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Software Testing Best Practices News

October 03, 2018 03 Oct'18
Chaos engineering enters mainstream QA, drills down to apps

Add a bit of chaos to predeployment application testing to gain resilience. Gremlin CEO Kolton Andrus discussed the value of breaking apps to fix them.
August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18
SmartBear-Zephyr deal spotlights software quality tools shake-up

Competition has tightened in the software test market as vendors strategically acquire additional tools and align with developer ecosystem players.
August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18
Kubernetes community takes over massive Google test bed

Google will donate $9 million in GCP resources and undergo a three-year handoff process to put a massive Kubernetes test bed under CNCF control. Users wonder, what happens next.
June 11, 2018 11 Jun'18
Jaguar Land Rover, BI Worldwide share GitLab migration pros and cons

Enterprise DevOps pros that switched to GitLab from GitHub and Atlassian tools share their experiences as Microsoft refugees eye GitHub competitors post acquisition.

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5 software development trends propel innovation in 2019

Get ready to jettison your comfort zone and dive into shift-right testing, IoT development and other emerging skill and coverage areas for software developers and testers. Continue Reading
Experts weigh in on DevOps transformation, QA topics

As the technology conference season winds down, sessions at Velocity and DevOps Enterprise Summit offer helpful insight for forward-thinking organizations. Continue Reading
synthetic monitoring

Synthetic monitoring is the use of software to simulate user interaction with a given system rather than simply gathering data about real-world transactions. Continue Reading

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How to create test data that yields accurate QA results

Testers need valid data to prevent app defects, which means they must simulate real data types and structure them as closely as possible. Don't fake it when you make it. Continue Reading
What are the top software testing methods?

I'm a beginner in need of some advice to choose a software testing methodology. What testing strategies do you consider successful? Can you share your perspective on the most common testing types and explain the differences between them? Continue Reading
What the CI process can and can't do for software delivery

Continuous integration, software delivery and deployment are distinct software lifecycle stages, but they are far more complementary than competitive in modern dev methodologies. Continue Reading

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Big picture QA testing skills foster better app usability

As companies wrestle to fit QA into budgets, keep in mind the skills that human testers provide -- from customer satisfaction to disaster prevention. Continue Reading
Combat algorithm bias with these software test pointers

As AI penetrates all kinds of software, it's imperative that testers devise a plan to verify predictive results. Put QA professionals on task to root out AI bias. Continue Reading
Construct a better build-deploy pipeline with these 6 measures

Developers can launch code to production faster than ever, and still do it safely, with careful attention to the build-deploy pipeline, tests and monitoring metrics. Continue Reading

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Use these shift-right methods to test code in production

There's no shortage of ways for a QA team to adopt shift-right testing. But, while the approach can fit in with continuous deployment, don't consider it a catch-all for bug removal. Continue Reading
Learn how to improve software quality with reverse-engineering

Customer complaints about a team's app can contain insight on how to improve it. Yet, to decipher the actual cause of any problem and a change to fix it, QA needs to be brought in. Continue Reading
Checklist for mobile app testing: 12 gaps to look out for

Emulators and automation tools are useful, but don't rely on them solely. Use this checklist for mobile app testing to ensure that software has no critical flaws. Continue Reading

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