Testing and Quality
Considering testing and quality at all stages of development
Considering testing and quality at all stages of development
As your software project grows in complexity and scope, testing becomes an essential part of the development process - to make sure that new functionality meets requirements as well as not compromising existing functionality.
However, bolting test processes and deliverables onto an existing project can be a costly and problematic endeavour. Lydtech aims to avoid this by considering quality and testing from the outset, ensuring a system is testable so functionality is verifiably aligned to the specification.
Testing with Lydtech
Testing considered from the outset
Automated testing enables fast feedback
High levels of observability
Strong collaboration between Dev & QA
CI/CD Pipelines
Improved development experience
Expertise in Quality Engineering
Test Early, Test Often
Considering testing early on - even before any code has been written - can pay dividends both immediately and later. Reviewing requirements from a QA perspective can increase make certain that they are aligned with the customers needs but also that they are designed to be easily testable once the feature has been built.
At Lydtech, our experienced developers and QA professionals work together from the inception of a project, with the goal of producing a solution which matches both client and end user needs.
Quality is Everyone's Responsibility
Testing is often seen as the duty of the QA team, however ultimately the quality of the solution is something that the whole team should be considering every day. At Lydtech, the entire team is responsible for ensuring quality is a key consideration.
In the past, development and testing would happen sequentially, and a feature would be 'thrown over the wall' to QA personnel. However, Lydtech employs agile methodologies and development and testing personnel are working together throughout the development lifecycle.
Automated Testing
Lydtech recognises the importance of automated testing and makes full use of modern tooling and techniques to establish fast feedback loops during development. Using different layers of automation - unit, integration and end to end as well as performance and load testing - increases the likelihood of any issues being caught as early as possible, avoiding costly rework late in the development cycle.
Lydtech also, however, recognises that automated testing is best deployed to complement more human-centric types of testing. We recognise the limitations of automation and as a result changes pass through both automated and manual testing checkpoints to guarantee that all quality perspectives are considered.
The Outcomes
Fast Feedback
By employing a variety of automated testing techniques, and automated builds, including CI/CD pipelines, we make sure the team has fast and trustworthy feedback as they build out functionality.
High Quality
By ensuring quality of deliverables is considered early and often, by the whole team, we warrant a high degree of confidence in the end product.
Effective Teamwork
When development and QA personnel are aligned and work closely, it ensures that the whole team are testing their work throughout the development process. This builds a culture where testing and quality are considered at all stages.