CircleCI

APRIL 20, 2022

When you think of software testing, what comes up first? For many developers, unit tests and integration tests are often top of mind. Both software testing methods are vital to writing and maintaining a high-quality production codebase. What is functional testing? Unit tests are limited though.

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Xebia

MARCH 10, 2022

In software development this can be translated into ‘prevent bugs from ending up in the codebase’. An example of the second category would be test – driven development where a test case is created before any code is developed and the tests need to pass before code can be submitted.

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Honeycomb

JULY 26, 2022

You’ll be relieved to hear that you’re in the majority, and also that there are quick (and easy) steps you can do to prove that instrumenting your code is worthwhile. In the same way as the business is likely ok with you writing developer-based tests (unit, automation, integration), instrumentation is the same.

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Gorilla Logic

JULY 28, 2023

Software development and testing go hand in hand. Making sure that our code and apps behave the way they should is key, and it’s important to know that testing isn’t just a QA’s job. From the very start of an Angular project’s creation, we are given the foundation to start building unit tests.

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Coveros

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I was with a privately held software engineering firm focused on helping organizations transform their software testing capabilities. Some were not born yet, others mid-flight in our IT careers, and still others moving toward our mature technology years. 2011–2020 and Beyond. 2011–2020 and Beyond.

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Coveros

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

. “Extreme Programming turns the conventional software process sideways. Rather than planning, analyzing, and designing for the far-flung future, XP programmers do all of these activities—a little at a time—throughout development.” At that time, optimizing your Waterfall software process was all the rage.

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Habitable Code

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Back in early 2015, on my old blog, I ran a series of articles in which I implemented a solution to a popular code kata. I followed the strict test-driven development (TDD) cycle, and when it came to the REFACTOR step I tried to drive all of my choices using connascence.

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Openxcell

JANUARY 20, 2021

Then, to use these technologies, we developed various programs and mobile applications that are worked by programming languages. Python programming language is prevalent among developers. It was declared as the top programming language of 2019, beating the original coding language – Java. Why is Python so Popular?

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Altexsoft

AUGUST 16, 2022

A bit earlier, in 1998, a much more trivial software mistake was uncovered. Let’s talk about what quality control entails in modern software development. In software development, quality control exists alongside two other concepts: quality assurance (QA) and testing. What is Quality Control?

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CodeSignal

MARCH 23, 2020

CodeSignal’s Interview is designed exclusively to help teams conduct live coding interviews. One of the most important features in technical online interview software is having a high-powered integrated development environment (IDE). Don’t make it about how well they can write code on a piece of paper or Google Doc.

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CodeSignal

MARCH 23, 2020

CodeSignal’s Interview is designed exclusively to help teams conduct live coding interviews. One of the most important features in technical online interview software is having a high-powered integrated development environment (IDE). Don’t make it about how well they can write code on a piece of paper or Google Doc.

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Xebia

JANUARY 27, 2024

One such initiative involves developing a toolset for assessing a customer’s situation. However, the purpose of this blog is not just to describe the toolset, but to share our development approach and some valuable lessons I (re)learned along the way. This typically concludes with the removal of the original code.

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James Shore

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Your feedback is appreciated!

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James Shore

MAY 7, 2021

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Collective Code Ownership.

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Modus Create

AUGUST 24, 2021

Software engineers have been testing ever since they could write code. However, the ability to automate software tests commercially emerged only in the 1980s with the introduction of AutoTester. In this article, we will explain why you should write unit tests. . What is Unit Testing?

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Silk and Spinach

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Back in the day I used to say this about test-driven development: If ever I get a surprise, it means I have a missing test. That is, if I’m in the GREEN or REFACTOR step of the TDD cycle and my changes make something else break, I need to add a test to document something that I must have missed previously.

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James Shore

APRIL 12, 2021

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Your feedback is appreciated!

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Xebia

JANUARY 12, 2022

Test-driven development (TDD) has been around for more than 20 years. Nearly all of the greats in software underline it as an important and valuable method. Sadly, a lot of developers still don’t do it in practice. . Many people think of TDD as a methodology for testing because of its name.

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Xebia

JANUARY 12, 2022

Test-driven development (TDD) has been around for more than 20 years. Nearly all of the greats in software underline it as an important and valuable method. Sadly, a lot of developers still don’t do it in practice. . Many people think of TDD as a methodology for testing because of its name.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

DECEMBER 10, 2019

While Acceptance Criteria is a commonly understood concept in software development, Definition of “Done” is unique to Scrum. As a buyer, I want to be able to enter my pin code when transactions are over $100 so that I know that I’m secure if my card is stolen. Usability Review Completed. Performance Tests run.

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Trigent

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

It aggregates various steps involved in test flow along with the conditions each step can have and prioritizes the generation of steps along with risk association. Ensure 80% test coverage with comprehensive automation testing frameworks. Sharp focus on test design. Let’s talk. Collaboration is key.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JUNE 11, 2020

How can we train teams to consistently produce quality code without negatively impacting productivity? Announcer: Welcome to The Programming Leadership podcast, where we help great coders become skilled leaders, and build happy, high performing software teams. So, let’s take one of them, I think you said unit testing, is that right?

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

JANUARY 30, 2019

Scrum has been used effectively with teams in a diverse array of industries, including Software Development (where it grew up), Hardware Development, Manufacturing[1], Marketing[2], HR… even Fighter Planes[3] and Gas Plant Design[4]! In Software Development, the common goal comes from the Product Vision and Strategy.

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Wolk Software Engineering

JANUARY 29, 2019

In this post, I would like to discuss the importance of static types in functional programming languages and why TypeScript is a better option than JavaScript when it comes to functional programming due to the lack of a static type system in JavaScript. Life without types in a functional programming code base.

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InnovationM

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In the realm of modern software development, testing is indispensable. Among the plethora of testing frameworks available, Jest stands out as a powerful and developer-friendly tool for testing JavaScript applications. It ensures the reliability, stability, and quality of our codebases.

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James Shore

MARCH 23, 2021

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Your feedback is appreciated!

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James Shore

MARCH 10, 2021

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Collective Code Ownership.

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Altexsoft

AUGUST 18, 2020

Developers use APIs almost every day – by some estimates, they spend a whopping 10+ hours a week working with APIs. This covers not only using them, but also researching, googling for support, studying reviews, and of course, rummaging in the documentation. In the API economy , great developer experience is fundamental.

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Gorilla Logic

JANUARY 9, 2020

Many software development teams struggle to build a user interface (UI) automation testing platform that delivers both stability and reliability. In this blog series, I will explain how to build a basic UI automation framework combining Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and Selenium with Python. What is Gherkin?

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 25, 2023

Although I, along with many others, have gotten ChatGPT to write small programs, sometimes correctly, sometimes not, until now I haven’t seen anyone demonstrate what it takes to do professional development with ChatGPT. At a glance, it’s clear that the prompts Xu Hao uses to generate working code are very long and complex.

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Altexsoft

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

When business professionals understand the capabilities of the technical team, and the engineers understand what the business truly requires from the software, it results in the creation of software with real business value. That’s where behavior-driven development (BDD) comes in. But how do you achieve all this?

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Altexsoft

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Software testing is among the most critical phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). It helps ensure high quality and robust software performance. With so many test cases to run in each cycle, manual tests don’t do the trick anymore. Benefits of Java Testing Frameworks.

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James Shore

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Production-Ready Software.

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CIO

APRIL 22, 2022

From hardware and software upgrades to ongoing security patches, to application development and the rollout of software itself, project managers keep your teams on task and productive. The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD).

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James Shore

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Your feedback is appreciated!

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The Programmer's Paradox

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Jumping right in, we start with the notion that users create piles of information that they beat on with their software tools. In a very abstract sense, a software design specification for a system defines a bunch of functionality operating on a set of data. You layout the functionality by matching it back towards the tests.

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James Shore

APRIL 26, 2021

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. It’s Not Just Coding.

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