Learning objectives:
You will acquire a basic knowledge on how to ensure quality and Postman can be used when working with SOA and web service projects. You will be better at:
- Working with REST-services in Postman
- Understanding build-up and the work with services
- Acquiring knowledge on fundamental XML, JSON, WADL, Javascript and REST
- Collaboration with developers of web services
- Building up efficient and structured tests
- Maintain a self-developed API-client
- Working with a simulation of services
- Understanding what and where Postman can be used in your organization
Furthermore, you will get a lot of tips and tricks as well as Best Practices, which you can use when working with Postman afterwards.
Target audience
The course is for anyone in test- or development teams, who wants to be involved in designing, developing, and testing services, as well as supporting a structured and automated approach using the Postman tool. No prior knowledge of similar tools is required but a basic knowledge of web services can be an advantage – but not a requirement.
Course form
The course is 2 days where the participants through examples and practical exercises will learn how to operate and work with Postman. The course is based on an active involvement of the participants and a lot of hands-on exercises, to ensure that what is learned can be used directly after completing the course.
Course contents
The course is a good way to started with Postman and service testing. It includes:
- Introduction to terms such as POST, PUT, GET, resources, XML, Endpoints, Payload, JSON, WADL and REST
- Introduction to Postman and service testing
- Structuring and building of tests with Collections, workspaces
- Assertions in JavaScript
- Test execution and reporting (Newman)
- Introduction to Extended Postman-functionality (DevOps)
- Webservice virtualization (Mock server)
- Load & performance test with Postman (Monitors)
Duration
The course is 1 day.