Wrapping Up
Take a look at the limitations of acceptance tests and key takeaways from this chapter.
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Acceptance test limitations
Acceptance tests are very powerful when used properly, but they can also lead to various problems. These problems are manageable, but they could end up taking more of our time than desired in an extensive test suite. However, the result is worth it because we can be more confident that our application works appropriately end-to-end. The two major problems affecting acceptance tests are speed and maintainability.
Acceptance tests flex the entire application stack—a browser starts up, executes tasks, navigates to one or more pages, and then shuts down. This process is more expensive than a traditional test that doesn’t leverage a browser. A large acceptance test suite could take many times longer to run than a large unit/integration test suite, so we may want to run our ...