1.
What are Various Tools
available for SharePoint Testing?
Some of the Tool available for Testing are:
SharePoint 2007 Test Data Population
Tool (available at CodePlex)
Sporm (available at Codeplex)
Can also Use Typemock Isolator for Testing
sharePoint object model.
2.
How will you set up a
Platform for Testing SharePoint WebParts?
We would need to install :
1. WSS 3.0
2. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 installed.
3. Windows Server 2003 or 2008.
4. Visual Studio 2005 or 2008.
3.
How would you plan
Testing WebParts.
A Tester would need to verify by adding,deleting and moving webparts on a
webpart page.Also, a Tester should verify the Web Part properties, Webpart
ToolPane and that nothing fails on the Page.
4. How will you Test the Performance of a SharePoint
Website?
Various Tools are available in the market to do that. Some of them are
Fiddler – a very handy and light
weight tool that can provide quick overview of you web site performance. It can
also records scripts that you can use in VSTS.
neXpert - an add-on to Fiddler which automates the classic
performance best practice checks and produces a HTML report on the issues found
in a Fiddler capture.
Visual Round Trip Analyzer - Web page performance visualizer and
analyzer tool.
Also, Can use SharePoint Capacity Planning * Also, Can use SharePoint Capacity
Planning Tool from Microsoft.
5. How would you plan Testing WebParts.
We can Test a SharePoint site for various
customizations that will be done by a developers or a designers.
For e.g. some important steps for Testing Custom WebParts are:
Verify that you can add the Web Part properly to a sharepoint page, and nothing
fails.
Verify that the Web Part handles all of its exceptions.
Verify that the Web Part works correctly regardless of
where the Web Part Page is located.
Verify that the Web Part can access its resources in different setup configurations.
Verify that Web Part properties displayed in the tool pane are user-friendly.
Verify that the Web Part renders appropriately based on user permissions.
Verify that the Web Part previews properly.
Verify that adding several instances of the same Web Part to a Web Part Page
(or in the same Web Part zone) works correctly.
6. How would you Test Design and Layout changes in
SharePoint?
Some of the changes that we need to check
are:
See if companies Logo is displayed correctly.
Verify that it shows up on each and every page of the
Site.
Verify that every page in SharePoint including list and library pages (AllForms.aspx)
uses the same master Page.
Verify that the application Pages such as "settings.aspx" also
inherit the company branding layout ( or master Page).
Verify that any page can be edited successfully, and the user can add/remove
webparts from the Page.
Verify the any new page created, inherits the custom Branding Layout or master
Page.
Verify that the branding (master page or look and feel) or layout does not fail
if a user adds a Content editor webpart with custom Css in the webpart.
Verify design in various browsers.
