Giridhar Rajkumar
With his 12+ years of experience in test automation, Giridhar has worked with multiple customers in the UK, EU, India and Latin America for a successful transformation.
Giridhar Rajkumar
Test Automation Consultant | Author | Podcaster | Blogger
https://giridharrajkumar.com | https://anchor.fm/testing-paradise
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June 5, 2021 , Since 5 June 1974
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QA in DevOps
Continuous Testing (CT) - Introduction
How does it different from regular testing?
Stages of CT in Pipeline
Demo
Benefits and Challenges of CT
Go Automation
Less Manual Functional Testing
Implement a fully integrated Continuous Testing process
Work closer with developers and business (Did I say BDD?)
Adopt in-sprint automation
Invest on more relevant automation tools
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Continuous Integration (CI)
Continuous Testing (CT)
CI is defined as a practice in which the developer's work is committed, built on a regular basis, deploy to an environment & runs tests. Everything in an automated fashion.
CT is defined as a software testing process in which the tests are automated and executed in an automated build process to ensure the AUT is tested thoroughly. (remember, Go Automation?)
The Traditional Way!!!
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QA Environment
Staging Environment
The DevOps Way!!!
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Faster Feedback
Early Detection of Defects
* All the jobs includes API & UI tests
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Adhere to Test Automation Pyramid
Choose right automation tool
Introduce Parallel Execution
Periodic audit for regression test cases
Leverage the usage of AI tools like ReportPortal.io post-execution
Avoid time consuming tests like batch processes etc.,
Power of Service Virtualisation, Visual Testing
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70% - 80% faster test process
More confidence on builds & Agile way of working
Early detection of defects
Complete CT automated
Effective living documentations
Cost and efforts saving for testing
Accelerate time-to-market drastically
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Technically skilled testers
Multiple technologies & tools automation
CT cannot be effective if the system is complex
Can slow down the tests if automation scripts are not robust
Prior test data generation & management
Sometimes external dependencies can slow down execution
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DevOps and QA
CI & CT
How to do CT ?
Difference stages of CT & threshold limits
Best practices, benefits & challenges
Demo with Azure DevOps
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By Giridhar Rajkumar
With his 12+ years of experience in test automation, Giridhar has worked with multiple customers in the UK, EU, India and Latin America for a successful transformation.