Practice Exercises

Theory without practice is useless. Here are 4 exercises that cover everything from this chapter. Do them in order — each builds on the previous one.

Exercise 1: CSV-Driven Shopping Search

Create a CSV file with at least 8 search terms for the Shopping Portal. Include valid products (laptop, headphones), invalid terms (xyznoexist), empty string, special characters (<script>), and case variations (LAPTOP). Write a DataProvider that reads the CSV. Write a test that searches each term on the Shopping Portal and verifies the results.

1. Create test-data/shopping-search.csv with columns: searchTerm, expectResults, minCount
2. Write a DataProvider method that reads this CSV using BufferedReader
3. Write testShoppingSearch() that navigates to /shopping and searches each term
4. Assert that valid terms return results and invalid terms show "no results"
5. Run the test and verify all 8 data sets execute

Exercise 2: Excel-Driven Insurance Quote

Create an Excel file with insurance quote scenarios. Include different age groups, coverage amounts, and expected premium ranges. Use ExcelUtils to read the data. Test the PolicyDekho quote calculator at /insurance.

1. Create test-data/insurance-quotes.xlsx with a sheet named "QuoteScenarios"
2. Add columns: name, age, coverageType, coverageAmount, expectedPremiumMin, expectedPremiumMax
3. Add at least 6 rows with different scenarios (young/old, low/high coverage)
4. Write a DataProvider using ExcelUtils.readSheet()
5. Write testInsuranceQuote() that fills the quote form and verifies the premium is within range

Exercise 3: JSON-Driven Banking Transfer

Create a JSON file with banking transfer scenarios. Use nested objects for account details. Include success cases, insufficient balance, invalid account, and negative amount. Parse with Jackson ObjectMapper.

1. Create test-data/banking-transfers.json with nested fromAccount and toAccount objects
2. Include at least 5 scenarios: valid transfer, insufficient funds, invalid account, negative amount, zero amount
3. Write a DataProvider that reads JSON and flattens nested objects into Object[][] parameters
4. Write testBankingTransfer() that performs each transfer and asserts success or failure

Exercise 4: ConfigReader + Cross-Browser

Build a ConfigReader that loads config.properties with System property overrides. Create two testng.xml files — one for Chrome and one for Firefox. Run the same Banking login test on both browsers using @Parameters.

1. Create config.properties with base.url, browser, headless, and timeout settings
2. Build ConfigReader with get(), getInt(), getBoolean() methods and System property override
3. Create BaseTest that uses ConfigReader for setup and @Parameters for browser override
4. Create testng-chrome.xml and testng-firefox.xml with different browser parameters
5. Run: mvn test -DsuiteXmlFile=testng-chrome.xml and verify Chrome launches
6. Run: mvn test -DsuiteXmlFile=testng-firefox.xml and verify Firefox launches