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Test Prioritization vs Test Selection

Developers should use test prioritization in agile or continuous integration environments where rapid feedback is essential, or when dealing with large test suites that cannot be fully executed due to constraints meets developers should learn and use test selection to accelerate feedback loops in agile and devops environments, especially when dealing with extensive test suites that take too long to run. Here's our take.

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Test Prioritization

Developers should use test prioritization in agile or continuous integration environments where rapid feedback is essential, or when dealing with large test suites that cannot be fully executed due to constraints

Test Prioritization

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Developers should use test prioritization in agile or continuous integration environments where rapid feedback is essential, or when dealing with large test suites that cannot be fully executed due to constraints

Pros

  • +It is crucial for risk-based testing, regression testing, and in scenarios like tight deadlines or resource shortages to maximize defect detection efficiency and reduce testing costs
  • +Related to: test-automation, regression-testing

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Test Selection

Developers should learn and use test selection to accelerate feedback loops in agile and DevOps environments, especially when dealing with extensive test suites that take too long to run

Pros

  • +It is crucial for maintaining fast CI/CD pipelines, enabling frequent deployments without sacrificing quality, and focusing testing efforts on high-risk or recently modified areas of the codebase
  • +Related to: test-automation, continuous-integration

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Test Prioritization if: You want it is crucial for risk-based testing, regression testing, and in scenarios like tight deadlines or resource shortages to maximize defect detection efficiency and reduce testing costs and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Test Selection if: You prioritize it is crucial for maintaining fast ci/cd pipelines, enabling frequent deployments without sacrificing quality, and focusing testing efforts on high-risk or recently modified areas of the codebase over what Test Prioritization offers.

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The Bottom Line
Test Prioritization wins

Developers should use test prioritization in agile or continuous integration environments where rapid feedback is essential, or when dealing with large test suites that cannot be fully executed due to constraints

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