Products and sites to practice testing on

I created a simple app for workshops, but it can be used for practice as well!
It is a web UI with a REST API, and you can test both (together or separately) with automation or manually, however you want.
Check out this blog post to learn more about it: https://g33klady.com/2018/10/07/testing-the-ui-and-api-together-with-my-new-practice-app/.

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I’ve created something that might be of interest that aims on supporting not just those looking to practise automation, but testing in general.

https://automationintesting.online/#/

This site is a fully fledged web application using modern technologies. It has a series of Web APIs and a single page application, along with logging and documentation to practise different testing techniques against.

Not only that, we are actively adding in new features and challenges so are open to suggestions of features testers would like to play with.

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Two very nice API resources to test around:

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On a podcast I listen to they keep mentioning Twilio, and I’ve been wanting to try it. You can use it to make phone calls, send SMS messages, etc.

Get an API key (free): https://www.twilio.com/try-twilio

Some quick start guides: https://www.twilio.com/docs/quickstart

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Another to add to the list

http://awful-valentine.com/

Frequently updating the full list here

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I came across GlitchPlay today - https://glitchplay.com/

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I’m not sure I want to click this link @rosie. I may not be seen again by friends and family. :slight_smile:

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http://www.saucedemo.com is also a nice one to practice automation

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I got lost there… Not all challenges for the first challenge work.

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We’ve created a test playground for our test tool Boozang, but it might be useful regardless of what tool you are using: http://thelab.boozang.com/

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http://qaclickacademy.com/practice.php I use this website for automation. A simple website built for automation purposes, including selenium etc.

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This looks great. Thanks for sharing!

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Hacking/Security testing practice on the Juice Shop Project as recommended by @decosta on MoT Slack and TodoMVC as used by Alan Richardson in his course “Automating in the Browser Using JavaScript” on Test Automation University. I particularly like TodoMCV because it demos the same application implemented in multiple frameworks which is good for evaluating testing tools/products.

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@simon_tomes - Is there a book or document for the code examples ? In some examples like AB testing, it is not clear what we need to test. So, it would be useful to have a some info on how to use and example and if the example deliberately has any errors.

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I’ve seen that a few of the links here are broken now. Has anyone got any updated products and sites to practice testing?

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Hi Heather,

The Testcover.com site (listed Mar ’18) is alive and well. It’s still available to test on. The service generates pairwise test designs and offers free trials.

Pairwise test designs can specify valid test inputs to cover expected outputs, using a small number of test cases. Pairwise testing can specify configurations too. MoT’s weekly newsletter from Monday (11/2) links to some pairwise examples on the site.

George

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A pairwise testing site, particularly one which will help generate test combinations is really helpful.

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It’s easy to use. If anyone has questions, let me know.

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Here is a great list that includes a bunch of the sites that people have mentioned and more: https://abstracta.us/blog/software-testing/best-demo-websites-for-practicing-different-types-of-software-tests/

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