QA/Execution/Web Testing/Personas/Tips and Pointers

Setup / Architecture

• Staging/Prod: run on a CDN -- EdgeCast
• Runs on Zeus (+memcache?)

Staging

http://personas.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/

Testing

• Buttons on the homepage, design, FAQ, and Getting Started pages should have dynamic buttons:
  • "Get Personas for Firefox" - Firefox installed w/o Personas (or a 3.6+ user)
  • "Get Firefox and Personas" - IE, Opera, Safari, Chrome, etc.
• Make sure you get the right platform-specific bundle
  • If using Firefox 3.6+, you should see a blue "You're Ready to Go! \nMouse-over any design below" button on the homepage _only_

Types of user accounts

• Regular user (can submit a Persona)
• Admin user (can submit/edit/delete/approve/reject a Persona)

Admin testing

• Admin page: http://personas.stage.mozilla.com/admin/dashboard.php
  • If there are *any* Admin changes at all, test the whole process
    • Submission
    • Editorial review
      • Approval (with comments)
      • Rejection (with reason)
    • Editing
    • Deletion

JSON/XML testing

• Test the output of the JSON/XML

SVN

• Personas' Mercurial repository (shows checkins) http://viewvc.svn.mozilla.org/vc/projects/getpersonas.com/