happy path
noun [ C ] business, computing specialized uk/ˈhæp.i ˌpɑːθ/ us/ˈhæp.i ˌpæθ/ (also happy flow)
(一切都准确无误地按照预期发展的)幸福之路
a situation in which everything happens as it is supposed to, with no faults
The happy path is meant to describe the ideal process, without any exceptions or alternate paths. “幸福之路”指的是一种理想过程,没有任何例外或替代路径。
The happy path for getting into the system would be that the user already has an account, knows their credentials, enters them correctly, the system authenticates the user, and they can access the system. 进入系统的“幸福之路”是:用户已经拥有帐户,知道自己的密码,密码输入正确,系统对用户进行身份验证,然后用户就可以进入系统。
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- A vast number of processes can have a complex happy path that may have alternatives built into them.
- We’d like to think that the happy path is the only path in these interactions, but the reality is that failures are bound to appear.
- Happy Path testing is a procedure where the test uses the known input, executes without any exception and produces the expected output.