Software

Question 1

What are some characteristics of the REST API

Answer 1

• REpresentational (format of data) State (stateless) Transfer
• Stateless Each request from client to server must contain all of the information necessary to understand the request
• Client-Server Separates user interface concerns from Server concerns
• cacheable or non cacheable
• Uniform Interface Identify resources (URI-Uniform Resource Identifier), manipulate resources with URI (endpoints)
• Layered System format of data stays same between client/server regardless of components between
• Code on Demand (optional)
• Data format can be json, xml, html, plain text

Question 2

What are characteristics of an Automation Framework?

Answer 2

• Code Reusability
• Maximum Coverage
• Scenario Recovery
• Low maintenance cost
• Minimal manual effort
• Easy reporting
• Free and Open Source?

Question 3

What is the __init__(self) method in python?

Answer 3

A special method, which is called class constructor or initialization method that Python calls when you create a new instance of this class.

Question 4

Give example of creating a class in Python

Answer 4

class Employee:
   '''Common base class for all employees'''
   empCount = 0

   def \_\_init\_\_(self, name, salary):
      self.name = name
      self.salary = salary
      Employee.empCount += 1

   def displayCount(self):
     print "Total Employee %d" % Employee.empCount