# {Project Name} Testing Strategy

## Overall Philosophy & Goals

{Describe the high-level approach. e.g., "Follow the Testing Pyramid/Trophy principle.", "Automate extensively.", "Focus on testing business logic and key integrations.", "Ensure tests run efficiently in CI/CD."}

- Goal 1: {e.g., Achieve X% code coverage for critical modules.}
- Goal 2: {e.g., Prevent regressions in core functionality.}
- Goal 3: {e.g., Enable confident refactoring.}

## Testing Levels

### Unit Tests

- **Scope:** Test individual functions, methods, or components in isolation. Focus on business logic, calculations, and conditional paths within a single module.
- **Tools:** {e.g., Jest, Pytest, Go testing package, JUnit, NUnit}
- **Mocking/Stubbing:** {How are dependencies mocked? e.g., Jest mocks, Mockito, Go interfaces}
- **Location:** {e.g., `test/unit/`, alongside source files (`*.test.ts`)}
- **Expectations:** {e.g., Should cover all significant logic paths. Fast execution.}

### Integration Tests

- **Scope:** Verify the interaction and collaboration between multiple internal components or modules. Test the flow of data and control within a specific feature or workflow slice. May involve mocking external APIs or databases, or using test containers.
- **Tools:** {e.g., Jest, Pytest, Go testing package, Testcontainers, Supertest (for APIs)}
- **Location:** {e.g., `test/integration/`}
- **Expectations:** {e.g., Focus on module boundaries and contracts. Slower than unit tests.}

### End-to-End (E2E) / Acceptance Tests

- **Scope:** Test the entire system flow from an end-user perspective. Interact with the application through its external interfaces (UI or API). Validate complete user journeys or business processes against real or near-real dependencies.
- **Tools:** {e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium (for UI); Postman/Newman, K6 (for API)}
- **Environment:** {Run against deployed environments (e.g., Staging) or a locally composed setup (Docker Compose).}
- **Location:** {e.g., `test/e2e/`}
- **Expectations:** {Cover critical user paths. Slower, potentially flaky, run less frequently (e.g., pre-release, nightly).}

### Manual / Exploratory Testing (Optional)

- **Scope:** {Where is manual testing still required? e.g., Exploratory testing for usability, testing complex edge cases.}
- **Process:** {How is it performed and tracked?}

## Specialized Testing Types (Add sections as needed)

### Performance Testing

- **Scope & Goals:** {What needs performance testing? What are the targets (latency, throughput)?}
- **Tools:** {e.g., K6, JMeter, Locust}

### Security Testing

- **Scope & Goals:** {e.g., Dependency scanning, SAST, DAST, penetration testing requirements.}
- **Tools:** {e.g., Snyk, OWASP ZAP, Dependabot}

### Accessibility Testing (UI)

- **Scope & Goals:** {Target WCAG level, key areas.}
- **Tools:** {e.g., Axe, Lighthouse, manual checks}

### Visual Regression Testing (UI)

- **Scope & Goals:** {Prevent unintended visual changes.}
- **Tools:** {e.g., Percy, Applitools Eyes, Playwright visual comparisons}

## Test Data Management

{How is test data generated, managed, and reset for different testing levels?}

## CI/CD Integration

{How and when are tests executed in the CI/CD pipeline? What constitutes a pipeline failure?}

## Change Log

| Change        | Date       | Version | Description   | Author         |
| ------------- | ---------- | ------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| Initial draft | YYYY-MM-DD | 0.1     | Initial draft | {Agent/Person} |
| ...           | ...        | ...     | ...           | ...            |