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Creating Some Tests: Approaches

Get to know different approaches which can be used to test our application.

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Approach 1
Approach 2
Approach 3

What should be tested in this application, considering that tests require minimal work to develop and be maximally informative?

Approach 1

One approach might be to create a collection of tests, one for each API route and HTTP method, that double-check that the database has been properly updated. For example, when a letter is guessed, has the game progressed correctly? Has it correctly identified whether the game is won or lost? This idea is tempting because it seems to provide a means of assuring that each step is correct. I would disagree. To capture the complexity of the ...

Introduction

Basic Client Pages with React

Dynamic Client-Side Pages with React

Server-Side API Creation with Flask

Database Definition and Creation with SQLAlchemy

Code Documentation with Sphinx

An Introduction to Code Testing

UI Testing

API Testing

Database Integrity Testing

Automatically Testing Every Update

Design a Web Application

Build the Data Model

Build the REST API

Build the React Client

Finishing Touches for the App

Web Authentication

Deploy the Application

Conclusion

Appendix

Creating Some Tests: Approaches

Approach 1