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World Congress 2021 • Jun 29, 2021

Continuous testing - run automated tests for every change!

Christian Kühn

Is manual QA bottlenecking your CI/CD pipeline? Replace error-prone testing with continuous automated coverage using Testcontainers, Gatling, and BDD to safely accelerate your deployments.

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#1 about 3 min

Shifting left to identify bugs early in development

Moving quality assurance closer to development enables faster identification and resolution of software bugs.

#2 about 3 min

Automating quality validation through continuous integration workflows

Releasing code in frequent increments prevents integration conflicts and accelerates code validation feedback loops.

#3 about 3 min

Reducing wasted developer time using continuous testing

Automating manual test scenarios creates immediate context-aware feedback regarding newly introduced source code defects.

#4 about 3 min

Balancing test coverage against feature development speed

Identifying the minimum required volume of tests prevents quality assurance overhead from slowing down new capabilities.

#5 about 12 min

Aligning business requirements using behavior driven development

Writing tests in plain language guarantees non-technical stakeholders and developers share unified application expectations.

#6 about 12 min

Executing performance testing via load generator simulations

Creating realistic traffic volumes during build cycles uncovers latency regressions before initiating production deployments.

#7 about 6 min

Running isolated database integration tests using containers

Replacing unrepresentative in-memory databases with ephemeral docker containers guarantees accurate schema validation across varied deployment environments.

#8 about 5 min

Mocking external service responses and latency conditions

Simulating customized http constraints inside local sandboxes facilitates robust exception handling processes against external server timeouts.

#9 about 2 min

Replacing manual testing processes with pipeline automation

Transitioning away from human validation reduces random verification errors while directly increasing testing infrastructure requirements.

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Implementing continuous testing for test-driven development workflows

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Shifting development challenges towards complex testing and team collaboration

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Addressing questions on development practices and testing strategies

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Deciding between comprehensive full flows and incremental steps

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Scaling automated testing practices across growing engineering teams

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