Continuous Integration in IoT world - "Mission Impossible" or "A last hope"?
It is predicted that till 2025 there will be over 75 billion devices spewing 180 zettabytes of data and generating up to 6 trillion dollars. That enormous increase force companies to introduce continuous approach to deliver product as fast as possible and be able to compete on the market.
The main question is how to test application for end user among so much hardware equipment and ecosystems combining HW, FW, mobile devices and complex backend architecture? Considering all factors and possible obstacles is it for companies a real “A New Hope” for companies or just simply “Mission Impossible”?
I will take the participants on a journey to the IoT world. It will be a talk about the challenges that any tester will face at some point. I will present the dangers, risks and snares but also good practices and practical approach to E2E test automation for the IoT solutions in CI approach.
Technical examples will be presented using Python languages and supported by physical devices.
Outline/Structure of the Case Study
1) Introduction to IoT
2) Basic problems in IoT testing
3) Case study presentation
4) Step by step solution found
5) Components needed to implement before
6) "Glueing" components do deliver ready test environment
7) Final results, numbers, view for product people
8) Takeaways
Learning Outcome
- Real examples of challenges while HW/FW testing
- Possible problems with wireless protocols testing
- Vision system usage in testing
- Value of introducing proper approaches to HW related projects
- CI flow for embedded SDLC
- Understanding of HW/SW dependencies for mobile testing
- Example of usage in Python and/or Bash languages
Target Audience
Automation QAs, DevOps, Test architects
Prerequisites for Attendees
Concept of Continuous Integration
General experience/knowledge about SDLC
Public Feedback
Hi Dawid,
Very interesting proposal. Out of curiosity, what type of physical devices will you be using in the talk? Is this also going to be a demo? Lastly, would you be needing wifi for the demo? If yes, what is the backup plan if wifi does not work well?
Hi Dawid, Requesting your response at earliest.
Thanks
Hi,
sorry, I have some issues with comments' notifications. Well, it depends. One (and definitely more interesting option) is usage of Pet's treats launcher. It presents how test pyramid can be re-defined in an IoT context. The problem is it needs Wi-Fi for 2 of 3 tests.
Second option are RGB BLE bulbs with wireless switch (exactly like on the example in the YT video). Here no problem with Wi-Fi as communication protocol is BLE.
https://youtu.be/yLK_mDpLMeo?t=776