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The Test automation Pyramid series Starts on episode 1 and runs to episode 8.
Build a Solid Pyramid:
To have sustainable test automation, there is this idea that you need two levels of testing: macrotests, and microstests. Now imagine a pyramid or triangle made of two floors. Microtests are at the bottom and most numerous in quantity, and the top which is the smallest part of the triangle or pyramid, making macrotests the least in number. Macrotests require part or all of the application to be deployed. Microtests are unit tests to check that the code works as the developer intended. Its important to follow the geometry of the test pyramid because microtests are high value with low cost, so we can afford to build and maintain thousands of them, where macro tests although valuable too, are high cost. When we build macrotests we need to be certain we’re using them the right way. We’ll talk More on these levels in the next episodes of Agile Thoughts and reveal a secret level hidden in the test pyramid.
