Real-Time Phoenix

Wrapping Up

Software systems are difficult to write correctly, and real-time systems are even more difficult to write correctly. The challenge of persistent connections that must run for a long time without failure adds to the difficulty of developing a real-time application. Acceptance tests help ensure that applications you develop are deployed with minimal bugs.

There are multiple approaches you can take in the quality assurance process. The most accessible approach is to behave like a user would while checking that the application works as expected. Simple things like going forward/backward in the browser history, putting a computer to sleep, or experiencing an internet disconnection could cause problems in an application. A different approach ...