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Advanced testing strategy

Evolve your testing strategy with modern practices and automation

Design and implement an advanced testing strategy that balances different testing types, maximizes automation, and ensures comprehensive quality coverage.

100 minutes
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Overview

Design and implement an advanced testing strategy that balances different testing types, maximizes automation, and ensures comprehensive quality coverage.

Learning objectives

  • Design testing pyramid
  • Implement test automation
  • Create performance testing
  • Build chaos engineering practices

Instructions

Evolve testing strategy:

1. Assess current testing gaps 2. Design optimal testing pyramid 3. Build automation framework 4. Implement specialized testing 5. Create testing culture

Steps

1

Gap analysis

20 minutes

Identify testing coverage gaps

2

Pyramid design

25 minutes

Create balanced testing strategy

3

Automation framework

30 minutes

Build test automation infrastructure

4

Specialized testing

20 minutes

Add performance and chaos testing

5

Culture building

5 minutes

Foster testing mindset

Pro tips

  • •Aim for 70% unit, 20% integration, 10% E2E
  • •Make tests fast and reliable
  • •Test in production safely
  • •Measure test effectiveness

Example outcome

Modern testing strategy with 85% automation coverage, 5-minute test suites, contract testing, and chaos engineering reducing production incidents by 70%.

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