DZone

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

From developers to testers, from business analysts to management, everyone in your organization must be committed to keeping tests in top condition. If you have an extensive test suite, you’ll need a plan to focus the effort. Check out our 5-step framework for identifying and optimizing slow tests if you’re not sure where to start.

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DZone

MAY 11, 2021

You'd like to maintain some level of software quality (or kwalitee ), so you're writing a suite of test scripts. Whether you're writing them first (good for you for practicing test-driven development !) When you first start, you probably have no idea how many tests your scripts will contain.

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Testlodge

MARCH 12, 2024

System testing involves analyzing the behavior and functionality of a fully integrated application. It is the third of the four levels of testing, performed after unit and integration testing but before user acceptance testing. Types of System Testing This kind of testing can be both functional and non-functional.

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Apica

JUNE 22, 2022

Software testing is a huge domain, but it can be broadly categorized into two areas: manual testing and automated testing. Both manual and automated testing offer benefits and disadvantages. But with automated testing, test cases are executed with the assistance of tools, scripts, and software.

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Testsigma

MARCH 23, 2022

Low-code/no-code tools are already becoming a mainstay for many global teams. By going no-code/low-code, teams can now fill in the gap between the accelerating demands of application delivery and team skill sets. Agile Testing and the challenge of going faster. The world is entering a new age of technology.

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Dynatrace

MAY 17, 2023

To ensure high standards, it’s essential that your organization establish automated validations in an early phase of the software development process—ideally when code is written. Validation tasks are then extended left to cover performance testing and release validation in a pre-production environment.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

At Dynatrace’s 2020 Perform Conference, we shared approaches for how our customers are using Dynatrace to help them “ Release Better Software Faster ”. Keptn is an event-based platform for continuous delivery and automated operations to help developers focus on code instead of witting tons of configuration and pipeline files.

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Testsigma

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

According to IEEE Std 829-1998, Software Testing is defined as “the process of analyzing a software item to detect the differences between existing and required conditions (i.e. defects) and evaluating the features of the software items.” Today, testing is imperative and there is no way we can skip it.

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Apica

OCTOBER 29, 2019

With this shift in applications everywhere enterprises need to do their due diligence in testing complex modern applications at scale, often and at a lower cost to stay competitive. Legacy performance testing platforms have their place and are still required to ensure past investments can be monitored.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2022

The DevOps approach to developing software aims to speed applications into production by releasing small builds frequently as code evolves. As part of the continuous cycle of progressive delivery, DevOps teams are also adopting shift-left and shift-right principles to ensure software quality in these dynamic environments.

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DZone

MAY 9, 2019

A frequently asked question in software testing is: “is that enough testing, or should we do more?” Whether you’re writing unit tests for your programs or finding bugs in closed-source third-party software, knowing what code you have and have not covered is an important piece of information.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2022

The DevOps approach to developing software aims to speed applications into production by releasing small builds frequently as code evolves. As part of the continuous cycle of progressive delivery, DevOps teams are also adopting shift-left and shift-right principles to ensure software quality in these dynamic environments.

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Speed Curve

JUNE 18, 2019

Some sort of performance gateway that only allows changes to production code if they meet performance requirements? I think it's time we talked about having performance regressions break the build. Continuous integration ("CI") is a stepping stone on the journey to streamlined software delivery. Break the build!

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Testlodge

APRIL 19, 2023

Integration testing involves taking units or modules and testing how they work once integrated with a system’s other units. When and How to Perform Integration Testing There are four levels of software testing: Unit testing , Integration testing, System Testing, and Acceptance testing.

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Dynatrace

MARCH 3, 2020

For software engineering teams, this demand means not only delivering new features faster but ensuring quality, performance, and scalability too. One way to apply improvements is transforming the way application performance engineering and testing is done. Performance-as-a-self-service . Get started today! .

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CSS - Tricks

JUNE 1, 2021

Testing is one of those things that you either get super excited about or kinda close your eyes and walk away. Whichever camp you fall into, I’m here to tell you that front-end testing is for everyone. In fact, there are many types of tests and perhaps that is where some of the initial fear or confusion comes from. Integration.

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DZone

MAY 12, 2019

Today, we're going to talk about JUnit and unit testing, one of the key skills for any software developer. You may already know that JUnit and Mockito are two of the most popular testing libraries for Java applications, and you will find them in almost every Java application classpath.

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Testlodge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

A central goal of software testing is to find issues, especially critical ones, before they cause a problem in production. For example, it’s usual for software to have been designed with a specific use in mind, but the user doesn’t always understand the same way as the developers and testers. Tools for Testing.

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Testsigma

JULY 25, 2020

Continuous Testing is the testing strategy to fast-track the testing required for achieving rapid software development using Agile and DevOps methodologies. What is Continuous Testing? If integration tests pass, automated acceptance tests can be run followed by performance tests.

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Testsigma

AUGUST 18, 2020

A major challenge that software testing teams across the globe face today are the dependence on physical machines. Automation, in various ways, can help testing teams work better in the remote working environment. Having things automated reduces the burden of regression testing and makes it more efficient.

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Testsigma

APRIL 17, 2020

The testers in a software development team will be understood better if they are able to convey the software testing information and insights properly. Below are 5 ways that testers can communicate software testing insights better: 1. Test execution reports for example.

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Alex Podelko

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

From load testing to DevOps. It appears that Apache JMeter became the most popular load testing tool. In 2014, I was preparing a presentation about load testing tools and criteria for their selection. Load testing is an important part of the performance engineering process.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Load Testing can monitor the response times of the system for every single transaction during a set period of time. Such type of testing can also raise attention to any complexity and issues in the application software and fix these performance bottlenecks before they become extra problematic.

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Dynatrace

MAY 27, 2021

In my previous article about continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) , I defined CI/CD and explained how these practices work together to help DevOps teams deliver quality software faster. For software to be delivered in a deployable state at all times requires that it be developed with that mindset.

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Enprowess

OCTOBER 7, 2021

8 Functional Testing types. Quick Summary: In the most straightforward and simple words, functional testing tests various aspects of an application, website, or system to guarantee that it is correctly doing what it should be. The tests also discover a more modular architecture with subsystems that have clear responsibilities.

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DZone

JUNE 6, 2019

I'm not a believer in having standards for test coverage. I know teams that require 60%, 70%, or 80% test coverage for their code. I don't like having standards like this because different code has different requirements for testing. Straightforward code like getters and setters don't really need to be tested.

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Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

Mobile-first design should be accompanied with mobile website testing for delivering a flawless web experience to your target audience. Different screen resolutions and viewport sizes add another layer of complexity to mobile website testing. Why should you focus on Mobile Website Testing? Mobile-first indexing.

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Testlodge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Non-functional testing focuses on user expectations, whereas functional testing is to do with user requirements. Non-functional testing examines how a system operates rather than looking at specific functions or behaviors. Why is Non-Functional Testing necessary? Both functional and non-functional tests are essential.

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Alex Podelko

AUGUST 24, 2017

There was a rather heated discussion around A Context-Driven Approach to Automation in Testing by James Bach and Michael Bolton (referred below as the article and the authors – other references would be explicit). and Open letter to “CDT Test Automation” reviewers as well as in many other different places.

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 6, 2022

DevOps and site reliability engineering (SRE) teams aim to deliver software faster and with higher quality. But, manual steps — such as reviewing test results and addressing production issues resulting from performance, resiliency, security, or functional issues — often hinder these efforts. Should we keep it or roll it back?

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Dynatrace

JULY 16, 2021

The Dynatrace Software Intelligence Platform already comes with release analysis, version awareness , and Service Level Objective (SLO) support as part of the Dynatrace Cloud Automation solution , helping DevOps and SRE teams automate the delivery and operational decisions. GitOps: Cloud automation as code. Dynatrace news.

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Testsigma

APRIL 13, 2021

So how do the testing community ensure that this love for iPhone and iOS apps grows manifolds with time? With quality testing and automation, we can ensure the iPhone provides the best experience to its loyal users. In this article, we will be looking at mobile testing for iOS. Unit Testing.

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Testsigma

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Cross browser testing can be a real headache for a software tester. You may have tested your application on the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, but more often than not, some browsers such as Internet Explorer, Opera Mini, UC Browser get missed out. Cross-Browser Testing Abilities. Parallel Test Execution.

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DZone

APRIL 24, 2019

End-to-end testing is one of the most effective ways to ensure end-user application performance. In a microservices-based, Agile-driven world, software development and delivery have become quite complex.

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Testsigma

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Also, how to test the hardware of the mobile phone itself, is it supporting all the software as it should? To answer all these questions we need exhaustive mobile testing in place. Let us have a look at the most popular types of mobile testing for applications and hardware. Functional Testing. Usability Testing.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Testing for mishaps you can predict is essential. Chaos engineering is a method of testing distributed software that deliberately introduces failure and faulty scenarios to verify its resilience in the face of random disruptions. Practitioners subject software to a controlled, simulated crisis to test for unstable behavior.

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 10, 2020

I recently joined two industry veterans and Dynatrace partners, Syed Husain of Orasi and Paul Bruce of Neotys as panelists to discuss how performance engineering and test strategies have evolved as it pertains to customer experience. Dynatrace news. This blog summarizes our great conversation for the posed questions.

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