%% date:: [[2023-10-25]] parent:: %% # [[API Exploratory Testing]] Speaker:: [[Gil Zilberfeld]] Conference:: [[TestCon Europe 2023]] @TestinGil on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@TestinGil/videos) - Different types of testing - Proving requirements - Confirming assumptions - Checking expectations - Exploring behaviour - *Explore It!* by [[Elisabeth Hendrickson]] > Exploratory testing involves scouting around areas that the net doesn't cover... using the result from the last experiment to inform the next. - [[Session-Based Testing]] - timeboxed testing - invented by [[James Bach]] - requires focus to see things we don't normally see: multiple screens, multiple types of tests - [[Test Charter]] - Mission statement: what to focus on this session - Could be a feature, API, workflow - API tests are really like bigger unit tests - [[Chrome DevTools]], [[Postman]] -