End to End Testing is Now Even More Important
I’ve been a huge fan of automated software testing for years. I tend to reach for unit tests over end-to-end (e2e) tests. This is probably because of two reasons: a focus on back-end work (primarily) and e2e testing was slow compared to my targeted unit tests.
With automated AI tooling now, though, I think the tide is changing. I still value my unit tests, but e2e is becoming my champion.
I’ll explain how and why my mind changed: