PrepMate Full Stack – End-to-End Automation Framework

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🔗 Application Under Test (AUT)

URL: https://prep-mate-full-stack-alpha.vercel.app/

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📌 Project Overview

This repository contains an end-to-end automation framework for the PrepMate Full Stack application.
The framework validates the application across multiple quality dimensions:

• UI Automation
• API Automation
• Exploratory Testing
• Performance Testing
• CI/CD Automation

The objective is to ensure functional correctness, reliability, performance stability, and continuous integration readiness using industry-standard tools and best practices.

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🧰 Technology Stack

Layer	Tools
UI Automation	Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, JUnit
API Automation	Postman, RestAssured
Exploratory Testing	Manual Session-Based Testing
Performance Testing	Apache JMeter
CI/CD	Jenkins
Build & VCS	Maven, Git

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🖥️ Frontend Automation

Scope

Automate critical end-to-end user journeys and UI validations.

Tools & Ownership

• Selenium + TestNG –
  Debanjan Mukherjee

• Selenium + Cucumber (BDD) + JUnit –
  Soham Ghosh

Key Features

• Page Object Model (POM)
• Reusable global screenshot utility
• Failure and on-demand screenshots
• Cross-browser support (configurable)
• Detailed TestNG & Cucumber reports

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🧪 Exploratory Testing

Scope

Unscripted, experience-driven testing to uncover hidden defects.

Coverage

• UI/UX usability validation
• Boundary & edge case testing
• Session-based exploratory testing
• Detailed bug reports with screenshots and steps

Ownership

• Uddipan Sengupta

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🔗 API Automation

Scope

Validate backend services independently and alongside UI workflows.

Tools & Ownership

• Postman –
  Uddipan Sengupta

• RestAssured –
  Arunava Banerjee

Coverage

• Authentication APIs (Login / Signup)
• Positive & negative scenarios
• Token-based authorization
• Response schema validation

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⚡ Performance Testing

Scope

Assess application behavior under load and validate response times.

Tool & Ownership

• Apache JMeter –
  Aryesh Saha

Configuration Guidelines

• Threads (Users): 25
• Ramp-up Period: 5
• Loop Count: 10

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🚀 DevOps & CI/CD Integration

Scope

Automate execution of all test layers on every code change.

Tool & Ownership

• Jenkins –
  Aryesh Saha

Pipeline Stages

1. Code checkout
2. Build & dependency setup
3. UI automation execution
4. API automation execution
5. Performance testing (optional)
6. Report publishing

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📊 Reporting

• UI Tests: TestNG & Cucumber HTML reports
• API Tests: Postman reports & RestAssured logs
• Performance: JMeter HTML Dashboard
• CI/CD: Jenkins console & build reports

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✅ Conclusion

This framework delivers a scalable, maintainable, and production-ready automation solution covering UI, API, exploratory testing, performance validation, and CI/CD integration for the PrepMate Full Stack application.

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👥 Contributors

• Debanjan Mukherjee – Selenium + TestNG
• Soham Ghosh – Selenium + Cucumber
• Uddipan Sengupta – Postman & Exploratory Testing
• Arunava Banerjee – RestAssured API Automation
• Aryesh Saha – JMeter & Jenkins

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