Visual Validation - The Missing Tip of the Automation Pyramid
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The document discusses the importance of visual validation in software testing, highlighting it as a missing piece in the test automation pyramid. It addresses challenges associated with manual visual validation, such as being tedious, error-prone, and not scalable. The proposed solution is visual test automation to compare screenshots and maintain baselines, with references to practical testing methodologies.
Visual Validation - The Missing Tip of the Automation Pyramid
- 1. Visual Validation The Missing Tip of the Automation Pyramid @BagmarAnand Anand Bagmar Software Quality Evangelist, Essence Of Testing
- 4. Test Automation Pyramid Unit (xUnit / JavaScript) Component Integration View Web Service UI Manual / Exploratory @BagmarAnand Impact on Product Cost Time Business- facing Tests Technology- facing Tests
- 5. Test Pyramid … includes NFRs Unit (xUnit / JavaScript) Component Integration View Web Service UI P e r f o r m a n c e S e c u r i t y Accessibility @BagmarAnand Manual / Exploratory
- 6. What does this mean? @BagmarAnand
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- 11. What is missing here? @BagmarAnand
- 12. How do you ensure what was working before, is working now as well! @BagmarAnand
- 14. It happens in Software too! @BagmarAnand https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2013/07/12/15/58/smiley-150663_1280.png Surprise
- 15. It happens to UPS @BagmarAnand
- 16. It Happens to Financial Times @BagmarAnand
- 17. It Happens to Amazon @BagmarAnand
- 18. UX / Visual Validation The Missing Piece @BagmarAnand
- 19. Test Automation Pyramid Unit (xUnit / JavaScript) Component Integration View Web Service UI Manual / Exploratory @BagmarAnand
- 20. • Mostly done manually done • tedious • very error prone • impossible to scale and repeat – especially in days of CD! • Functional Automation can help – a little @BagmarAnand Visual Validation - Challenges
- 21. • Business / Revenue loss • Brand / Credibility loss • You loose your users! @BagmarAnand If Visual Validation is NOT done …..
- 23. • Compare screenshots • Whole page • snippets @BagmarAnand How does it work?
- 24. Have you used any Visual Testing tools? @BagmarAnand
- 25. • False positives / negatives • Baseline maintenance • Browsers • Devices • Resolutions / Viewports • Result analysis & maintenance @BagmarAnand Challenges of Automated Visual Validation
- 27. Test Pyramid … includes UX & NFRs Unit (xUnit / JavaScript) Component Integration View Web Service UI P e r f o r m a n c e S e c u r i t y Accessibility UX @BagmarAnand Manual / Exploratory
- 28. • The Practical Test Pyramid - https://martinfowler.com/articles/practical-test- pyramid.html • Testing Pyramids & Ice-Cream Cones - https://watirmelon.blog/testing-pyramids/ • Applitools – www.applitools.com @BagmarAnand References