The Importance of Testing

Making sure that an application works the way it was designed to work is an important aspect of development efforts because, otherwise, our users might keep on encountering weird behaviors that will usually drive them away from engaging with the application.

The efforts we put into testing help us ensure that the different kinds of problems that we intend to solve are indeed being solved correctly. Imagine a case where a developer is building an online event scheduling platform. On this platform, users can schedule events on their calendars as per their local time zone. Now, what if, on this platform, users can schedule events as expected, but due to a bug, the events are scheduled in an incorrect time zone? It is such issues that tend to drive many users away.

That is why a lot of companies spend a huge amount of money making sure that the applications they are building have undergone thorough testing. That way, they ensure that they do not release...