What do test automation and cooking have in common? Recipes

Cooking and test automation are both about following recipes.

Let’s say that you want to prepare a delicious omelet for your family, similar to the one that you ate last Sunday at that fancy restaurant. You remember that it was made with eggs, cheese, red peppers, mushrooms and onions.

You have never done this type of omelet before.

You have 2 choices.

You can try it out by being creative.

Or follow a recipe such as this one:

1. Whisk eggs, Cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes together in a bowl.
2. Heat olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat
3. Cook and stir mushrooms and onion until tender, 4 to 5 minutes
4. Add spinach
5. Cook until spinach wilts, 3 to 4 minutes.
6. Pour in egg mixture
7. Swirl pan around to evenly distribute egg mixture.
8. Cook until egg is fully cooked and set in the middle, 5 to 10 minutes.
9. Cut into wedges.

I can almost taste it :)

Which one is better?