Software testing in the future - Interview with Florian Fieber
Florian Fieber is the founder and managing director of QualityDojo IT-Consulting GmbH in Berlin and has been working as a consultant and trainer in...
“No-code only shifts the topic of testing. Quality assurance remains necessary!” - Richard Seidl
Low and no-code platforms have become increasingly popular in recent years. At least in the media. There is a wide range of opinions about them, from “old wine in new bottles” to “the software revolution”. The solution promises are somehow the same as with all other software revolutions: Cost efficiency, speed to market, flexibility and ease of implementation.
The question of whether it makes sense to use low/no code can be answered with the most frequently used consultant quote: “It depends.” It depends on many factors. We need to examine this carefully! Because where there is light, there is also shadow. And of course we want simple solutions and abstractions for our now highly complex software world. We want to make complexity manageable.
But what about testing and quality? I’ve heard that you don’t have to test with no-code. Well, I see it differently. For the lower test levels, we can rely on the manufacturers of the platform (cough, cough). But quality assurance at the higher test levels remains. And here especially questions like:
Huh? These are the same questions as always. Yes. Because we’re just shifting “development” to a higher level of abstraction here. Instead of code, we are putting together modules, interfaces and processes. And here, too, there is an architecture, a development and a test. In my opinion, there is even a lot to be said for a very proper test. After all, anyone can be a “citizen developer”. And this often changes the roles. An example: a business analyst who, instead of testing and approving the in-house development, now starts to click together his applications himself. It’s practical, he has the technical know-how. But I’m simply assuming here that they don’t have the same in-depth skills:
Software is software. Each one is different. Low-code does not mean low-test and no-code certainly does not mean no-test. But just different.
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