Quality
An "open" proposal
- Motivation for Quality
- What IS Quality
- Strategies
- Details
- Challenges
- Applications
Topics
Method
context-driven approach: a method that works wonderfully under some circumstances will not work under others. Rather than talk about best practices, we talk about practices that are well-suited to the context at hand (...) looks at the “what” of testing (...) in terms of “who,” “when,” “where,” “why,” and “what if.”
Test Cases
- Dedicated process
- Manual + automatic
- Steps
- Measurable results
- Involve team early (to follow on what's expected from the project)
Strategy
- "Human" feedback (e.g.: "why is this so complicated", "is something different", "why is the page so slow"
Benefits
Problems
- Error-prone (human)
- Slooooooow to execute
- Requires dedicated people
- Will slow down releases
Releases
- Semver
- Good to label releases
- Variable per product? (e.g.: website a nr. is enough? For a module, it's more important)
- Changelog
Strategy
- Document fixes and improvements
- Estimate
Benefits
Problems
- Requires coordination
- Slower releases (but they do exist)
- https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/366725/semantic-versions-versions-for-web-applications
- https://www.parkersoftware.com/blog/the-three-software-release-types-and-what-they-mean-for-users/
Git Workflow
- Consistent flow (GitFlow, etc.)
- Predictable branching model and CI configuration
- Prevents errors
- updating wrong branch/settings
Strategy
- Logged project
- Easy to check for errors
- Predictable structure (where to branch from, branch to where, what settings are there)
- Easy to coordinate
- Useful routines (CI)
Benefits
Problems
- Requires standards
- Requires discipline (resist the urge to update stuff directly)
- Branch cleaning (automatic?)
Conventional Commits
- Commit patterns
- Can be used for automatic changelogs
- Are checkable
- There's helper tools (commitizen)
Strategy
- Consultable project history (e.g.: figure out what broke something)
Benefits
Problems
- Easy to mess without enforcing procedures
CI/DevOps
- Automate quality routines
Strategy
- Enforces practices (even for those without a local setup)
- Unit Testing
- End to end testing
- Contract testing
- Commit structure
Benefits
Problems
- Requirements
- Command line knowledge
- Privileged accesses (repository, server)