Our client, a major player in the energy sector, was facing a common challenge: how to optimize and stabilize their testing process in a fast-moving development cycle. With limited in-house expertise on the cypress.io testing tool, they turned to us to implement an effective and efficient automated testing approach. Through collaboration, innovation, and a focus on results, we were able to help our client achieve their goals and optimize their software development cycle.
Key challenges
Our client, faced a significant challenge in automating the testing of an application in development using cypress after the creation of the CI. They lacked internal expertise in using cypress for automated testing. It presented a major challenge for them in terms of ensuring the stability and quality of their application. As a result, they needed our help and experience in testing to provide the necessary expertise and guidance to successfully automate their testing process.
In addition to the challenge of a lack of internal expertise, our client faced significant pressure to optimize the speed and efficiency of their testing process to keep pace with the fast-moving development cycle of their application. This required a testing approach that was both comprehensive and efficient, while still providing the necessary coverage to ensure the quality of the application.
Finally, given the critical nature of the application in question and the importance of maintaining a high level of quality and stability, the client needed to ensure that any automated testing approach was both reliable and scalable. This required a thorough analysis of the technical and functional feasibility of the project, as well as careful collaboration with our client’s development teams to ensure that any issues or bugs were identified and addressed as quickly as possible.
Our Approach
To help our client overcome its challenges and successfully automate its testing process, we developed a comprehensive approach that emphasized collaboration, efficiency, and quality.
The first step in our approach was to conduct a collaborative workshop with our client to define the scope of the testing automation project. This workshop resulted in the identification of an additional 60 test cases that were deemed automatable, providing greater coverage and ensuring the efficiency of the testing process.
Once the scope of the project was defined, we conducted a thorough analysis of the technical and functional feasibility of the project. This allowed us to create automated tests that were both reliable and scalable, ensuring that the client could maintain a high level of quality and stability in their application.
To ensure that the testing process was both efficient and effective, we worked in sprints to deliver the automated tests in small, usable batches. This allowed our client’s development team to quickly identify and address any bugs or issues that were identified during testing, minimizing the impact on the development cycle.
Throughout the project, we collaborated closely with our client’s development team to identify bugs, blocked features, and create fixtures using database schemas. This allowed us to optimize and stabilize the execution of the tests in CI/CD by working on fixtures and databases, ensuring that the testing process was both efficient and effective.
Overall, our approach emphasized collaboration, efficiency, and quality, providing our client with the necessary expertise and guidance to successfully automate its testing process and ensure the stability and reliability of the application.
Benefits
As a result of this project, our client enjoys various benefits thanks to the work of our testing teams:
Improved Quality and Efficiency
By working with us to implement automated testing, our client was able to improve the quality and efficiency of its testing process. Moreover, by automating the testing of the application, our client was able to minimize the risk of errors and regressions, resulting in a higher level of quality and stability in its software products. This also allowed the optimization of its development cycle, resulting in a faster time to market and greater efficiency in its software development process.
Greater Collaboration and Communication
Our testing team also emphasized collaboration and communication throughout the testing process, working closely with our client’s development team to identify and address any issues or bugs that arose during testing. This collaborative approach allowed the client to ensure that any issues or bugs were addressed as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Greater Cost Savings
By implementing automated testing, our client was able to achieve significant cost savings by minimizing the time and resources required for manual testing. This allowed them to optimize their development cycle and reduce the overall cost of software development, resulting in greater cost savings and more efficient use of resources.
Overall, by working closely with our testing team, our client was able to achieve its goals of implementing a comprehensive and effective testing process, ensuring the stability and reliability of its application, and optimizing its software development cycle.
Technologies
Our testing team used a range of cutting-edge technologies to implement an effective automated testing approach for our client.
Cypress.io was chosen as the testing tool of choice due to its reliability, scalability, and flexibility. By implementing automated tests using cypress.io, we were able to create a testing approach that was both comprehensive and efficient, allowing our client to maintain a high level of quality and stability in its application even as the requirements and demands of its software products continued to evolve.
Azure DevOps was used to manage the testing process, providing a centralized platform for test management, test execution, and reporting. This allowed our testing team to collaborate more effectively with our client’s development team, ensuring that any issues or bugs were identified and addressed as quickly and efficiently as possible.
TypeScript was used to write the automated tests, providing a powerful and flexible programming language that allowed us to create robust and scalable tests that were optimized for the unique needs of our client’s application. By using TypeScript, we were able to create tests that were easy to read and maintain, providing a stable and reliable testing framework that could be adapted and expanded as needed.
