1. Testing for people who
hate testing
Bram Vogelaar

2. ~$ whoami~$ whoami
● I used to be a Molecular Biologist,I used to be a Molecular Biologist,
● Then became a Dev,Then became a Dev,
● Now an Ops.Now an Ops.
● Open Source Consultant @Open Source Consultant @inuits.euinuits.eu

3. ~$ w -s~$ w -s

4. What silo are you in?What silo are you in?

5. Oncall?Oncall?

6. What version is live?What version is live?

7. Known status?Known status?

8. Stress free deploys?Stress free deploys?

9. What is failure anyway?What is failure anyway?

10. Can you figure outCan you figure out
your platform is in anyour platform is in an
error state?error state?

11. TestingTesting
====
MonitoringMonitoring

12. Thundering HerdThundering Herd
locust.io / gatling

13. Its not me, its youIts not me, its you
comcast / toxiproxy / charles / mailhog

14. Catastrophic FailureCatastrophic Failure
Game Day Exercises

15. Holy grailHoly grail
Simian army

16. Testing should be easyTesting should be easy
otherwise you are doingotherwise you are doing
it wrongit wrong

17. It is probably yourIt is probably your
architecture andarchitecture and
infrastructure that areinfrastructure that are
making testing difficult!making testing difficult!
Bold Statement WarningBold Statement Warning

18. Full Stack ControlFull Stack Control

19. You should be able toYou should be able to
install and destroyinstall and destroy
(test) environments(test) environments
very quicklyvery quickly

20. AutomatedAutomated
deploymentdeployment

21. ConfigurationConfiguration
managementmanagement

22. like puppet or cheflike puppet or chef
akaaka
Infrastructure as codeInfrastructure as code

23. Guard / Rake /Guard / Rake /
Grunt / Gulp / MavenGrunt / Gulp / Maven
/ SBT/ SBT
Jenkins / TravisJenkins / Travis

24. Rspec / inspec /Rspec / inspec /
testkitchentestkitchen

25. Code CoverageCode Coverage

26. Static analysis /Static analysis /
Mess detection /Mess detection /
cyclomaticcyclomatic
complexitycomplexity

27. Code reviewsCode reviews

28. Configuration andConfiguration and
App shouldApp should
independant deploysindependant deploys

29. Loosely coupledLoosely coupled
landscapelandscape

30. Api Versioning (andApi Versioning (and
keep more than 1keep more than 1
online)online)

31. Circuit breakers /Circuit breakers /
Dead letter boxDead letter box

32. Back Pressure /Back Pressure /
ThrottlingThrottling

33. Introducing newIntroducing new
features should alsofeatures should also
be a 2 step processbe a 2 step process

34. Deploy and FeatureDeploy and Feature
switchswitch

35. Canary releasesCanary releases

36. A/B testingA/B testing

37. Bold Statement WarningBold Statement Warning
Holy grail, get rid of yourHoly grail, get rid of your
Acc environmentAcc environment

38. Sounds like DevOps?Sounds like DevOps?

39. Because it is!Because it is!
● CultureCulture
● (Lean)(Lean)
● AutomationAutomation
● MeasurementMeasurement
● SharingSharing
Damon Edwards and John WillisDamon Edwards and John Willis
Gene KimGene Kim

40. ContactContact
Bram VogelaarBram Vogelaar
bram.vogelaar@inuits.eubram.vogelaar@inuits.eu
@attachmentgenie@attachmentgenie
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