ScoutRFP QA intern test task

Summary

It's a very simple todo app. You will need to write a feature(also called integration) test for this application. Below Setup and The task sections is Resources section. Resources section provides you with helpful links to setup development environment, understand the tools and best practices. Before beginning the task, please, read this short document completely.

Setup

• Register on GH if you don't have an account yet
• Fork the repository: https://github.com/ScoutRFP/todo-app-railsconf
• Clone the forked repository to your computer
• Install the project dependencies
• Make sure tests are passing, run these commands in a terminal:
• bundle exec rake test:all
• bundle exec cucumber

The task

Your task is to create cucumber feature test that:

• Tests user registration
• Tests user loging in
• Tests task creation
• Tests task editing
• Tests list of tasks

I leave it to you to decide in how many feature tests and scenarios to split it up.

Resources

• In case you don't know much about git or Github:
• https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Git-Basics
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmPfDbsPeZY
• https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKg7e37bQE (probably the best choice to get started)
• Setting up environment.
• OSX: https://gorails.com/setup/osx/10.10-yosemite
• Ubuntu(should be similar for other Linuxes): https://gorails.com/setup/ubuntu/15.04
• If you are using Windows I strognly suggest using Vagrant: http://manuel.manuelles.nl/blog/2013/07/23/developing-ruby-on-rails-on-windows/
• Getting started with Ruby: http://www.sitepoint.com/getting-started-ruby/
• Fetting started with Rails: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html
• Suggested editors:
  • (Crossplatform) Sublime Text
  • (Crossplatform) VIM
  • (OSX only) TextMate 2
  • (Crossplatform IDE) RubyMine
• Cucumber screencasts:
• http://railscasts.com/episodes/155-beginning-with-cucumber
• http://railscasts.com/episodes/159-more-on-cucumber

How to get bonus points

• incorporate Page Object pattern into your test suite. Additional resources to check:
• https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/PageObjects
• https://vimeo.com/81754388 (very suggested talk, explains and demos the pattern using ruby stack)
• add the project to CI service, some of the services that are free for open source repos:
• TravisCI
• Codeship.io
• SemaphoreCI
• setup tests to be run in real browser (Firefox or Chrome/Chromium) using Selenium WebDriver