Continuous testing: tests running automatically throughout the dev pipeline, providing constant quality feedback.
Touchpoints:
- Pre-commit (developer machine).
- On commit (CI fast tests).
- On PR (full validation suite).
- Pre-merge (quality gates).
- Post-deploy (smoke / monitoring tests).
Tools: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins; integrated with Salesforce DX.
Quality gates:
- Coverage 75%+.
- All tests pass.
- PMD findings under threshold.
- Code review approved.
Result: bugs caught early, fast feedback, consistent quality.
Anti-patterns: tests run weekly, manual triggers, broken tests ignored, slow pipelines.
Senior insight: continuous testing requires investment but pays back through prevented production issues.