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Ananthapadmanabhan R Organization: ThoughtWorks Studios Topic: Holistic test suite development and Twist Presented in vodQA - THE TESTING SPIRIT! on Oct 7, 2010 in ThoughtWorks, Pune
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Holistic test suite development
• Ananthapadmanabhan R
• Quality Analyst • Thoughtworks Studios
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Agenda • Tests vs suites
• What we want in a good suite... • ...and how we've tried our hand at it
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Tests vs Suites • Test scenario: Covering a certain functionality or
user flow, or a “test case” • Test suite or project : A set of test scenarios
covering overall functionality of product, or on a major aspect of the product.
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What we want in a good test suite...
ho·lism /ˈhoʊlɪzəm/ Spelled[hoh-liz-uhm] –noun
• the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts
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Test SW maintenance is a costly affair...
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Tests as assets
• Reducing test brittleness is critical o Separating Intent from
Implementation
o Reuse, refactor
• Reducing the Cost of Change is critical
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Collaboration
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Also required... • Abstraction
• Organisation
• Maintainability
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...and how we've tried our hand at it A Testing IDE • Enhanced Team Productivity
o Collaborate
o Keep pace • Efficiently manage test suites
o Organize
o Refactor o Auto Complete
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A scenario editor – Express Intents
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Link to underlying implementation
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Reuse
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Organise
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Handle change Twist feature changed name from “Extract concept” to “Push to implementation”
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Handle change
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Abstraction - Intent
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Abstraction - Implementation
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Propagation
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Data driven testing
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Tying it all back together...
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Q & A
