How to do QA and test in Azure (1)

·         Where to test: Test in Local vs. Test in Cloud

o    Local: fast, cheap, but may not be real

o    Cloud: slow, costly, but real

o    General rule:

·         Do as many test as possible in local

§  If some test can be tested in local, test it in local.

§  If some test can't be tested in local, ask yourself: Can we configure the code to be able to test in local?

·         Do more test in cloud than in local

§  Especially in later phases of project, do more tests in cloud than in local

o    Tests to be done in local

·         Debug/Functional Test

·         UI Automation Test

·         Performance (Profiling only)

o    Test to be done in Cloud

·         Integration

·         Load test: scale-out

·         Failover. Failover will happen at some point: know how your application handles it.

·         Performance (end to end performance, end-user experience)