E2E Test Automation Anti-Pattern: Developer-Focused Approach. Part 1: It is Black-Box Testing!
Developers: E2E Test Automation is a completely different game. Most senior developers are simply not qualified (i.e. not capable). Only a very small percentage of senior developers may reach that level in their life careers.
5 min readMay 9, 2024
This is an article in the E2E Test Automation Anti-Pattern series.
- Part 1: It is Black-Box Testing!
- Part 2: Scripting Language, Frameworks and Tools
- Part 3: Most developers Lack Proficiency in Test Automation
- Part 4: Hard to Steer Away even after it is Proved Wrong
I first saw the term ‘Developer-Loved” (or Developer-Focused) associated with end-to-end test automation on Cypress’s website.
My first reaction was, “Why does this test automation tool company advertise the obviously wrong thing? Don’t they even understand the meaning of End-to-End Testing?”
Definition of End-to-End Testing: a testing method that evaluates the entire application flow, from start to finish. In…
