Chapter 7. The Controversy of Test Automation
Testing is hard. It is hard to find the right balance in testing to know what to test and what to skip. It is also hard to write high-quality tests that bring more value than the effort it took to produce them.
However, the value of a good test suite is tremendous and shouldn't be neglected by fear of learning or challenging what is difficult. This chapter will focus on the difficulties and teach you how to think about testing and quality measures in general.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Bugs or defects
- The cost of quality
- The false security of code coverage
- Test-driven development
- Testing or fact-checking
After this chapter, you will feel confident about applying test automation to your project. This will help you to not only decide when to write a test and when to sustain, but also to know how to test. This chapter is a fast track in the experiences of test automation and quality in software development.
