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3 Introducing continuous testing

This chapter covers

• Creating a process of writing tests as you write code
• Establishing testing boundaries for sections of code
• Creating a quality gate using tests in our pipeline
• Using code coverage as a guide for refactoring and testing

The head of QA comes by your desk and grabs the chair next to you. They look a little frustrated, which makes sense because the QA team has been under immense pressure to get a new release out the door. It always seems like they are hammered with a ton of bugs, problems, and misinterpreted features. The development and QA teams always seem to be butting heads instead of working together to solve problems. The QA team feels that they are the gateway of a quality project, while ...