Designing test automation and execution
In this section, we will learn how to design and implement tests. We will study the most common different test varieties and learn where we can use them. When we start discussing testing in IT, we need to discuss and agree upon a test management approach. In this book, we will use TMAP, introduced by ICT service provider Sogeti in 1995 and widely accepted as the standard in software testing.
The traditional phases of TMAP are as follows:
- Planning
- Preparation
- Specification
- Execution
- Evaluation
In DevOps, this is not a one-off exercise; we will be working with continuous testing. One major difference with the traditional way of working is that there's no separate test unit with a manager and testers. These professionals are now part of the DevOps team and they do their work alongside the developers. Next, in DevOps, we are working according to the everything as code principle, thus allowing teams to automate...
