.. _testing-index: =================== Testing with Waffle =================== "Testing" takes on at least two distinct meanings with Waffle: - Testing your application with automated tools - Testing your feature with users For the purposes of this chapter, we'll refer to the former as "automated testing" and the latter as "user testing" for clarity. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 automated user Automated testing ================= Automated testing encompasses things like unit and integration tests, whether they use the Python/Django unittest framework or an external tool like Selenium. Waffle is often non-deterministic, i.e. it introduces true randomness to the system-under-test, which is a nightmare for automated testing. Thus, Waffle includes tools to re-introduce determinism in automated test suites. :ref:`Read more about automated testing `. User testing ============ User testing occurs on both a (relatively) large scale with automated metric collection and on a small, often one-to-oneā€”such as testing sessions with a user and research or turning on a feature within a company or team. Waffle does what it can to support these kinds of tests while still remaining agnostic about metrics platforms. :ref:`Read more about user testing `.