02 17 2021 Meeting

Meeting Minutes > 02/17/2021 Meeting

Updates

Database Seeding:

• Proposed Strategy

  • Issue the Base Database seed before every GROUP of assertions
    • This will reset the database to a known state for every test author
    • No longer a need for an author to "clean up" after themselves if we do this
    • No longer any worry of "data bleeds" from other groups of assertions separate from what an author is working on

• Specific Tactics to Achieve Strategy

  • cy.base_db_seed() command issued before each group of assertions is started
  • Test author to define their own database seeds at the beginning of a test if needed still

Export Files Testing Strategy

• Question of whether we should examine export files beyond just saying that the option exists
• A Technical Discussion topic has been created to discuss this here: Analysis of Export Files

Advancing the Framework

• Andrew Poppe mentioned that he's investigating additional resources for accelerating our work on testing. This would be a huge boon for our framework and its advancement in the community. Thanks, Andrew!

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Agenda Topics

• Test Spec Assignment Review

  • New Section on the Wiki

    • Technical Discussion & Strategy
      • https://github.com/aldefouw/redcap_cypress/wiki/Technical-Discussion-&-Strategy
      • Seeding Strategy
        • Discussion of the Pros and Cons of strategies

  • Best Practices for Waiting for Element to Appear

    • Andrew Poppe had some great examples in his latest pull request
    • https://github.com/aldefouw/redcap_cypress/pull/53

Please see Framework Roadmap for more details: https://github.com/aldefouw/redcap_cypress/wiki/Framework-Roadmap

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Attendees:

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• Adam De Fouw
• Andrew Poppe
• Ashlyn Hussey
• Christopher Schubert
• Tintin Nguyen