Web Application Testing

Learning Outcomes
After Completing this session, you should be able to explain about

Common Testing Terminologies

Performing, Unit, Integration, End-To-End Testing

Functional and Non Functional Testing

Regression and Performance Testing

UI and REST API Testing

Question
What could go wrong if you do not test your application?

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Why is Testing Necessary?
To evaluate work product such as requirement, design, and code

To verify weather all the requirements specified have been fulfilled

To validate weather the test object is complete and works as users and other
stakeholders expect
Why is Testing Necessary?
To build confidence in the level of quality of the test object

To prevent defects

To find failures and defects

To reduce the level of risk of inadequate software quality

Attributes of Testing
There are three attributes of automated testing:

Scope - How much of the code does the test touch (Test Coverage)?

Tests can run on a single method, across the entire application,

or somewhere in between.

Speed - How fast does the test run?

Test speeds can vary from millisecond to several minutes.

Attributes of Testing
There are three attributes of automated testing:

Fidelity - How "real-world" is the test?

For example, if part of the code you're testing needs to make a

network request, does the test code actually make this network
request or does it fake the result?

If the test actually talks with the network, this means it has higher
fidelity, but also takes longer and could give flaky results if the
network is occasionally down.
Attributes of Testing
Speed and fidelity are a trade off - the faster the test, generally the less
fidelity and vice versa
The Testing Pyramid
The Testing Pyramid
Based on scope, speed and fidelity, we can have three levels of test
Unit Tests/Small Tests
These are highly focused tests that run on a single class, usually a single
method in that class.
They have low fidelity since in the real world, your app involves much
more than the execution of one method or class.
They should be fast enough to run every time you change your code.
The Testing Pyramid
Integration Tests/Medium Tests

These test the interaction of several classes to make sure they behave
as expected when used together

One way to structure integration tests is to have them test a single

feature

They test a larger scope of code than unit tests but are still optimized
to run fast versus having full fidelity
The Testing Pyramid
End-to-End Tests/Large Tests

Test a combination of features working together

They test large portions of the app, simulate real usage closely and
therefore are slow.

They have the highest fidelity and tell you that your application actually
works as a whole.
Testing Terminology
Test Coverage

The percentage of your code that is executed by your tests.

If you have 100 lines of code, and your tests run through 80 of them, then
you have 80% coverage.
Testing Terminology
Test Driven Development (TDD)

A school of programming thought that says instead of writing your feature

code first, you write your tests first.

Then you write your feature code with the goal of passing your tests
Testing Terminology
Test Doubles

Test doubles are objects that stand in for a real object, such as a
networking class and database class

when testing, you can swap in a fake networking or database class to

provide speed and determinism at the expense of fidelity

Categories of test doubles include Fakes, Dummies, Mocks, and Spies

Testing Terminology
Given, When, Then

Also known as "Arrange, Act, Assert."

They specify how test codes are grouped into sections

Testing Terminology
Given

The first section sets up the desired state of the app

When

This section of the test specifies the functionality or actions that take
place.

Then

This is where you put all your statements that verify what you expected
to happen came to pass.
Testing Terminology
White Box Testing

White box testing refers to testing where we do have access to the

source code and are able to inspect it
Testing Terminology
Black Box Testing

In case of black box testing we only have access to the tested artifact’s
external interface
Question
What Kind of Test should you perform

Before, during, and after development?

Types of Test
Functional and nonfunctional testing

Functional testing answers the questions

Does the software do what it was intended to do?

Does it not do what it was not intended to do?

Types of Test
Functional and nonfunctional testing

Nonfunctional testing

targets a solution’s quality attributes such as usability, reliability,

performance, maintainability, portability and security.
Types of Test
Functional and nonfunctional testing

Functional tests target the what, whereas non-functional tests target

the how
Performance Testing
Performance testing focuses on a system’s responsiveness, throughput, and
reliability given different loads

How fast does a web page load?

If a user clicks a button on the screen, are the contents immediately

updated?

How long does it take to process 10,000 operations

Performance Testing
Load testing

The purpose of load testing is to determine the system’s behavior in

response to increased load

When the load is increased beyond the maximum “normal load,” load
testing turns into stress testing

A special type of stress testing is spike testing, where the maximum

normal load is exceeded very rapidly, as if there were a spike in the load
Security Testing
Testing Confidentiality

Data confidentiality and Privacy

Testing Integrity

Data and System Integrity

Testing Availability

Resources are available to authorized users and denied to others

Regression Testing
The purpose of regression testing is to establish whether changes to the
system have broken existing functionality or caused old defects to
resurface
Smoke Testing
The term smoke testing originated from engineers testing pipes by blowing
smoke into them. If there was a crack, the smoke would seep out through it.
Smoke Testing
In software development, smoke testing refers to one or a few simple tests
executed immediately after the system has been deployed.
Smoke Testing
The “Hello World” of smoke testing is logging into the application, such a
test provides a great deal of information

The application has been deployed successfully

The network connection works

The database could be reached, ...

Testing REST API: What to Test?
Security

testing checks how well the API is protected from malicious actors

it ensures that resources (data) are protected and only provided to

authenticated or authorized clients
Testing REST API: What to Test?
Performance

testing makes sure that an API can respond to requests of specific sizes,
or can respond to clients quickly enough to satisfy system requirements
Testing REST API: What to Test?
Other

Http Status Code

Response Header

Response Body
Testing UI
Write tests that work with browsers, and verify that the UI code is functioning
properly

You can use tools such as

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium
Testing in NestJS
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Reference
Developer Testing: Building Quality into Software, By Alexander Tarlinder,
2017

Foundation of Software Testing, ISTQB Certification, 4th Edition

The Art of Software Testing, 3rd Edition