Testing applications without a GUI. Or using the ELK stack to analyze behavior
summary
Describes using the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to test applications without relying on their GUIs by analyzing logs and backend behavior. Presents an approach applied on a project to find bugs invisible at the user interface or that appear only in production, complementing API and unit testing.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00GUI testing intro
- 3:23GUI testing problems
- 7:18ELK stack goals
- 10:31How ELK works
- 13:41Kibana log analysis
- 16:55Testing with ELK
- 23:10ELK implementation challenges
- 25:38Results of approach
- 28:50Conclusions and recommendations
- 31:19Q&A
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