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How Test-Driven Methodologies Reduce CI/CD Lead Time

DevOps.com

Modern development environments, in which rapid continuous delivery is facilitated by automated continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) pipelines, require thorough and automated testing in development prior to integration.

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5 ways to do Continuously Improved Testing

Xebia

In many organizations, automated testing lags behind and becomes a bottleneck for successful continuous delivery. Either tests do not provide enough confidence or companies take a very traditional approach, resulting in releases either introducing substantial risks or becoming costly. Prerequisites. Independent.

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Quality pattern 2: Automate your acceptance tests

Xebia

In this blog, we will take a further look at these test cases and why it is important to automate these acceptance tests. Not just from a development team perspective, but also what this can bring to your business. The post Quality pattern 2: Automate your acceptance tests appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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Well-tested code: in search of meaningful coverage

CircleCI

If you work anywhere near the field of software development, you’ve likely already heard that you should always write code that is well-tested. Everyone wants to have well-tested code and for a good reason! Testing ensures our code is working as intended and protects against regression. Testing techniques.

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Quality Control: Using Acceptance Testing to Guarantee Product Quality

Altexsoft

In software development, quality control exists alongside two other concepts: quality assurance (QA) and testing. Quality Assurance vs Quality Control vs Testing. The differences might not have much meaning for particular organizations or projects, who prefer to call all these processes QA or testing.

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Continuous Testing Success With Automation and Effective Frameworks

Dzone - DevOps

Continuous Testing , a term that started to increase in popularity in mid-2019, has made its way into many of today’s CI/CD processes used in the SDLC, but what exactly does the phrase mean? Continuous testing (CT) refers to the idea of automated testing of software as it passes through various stages in the software delivery pipeline.

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Quality Assurance (QA) Testing & the Business Impacts of Software Quality

Gorilla Logic

As the pace of software-driven innovation expands, organizations often struggle to balance the need to deliver business value at speed and scale with the need to deliver consistent, reliable, and performant software products. What does the QA function do in a cross-functional development team? Test planning.