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Track Talk F4

Concurrency: Why End-to-End Testing Isn’t Enough

Rick Tracy

09:00-10:00 Friday 14th June

In almost every project I worked on, End to End tests (also known as E2E or “chain tests”) are held up as the holy path for building test strategies and the ultimate means of assessing quality in a system. They are also a source of frustration for testers and users. E2E tests fall apart because of mismatched environments and configurations, and they take considerable coordination and communication too.

Is it worth it? In this talk, I’m asserting that No, it is not. In my experience, integration testing costs far too much, telling us things we can find in other ways, while not going far enough on its own to test an entire system flow.

We’ll explore the limitations of integration testing and some of its alternatives. Then I will present a new testing style: Concurrency Testing. This style of testing is designed to emulate real production actions, trigger multiple actions, and combine exploratory tests to reveal much more than a traditional E2E test. You’ll be able to use this model to enhance your tests, to provide some real value for effort, and maybe find a new or unique bug that’s been hiding away. At the very least, I hope to relieve some of the frustration people express about E2E testing — and give us some fun new tools to play with

What you will learn

  1. Chain Testing as it is mostly applied today is not cost effective
  2. Concurrency truly looks at potential live scenarios in order to test a chain
  3. We need to continuously improve our understanding of our systems to make better tests

Session Details

  • Intermediate
  • 1 Hour
  • Includes 20mins Discussion
  • New & useful skills

Check out this video from Full Name to hear more about his talk, ‘Speaker’s Talk Title’.

We look forward to welcoming you to EuroSTAR 2024.

Session Speaker

EuroSTAR 2024 speaker Rick Tracy

Rick Tracy

Test Pathfinder – Hapalion Consulting, Netherlands

Testing is about learning as much as you can and spreading that knowledge to people who need to hear it. That’s why I like to dive into every possible topic I can find, think about how each person might use it, and try to come up with a good story so people will want to hear it.

That’s who I am and what I do. I am curious; I want to engage others’ curiosity. I am exploratory; I want to enable other people’s explorations. I am talkative; I want to get people talking.

Whether it’s AI, Chain processes, communication, abstract exploration or just good old effective scripting, I want to explore every aspect in this testing world I can, and I invite you all to explore it with me.

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