The Test Automation Pyramid — Roadmap Step & Resources
Why you want many fast unit tests, fewer API tests and even fewer slow UI tests
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: SDET / Automation Testing
Before this step
Interview questions
- Why does an 'ice cream cone' test distribution (mostly UI tests) tend to cause problems?
Study resources
- The Practical Test Pyramid (Article) — Martin Fowler's team's widely-cited article on structuring a healthy automated test suite.
- Test Automation Pyramid Explained (Video) — Covers balancing unit, API and UI tests for a fast, reliable suite.
Part of
- Automation Testing Fundamentals — section
- SDET / Automation Testing roadmap — the full learning path