• Maven — a build automation tool
• Build tool — programs that automate the creation of executable applications
• CICD — Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery or Deployment
• Artifact id — The project name
• Group id — Package name
• Version — a number given to a release. Different versioning formats are followed in the industry and semantic versioning is one of the famous systems.
• Check out the official website on semantic versioning.

• Snapshot — a view of the code at a specific time
• Snapshot Version — latest build and version is appended with -SNAPSHOT.

For example — 1.0-SNAPSHOT. This can be the next…

Well, well one of the main roles of a QA engineer from day one is to design and define test scenarios for applications they deliver. Refining and maintaining test scenarios and the test plan is a challenge that comes along the way. Let’s focus on the best way to define and design test cases to gain the best yields and reduce the maintenance overhead.

There are different practices followed in the industry when defining test cases. One such adaptation is defining each test case to be unique and independent to avoid failure due to dependencies.

Each test case should be…

With what we see and experience in the industry, it is a big “NO”

However, the role will change drastically.

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Why the answer is NO?

Even though test automation is getting popular, still there are lots of companies using manual testing to deliver their products. This reveals the fact the manual QA role will not disappear in near future.

While there are lots of automation tools out there backed with AI, the tools are not matured enough or strong enough to replace a human being carrying the thinking pattern of a human.

Moreover, the product we build is used by another human being at the end of the day. Hence it should be viewed…

What is best Automated or Manual?

Well, the short answer is it depends on your requirement and priorities.

Let’s dig deep into different factors that will help us to determine the perfect testing method we should follow.

Manual testing is done by a human manually.

Automation testing is done with automation tools and test scripts written for the business use case.

There are pros and cons of both methods, for example, due to human errors manual testing may not be accurate. Automation testing is logical and it will not capture any shortcomings within the UI which are not affecting the execution flow.

Below are a few points that will help you to evaluate the method of testing that…

With years of experience in SDLC, the answer to the questions is a big “Yes”.

A wise man would ask how to identify un-Happy Paths in testing because we all love to see the happy path ? 😀

Well, let’s look at what’s happy path?

Simply the feature should work in the general flow as defined in the requirement document. Let’s take an example of an inventory control system.

Requirement

• User should be able to login
• Go to Invoice section
• Create an invoice

Here, the tester will create an invoice with an existing item after login to the system, with a quantity. …

Have you ever wondered the mystery behind a QR code.

QR code has been living with us for more than two decades and it’s hardly someone has never seen a QR. Specially during the COVID-19 pandemic, QR code was able to acquire a great popularity in order to reduce contacts, peculiarly when entering a premise to record the visitor details, rather than writing with a pen, in just a matter of seconds you can mark your presence scanning the QR.

Often times when you scan the QR code, you will see a URL on your QR scanner app and expecting…

A level of testing performed combining individual components. Integration testing is used to identify faults in the interaction between unit components after the integration.

According to the test pyramid, integration tests lie on the second level and these tests will validate the interaction of the code with the external eco-system.

Comparatively slower than unit tests due to external interactions.

Types of integration testing

• Big bang — all the components or most of the components are combined and tested.
• Incremental Integration
• Top Down — top level units are tested first.
• Bottom Up — bottom level units are tested first.

Let’s look at our inventory example…

I will be discussing about what is authentication, why we need authentication in APIs, what are the different authentication mechanism and the misconception of authentication vs authorization.

This is the second article in the series and if you didn’t checkout the first feel free to have a look.

What is authentication?

In simple terms, authentication is used to identify the entity trying to access the resource. It could be a human or a machine. An ideal example from our day to day life is the finger prints you leave to open up doors in your office, Or the RFIDs tapped at each door…