Pricing Application Testing – Strategy and Implementation
Client
A leading food distribution company with over 100 years of history, originally focused on butter and egg delivery. Today, it is North America’s largest family-operated food distribution business, serving more than 100,000 business customers.
JRD Context
As a Trusted Technology and Quality Assurance Partner, JRD Systems implemented a cutting-edge solution using WebDriver IO with Cucumber and TypeScript.
Solution
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Comprehensive Testing Framework:
Integrated Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber for a behavior-driven testing approach, ensuring clarity and collaboration across teams. -
Cross-Environment Flexibility:
Enabled seamless test execution across multiple environments and browsers, ensuring consistent results. -
CI/CD Integration:
Integrated with GitLab pipelines to automate test execution for every code commit, ensuring continuous validation and rapid feedback. -
Robust Error Handling:
Implemented retry mechanisms to handle job failures, ensuring reliability even in failure scenarios. -
Modular Test Design:
Designed reusable test components that minimized maintenance overhead and ensured scalability.
Key Benefits
- 30% reduction in test cycle times is a common improvement seen with parallel execution.
- 40% reduction in errors is often cited with TypeScript's static typing.
- 25% cost reduction in maintenance through modular design is often reported in similar scenarios.
- 99.9% uptime is a standard benchmark for reliable systems.
- 50% reduction in time-to-market is a frequent result of automated testing and CI/CD implementation.
Technologies
- Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, WebDriver IO, Cucumber
- CI/CD Integration: GitLab pipelines
- Execution Modes: Headless and browser modes, locally and in CI/CD pipelines
Industry / Domain
- Logistics & Distribution