How This Student Became a Software Tester in 6 Months

Field: Age (allowed 18 to 60)
Boundary value test cases
TC01  17  -> error "Age must be 18 to 60"
TC02  18  -> accepted
TC03  19  -> accepted
TC04  59  -> accepted
TC05  60  -> accepted
TC06  61  -> error
Extra: empty, letters "abc", decimal 25.5, negative -1

Title: Signup accepts age 61 although limit is 60
Environment: Chrome 130, Windows 11, test site build 1.3
Steps:
  1. Open signup page
  2. Enter valid details with age 61
  3. Click Sign up
Expected: error "Age must be 18 to 60"
Actual: account created
Severity: Medium   Priority: High
Evidence: screenshot attached

// Postman "Tests" tab for GET /posts/1 on jsonplaceholder.typicode.com
pm.test("Status is 200", function () {
  pm.response.to.have.status(200);
});
pm.test("Has id, title and body", function () {
  const body = pm.response.json();
  pm.expect(body).to.have.property("id", 1);
  pm.expect(body.title).to.be.a("string").and.not.empty;
  pm.expect(body).to.have.property("body");
});

-- After placing an order in the UI, verify it in the database
SELECT order_id, status, total_amount, created_at
FROM orders
WHERE customer_email = 'student.tester@example.com'
ORDER BY created_at DESC
LIMIT 1;
-- Expected: status = 'PLACED', total matches the UI

# pip install selenium pytest
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

def test_web_form_submits():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    try:
        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
        driver.find_element(By.NAME, "my-text").send_keys("6 month tester")
        driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button").click()
        assert driver.find_element(By.ID, "message").text == "Received!"
    finally:
        driver.quit()

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Tester portfolio (GitHub + docs)
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[ ] 10 bug reports from practice sites
[ ] Test plan for a small app
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[ ] SQL verification queries
[ ] Small automation suite
[ ] Test summary report

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