# I have a very data-dependent application. How would you test it?



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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
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### Comment 1

In short, it’s a process of trial and error split between humans and machines. Keep in mind we are collecting metadata based on each event, and we’re determining/discovering the sequences that people are going through. From there, a trial and error process allows us to figure out which mock data we should be inputting to get through each pathway. Because the process already knows what success looks like based on a pre-determined workflow, we will know that the mock data is correct when we can successfully complete that workflow. We then validate that the data returned by the application is returned consistently.

This process currently has some humans helping. However, in the future machines will be able to do this guess and check independently given the limited amount of options they can check, and because they know which pathway they need to get to next, given the pre-defined pathway which defines success. It’s an exercise in machine learning! We’re currently teaching it.

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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: Growth Marketing Leader




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