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How to Test a Time Machine

By : Noemí Ferrera
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How to Test a Time Machine

By: Noemí Ferrera

Overview of this book

From simple websites to complex applications, delivering quality is crucial for achieving customer satisfaction. How to Test a Time Machine provides step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples to show you how you can leverage your company's test architecture from different points in the development life cycle. You'll begin by determining the most effective system for measuring and improving the delivery of quality applications for your company, and then learn about the test pyramid as you explore it in an innovative way. You'll also cover other testing topics, including cloud, AI, and VR for testing. Complete with techniques, patterns, tools, and exercises, this book will help you enhance your understanding of the testing process. Regardless of your current role within development, you can use this book as a guide to learn all about test architecture and automation and become an expert and advocate for quality assurance. By the end of this book, you'll be able to deliver high-quality applications by implementing the best practices and testing methodologies included in the book.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1 Getting Started – Understanding Where You Are and Where You Want to Go
6
Part 2 Changing the Status – Tips for Better Quality
10
Part 3 Going to the Next Level – New Technologies and Inspiring Stories
Appendix – Self-Assessment

Is AI taking my job? Why learn about AI?

In the past, I’ve given talks about AI topics in which I could see faces of awe and enjoyment but also fear among the audience. The most frequent questions from the audience with little AI knowledge were the ones posed in the title of this section:

  • Is AI going to replace the job of a tester/QA expert?
  • Why should I learn about AI?

More experienced people who are into testing (and even any other job, especially ones related to computing) also wonder and frequently argue about the first question.

To answer the first question, we should first define and agree on what exactly AI is. In Chapter 7, Mathematics and Algorithms in Testing, we saw the following AI definition:

Artificial intelligence – Luger and Stubblefield, 1993

[AI is the] branch of computer science that is concerned with the automation of intelligent behavior.

From this definition, we can easily conclude that AI is a tool...