Testing Peers
Testing Peers is a community-driven initiative built by testers, for testers. We are a not-for-profit collective focused on supporting each other across software testing, quality, leadership, and engineering. This group is peer-led, values-driven, and passionate about shaping a more thoughtful, collaborative testing culture.
The Testing Peers podcast is now expanding beyond its original four hosts, David Maynard, Chris Armstrong, Russell Craxford and Simon Prior, striving to represent the voices of a diverse and thriving community.
Our inaugural in-person conference, #PeersCon, launched in Nottingham in March 2024, returning for #PeersCon25, with #PeersCon26 already scheduled - further solidifying Testing Peers as a not-for-profit, by testers, for testers initiative.
Testing Peers
End to what end?
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In this episode, Russell, Tara, Ben Dowen, and Al Goodall explore end-to-end testing.
Starting with some light-hearted banter on coffee, triggered by Ben.
From what start to what end?
A recurring theme is being clear with what we mean when we say end-to-end
The group reflect on:
- Using a term alongside terms like user journey and which user
- Being clear about what 'flow' is being tested
- Not to test everything
- Is it a sign of low testability and a smell of something
Integrations
Often, these tests cross architecture and boundaries, and check some form of integration
- Use the smallest unit of test to validate your goal
- End-to-End tests are expensive - time, effort, fragility, environments
- Help reduce risk as ownership crosses teams in modern systems
- They find important failures
#PeersCon27 (March 11th, 2027) is now LIVE Tickets for the event are live for the Early Bird Price of £15 until later in the year.