How to use
Load up http://todolist.james.am for the candidate. Tell them "This is an application we've built interally and are planning to use to track basic tasks day to day, we'd like you to give it a quick test (timeboxed to 20 mins) to identify any issues"
As this is a browser based test, there are a few ways you can suggest they write their findings, such as:
- Word Processor
- Spreadsheet
- Markdown
- Old Fashioned Paper
It's important to note that the test itself is not important, we just use the results of the test as a starting point for many different conversations.
Topics needed to cover:
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Assumptions made (What should the "Clear" button do? Clear completed? Clear Everything?)
- Who would you clear these assumptions with?
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Field Testing
- Max values (Length)
- Unicode?
- JS Injection?
- DB Injection? (Did they know it doesn't use a DB?)
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Value of Exploratory vs Script based testing
- Which will result in finding more issues?
- Given limited time, which would you focus on any why?
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Severity vs Impact of the bugs
- What is Severity and Impact?
- How would you prioritise the list you've written?
- If you only had 5 minutes to retest the application, where would you start?
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What is written down in a bug report from this example?
- Input Provided
- Expected Output
- Actual Output
- Full steps to reproduce?
- Log files? (if logical error/exception)
- Screenshot? (if visual error)
Bugs still to Create
- Editing an item to be empty doesn't delete the item.
- Save blank items
Current Bugs
- Not counting the number of items properly (-1)
- Spelling error (toodo) in instruction text at the bottom of the screen
- Active should have a capital 'A' for consistency
- Can't prioritise the tasks / reorder items
- Elements are too pale/small/unreadable
- Undoing "Complete All" takes two clicks
- Spelling Error in default "What need's to be done?" Text (apostrophe)
- Delete Task button has a tooltip of "TODO:REMOVE THIS EVENTUALLY"
- When window is made smaller, everything looks fine except the title overlaps itself
- When a large item is created, the "Complete" button is vertically centered, but the delete button is at the bottom.
- After creating a new item, the "New Item" entry box has 3 spaces in it
- Word Wrapping isn't great - Cuts words apart
- Inappropriate comment in source code.
- Two 404 errors in the console
- Trimmed items will expand to their original state when editing
- Rarely on a refresh, the Symbol à will appear instead of the X and â will appear instead of the "Check All" button (Font failing to load)
- When using two tabs, the list is not kept up to date, you need to manually refresh.
Improvement Suggestions
- Not using HTTPS
- When a large item is created, the "Complete" button is vertically centered, but the delete button is at the bottom.
- Down arrow as "Complete All" is unintuitive
- When adding a new item, page should navigate back to the "All" or "Active" tab to see the new item.
Worthwhile observations
- It trims spaces at the start and the end and only allows a single space elsewhere.
- Item count should probbably be on a page by page basis, not global.