Hi everyone, I am back again as I require your expert advice. I am currently exploring the best approach for test data seeding and isolated test setup in our web application and would really appreciate insights from experienced QA engineers and automation testers.
Our platform has multiple user roles eg.
Students → mostly content consumers/read-only users
Teachers → create, edit, and manage courses/content etc.
At the moment, I’m looking into using API-based setup/seeding and then focusing UI tests only on the functionality being validated for the core user flows. I understand that this helps reduce dependencies and improve test isolation, but I’d love to know what key factors, trade
I have experience with manual testing( black box testing) and the basic fundamentals of QA, however, I have never done performance testing nor backend testing which I might need to do as pat of this new role. I know that I have a lot of work cut out for me in the first month and need advice on how to handle to go about it. Additionally, I'd appreciate suggestion on the best tools to use i.e. automation framework ( either cypress or playwright as I am dealing with a web app) , bug tracking/project management tools/reporting
I have drafted a plan but I would really appreciate expert advice that will guide me and ensure I excel in the role.
