The testing community is currently focused on revolutionizing the way testing is conducted through containerization in automation testing. With the need to make testing faster and more embedded in continuous delivery pipelines, containerized testing has become increasingly popular. Gone are the days of drawn-out testing projects; testers now have limited time to test new software batches. To combat this issue, automation and parallelization are being leveraged, and technologies like Docker are at the forefront of this movement. Docker enables teams to spin up different containers with a local laptop or cloud service, allowing for concurrency at the level of “a hundred of parallel machines.” With containerization in automation testing, a multi-container strategy reduces and solves bottlenecks, transforming the way testing fits into the CI/CD pipeline.
This blog focuses on Docker, synonymous with containers, and how it can be used for containerized automated tests in various scenarios. Containerization is not limited to testing but is used in every phase of the software release life cycle. This blog further explores the implementation of containerization for testing purposes.
