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How Can I Test This?

Examples of how to test different sites and apps, along with the test heuristics applied, the reasoning and tool ideas.

Nicola Lindgren, Mike Harris, Suman Bala, Philip Wong, and Shawn Shaligram

This book puts examples at the forefront.

Instead of test theory being front and centre, with maybe an example or two if you’re lucky, this book makes examples the focus.

We'll share the examples that need to be tested, test heuristics to apply, any assumptions, how we would limit scope, test ideas and tools we would utilise.

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If you have ever wondered, what do you mean by that? This is the book for you.

This book puts examples at the forefront.

Instead of test theory being front and centre, with maybe an example or two if you’re lucky, this book makes examples the focus.

We’ll share:

  • The scenarios/features/sites that need to be tested (the example)
  • Which test heuristics we would apply, why and how
  • Any assumptions we would make (which of course should be communicated)
  • How we would limit scope and why
  • Tools we would utilise (with links to read up on those tools)

It’s like we are right there with you!

But in eBook format.

Included chapters:

  • Chapter 1: How Can I Test Sign-In for an E-commerce Site?
  • Chapter 2: How Can I Test a Web Application That Has a Microservices Architecture?
  • Chapter 3: How Can I Test an Update Booking functionality on the API of a Booking Platform?
  • Chapter 4: How Can I Test Sort Functionality for a Discussion Forum?
  • Chapter 5: How Can I Test a Banking Mobile Application?
  • Chapter 6: How Can I Test Subscriptions Within a Mobile Application?
  • Chapter 7: How Can I Test Unsubscribing From a Job Board?

(Chapter 1: How Can I Test Sign-In for an E-commerce Site? is included in the free sample).

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Nicola Lindgren

Nicola Lindgren is a Platform Manager, based in Malmö, Sweden. She is an international conference speaker, frequent blogger and avid learner of all things testing, agile and leadership.

She's worked in a variety of projects as a Test Coach, Test Analyst, Test Automation Engineer and Test Lead. She started two testing meetups (one in Auckland, New Zealand and one in Stockholm, Sweden), has taught software testing courses and run workshops, coached and mentored multiple testers and written for various testing publications. She has also been a co-instructor for the BBST Foundations course multiple times.

She blogs about testing, automation, personal development and agile at nicolalindgren.com.

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Mike Harris

Mike has over 20 years of experience in testing. He has been a test team member, a Solo Tester and a Test Lead. He has also worked in waterfall, lean and agile teams.

He has set up and led a Testing Community of Practice and been part of a successful agile transition. He is also a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society and Vice-Chair and Programme Secretary of the British Computer Society’s Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing. Mike has a B.Sc.(HONS) from Middlesex University and is an Associate of the University of Hertfordshire.

He also contributed to the e-books Testing Stories and How Can I Test This?. He has also had articles published by the Ministry of Testing, LambdaTest and DZone.

Mike has his own blog at http://testandanalysis.home.blog/ and also writes for LambdaTest at https://www.lambdatest.com/blog/author/mikeh105/

Suman Bala

Suman Bala is a Lead Test Architect with a passion for improvement in quality processes and is a strong believer in Test Automation. She feels proud of how people’s perspective has changed regarding testing throughout her career. She is striving to instil the idea that quality is everyone’s responsibility as opposed to merely laying it at the feet of QA. She is a co-organiser for the Ministry of Testing Buckinghamshire meet-up. She is a mentor and coach at work and within the wider testing community. She has contributed to “Testing Stories” and “How can I test” eBooks. She is co-designing and delivering the “Software Testing Bootcamp” sponsored by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumanbala/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sumanbala867

Philip Wong

Phil Wong is an ordinary tester who is based in the UK. At the point this book was released, he has managed to keep this job title for about 1308 days. The first job he took on was a job board but now he has leveled up to testing mobile apps (secret project).

His day to day means wielding an iPhone and iPad in one hand, Android Tablet and Phone in the other. You can connect with this man of few words on LinkedIn.

Shawn Shaligram

Shawn Shaligram is a Staff Test Engineer/Manager, based in San Francisco, California. He has been a member of an agile team, a Solo Tester and an ICM leading a team of 3 testers and SDETs working primarily on mobile apps.  He has also contributed to the e-book Starting Your Software Testing Career 

In his spare time he plays a lot of cricket and tennis.

LinkedIn - Shawn Shaligram / https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-shaligram/

Twitter - Shawn Shaligram / https://twitter.com/shatelegram

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Good to Know

  1. Different Authors per Chapter
  2. Not an Exhaustive List of Things to Test
  3. Test Ideas Can Be Executed by a Machine or a Human
  4. Useful Definitions

How To Read This Book

Chapter 1: How Can I Test Sign-in for an E-commerce Site?

  1. Set the Scene
  2. Product Context
  3. Questions
  4. How I Would Limit Scope
  5. Which Test Heuristics I Would Apply
  6. Additional Test Ideas
  7. Tools/Other Resources

Chapter 2: How Can I Test a Web Application That Has a Microservices Architecture?

  1. Set the Scene
  2. Product Context
  3. Questions
  4. Test ideas
  5. How I Would Limit Scope
  6. Which Test Heuristics I Would Apply
  7. Tools/Other Resources

Chapter 3: How Can I Test an Update Booking functionality on the API of a Booking Platform?

  1. Set the Scene
  2. Product Context
  3. Questions
  4. How I Would Limit Scope
  5. Which Test Heuristics I Would Apply
  6. Additional Test Ideas
  7. Tools/Other Resources

Chapter 4: How Can I Test Sort Functionality for a Discussion Forum?

  1. Set the Scene
  2. Product Context
  3. Questions
  4. How I Would Limit Scope
  5. Which Test Heuristics I Would Apply
  6. Additional Test Ideas
  7. Tools/Other Resources

Chapter 5: How Can I Test a Banking Mobile Application?

  1. Set the Scene
  2. Product Context
  3. Questions
  4. Test Ideas
  5. How I Would Limit Scope
  6. Which Test Heuristics I Would Apply
  7. Tools/Other Resources

Chapter 6: How Can I Test Subscriptions Within a Mobile Application?

  1. Set the Scene
  2. Product Context
  3. Questions
  4. Test Ideas
  5. How I Would Limit Scope
  6. Which Test Heuristics I Would Apply
  7. Tools/Other Resources

Chapter 7: How Can I Test Unsubscribing From a Job Board?

  1. Set the Scene
  2. Product Context
  3. Questions
  4. Challenges Around Testing This
  5. How I Would Limit Scope
  6. Which Test Heuristics I Would Apply
  7. Additional Test Ideas
  8. Tools/Other Resources

Closing Comments

About The Authors

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