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Testing a web application that sends activation link to newly added users
Deploy test SMTP server in your local network where the application does have access to that one and external network does not. Configure your DNS (MX record) or your application (test instances ...
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How to clear localStorage using selenium and webdriver
If your driver implements WebStorage you can invoke
driver.getSessionStorage().clear();
driver.getLocalStorage().clear();
In order to make sure that the driver does implement WebStorage the idiom is
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Testing a web application that sends activation link to newly added users
You could use local systems like mailcatcher or mailhog. MailHog has a web interface and SMTP port, you can use it as your SMTP target and you'll "receive" all mail in there.
If your application isn'...
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What is Guerilla testing?
As of my reading-
Guerrilla Testing means going into a coffee shop or another public place to ask people there about your product or prototype. It can be conducted anywhere ex- cafe, library, train ...
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What to do when defect is found in production but not during the QA phase?
The process we follow where I work when a defect is reported in production might give you some perspective:
Reproduce the problem. If possible, we try to reproduce on production. Failing that, we'll ...
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Which browsing mode is better for Web App Testing? Incognito mode or Normal mode?
While this depends heavily on what part/functionality of a web app you want to test, there is a place and time for both.
For example you might have a pop-up for informing the user about a cookie and ...
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How to modify HTTP request header in Selenium WebDriver with Java?
Here is the completed example that demonstrates how you can modify requests from your Selenium tests. To demonstrate one I have created a sample REST mock service via SoapUI that would return just a {"...
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Test Plan/Strategy of an application which has API +DB
Given a simple application diagram how would you test it or what will
be your test plan or test strategy.
The only answer to a question like this is: "There is no such thing as 'go there and ...
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How to clear localStorage using selenium and webdriver
The answer Peter Masiar gave no longer works. This answer will result in the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python....
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How to create test plan when there is one website and one tester
So is there any perfect test plan template which I can use for one
website and I am only tester.
No. There is no such thing as a "perfect test plan template". Instead of perfection, strive for "...
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Credit Card Testing (Paypal Payflow API)
Do you really need to test money has been deducted? You should trust PayPal tested their end of the payment system. If not get some real credit-cards and test the full flow.
PayPal has some guides ...
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What is a cost-effective way to load test a web application using 1200 virtual users?
Here you check.
There are 58 (and counting) free and open source load testing tools which you can utilize.
If you are looking for the narrowed-down list check out Open Source Load Testing Tools: ...
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Adding tests to a half-finished project
Follow Test Pyramid and apply 80/20 rule:
80% of tests are low-level unit tests
16% are API tests (services) (16% is 80% of the reminder)
4% are UI tests
Start with manually running unit tests. Add ...
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QA with application using chargeover
I can provide a bit more detail here -- I work for ChargeOver.
Firstly -- Please do feel free to reach out with us directly! We haven't spoken with you directly (we've spoken with Alvin about this ...
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How to find out if a website is performing A/B Testing
There is no certain way from a black box perspective, especially if the tests are not just 50/50 binary switches.
For example if a test is being run at 5% / 95% (as we do in my company) that it will ...
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Should QA Engineer read and review code of Web application?
No, test-cases are about behaviour not implementation. The implementation could change, but most often the behaviour would stay the same.
Coupling test cases to implementation would mean you need to ...
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How to create test plan when there is one website and one tester
For most apps start by testing:
signup
login
logout
edit user info
delete user (admin)
add item
edit item
delete item
for each of the above test:
happy.... The user uses expected values and ...
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Testing without direction, how not to miss things? What about layout?
Been in that situation, and far more than I'd like. While we'd like customers to provide complete and iron-clad requirements, it never (and I do mean never) happens. Well, unless you're shooting ...
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What is Guerilla testing?
What is Guerrilla Testing:
It is a way to get some quick user feedback on your product or prototype. I can say its usability testing.
Guerrilla Testing Covers:
It covers an activity by which you need ...
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Top 10 Web Application Security Checks
10 security checks for any web application are as follows -
#1 SQL Injection
Code injection technique, used to attack data-driven applications, in which malicious SQL statements are inserted into an ...
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What is a cost-effective way to load test a web application using 1200 virtual users?
Have you considered Jmeter? it is completely free for the tool itself and can allow you to craft good solid scripts, I won't advise on what type of hardware you will need because I do not know what ...
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What to test when "testing" a PDF download?
As I understand this, you have an application that takes some set of data per user, renders it to PDF, and allows the user to download the generated PDF file. If there are any errors, the PDF is not ...
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Should QA Engineer read and review code of Web application?
It depends
If the coding standards of the organization require that each element has a clear name and limits the data to be entered, and the test team is typically part of code reviews, then by all ...
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How do I validate dynamically changing data using Selenium
What you need to do is some string parsing.
I'm going to assume that you know what quantity you've added to the inventory as part of your code, but you don't know what the PO was.
So, as part of ...
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Adding tests to a half-finished project
"We have already spent three devs x five months writing this, so there's quite a large codebase and probably a lot to refactor to get it in a maximally-testable state. I just don't know where to start....
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Bugged Mobile App To Test
I think you can just take any low-rated application from any application store and it will be highly-likely a "bugged mobile app".
Another option is to install early-access application. Here is the ...
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Which browsing mode is better for Web App Testing? Incognito mode or Normal mode?
I would say you need to test app it in both modes if you're worried about caching issue.
Most of the (functional) testing would be in incognito mode (you are testing how application works, not how it'...
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