מתי להשתמש
"Testing", "QA", "Sample data", "Edge cases", "Workflow לא עובד", "Staging environment".
הוראות עבודה
1. Why Testing
Production failure = lost data, lost trust. Test before, not after.
2. Test Levels
א. Unit Test — Single Module
- Each step works in isolation.
- Sample input → expected output.
ב. Integration Test — End-to-End
- Full workflow runs successfully.
- Real (or simulated) data.
ג. Edge Case Test
- Empty data.
- Maximum sizes.
- Special characters.
- Unicode (Hebrew, Arabic).
- Null values.
ד. Regression Test
- After changes, old workflows still work.
- Critical workflows = automated regression.
3. Tool-Specific Testing
Zapier
- "Test trigger" — sample data from source.
- "Test action" — runs each step.
- Preview without committing.
- Replay from Zap History.
Make.com
- "Run once" — execute scenario manually.
- Inspect each module's input/output.
- History — full execution logs.
n8n
- "Execute workflow" — manual run.
- Step-through debugging.
- Mock data in nodes.
4. Sample Data Strategy
Real Data
- Pull from actual source (1-5 records).
- Pros: realistic.
- Cons: sensitive data risk.
Synthetic Data
- Generate fake records.
- Pros: safe, controlled.
- Cons: may miss real-world quirks.
Hybrid
- Real structure, fake values.
- Best of both.
5. Edge Cases — Always Test
- ✅ Empty array/string.
- ✅ Null / Missing field.
- ✅ Maximum size (long text, large numbers).
- ✅ Special characters (
'", &, <, >). - ✅ Unicode (Hebrew, Arabic, Emoji).
- ✅ Wrong data type (number where text expected).
- ✅ API timeout simulation.
- ✅ Rate limit response.
6. Staging Environment
Why
- Test in production-like environment.
- Don't affect real customers.
How
- Separate Zapier/Make accounts for staging.
- Tools' "sandbox modes" (Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe).
- Test customer/data that's clearly marked.
7. Test Documentation
Per Workflow
Workflow: Lead Routing
Tests:
1. Standard lead → SDR pool ✅
2. Enterprise lead → AE direct ✅
3. Empty fields → graceful handling ✅
4. Hebrew name → no encoding issues ✅
5. Duplicate lead → idempotency ✅
6. Rate limit hit → retry works ✅
8. Pre-Production Checklist
- All happy paths tested.
- Edge cases covered.
- Error paths tested.
- Rate limit handling verified.
- Idempotency confirmed.
- Authentication refresh works.
- Alerts trigger on failure.
- Documentation updated.
- Team trained on monitoring.
9. Post-Production Monitoring
First 24 hours
- Watch error rate live.
- Sample some successful runs manually.
- Be ready to disable + rollback.
First week
- Daily review.
- Compare to expected volume.
- Check alerts firing correctly.
Long-term
- Weekly health check.
- Monthly audit.
- Quarterly regression test.
10. Common Bugs
❌ Field mapping wrong — first_name → last_name.
❌ Date format mismatch — MM/DD vs DD/MM.
❌ Timezone issues — UTC vs Israel.
❌ Encoding — Hebrew shows as ?????.
❌ Number format — 1,000.50 vs 1.000,50.
❌ Off-by-one — index 0 vs 1.
11. Israel Specifics
Test Hebrew Data
- Names: דנה כהן, חיים זוהר.
- Addresses: רחוב הרצל 5, תל אביב.
- Phone: 054-555-1234, +972-50-555-1234.
Test Hebrew + English Mix
- Common in Israeli data.
12. Automation of Tests
Concept
- Test workflow that runs other workflows with sample data.
- Validates output.
- Alerts on failure.
Tools
- Postman Collections for API workflows.
- n8n test workflows.
- Bash scripts for cron testing.
13. אסיים בהמלצה.
קלט נדרש
| פריט | תיאור |
|---|---|
| Workflow | what to test |
| Tool | Zapier/Make/n8n |
| Critical level | Low/Med/Critical |
פלט צפוי
| רכיב | תיאור |
|---|---|
| Test scenarios | רשימה |
| Sample data | examples |
| Edge cases | רשימה |
| Pre-prod checklist | סעיפים |
| Monitoring plan | post-deploy |
| המלצה | פעולה אחת |
דגלים אדומים
- 🚨 No testing before production — Russian roulette.
- 🚨 Test on real customers — affects them.
- 🚨 No monitoring after deploy — unknown issues.
- ⚠️ Test only happy path — edge cases will hit.
הערות חשובות
- Zapier "Test" doesn't commit — safe.
- Make "Run once" = full execution — careful with destructive actions.
- Use staging accounts for risky workflows.
פרומפט לדוגמה
Critical workflow ב-Make. Test plan?
Workflow עובד ב-staging, נופל ב-prod. למה?
איך לבדוק Hebrew encoding ב-Zapier?
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