Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Validating Smoketests

I got a bigger task where I have to go through all the smoketests and all the steps and see if they are all correct. So all those times where the steps were not exactly correct I am going to mark as invalid so the smoketests are more helpful and clearer.

I went through a few smoketests and I'm pretty sure I didn't miss anything but I'm not sure if I should invalidate a test because there was a word missing. I'll probably ask but I don't think it's worth invalidating a test over. Fredy said I should invalidate a test for these reasons:
  • Different wording: for example test says click on the "ABC" button but
the button now is called "CBA".
  • Wrong placement of an item: for example test says click this button at
the bottom of the screen but the button is at the top.
  • Non-existent item: for example test say to click on a button that
doesn't exist.
  • Other inconsistencies: for example I am not sure what to do in this
step, or how to proceed with this test etc.

1 comment:

  1. How are you getting feedback on your testing? When you say "I'm pretty sure I didn't miss anything", how do you find out?

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