Changes for page Test Speedup
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... ... @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ 20 20 21 21 **Synchronous Testing** 22 22 23 -A simple TDD workflow is to write new code, run tests locally, wait for them to finish, and if they pass, move on. To avoid long wait times, you run only a few very fast tests. This is fine when you are working on isolated code that is checked by unit tests, but as soon as integration of the new code with the old code comes into play, it becomes a problem. Now you have two bad choices: either you run onlya few fast tests and do not use the full power of your test suitehavingalow coverage,possibly missing bugs that would be easier to fix if theywere caught earlier, or you run all the tests locally and are unproductive for a long time while waiting for them to finish. This problem can be solved with asynchronous testing.23 +A simple TDD workflow is to write new code, run tests locally, wait for them to finish, and if they pass, move on. To avoid long wait times, you run only a few very fast tests. This is fine when you are working on isolated code that is checked by unit tests, but as soon as integration of the new code with the old code comes into play, it becomes a problem. Now you have two bad choices: either you run a few fast tests and do not use the full power of your test suite, resulting in low coverage and possibly missing bugs that would have been easier to fix if they had been caught earlier, or you run all the tests locally and are unproductive for a long time while waiting for them to finish. This problem can be solved with asynchronous testing. 24 24 25 25 **Asynchronous Testing** 26 26 27 -When you push code into the code repository, there should be a DevOps infrastructure that triggers a CI pipeline that runs all the tests. This allows your code to be comprehensively tested while you continue workingwithout waiting. If the CI pipeline succeeds, the test suite has proven that your codeisgood. If the CI pipeline fails, you shouldgeta notificationlikean SMS, email chat that triggers a ringingtone or desktop notification sothatyou immediately stop what you aredoingto fix the problem.Pushthe fix againand continue working without waiting for the tests to finish.27 +When you push code into the code repository, there should be a DevOps infrastructure that triggers a CI pipeline that runs all the tests. This allows your code to be extensively tested while you continue to work without waiting. If the CI pipeline succeeds, the test suite has proven that your code changes are okay. If the CI pipeline fails, you should receive a notification, such as an SMS, email, or chat message that triggers a ringtone, or a desktop notification, so you can immediately stop what you are working on and fix the problem first. Apply the fix and continue working without waiting for the tests to finish. 28 28 29 -It is not uncommon tohave many CI pipelines runningat thesame time forthe samedeveloper. While this may require an advanced DevOps infrastructure,it is often worth the investment. Or you can simplyusecloud providers thatdo thisautomaticallyinthebackground.29 +It is not uncommon for a single developer to trigger many CI pipelines running simultaneously. While this technique may require advanced DevOps infrastructure to implement, it's often worth the investment to set it up. Or you can simply pay cloud providers like GitLab or GitHub to use their infrastructure, which provides this capability.