2024-02-08 –, RoboCon
People usually think that testing is something that happens only test environment, but real world does not stand still. Therefore testing also in production is vital in fast paced modern world.
I don't always test my code but when I do I do it in production, or how it should go? talk describes what benefits testing in production can bring to people in different sized teams. In real world everything changes always and all the time. We as testers and developers cannot control those changes, but those changes can, and some point will affect our products and customers. Because there is so many changes happening all the time, this talks highlights why testing is important in different type of environments and different stages of the software life cycle.
Modern agile talks about moving testing to left, closer to the development and moving testing to the left is the correct move to do. But many teams forget that instead of moving testing only to the left, teams should also move testing the right: do testing in production. This presentation talks what benefits testing in production can bring to small open-source developer like me. Talk provides examples from my life as open-source developer and from projects like Browser and AssertionEngine. Also presentation covers how those techniques can be applied to large scale enterprise applications.
Anyone who is interested to for being part of successful team. Developer, tester, product owner or anyone who is part of the development process.
Is this suitable for ..?:Beginner RF user, Intermediate RF user, Advanced RF user
Tatu Aalto works at WithSecure as a Senior Software Developer in Test in team which makes Windows anti-virus client. He has +10 years experience with Robot Framework and more than 20 years experience in testing at general. Tatu maintains several libraries or tools in the Robot Framework ecosystem, example AssertionEngine and is one of the core team member in the Browser library.