You're reading from How to Test a Time Machine A practical guide to test architecture and automation

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801817028

Length 384 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Test Driven Development

Author (1):

Noemí Ferrera

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 Getting Started – Understanding Where You Are and Where You Want to Go

2. Chapter 1: Introduction – Finding Your QA Level FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: The Secret Passages of the Test Pyramid – The Base of the Pyramid

4. Chapter 3: The Secret Passages of the Test Pyramid – the Middle of the Pyramid

5. Chapter 4: The Secret Passages of the Test Pyramid – the Top of the Pyramid

6. Part 2 Changing the Status – Tips for Better Quality

7. Chapter 5: Testing Automation Patterns

8. Chapter 6: Continuous Testing – CI/CD and Other DevOps Concepts You Should Know

9. Chapter 7: Mathematics and Algorithms in Testing

10. Part 3 Going to the Next Level – New Technologies and Inspiring Stories

11. Chapter 8: Artificial Intelligence is the New Intelligence

12. Chapter 9: Having Your Head up in the Clouds

13. Chapter 10: Traveling Across Realities

14. Chapter 11: How to Test a Time Machine (and Other Hard-to-Test Applications)

15. Chapter 12: Taking Your Testing to the Next Level

16. Index

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Appendix – Self-Assessment

Assessment

The search for other tests

There are many definitions for different types of testing, but the reality is that they are usually mixed in to achieve faster results. The company’s budget could end up reducing the types of tests that are being automated. In this section, we will define other types of testing and techniques you can use to identify your particular needs.

Scaling your tests

Scaling your tests means increasing the number of tests to achieve greater overall quality of the application. This can be done by adding more types of tests or increasing the speed at which the tests are run by executing them across more machines.

Vertical scaling

This is achieved by adding more types of tests (security, accessibility, performance, and so on).

To identify the type of test to be performed, you need to be part of a test architecture design. Depending on your budget, the type of application that you are building, and your users, some tests would take priority. We are...