MindMap Way Of Testing Web Applications

Mind map on Exploratory Testing a Web Application.

The above Mind map summarizes Testing on a Web Application

Learnings:

• Realization about Exploratory Testing Versus Test Case preparation.

• Writing down test ideas – Relevant and required to capture the missing elements if any.

• Context is the Queen 

• Mobile Testing – There is more to it than that meets the eyeball.

• Web Testing as summarized above in the Mind map.

• Lessons on Bug Reporting and contextualizing it.

• Conventional versus My Way of Testing – Every tester has their own Style of testing which needs to be polished.

• Breaking the bad – Includes breaking one’s own biases and barriers.

• Being Surprised – Expect to be surprised and not surprised too when you spot a bug on the same page that which you checked and cross checked.

• Observe, listen, compete, test and report the bug – Pair test and learn with your colleagues.

• Participate in debriefing sessions.

• Participate in review calls and discussions with the developers, testers and the product owner.

• Argue with an intent to Learn, to Test and to Add Value.

• Test More.

• Test Less.

• Pause.

• Re-Test.

• Focus, Defocus, Go away and come back to Refocus and test with new test ideas.

• Test from a different location with secured and unsecured internet connections.

• Play – Gamify testing – There is more to testing than bug reporting as Keith Klain recently remarked. Do more.

• under bright/low lights.

• when you are exhausted.

• when you are refreshed.

• when you are lethargic.

• when your spirits are high.

• with different Internet connection speed.

• subject the application to (load) varied cpu consumption and memory.

• with background applications running and

• on different devices.

Test and Take Notes:

A stable test environment is not where your users are/will be using your application.

Test:

Test and find your own style of testing and do share the lessons learnt, surprises encountered, traps set, pitfalls met and bugs: unveiled, disguised, chanced upon, just wanting to be traced and unforeseen.

Happy Exploring/Testing/Learning/Sharing/Living – They all seem synonym to each other now.