diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-09-30.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-09-30.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..353135ee --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-09-30.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +--- +title: > + Automated testing offers repeatability +pubDate: 2023-09-30 +permalink: > + archive/2023/09/30/automated-testing-offers-repeatability +tags: + - automated-testing + - test-driven-development +--- + +You work on feature or bug fix. + +It gets tested manually by you, a tester, and the person who requested the feature or reported the bug. + +It may get tested on multiple environments. + +It passes and it moved to production. + +But now it's live, it's not tested again. + +Although it works now, there's no guarantee it's not broken or regressed by subsequent changes. + +It's definitely not tested manually before every future release. + +## Here's the thing + +Automated testing offers repeatability. + +The tests pass, so the functionality works when you wrote it, and you can re-check it by re-running the test. + +The test suite can be run by Developers whilst working on other changes, before code review and before deployments. + +The test suite can be run automatically in a CI pipeline for every change that's pushed, and you'll know your change not only worked at the time but will continue to work.