End-to-End Testing
Author: Syafiq Hadzir
Email: syafiqhadzir@live.com.my
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Table of Contents
Introduction
End-to-end (E2E) testing is one of my favourite methodologies; used to ensure that applications behave as expected from the real-world end user’s perspective.
E2E testing is a fascinating technique to evaluate application flows, often used in agile software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodology.
Manual vs Automated
Manual testing is the most primitive technique to help find bugs and defects. This method is crucial for user-friendly software development because every test cases require human intervention for execution.
Automation testing is an approach that performs with the help of an automation tool. As a project grows, manually performing everything will become cumbersome. This intricacy makes automation essential as it helps to increase the effectiveness, coverage, and efficiency of software testing.
Horizontal vs Vertical
Horizontal E2E testing covers the entire application. It requires development teams to have clear-cut workflows and established environments.
Vertical E2E testing breaks down the application into layers (or components). It often precedes their horizontal counterparts because of this granularity.
Conclusion
E2E plays a vital role in ensuring a satisfactory user experience. The goal is to eradicate regression bugs and defects.