What is the meaning of pre-condition? How to write pre-condition test case.

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Pre-Condition the term iteself indicates the Pre existign set of the condition that should be satisfied to perform a particular task.

As per you question How to write a pre-condition testcases.

Pre conditon can be thought in many ways it can be any of the following.

The previously executed step to perfrom the next step.
The preiously existing data to accomplish the task.
The result of some step to perform the next step.

You can write the testcase saying the what is the step that needs to be performed before executing the testcase.

In general the precondition of the testing can be written in the header position of the document in the Pre-Requisite section.

Tiger2k

  • Mar 3rd, 2008
 

To answer your question in simple terms. here is an example.

To receive or send  mails from yahoo

The precondition is, you should have a valid yahoo user id and password.

To check the emails in your yahoo account( Considering you already have a valid user id and password )

The precondition is you should be logged into yahoo mail.

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