Manual Review vs Automated Testing
Developers should use manual review in scenarios where automated tools fall short, such as evaluating complex logic, assessing architectural decisions, or ensuring adherence to business requirements and coding standards meets developers should learn and use automated testing to improve software reliability, reduce manual testing effort, and enable faster release cycles, particularly in agile or devops environments. Here's our take.
Manual Review
Developers should use manual review in scenarios where automated tools fall short, such as evaluating complex logic, assessing architectural decisions, or ensuring adherence to business requirements and coding standards
Manual Review
Nice PickDevelopers should use manual review in scenarios where automated tools fall short, such as evaluating complex logic, assessing architectural decisions, or ensuring adherence to business requirements and coding standards
Pros
- +It is particularly valuable in high-stakes environments like safety-critical systems, legacy code maintenance, and during onboarding to spread domain knowledge and best practices across the team
- +Related to: code-review-tools, testing-methodologies
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Automated Testing
Developers should learn and use automated testing to improve software reliability, reduce manual testing effort, and enable faster release cycles, particularly in agile or DevOps environments
Pros
- +It is essential for regression testing, where existing functionality must be verified after code changes, and for complex systems where manual testing is time-consuming or error-prone
- +Related to: unit-testing, integration-testing
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Manual Review if: You want it is particularly valuable in high-stakes environments like safety-critical systems, legacy code maintenance, and during onboarding to spread domain knowledge and best practices across the team and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Automated Testing if: You prioritize it is essential for regression testing, where existing functionality must be verified after code changes, and for complex systems where manual testing is time-consuming or error-prone over what Manual Review offers.
Developers should use manual review in scenarios where automated tools fall short, such as evaluating complex logic, assessing architectural decisions, or ensuring adherence to business requirements and coding standards
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