QA/Execution/Web Testing/SUMO/Selenium

Overview: This aims to help facilitate both QA and Development in running and writing Selenium-based testcases to help better-test SUMO.

Testcase location

http://viewvc.svn.mozilla.org/vc/projects/sumo/trunk/tests/frontend/

How to run these tests *individually* using the Selenium IDE
1. Download the Selenium IDE from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2079
2. Install it
3. Launch Selenium (Tools->Selenium IDE), and choose File | Open
4. Give it the individual test location and choose OK/Open>
5. Ensure the base URL is appropriate (staging vs. production) -- the testcases should all be written as relative, so they'll work in both
6. Click Play!

Testcases needed

• SHOWFOR functionality
  • In conjunction with style_mode=inproduct
• Breadcrumbs
• Turning on/off the Captcha
  • So we can better test submitting article feedback/new forum posts while logged out

Current test coverage

PHP-based tests

htacess script

Selenese-based tests

Anonymous user related functionality

• Ask a question
  • Page title
  • Static text
  • Links
  • Navigation block
• How to Contribute
  • Page title
  • Static text
  • Links
  • Navigation block
• Knowledge Base
  • Page title
  • Static text
  • Links
  • Navigation block
• Other Firefox Support
  • Page title
  • Static text
  • Links
  • Navigation block
• tiki-searchresults.html
  • Page title
  • Static text
  • Links
  • Navigation block
  • Tests that "firefox" as a search term persists in the sidebar search

• Answer "no" in CSAT poll for 'New to Firefox' article

• Answer "yes" in CSAT poll for 'New to Firefox' article

• Answer "yes" in CSAT poll for 'Popular Support Article' article

• Answer "no" in CSAT poll for 'Popular Support Article' article

• Ensure that clicking on pagination chevron loads the appropriate page

• Verify search functionality in Forum

• Verify search functionality on Homepage

• Verify submitting a new question
  • Note that this test case will fail as recaptcha is required

Functionality related to logged in users

• Register as a new user
  • Note that this test case will fail as recaptcha is required

• Login as an existing user

• Ask a new question as a logged in user

• Add a new article as a logged-in user
  • This test case is blocked(fails) due to the timeout issue

• Edit an article as a logged-in user
  • This test case is blocked(fails) due to the timeout issue

• Translate an article as a logged-in user
  • This test case is blocked(fails) due to the timeout issue

• Verify search functionality on homepage as a logged-in user