Testing Types in Bodhitree

This document outlines the key types of tests used in software development, as they apply in BodhiTree: React (frontend) and Django (backend).

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1. ✅ Unit Testing

🔍 What:

Tests small, isolated pieces of logic, such as functions, classes, components, models, and serializers.

🔧 React:

• Test components, utility functions, custom hooks.

• Tools: Jest, React Testing Library

🔧 Django:

• Test models, serializers, validators, helper functions.

• Tools: unittest, pytest, pytest-django

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2. ✅ Integration Testing

🔍 What:

Tests how multiple units work together, like React form + API, or Django view + serializer + model.

🔧 React:

• Simulate real user behavior and API response.

• Tools: Jest, MSW, React Testing Library

🔧 Django:

• Simulate HTTP requests using test client.

• Tools: Django TestCase, APIClient

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3. ✅ Functional Testing

🔍 What:

Tests a specific feature’s behavior, usually via integration-level or end-to-end testing.

🔧 React:

• Validate form validations, navigation flow, modal behaviors.

🔧 Django:

• Test API endpoints, business logic rules, custom permissions.

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4. ✅ End-to-End (E2E) Testing

🔍 What:

Tests real user flows from start to finish: frontend + backend + database.

🔧 Tools:

• Playwright (works for both React & Django)

• Use for testing login, checkout, forms, etc.

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5. ✅ Manual Testing

🔍 What:

Testing performed by a human using the actual application in a browser or via tools like Postman.

🔧 Tools:

• Frontend: Browser DevTools

• Backend: Postman

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6. ✅ Smoke Testing

🔍 What:

Quick sanity checks to make sure core features (like login, main pages, and APIs) work after a build or deployment.

🔧 Usage:

• Run as part of CI/CD pipeline

• Minimal test suite or simple status check

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7. ✅ Regression Testing

🔍 What:

Ensure that previously working features still function after changes or bug fixes.

🔧 Tools:

• Run full suite (unit, integration, E2E) on each code push via CI.

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8. ✅ Performance Testing

🔍 What:

Tests app speed, response time, and behavior under load.

🔧 React:

• Tools: Google Lighthouse

🔧 Django:

• Tools: Locust, JMeter

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9. ✅ Security Testing

🔍 What:

Ensures the app is safe from vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, CSRF, XSS, etc.

🔧 React:

• No content yet

🔧 Django:

• No content yet

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🧩 Summary Table

Test Type	Purpose	React Tool	Django Tool
Unit Testing	Test isolated logic	Jest, RTL	unittest, pytest
Integration Test	Multiple parts together	MSW, RTL	Django TestClient
Functional Testing	Business feature correctness	Jest, RTL	APIClient
E2E Testing	Full user flows	Playwright	Cypress, Postman
Manual Testing	UI/UX and exploratory testing	Browser	Postman
Smoke Testing	Basic health check	Cypress, Jest	Health API checks
Regression Testing	Ensure nothing breaks	CI suites	CI suites
Performance Testing	Measure load, speed	Lighthouse	Locust, JMeter
Security Testing	Check for vulnerabilities	Helmet, validation	CSRF, auth, escaping

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💡 Tip: Start with unit + integration tests during development. Add E2E, smoke, and performance tests once the app grows.