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Test Automation Conference Europe

Track Talk W5

TestOps: A Journey to Story-Based Releases

Mazin Inaad

16.00-16.45, Wednesday 9th October

Do you want to transition from chaos to a streamlined development process? Continuous deployment of small, incremental changes isn’t just for tech giants like Google, Netflix, and Spotify; it’s achievable for you too!

This experience report tells my journey of implementing a robust test strategy in the public domain. We started with no development process, a perpetually broken main Git branch, and a mad scramble to fix our environments before going live. In just one year, we transformed this chaos into story-based releases, overcoming practical challenges along the way.

I will discuss the challenges I faced: a system architecture consisting of multiple websites with a distributed microservices landscape, each microservice with its own repository; no testing occurred before merging code to the main branch; and end-to-end testing was time-consuming, typically at the very end of the development process. Learn how we transitioned to a monorepo system, reducing deployment time; created several static dev environments, enabling isolated story testing; and later introduced an even better solution for end-to-end testing before merging code. These steps paved the way to story-based releases.

Join me on this journey, learn how each solution brought new challenges, and discover practical strategies to transform your development process within any domain.

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What you will Learn

  1. A test strategy that ensures end-to-end confidence before merging a story
  2. Optimizing your development process in a distributed microservices landscape
  3. Solutions to challenges encountered while moving to story-based releases

Session Details

  • Intermediate
  • 45 mins
  • Includes 15 mins Q&A
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Session Speaker

Mazin Inaad

Test architect - Capgemini, Netherlands

Born and raised in the Maldives, Mazin moved to the Netherlands at age 13. In High School he was infected by the automation virus when he discovered programming on the graphical calculator. Despite this unconscious attraction towards IT, Mazin went on to study Aerospace Engineering. He soon realised that planes and rockets were not his passion, he was still more fascinated by the automation side of everything. During his studies, he also discovered his second passion: teaching. Mazin was trained to teach Physics and Math to High School students. After graduating, Mazin combined both these passions in his work within Capgemini. As a Test Automation Engineer, he can automate to his heart’s desire, and as a Trainer for the Capgemini Academy he teaches courses related to Test Automation.

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