Testing¶

To test that the homepage works the following user-and group states must checked against the correct functioning of the homepage. The correct functioning of the homepage is described in the user-help. (For a secret group the anonymous and non-members should not even see the group, so those tests are marked —.)

	Manager		Site Admin		Group Admin		Posting Member		Normal Member		Non- Member		Anon
	A	D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A	D
Public	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Private	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Secret	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	✓	✓	—	—	—	—

Manager:: A person with the manager role. Such people should be able to see and change everything, but not post unless he or she is a member.
Site Admin:: A person with the DivisionAdmin role. A site administrator should be able to see the group, change all the permissions to do with the group, and alter the membership of the group. A site administrator can only post if he or she is a member of the group.
Group Admin:: A person with the GroupAdmin role. A group administrator should be able to see the group, and change the membership of the group.
Posting Member:: In announcement groups a posting member should be able to see the group, start new topics and post to existing topics.
Member:: A member should be able to view the group and topics. In addition he or she can start a topic or post to a topic in a discussion group.
Non-Member:: A non-member may or may not be able to view a group and topics, depending on the group privacy.
Anonymous:: Someone who is not logged in (anonymous) may or may not be able to view a group and topics, depending on the group privacy.
A:: Announcement group. Only some people can post to an announcement group. These people are known as posting members.
D:: Discussion group. Every member of a discussion group should be able to post.

Todo¶

Add site-admin-non-member and manager-non-member columns.
Write down what to test.
Create a list of the functional tests.
Update the help so it matches the test.
Automate the test.