Defining test strategies

In the previous chapter, we concluded that testing is a crucial step in the CI/CD process to ensure the quality of the build. In this section, we will learn how to define test strategies in DevOps.

First, DevOps requires a different approach to testing: it's part of the continuous deployment and integration of builds. The reason we should adopt DevOps is because enterprises want to speed up releases so that they can act much quicker to changing demands. For testing, this means that there is a shift from testing the end product to continuous testing, with a focus on reducing build and test times.

In other words, testing is no longer just a matter of detecting the faults in the end product; it has become part of the full life cycle of the build, collecting feedback during this whole cycle.

Testers should be members of the DevOps team. Their responsibility is to constantly collect feedback, measure the cycle time, and find ways to reduce these...