Functional testing checks your software functions as it is supposed to. If you click “Buy Now,” it should add the item to the cart, not crash the site or show a spinning wheel of doom. From login to checkout, functional testing is all about making sure the features behave as expected under both normal and edge-case conditions.
And when things go wrong? You could hunt around for clues manually, but tools can help give you greater visibility into what’s happening under the surface, help you spot issues faster, and save time by pointing you in the right direction.
In this 404 Talk, Hanisha Arora shares her top three tools for functional testing, why she uses them, and how they help her catch bugs before users do.
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In this talk, you learned about three tools that support functional testing in different ways:
- Chrome DevTools: a built-in browser tool that lets you inspect elements, simulate different networks, test responsiveness, and spot issues you can’t see on the screen.
- Logs: from the browser console to server logs, logs help reveal what the system was doing behind the scenes and why something might have failed. Try checking both browser console logs and backend logs if you have access.
- Postman: a handy tool for working with APIs. It lets you craft requests, test endpoints directly, and save and re-run tests to reduce repetitive effort.
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