I am Benjamin Bischoff, a test automation engineer at trivago N.V. writing and talking about software development and testing.
There are different ways to monitor a system to ensure its performance, stability, reliability and resilience. Along with the "usual suspects", we also use end to end tests for this purpose.
This is a new entry in the series "Magic principles in test automation". Today, I will cover the topic of repetition. To read the last one, please check out Magic principles in test automation: Misdirection.
This is a new entry in the series "Magic principles in test automation". Today, it is about direction and misdirection. To read the last one, please check out Magic principles in test automation: Clarity.
Since I have been an amateur magician for the last 34 years, this subject naturally influences my thinking on software. This post will kick off a little series on magic principles in relation to test automation.
Recently, Ministry of Testing asked about our favorite bugs ever on Twitter. So I thought this could be worth a blog post.
Lately, I have been thinking about the old discussion about the purpose, pros and cons of automated tests.
There are different opinions when it comes to test automation and I will try to break them down one by one.