🧠Knowledge Series #35: How does automated testing work?
Unit tests, integration tests, UI browser tests and the future of automated testing
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Hi product people 👋,
Getting your head around the various different types of testing in product development can be pretty difficult. From regression testing to unit testing and integration testing, figuring out what each of these does and how they relate to one one another is sometimes a struggle.
In this Knowledge Series, we’re going to focus on a specific type of testing that spans a lot of these categories: automated testing.Â
If you have a dedicated QA or tester in your business then you’ll have probably heard this term a lot but you might not be sure what it means in practice - and how it can significantly improve your product development process thanks to tools like Selenium which can test the UI of your product directly in the browser.
Coming up:
The different types of testing explained
What is automated testing?
How automated testing works - using unit tests, integration testing and UI testing in the browser
An end to end example -Â how automated testing might work in practice
How to introduce automated testing in your company
How AI is playing a role in automated testing
Tools you can use
