A Brief Introduction to the Test Pyramid
Oct 25, 2024
The Testing Pyramid1 is a conceptual framework that helps software developers and quality assurance (QA) teams optimize the process of ensuring software quality. By structuring different types of automated tests into a pyramid, it emphasizes focusing on fast, low-level tests like unit tests at the base, progressing to more comprehensive but slower integration tests, and finally minimal end-to-end tests at the top. This approach reduces the time needed to identify issues in the code and enhances the reliability of the test suite by offering rapid feedback on code changes, ensuring that new features don’t break existing functionality.…