End-to-End Test Automation is Cool, Visible, Highly-Productive, Real & Useful, Challenging and Fun!

Reflections on Observing a Chocolate Factory Production Line

The above video (I took last month) is the production line at the ISHIYA Chocolate Factory (in Shiroi Koibito Park, a famous tour attraction in Sapporo, Japan). Tourists can buy the products freshly from this production line.

My family likes watching this kind of automation, especially my daughter, a fan of the “How It’s Made” TV show. Yes, REAL automation and engineering are exciting and fun to watch.

In this article, I will discuss about six attributes of E2E Test Automation and Continuous Testing, using the above production line as an example.

• Cool
• Visible
• Highly-Productive
• Real & Useful
• Fun
• Challenging

E2E Automation & Continuous Testing is COOL

The cool factor of E2E automation and Continuous testing is obvious. The fact that many people are willing to pay money to visit Chocolate Factory…