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Chaminda Chandrasekara and Pushpa HerathHands-On Functional Test Automationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4411-1_5

5. Test Data Management in Functional Testing

Chaminda Chandrasekara1  and Pushpa Herath2
(1)
Dedigamuwa, Sri Lanka
(2)
Hanguranketha, Sri Lanka
 
We have explored several options to write functional test automations in previous chapters. It is important to understand why we need to think about test data management strategy in designing test automations to understand the test data vitality in making the functional testing more effective.
  • To avoid dependencies between tests: For example, to run the delete or update user test, you have to execute the Create User test first. This prevents execution ...

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