Are You Over-Engineering Your Tests? – Think Like a Tester

Software testers who learn to code sometimes over-engineer their automated tests. Four key warning signs include automating everything instead of keeping some tests manual, asserting too many things in single tests rather than creating atomic tests, over-abstracting code that makes tests hard to understand and maintain, and constantly switching to new testing tools when existing ones work fine. The goal should be reliable, efficient, readable, and maintainable test automation.