Title: Getting to know your application through exploration
Time: 30 mins - 1 hour (Or as long as you like to feel comfortable with the application)
Introduction: To improve operability we will be making changes to our application. Before making changes, it’s important to understand what the application does and where the risks might be. A great way to do that is to explore the application, using all your testing skills. Let’s focus in on one area to get started, authentication.
Purpose: Learn about your application through exploratory testing to build a mental model of how it functions. Using the resources at hand including the Postman collection, your access to the source code and the documentation.
Activity:
- Explore the application to discover:
- Which of the applications endpoints need admin user privileges to use them.
- Which endpoints don’t need a token.
- Write up your findings and add them to the README.md file in your application repo.