Automated testing enables software development teams to run tests quickly and repeatedly without requiring manual intervention, saving time. Moreover, automated testing tools can test a wide range of scenarios and edge cases, which may be impractical or impossible for manual testers to cover thoroughly.
As a consultancy, This Dot provides a range of services that can help organizations with their testing needs. Our team of experts has extensive experience in various testing methodologies, tools, and frameworks, enabling us to provide tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of our clients.
We understand the importance of testing in the software development life cycle and the impact it can have on the quality of the final product. Our developers aim to identify issues and defects early in the development process, reducing the risk of costly errors later on. By leveraging our expertise, we can help organizations improve their testing practices, streamline their testing processes, and ultimately, deliver better software products.
We believe that testing is an essential component for rapidly growing products, and believe it should be part of the development process as early as possible. Many teams skip testing due to cost or time constraints. However, our team has proven with clients that testing is essential to product stability, especially when teams are rapidly deploying and changing features.
Our expert developers practice a variety of testing methodologies including unit testing, end-to-end (e2e) testing, integration testing, penetration testing, and more. We work with stakeholders to establish the appropriate level of testing based on their associated time costs as they relate to the project deliverables. These tests are then added to the team’s CI/CD pipeline to check each change introduced to the system does not create an unintentional regression in behavior.
Every technology comes with a preferred testing methodology for unit testing. Our team uses the recommended tooling for the technologies and follows testing best practices to ensure systems are appropriately tested. We don’t just test that a component will render, but also test how it behaves when a user interacts with it. This helps when modifying behaviors during rapid development cycles as it helps teams identify when a regression to existing behavior might occur and allow the team to discuss with stakeholders to ensure the expected results are achieved.
For teams in a hurry, we recommend e2e testing at a minimum via tools like Cypress and Playwright to validate core workflows. Tests run prior to any production deployment to ensure users will not be impeded from using your applications key tools. We recommend expanding test coverage to all features and systems eventually to ensure there are no regressions in any system behavior allowing you to build with speed as teams have a security blanket when making changes. This better enables teams to tackle tech debt as they have automated tooling to ensure no issues have been introduced when making system refactors.
We have worked with teams that have strict visual requirements for their applications. For these teams, we recommend introducing Storybook for components and integrating with tools like Chromatic or Percy. This allows developers to rapidly build components in isolation and easily share to key stakeholders for visual review before ever deploying the change to production. These tools also easily allow for different states to be validated and does not require stakeholders to open preview applications and log in via different accounts to see the different states thus expediting the review process.
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