writing Test cases than Exploratory testing? [closed]
I don't focus much on writing hundreds of test cases in any test case management tool. I create my exploratory testing notes which include different test ideas, scenarios, heuristics-based test design ...
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Is it a good approach to use a core automation framework(jar file) as opposed to creating all classes of framework yourself?
Some teams in an organization use existing core automation frameworks(made in Java). In my case, I converted it to a jar file artifact and then used it in their Selenium project as a local library/...
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How to automate tests for sanitization of user input [closed]
I've checked what is sanitization of user inputs.
And now I stuck with idea hot to automate tests for the sanitization of user inputs?
I'm new about this topic.
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As professional tester what approach/techniques you personally use to find important bugs faster and early in test process?
Background: This is important in general for any testing but I think this is particularly more important in agile when a critical feature is on the line which needs to be released early for various ...
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How to test data retention policy and cron job for deleting old data?
There are some retention policies for the data that my company uses. For different types of data, we have different rules and these different types of data and files are used in different ...
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Several test files have similar setup: How to remove duplication
I have four java classes, each containing a test. They must remain like this; I can't put the four tests in one file.
Each file has a small setup portion at the top:
private SQSRequestCreator ...
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E2E Testing: Testing field limits?
So I'm curious about this, and being in my first automation job I wasn't sure how others typically handled this.
Let's say we have a new "section" of a form with 3 fields. The 3 fields are ...
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Can not sendKey to hidden element
I'm practicing to interact with element (nopCommerce domain).
But encountered some problems, when trying to perform sendKey to an invisible element.
This is an input field of product tags, which ...
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How to find a specific occurrence of a field that exists in multiple places (Xpath)?
I'm new to Xpath and I wanted to know if there was a way to inspect a specific element, that is repeated multiple times throughout the webpage.
For this instance I want to inspect the specific span ...
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How to do Testcases for a specification document?
I have always done these very simple test cases so I am actually very lost and got overwhelmed when I got this assignment where I should do test cases from a functional design specification document. ...
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Why would testing summer and winter solstice matter?
On Ministry of Testing site there is the Checklist for Testing Web Page Functionality.
In Date & Time section, there is a "Summer and winter solstice (26: e mars kl 02-03 and 29: e October 02-...
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Are there specific coding guidelines for test automation?
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Currently we are trying to find more ways to write better code. Of course, this does not exclude our automated test cases. We are already testing in the dev environment with SonarCube and ...
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Test Strategy Documentation for test automation
What are the main points that should be included in a test strategy test automation document for a particular project? I'm not looking at details but more of a high level overview.
I've found that ...
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Areas in session based testing test chart
I am not sure how to distinguish the chart and the areas in it...
For me, the chart describes in one sentence what the session is all about.
And the areas are a (probably incomplete) high-level ...
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White Box testing - Condition and Branch
I have been reading a number of tutorials about condition and branch testing (coverage). All of them show simple examples, and mention the difference of condition and branch to be that in condition ...
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The role of the classic software tester in Scrum?
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I wanted to ask if anyone has experience with the role of the classic software tester in Scrum ?
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My personal experience is that in the first days there is not much to do for ...
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Test Strategy for the Reverse Sync process by using KAFKA
How can I test (Test Strategy) for the Reverse Sync process implemented by using KAFKA? Any inputs on this?
Detailed Flow: The data from Database 2 will be published into the KAFKA topic via the ...
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Is it possible to become a SDET(QA Automated) without having experience, with the free paths of Test Automation University from Applittols? [closed]
I'm new in the community.
I have worked for several years as a programmer maintaining code and fixing bugs of ready-made applications.
Thanks for your answers,
Best regards.
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https://...
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How to calculate security test or penetration test cost for the customer?
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A customer would like to know in detail what costs penetration testing causes on the one hand, and what benefits penetration has on the other hand.
Also, what it effectively means to save ...
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Vulnerability testing assessment in an agile development environment
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I would be interested in how you guys handle assessing your vulnerability testing within an agile environment?
Example:
You have weekly test series in which you test your project for ...
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Security test plan for vulnerability test
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I would like to address the topic of security test plan. I can hardly find suitable material when it comes to the topic of Vulnerability test. Most of the time the information is limited to ...
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Should we write a Test Case for every Foreign Key?
Should I write a test case for every Foreign key in the database?
Our team is conducting a large database migration project using Java APIs, for eg. inputting CustomerSales.
And we have ProductId, ...
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How can automation help a tester in creative & useful ways to perform testing more effectively & efficiently?
How can automation help a tester in creative & useful ways to perform testing more effectively & efficiently? ( other than automating manual test cases)
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Automatic network condition change for MacOS app manual testing
I'm testing MacOS app and it relies a lot on the network condition, because it is uploading a lot of files.
I would like to simulate a network condition on my macbook, that automatically changes to ...
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Does ECP and BVA only concern numeric values?
I just read the concept concerning Equivalence Class Partitioning and Boundary Value Analysis and I'm wondering if it can be applied to other test cases
For example clicking on a button, choosing ...
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How to handle dom using electron-vue
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The boilerplate used electron-vue.
The following code is part of the src/renderer/main.js file.
const {BrowserWindow} = require('electron').remote
const win = new BrowserWindow({...
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How QA Lead benefits from a Test Plan in terms of processes?
How QA Lead benefits from a Test Plan in terms of processes?
I am interested in specifics. What practical usage QA Lead has from a test plan? Currently, I have only seen that it is required for the ...
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Test case preparation and execution time
I usually estimate the test execution time in a sprint by identifying the test scenarios related to requirements. (Test case point analysis)
Is there any techniques that we can use for estimate the ...
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No tests in the legacy project - what to start with as tester? [duplicate]
I've just joined a project, which is developed for internal use for over 10 years now.
There are no unit tests nor any other manual/automated tests designed. I'm going to be the only tester.
What ...
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Is it valid to use the tool that comes with a library to verify that your C/C++ code is working as expected?
I have a library which
Loads audio files
Does filtering on the PCM data
Saves the new PCM back to files
it does that using:
Using its own implementation of load/save (raw files and uncompressed ...
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What is the best way to test values that vary according to database type?
I am working on a program that needs to work on values that are fetched from different database types: currently we support 12 different database types. My code applies some business logic to the ...
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How to test Sign Up API (Post Method) for multiple users in Jmeter?
I tried multiple user sign ups using Sign-up API (POST Method) with parameterization. But It's not working.
I have set the CSV Data set Config
Added the variable names in Param value
Added a HTTP ...
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What are the negative test scenarios you would run for the below cases
What are the negative test scenarios you would run for the below cases:
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What are the differences between counting/calculation estimate and estimation by test-cases?
The counting/calculation estimate is based on counting countable indexes such as stories, usage scenarios, marketing requirements, web pages, technical requirements, functions.
Estimation by test ...
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What risks should be included in testing estimations? [closed]
I am creating an estimation for my testing and I have been wondering what are the universal risks that might affect the testing process. And what percentage should it take from the overall estimation?...
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Finding dead code by test tooling
Testing tools, unitary or functional, are running certain portions of code. So we can define an idea of code coverage, which is the part of the code that is actually being tested by the test tooling.
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How to test AWS [closed]
This is an open question. I know no answer is wrong or correct. If someone asks this question in an interview He wants to understand your thinking process.
Can anyone put a light on this, how to ...
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How to deal with too many test cases?
I have a simple question, but it is still unanswered.
For example, I want to test a register feature, where the user must enter their name, email, and password.
The possible inputs are like this:
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Manual Testing: Writing actual and expected outcomes is old fashioned way of writing tests?
I was going through this tutorial https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/how-to-write-effective-test-cases-test-cases-procedures-and-definitions/
and I found it very time consuming from both writing and ...
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BDD in testing how do you organize your steps?
As the title says I'm trying to implement my tests with BDD but I'm unsure how to structure it correctly. I have a separate folder where I keep my steps. I kinda want it to be one large file because ...
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How would you test this form designed for adding and editing tables in a relational database?
I am having a problem with test cases. I have never tested before the forms that add tables in relational database and I am not sure what is the good approach - should I write down test cases that ...
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Draw a program graph over multiple methods
How to draw a program graph similar to but with multiple methods?
As it seems the flow of data across methods are not necessarily in the order of declaration.
Mulitple Classes
public class Temp
{...
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How to create input data for unit tests for an API client?
I am building the initial set of unit tests for my team's legacy API client system. We have been writing integration tests, but have no unit tests.
It's a Sinatra server that accepts requests from our ...
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How many test steps are allowed in a single manual test case?
I have been writing Test Cases for half a year as of now. My question is: How many test steps are allowed only in one test case? For example more than 6 steps is not allowed or depends on ...
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Jmeter (jmx) - How to run requests sequentially where first request response is dependent on the second request
I'm using jmeter for load testing so I'm a little bit stuck at this situation. Below is the scenario.
There are two HTTPS (target1 and target2) requests, which needed to be generated sequentially in ...
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What strategies and test cases should I use to test in Agile development?
How do you build test cases vs user stories/features vs requirements?
What is your test strategy in agile development model?
What is automation test strategy in agile development model?
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Issue with running Restsharp SpecFlow tests using MSTest via command line
I have created restsharp specflow tests using NUnit framework and I am using MSTest as a test runner in app.config file. I tried to run the tests via command line and it does not work - says the tests ...
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Best way to architect test development in Python so that tests can be run either with a mock or without a mock?
I'm starting a fresh python project and I want to write unit and integration tests with mocking and stubbing. However, I would like to run these tests during the build-pipeline against actual services ...
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What's the difference between behavioral testing and gray box testing, isn't the same? [closed]
I know that gray box testing is a combination between black and white testing and behavioral testing is mainly black with possibility that testers read design or code on the basis of their knowledge ...
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