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How to Test a Time Machine

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801817028
Length 384 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Noemí Ferrera Noemí Ferrera
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

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 17. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix – Self-Assessment

Automating the impossible

There are some times that we are told that automating this and that is impossible. I personally relish this challenge. Consider that we have all these inventions and applications nowadays that years ago would have seemed impossible. We have gotten so used to some of them, such as mobile phones that allow us to connect with anybody anywhere in the world, even with real-time video, which sounded impossible many years ago.

Using AI, some apps seem to be capable of foretelling behaviors, virtual reality combines with our reality to create amazing and entertaining experiences, and the internet of things allows wristbands and watches to know whether you slept well enough, how many calories you have burned today, or even if you have washed your hands thoroughly. This all seemed like science-fiction material just a few years ago.

We are starting to see AI helping both development and testing.

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