Week 5: CST438 & CST462S

    This week as team, we worked on the frontend of the application, a React app that log users in, calls backend and display data in tables. It felt good that the front end actually works and you can see everything come together right on the screen.

    Our reading for the week was chapter 14 of SAG, it explains that larger tests are used to check how a whole system works together, not just small pieces like unit tests. They are more realistic or higher fidelity, because they run closer to real production environments, but they are also slower, more expensive, and harder to manage. Larger tests help catch issues that unit tests miss, like configuration problems, system interactions, and unexpected user behavior. However, they need realistic data, and harder to maintain, and also lack standardization.