Why Software Testing is Not Effective in Most Software Teams?
Advice: Adopt E2E (via UI) Test Automation.
A repost of my old (still valid) article published on Medium in 2023,
My 2nd most popular piece on Medium, with 814 claps.
Today, I shared a Reddit Meme, “theRealtester”, with my thoughts on LinkedIn.
Within a few hours, my post received 100+ likes.
Interestingly, most of the comments are related to testing environments, such as:
“that’s why UAT it’s so important and a good practice in every agile team”
“The problem is different env coverage are not taken to the account by testers.”
“Few Reasons: -Different Environment , Scope of testing in this sprint,Timebox.
-If we give free hand to testers without timebox then they can find many bugs in short duration.”
That’s off the track. Then I realized two things:
Most people just read the Meme (the image), not the words.
They seem related more to manual testing, neglecting Test Automation.
I decided to write an article focusing on the E2E (via UI) Test Automation aspect.
Table of Contents:
· Manual Testing will miss many defects, of course
· Automated Unit/Integration Testing and API Test Automation Are Not Enough
· Software Testing is mostly not Effective
· Spending a lot of time on Test Design is mostly a waste
· Simple Solution to E2E Test Design
· How to Design Automated Tests Efficiently?
Manual Testing will miss many defects, of course
It is so obvious that I will just list some quotes from world-renowned authorities.
The majority of software issues are regression-related.
Manual Testing is not only slow and expensive, but it also has a high error rate.
Automated Unit/Integration Testing and API Test Automation Are Not Enough
Some software professionals may contend, ‘We are fine with just unit testing’. As an international award-winning programmer, I understand unit and integration testing well. I can tell you that E2E UI Testing has far more benefits.
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