QA Crash course

12 easy steps to become a software tester

Principles

QUALITY over QUANTITY

Think like USER

Test to BREAK

PRIORITIZE

COMMUNICATION

Question EVERYTHING

360 degree VIEW

Security

Performance

Good RELATIONSHIP

TIME Management

CLIENT oriented

Attention to DETAIL

Writing test cases

Test case format

Title: ...

Url: http://...

Description: ...

Pre-condition: ...

Assumption: <if any>...

Test Steps:

  1. ...
  2. ...

Expected Result: ...

Example

Title: Log in | Srijan

Url: http://srijan.net/user/login

Description: A registered user should be able to login to the site

Precondition: User is already registered on the site.

Assumption: username/password combination is correct.

Test Steps:

  1. http://srijan.net/user/login
  2. In the ’username’ field, enter the username of the registered user
  3. In the ’password’ field, enter the password of the registered user
  4. Click ‘Log In’

Expected Result: A page displaying the user’s profile should load, showing "You have successfully logged in" message at the top.

To be continued...

QA Crash course

By Arijit Dutta

QA Crash course

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