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How to Test a Time Machine

By : Noemi Ferrera E Ferrera Grajera
Book Image

How to Test a Time Machine

By: Noemi Ferrera E Ferrera Grajera

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)
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Part 1 Getting Started – Understanding Where You Are and Where You Want to Go
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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

Technical requirements

None! Take this chapter as your guiding star in testing and in this book. I hope that as you and your company progress in quality, the chapter will have a different meaning each time you read it.

Tips for absolute beginners

Whether you are a beginner at testing or even if you have an intermediate or advanced level of knowledge in testing, there are many ways in which you can find inspiration and knowledge: reading books and articles, attending talks, meetups, and conferences, attending courses, doing projects, participating in hackathons, working on projects, or playing around.

The test community is very friendly, and there are always people willing to help others.

The tools are already around those who are really committed to learning; the greatest difficulty is picking which one to use at any given time and being honest with yourself about how much time you are committed to spending on that.

This book might include concepts that are obvious to me, but you might be unaware of them. If that is the case, feel free to use the help of the references or search for those concepts before continuing to read.

I hope this book helps you find your inspiration and interesting projects to try out. Keep in mind Mark Twain’s famous words, “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.