Challenge Overview
Project Overview
SRT is a web application used to manage service requests, it's simple in that it's purely about collecting data and then submitting that to the server (which will also result an email being sent to the person).
You may also feel it's a complex app because it has quite a few pages / tabs and some of them depend on the others.
Contest Objective
The goal of this competition is to black test the application and see if there are major bugs.
Things to test in the current competetion are:
- Check to see if all workflows work properly (there should be 3 different work flows, see SRT process flow.pdf)
- Check to see if syncing works. You'll need to setup the local app (code in forum) in your own environment and test that with the cloud app (url to be provided in forum).
- Check that features like customers, profile, all work properly
- Any other functionality that are present in the app
- Focus on functionality, we'll NOT accept any issues about typo / grammar / tirival layout issues.
Browser Requirements
The given application must be tested in all mainstream browsers (IE 10 and above, Chrome latest, Firefox latest, Safari latest)
Users
When asked to login, use your own handle for the "User identifier" field for both the cloud and local apps.
Contest Guidelines
The guidelines for this contest are given below:
- As issues are identified they need to be logged in JIRA.
- Issues must include clear descriptions, test cases and steps to reproduce and expected vs. actual results in order to be counted.
- First competitor to find an issue gets credit, duplicates will not be counted.
- Reviewers will accept, reject or mark the issues as duplicate.
- Please DO take a look at the reported bugs, duplicated bugs cost your work time and the reviewer's time.
Important Notice:
You must also be the first person to report the issue and submit it while submission phase is open. JIRA will allow you to file issues before and after the submission phase, but these will NOT be counted.
Technologies
- Java
- JSP
- HTML
- H2
- Javascript
- Oracle
- Maven
Provided Resources
Documentation Provided
- Source code
Contest Prize Eligibility
The submitter with the most accepted bugs will win the contest.
Final Submission Guidelines
Bug Report Process
Bug Report Format
For each report of a limitation or bug, we need the following information:
- Steps to reproduce, including any needed information
- Screen shots (if applicable)
- Expected results after the bug is fixed
- Current results, before the bug is fixed
- Browser version
Important Notice:
- If you do not properly document your bug reports, they will likely be rejected due to lack of information or documentation. Also, make sure your bug reports are reasonably general.
- If you submit the same bug that is seen in multiple screens, for instance, you will likely only get credit for the original bug report. The others will all be closed as duplicates.
Ticket Logging
You will log your tickets here: https://apps.topcoder.com/bugs/browse/ESTIMATIONTOOL and when creating a bug you MUST select the SRT 4 General Bug Hunt component. Bugs will not be counted if a selection is not made.
Scoring
The Scoring guidelines followed for the contest are given below:
- For scoring, the submitter with the most accepted bugs will win.
- For submitters who submit but don't take first, if they submit bugs that aren't covered in the first place submission, they will receive $5 for each unique bug reported up to a maximum of half of the 1st place prize.
Important Notice:
If two submitters submit the same bug report, the submitter who submitted the report first into JIRA will get credit for the bug. The second submitter will not.
Tips
Some of the tips helpful for the contest are:
- Submitting what is obviously the same issue multiple times with small variations will only annoy the reviewer that has to sort through all the issues and will only count as one issue anyway. If it's less obvious if it is the same issue or not, use your best judgment and the reviewers will do the same.
- Put an eye on the issues being submitted by other members to minimize the time you may be spending on duplicate efforts. Knowing what has already been reported will allow you to better focus your time on finding yet undiscovered issues.
- Double check your steps to reproduce and test cases to make sure they are clear. Make sure your steps include creation of any necessary data.
- Do not report trivial issues like typo / grammar issues / color issues / etc... these will all be rejected
Submission Deliverables
You need report your issues in JIRA. Please submit a text file contains the bugs you reported to OR.
Final Submission
- For each member, the final submission should be uploaded via the challenge detail page on topcoder.com.
- You must not include any identifying information, such as your handle, in your submission. Your submission should be anonymous and you will be scored down in screening for not complying.