Manual Testing vs Selective 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 meets developers should use selective testing in scenarios where full test suites are time-consuming or resource-intensive, such as in large-scale projects, microservices architectures, or frequent deployment cycles. 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
Selective Testing
Developers should use selective testing in scenarios where full test suites are time-consuming or resource-intensive, such as in large-scale projects, microservices architectures, or frequent deployment cycles
Pros
- +It is particularly valuable for accelerating CI/CD pipelines by running only tests affected by code modifications, ensuring quick validation without compromising quality
- +Related to: test-automation, continuous-integration
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 Selective Testing if: You prioritize it is particularly valuable for accelerating ci/cd pipelines by running only tests affected by code modifications, ensuring quick validation without compromising quality 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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