Manual Testing vs Post Deployment Monitoring
Developers should learn manual testing to gain a user-centric perspective on software quality, catch edge cases early in development, and perform exploratory testing where automation is impractical meets developers should implement post deployment monitoring to proactively identify and resolve production issues, such as performance bottlenecks, errors, or security vulnerabilities, before they impact users. Here's our take.
Manual Testing
Developers should learn manual testing to gain a user-centric perspective on software quality, catch edge cases early in development, and perform exploratory testing where automation is impractical
Manual Testing
Nice PickDevelopers should learn manual testing to gain a user-centric perspective on software quality, catch edge cases early in development, and perform exploratory testing where automation is impractical
Pros
- +It's particularly valuable for usability testing, ad-hoc bug hunting, and validating new features before investing in automation scripts, helping ensure software meets real-world expectations and reducing post-release issues
- +Related to: test-planning, bug-reporting
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Post Deployment Monitoring
Developers should implement Post Deployment Monitoring to proactively identify and resolve production issues, such as performance bottlenecks, errors, or security vulnerabilities, before they impact users
Pros
- +It is essential for ensuring high availability, meeting service-level agreements (SLAs), and gaining insights into user behavior for continuous improvement
- +Related to: observability, logging
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Manual Testing if: You want it's particularly valuable for usability testing, ad-hoc bug hunting, and validating new features before investing in automation scripts, helping ensure software meets real-world expectations and reducing post-release issues and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Post Deployment Monitoring if: You prioritize it is essential for ensuring high availability, meeting service-level agreements (slas), and gaining insights into user behavior for continuous improvement over what Manual Testing offers.
Developers should learn manual testing to gain a user-centric perspective on software quality, catch edge cases early in development, and perform exploratory testing where automation is impractical
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