Webinar: Finding the balance – Trivago’s End-to-End test strategy

In this webinar, Benjamin Bischoff shares Trivago's end-to-end test strategy for their main web application and how it has evolved over time. He discusses different types of tests run at various stages of the CI pipeline and their benefits. Bischoff also covers implementation challenges and factors considered while shaping the strategy, such as technology, test environments, processes, and development principles. The QA team is both the product owner and client for test automation in Trivago's setup. They use a quarantine approach to deal with flaky or failing tests and centralize exploratory and automated testing within their pipelines. Synthetic monitoring is considered faster and more accurate than other monitoring methods due to its focus on usability checks rather than service availability alone. Bischoff suggests starting automation for existing projects by talking to involved parties, setting clear goals, and focusing on one area at a time. The merging of the QA team and test automation team resulted in closer collaboration and overlapping skillsets. He emphasizes that quality cannot be enforced from top-down but must be internalized and understood by everyone involved in product creation.