Moving from Gui to Api Testing: Challenges Faced & Lessons Learnt
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Shivani Gaba
Senior QA
Talk Description
After spending countless hours in testing GUI and backend, numerous bugs are encountered in production. What’s missing? Due to the crunch of resources and time, API testing is generally skipped, and that’s where a lot of bugs reside. However, noticing the increase in the number of APIs used for development over the years, it’s crystal clear that API testing is the new king!
GUI testing revolves around the user’s experience and the look and feel of the product. Can we justify applying the same approach to testing APIs?
If yes, how? If not, then what crucial scenarios should be covered, what prerequisites are needed, and what is a must-do checklist for API tests? If you are less associated with API and lack of answers, don’t worry. You are not alone.
Shivani had faced a similar situation when she didn’t even know “A” of API testing. Based on her experiences at Kreditech and XING, Shivani explores API testing, its core values, test strategy, common API testing mistakes, and how to avoid them. Watch this talk to discover her tale of shifting perspective from browsers, buttons, and textboxes to requests, responses, and endpoints.
What you’ll learn
By the end of this talk, you'll be able to:
- Recognise the importance of keeping the user’s perspective when API testing
- List tools that can make life easier when it comes to API
- Use UI testing techniques in API testing
- Implement strategies to motivate your team for contribution in stable APIs
Shivani Gaba
Senior QA
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