Acceptance testing in Testing Fundamentals - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This acceptance test checks if the login feature works as expected for a user. It verifies that a user can successfully log in with valid credentials and reach the dashboard page.

Test Code - Selenium with Python unittest

Testing Fundamentals

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
import unittest

class TestLoginAcceptance(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
        self.driver.get('https://example.com/login')

    def test_valid_login(self):
        driver = self.driver
        # Find username field and enter username
        username_field = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
            EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, 'username'))
        )
        username_field.send_keys('validUser')

        # Find password field and enter password
        password_field = driver.find_element(By.ID, 'password')
        password_field.send_keys('validPass123')

        # Find and click login button
        login_button = driver.find_element(By.ID, 'login-btn')
        login_button.click()

        # Wait for dashboard page to load by checking dashboard header
        dashboard_header = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
            EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, 'dashboard-header'))
        )

        # Assert dashboard header text is correct
        self.assertEqual(dashboard_header.text, 'Welcome to Your Dashboard')

    def tearDown(self):
        self.driver.quit()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

Execution Trace - 6 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and opens Chrome browser	Browser window opens at 'https://example.com/login' page	-	PASS
2	Waits for username field to be present and enters 'validUser'	Login page shows username and password fields and login button	Username field is present and enabled	PASS
3	Finds password field and enters 'validPass123'	Password field is visible and ready for input	Password field is present and enabled	PASS
4	Finds and clicks the login button	Login button is clickable	Login button is present and clickable	PASS
5	Waits for dashboard header to appear after login	Dashboard page loads with header element	Dashboard header text equals 'Welcome to Your Dashboard'	PASS
6	Test ends and browser closes	Browser window closes	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: Dashboard header does not appear or text is incorrect after login

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What does the test verify after clicking the login button?

A That the login button changes color

B That the username field is cleared

C That the dashboard header with text 'Welcome to Your Dashboard' appears

D That the password field becomes hidden

Key Result

Acceptance tests should simulate real user actions and verify key outcomes to confirm the software meets user needs.