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World Congress 2021 • Jun 29, 2021

Implementing smoke testing and proactive monitoring in production

Liam Hurrell , Jan Kunzmann

Are critical user paths breaking silently in production? Discover how automated, end-to-end smoke testing catches regressions instantly before your customers ever complain.

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#1 about 5 min

Setting up the workshop environment and session prerequisites

Setting up the workshop environment and accessing trial instances for automated monitoring.

#2 about 4 min

Setting the agenda for proactive monitoring patterns

Outlining the technical goals for exploring automated application verification and continuous testing.

#3 about 10 min

Defining the methodology behind smoke testing in production

Validating critical application logic end-to-end to catch functional failures immediately after deployment.

#4 about 6 min

Automating and centralizing the quality assurance cycle

Leveraging centralized telemetry and automated solutions over manual scripting approaches.

#5 about 4 min

Selecting business critical workflows for automated verification

Prioritizing critical paths like authentication, payment workflows, and integral third-party dependencies.

#6 about 5 min

Implementing automated synthetic monitors for web applications

Employing virtual browsers and protocol clients to evaluate availability, feature mechanics, and global network latency.

#7 about 10 min

Provisioning external availability and performance monitoring endpoints

Constructing simple node evaluations localized to specific geographic data centers and interpreting waterfall loading graphs.

#8 about 5 min

Balancing testing coverage against database side effects

Balancing routine test maintenance against complex testing requirements targeting revenue-generating interactions safely.

#9 about 17 min

Authoring custom node scripts targeting remote api protocols

Integrating native node asserts and request libraries to parse hyper text transfer protocols across test suites.

#10 about 15 min

Simulating customer dom interactions using scripted virtual browsers

Navigating the document object model using raw web driver capabilities abstracted by automated synthetic runners.

#11 about 6 min

Generating visual testing sequences without manual scripting logic

Utilizing browser extensions and visual builders to record interactive web sessions seamlessly into testing environments.

#12 about 6 min

Visualizing synthetic test returns and authoring notification policies

Authoring domain-specific telemetry queries and defining notification pathways when automated assertions evaluate negatively.

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