The importance of fully automated outside-in tests
From Software Should be Free by Tim Abell
April 5, 2024 · 50 min · Episode 25
About this episode
Tim Abell discusses the significance of outside-in fully automated tests from the user's perspective in software testing.
A follow up to my blog post on test automation - with an angle that I think is missing in so much of the software industry - outside in fully automated tests from the perspective of the user is THE most important thing - plus don't let your tests see your internals, not even for setup and teardown. (01:53) - automated tests blog (05:20) - axiom 1 - user perspective (07:50) - axiom 2 - the 99th feature (21:00) - you are the expert (27:40) - no internals knowledge (41:00) - don't flex the rules (46:00) - but how to set up state?
People in this episode
Host: Tim Abell
Topics covered
- test automation
- software testing
- user perspective
- automated tests
- software industry
Keywords
- automated tests
- test automation
- user perspective
- software testing
- internals knowledge
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