🌟 IT Quality Assurance - Assignment Repository 🌟

Welcome to the IT Quality Assurance (ITQA) assignment repository! This project showcases advanced UI and API testing using Cypress and Cucumber, ensuring quality and maintainability in software development.

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📜 Table of Contents

• Project Overview
• Technologies Used
• Setup and Installation
• Commands
  • Cypress Commands
  • Allure Reporting Commands
• Directory Structure
• Contributors

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🔍 Project Overview

This project aims to demonstrate the following:

1. UI Testing: Automating end-to-end scenarios for a web application.
2. API Testing: Validating API functionality, performance, and edge cases.

Tools Used:

• Cypress for test execution.
• Cucumber for writing Gherkin-style test cases.

Why This Project Matters?

• Ensures consistent and reliable software quality.
• Promotes behavior-driven development (BDD) for better team collaboration.

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🛠️ Technologies Used

Technology	Purpose
Cypress	Fast, reliable end-to-end testing.
Cucumber	Behavior-driven development with Gherkin syntax.
Node.js	Environment setup and dependency management.
JavaScript	Writing maintainable and scalable test scripts.

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🚀 Setup and Installation

Follow these steps to get started:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Team-Infolinx/itqa-assignment-group39.git
   cd itqa-assignment-group39

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Run Cypress tests:

   npx cypress open

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📚 Commands

Cypress Commands

1. Open the Cypress Test Runner:

   npx cypress open

2. Run tests in headless mode:

   npx cypress run

Allure Reporting Commands

1. Execute tests with Allure reporter:

   npx cypress run --reporter mocha-allure-reporter --reporter-options allureResults=allure-results

2. Generate Allure report:

   allure generate allure-results --clean

3. Open Allure report:

   allure open allure-report

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📂 Directory Structure

itqa-assignment-group39/
├── cypress/
│   ├── e2e/                     # Feature files and step definitions
│   ├── fixtures/                # Test data files
│   ├── screenshots/             # Automatically generated test failure screenshots
│   └── support/                 # Custom Cypress commands and utilities
├── allure-results/              # Allure test results
├── allure-report/               # Generated Allure reports
├── node_modules/                # Installed dependencies
├── cypress.config.js            # Cypress configuration file
└── package.json                 # Project metadata and dependencies

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👥 Contributors

Index	Name
204042N	Dinusha K.M
204113J	Lakshan K.A.D
204129M	Meegoda S.Y
204189U	Sanjaya B.H
204191T	Sankalapani D.J.M.R
204197R	Senevirathne Y.M.N.N

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🎯 Key Highlights

• Seamless Integration: Combines UI and API testing for full-stack quality assurance.
• Scalable: Written in modern, scalable tools like Cypress and Cucumber, ensuring maintainability and flexibility for future enhancements.
• Actionable Reports: Leverages Allure for generating detailed, interactive test reports that provide insights into test results and failures.

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Happy Testing! 🎉