A new standard of testing for GOV.UK
Posted by:
Ben Thorner, Developer, GDS and Peter Hartshorn, Developer, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
GOV.UK, Tools
![Diagram of the “bug surface” for a GOV.UK app, overlaid with the different types of test we use to protect different areas of the codebase. Each type of test is described in more detail in the main text](https://technology.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2021/10/Bug-Surface-Diagram-main-1-1024x576.png)
How we consolidated the testing landscape for GOV.UK into a small number of practical rules that are bringing a new consistency to the way we test our code.