STAREAST 2018 - Test Data Management
Thursday, May 3
Machine Data Is Everywhere: Use It for Testing!
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - 9:45am to 10:45am
As more applications are hosted on servers, they produce immense quantities of logging data. Quality engineers should verify that apps are producing log data that is existent, correct, consumable, and complete. Otherwise, apps in production are not easily monitored, have issues that are difficult to detect, and cannot be corrected quickly. Tom Chavez presents the four steps that quality engineers should include in every test plan for apps that produce log output or other machine data. First, test that the data is being created. Second, ensure that the entries are correctly formatted and...