Questions tagged [best-practices]
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Strategies for discovering undocumented API
Inspired by this question: How to approach API testing.
The first point of a checklist in the above question is "API Endpoints".
But, what to do when you don't have the endpoints documented because ...
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Number of actors in E2E tests
We have roughly 30 Cucumber tests and a few actors that run these tests that have been created based on our service's personas.
Exemplifying this:
We have a C2C ecommerce platform and an user. Users ...
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Is there a better way to code-review JMeter test-plans?
TLDR - What is the best way to review JMeter Test-Plans stored in a GitHub repo?
Currently, the code-review process that my performance-test team uses is somewhat cumbersome and of questionable ...
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How to inspect elements on pages with 'loading' spinners?
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This is intended as a Q and A post for sharing successful strategies. Please, feel free to add more solutions!
Problem background:
Automating a web application
Tester with limited access to ...
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Do you test methods that return queries from the database?
I just want to know if you test the output of a query with unit testing. Is this considered good practice?
For example you have a method getUsers()
getUsers(){
// Overly simplified
return ...
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Is it possible to write good Code (create a good code framework) AND use Cucumber (or another Gherkin tool)?
When I look at the code Cucumber outputs, it does not seem to follow best practices (or any moderately good practices) for writing a testing framework.
Question: Is there a way to use Cucumber and ...
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How often should system tests be run?
As soon as a developer pushes a commit, our Jenkins run unit tests, then integration tests (e.g. just backend) and finally system tests (e.g the whole app: backend, frontend, platforms, etc). The ...
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What are important rules of static analysis to use in our automated scripts?
I am fan of improving the quality not only of the product I test but also for the test itself.
I want to create other customized rules for integrating with sonarqube that does not exist in classic ...
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Is it a good idea for a Developer to review a tester's code
Background : Currently working in a firm which follows a practice where the QA's e2e and API automation suites are mandated to be reviewed before being pushed in a CI pipeline. It's a practice that is ...
